The Meet & Cycling

My IP and I did meet last week in Connecticut. It was amazing! At first we were both very nervous, but after lunch and dinner together it was clear that our journey together will bring two families together - the one I am helping create and the one I already have.

Our meeting reached so many different levels. We both enjoy many of the same types of foods and my IP's humor helped me get through such a nervous day. We really spent quality time talking about both of our families and our jobs. All in all...just nice to put a "real" person with all the emails and phone calls.

The only thing about going to Connecticut - always RENT a car! Do not rely on a limo service or taxi! It is so easy to get around and if you are independent like me at all...a rental is necessary! I will never go without one again :) The only reason I know this is because I had a "limo" upon arrival and had to use a cab in the evening to get around. Then the next morning when I was supposed to return to Iowa, I ended up with a canceled flight so that's where the rental came in - I was able to drive closer to the coast and just enjoy the little things in life. No waiting!!!

I begin cycling tonight. Now for those of you who do not know what that means let me fill you in - I will begin giving myself one shot a day in the stomach for the next 5 weeks until our transfer. This shot will suppress my ovaries, so I don't ovulate, while preparing for a fresh embryo transfer at the beginning of August. Then, a few days before the transfer I will switch to a different shot and that one will continue until I am 12 weeks pregnant or if we do not get a BFP.

Everything is ready...now we just have to wait for the embies!