IVF Day 9 & the Usual

This morning our appointment was good. S and I couldn't believe how many eggs I actually have. 70+. Just under hyper stimulation and in the high normal range. The doctor was really happy about it and kept saying "this is really great". Kim L gave me great advise! Thanks Kim. Stay positive and trust in God - Got it.

So today we went out to lunch and mini-golf. It was a nice time - but so darn hot. I have sunburn on my legs and face. Errr - Joe even asked if we had sunblock and then we forgot anyway. I put some spares in the glove boxes of both cars when we got home. LOL - at least C has started is tan. The kid gets so darn dark. Anyway - last year we went mini golfing one time and got rained on so they gave us a coupon. We had no idea how much it was for or what - but it turned out we didn't have to pay at all. Which was kind of nice since technically we did already pay, but that was in 2008. I am on a roll with that stuff lately.

The boys have T-ball tonight. I am sitting this one out. I have to take the "trigger shot" (HCG) tonight and just want to take it easy. I have one more blood test tomorrow (no porno wand scan deal - YIPPPEEEE) and then on Wednesday it looks like I will have the retrieval surgery. We didn't get this far last time and I am really excited.

Also something kind of silly: Last time we did IVF we went to McDonald's a ton afterwards. You can't eat anything before the tests and we were getting up at five and by the time we were out of there it was eight. So this time around we wanted to avoid all that junk. (Especially since I was so determined to loose ten percent of my weight before the cycle) So, we tried out a dinner we had seen a few time and it turned out to be a little pricey. Then last week we passed this hole in the wall dinner across from Howard University. It isn't a great neighborhood, but I was starving to the point of almost fainting and told S to just stop there and if it looked too bad we could get toast to go. (I was desperate and he wasn't stopping!) So we pull in and the place says something like "Mel's - a great place to eat" we sit down and the place is a complete dive - but there was no one in there so we deemed it pretty safe for the moment. Everything on the walls was faded by the sun and dusty. Some pictures had broken glass and nothing had been updated in the last 15 years at least, fortunately neither had the prices! It was so cheep. We got huge meals and drinks for under ten bucks. We've been going there everyday of our appointments. Today it was crowded and we were totally the only white people around - but who cares - the food was that good. We went to our "usual booth" and ordered our "usual meals". It was tasty - granted we could possible get swine flu or TB from all the dirt in the joint. "Our booth" has Christmas decorations on it! And I don't think the decor was from last Christmas, or the one before that LOL. The newest picture on the wall is from 1994 and I would bet that might be when our reindeer and poinsettia was placed on the shelf.