My Cycle Calendar!

I received my cycle calendar from the IVF clinic this afternoon! I am so excited to be taking this huge step, and the guys are super excited too! They were Skyping and calling their family to tell them the updates! All the dates are technically tentative, but here's what my current cycle looks like:

June 18th: Start 10 units of Lupron injections every evening.

June 24th: My birthday! Take the last active birth control pill. Call IVF clinic with the first day of my period after stopping the BCP.

June 27th: Appointment at a local monitoring IVF clinic for blood work and an ultrasound. Anxiously await results (I'm adding that to the calendar, because I already know it will happen).

June 28th or 29th: Possibly start taking Estrace three times a day. Cut Lupron back to 5 units every evening.

July 5th: Appointment at local monitoring clinic for blood work and ultrasound.

July 12th: Appointment at local monitoring clinic for blood work and ultrasound.

July 15th or 16th: This is dependent on the egg donor's stimulation, but I will most likely begin the Crinone the day before the egg donor's retrieval. Start Crinone twice a day, once in the AM and once in the PM. Remain on the Estrace three times a day. Discontinue Lupron injections.

July 20th: Final blood work and ultrasound at our actual IVF clinic in Stamford, Connecticut.

July 20th, 21st, or 22nd: TRANSFER OF ONE FRESH EMBRYO!!! I will be on bed rest the day of the transfer and for one full day after.

One week after the transfer: I will have blood work done to check my estrogen and progesterone levels.

Two weeks after the transfer: I will have blood work done to check my beta levels and see if I am pregnant!

Somewhere before the beta test, I should probably add

"Try to resist the urge to pee on a stick 57 times."

I love that J said he got two sentences in to this calendar, and got completely lost. I've been reading about other surrogate's journeys for so long now, I think I had my cycle calendar memorized before I even saw it. :)