Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

Saturday, June 28th was our 5th wedding anniversary. We had a nice dinner and just enjoyed being together. While at dinner, we received the best anniversary phone call wish ever....a call from the Philippines. Yep, that's right, Tam called us on a Houston line from the Peens! Even though we missed her actual call, she left us an anniversary wish on the phone and it was so great to hear her voice. Since then, I have been so excited to call her, I have talked to her everyday since then. I'll have to tell on her, she did put me off the first time I called, so she could finish the last 10 minutes of Gossip Girl..what's up with that??? It has been so great to talk to her and she has kept me really occupied!!

I started my fertility injections on Saturday.....Happy Anniversary to me...a huge shot in the hip!!! So we have pulled out the big guns and are on to the next step in our IVF process. I take a Lupron shot every morning and a fertility shot every evening. Here is a picture of all of the meds that I am taking. This is just for 10 days. YIKES!!!!

Tuesday I went to the doctor for bloodwork and they came back showing that my Estrogen levels were a little lower then what Dr. Schnell wanted them to be. She increased my dosage of Gonal F (fertility injection) from 150 to 225. I have had some crazy side effects from the injections and now that the dosage has been increased, I'm sure the crazy side effects will too. I guess the meds are causing me to have crazy dreams that I do not remember. Sean tells me over and over that in my sleep I am yelling, "Stop it, stop it!" What in the world??? I NEVER talk in my sleep, so for him to tell me that I am yelling things in my sleep is very disturbing (embarrassing really) to me. Sunday night, I was feeling bugs crawling all over me in my ears, hair, between my toes, up my legs....everywhere. What a gross feeling!!! Not too much sleep to be had then, it kept me up all night, so Monday I was exhausted. Tuesday night, I supposedly was sleep walking. Sean says that I went into our bathroom, got my brush and was brushing my hair while standing in front of the mirror. Not too sure what that was all about. Surprising to most of you, but that is definitely not a normal thing for me. I think that I must be forgetting things as well. Tuesday, I went into the restroom at the doctor's office and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked a little off and at first could not figure out what was wrong. After a second of staring at myself in the mirror trying to figure out what looked out of place....I realized that I had only put mascara on one eye. What? I sport very thick, spider leg mascara lashes and so it was very noticeable. I'm sure they were all thinking..."did she do that on purpose?" I am so out of it..but to make matters worse, I get into my car, call Tam on the phone, tell her about it (of course she thinks it is hilarious), still forget to put mascara on the other eye and walk into Starbucks to get a coffee. She let me walk in that store without reminding me...some best friend you are! Is this what pregnancy is all about, because if so, I am going to be in serious trouble!. YIKES!!!

I have an appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning for an ultrasound and blood work. This is a pretty important appointment. They are checking my estrogen levels again, so I pray, pray , pray that they have increased significantly. They will also take a look at my ovaries to see if I am producing follicles with the meds and if my lining is starting to thicken. Specific prayers for tomorrow:

-thick lining
-lots and lots of follicles
-increased estrogen levels
-decrease in crazy meds!

Thanks for the prayers....keep them coming! God Bless!!!