The wait is half over...

The title is about as optimistic as I am getting today. No other way to say it other than - Waiting Sucks! BIG TIME... This, however is not news to anyone.

My bedrest went good. Finally I have found something in the whole infertility thing that I excel at! T was wonderful and was very good at sympathy bedrest - he works from home, so not a lot of work got done this week. Lots of movies, lots of take out.

Today I got a progesterone level drawn. I am on the Prometrium. The Dr left it up to me whether I wanted the shots or the "hoochie caps"... I picked the later of the two. I really drilled him about which was better and he said that if one was the slightest bit better than there wouldn't be a choice. I hate shots! Being a nurse, I have no problem inflicting pain on others - I don't do a good job on the other end. I requested the blood draw today because historically I have had issues with spotting a short luteal phases...they like to see anything higher than 8 (with the prometrium) mine was 23.6 - I am happy with that.

The prometrium has its own set of issues. The obvious ones don't need to be mentioned. I am supposed to lay down 30-45 min after inserting it 3 x day. This means that right in the middle of the day I have to lay down. Luckily, I have an office. So I took my thermarest ( small, very thin blow up pad used for backpacking) and there are lots of pillows, I am in a hospital. So during my lunch I lay on my office floor. I am sure that I will fall asleep and hours later they will find me. My boss knows what I am doing - she is quite understanding, but I have not exactly announced to everyone else that I will be taking a daily "hoochie cap nap".

My Beta is scheduled for next Sat...Christmas Eve. I think that I will test on Friday morning. I am off that day until the following Thursday. That is good, it will give me time to process the good or the bad...God, I hope its good. That's all I want for this Christmas and every Christmas for the rest of my life.