back to the grind

So, I'm back from vacation and it's sad. You see I live in the Midwest and that means that I live for the summer! I can't get enough of being outside, lazing around, and being with friends and family. Sadly my job and my upcoming IVF cycle time off needs don't quite understand how much I need time off when it is nice outside! Seriously, how did it get to be August already??? I literally felt like I was white knuckling this past week trying to hold on to every moment for dear life. It was just a fantastic time of boating, family, nephews, and time together. And I got to cook nearly all of the meals and I truly just LOVE to cook!! It was a fantastic time and now I'm back to the reality of it all....

Which means that I am on day four of lup.ron! I will likely be on 10 units for the next three to seven days. Then I will go in for my baseline ultrasound and start stims shortly after that. All this means that we are only weeks away from another egg retrieval and transfer. I cannot believe we are already past three months of trying on our own, two medicated IUIs, and back at IVF. It seems like MBL just went in for varicocele surgery yesterday. I am thankful that this time we are doing IVF in the summer. Doing it in bleak, dreary December right around the holidays just did not jive with me. It ended up being semi-awkward and the lack of sunshine did nothing for my spirits. This time I'm hoping I can do my bedrest with sun streaming through the windows! Seriously, can you tell that I am a summer person??

I guess what I want most right now is for AF to start within the next week and for everything to look good at our baseline. It seems like last time everything started downhill after our baseline and I'm just hoping lup.ron is more of a friend to me this time.