Curlee Cues

Wait. You would think we’d be used to hearing it by now.   We spoke with the IVF nurse on Thursday and got the word that we are first on the waiting list for the May cycle. Unless someone drops off in May, we will begin IVF in June. The schedule they gave us at our first consult has the June cycle stimulation meds starting around June 4 and retrieval the week of June 14-18. We are eager to begin! We will know more specifics in the next few weeks when we are able to go for our final consult.   Once again, our timeline is not God’s timeline, but he continues to confirm His plans in our hearts and minds. With me being a teacher, the end of the school year is always hectic and would not have been the ideal time to begin hormone injections and have surgery. I am thankful His plans are better than mine.   The Lord further affirmed His will for us this morning when we gathered for worship with our faith family. Ben preached in Philippians 3 using for a thought “A Singular Response to Grace”.

Our journey began on April 8, 2021 with a consultation with our fertility specialist, Dr. Janet Bouknight. Waiting in the consult room, I couldn't help but feel the weight of everything we were about to hear. Ben and I came in with our research done and a list of questions, but when the doctor came in, I broke down. Thankfully, she is used to the emotions that go along with the IVF process.   After an hour of information overload , we were ready to give our consent. Here are the highlights:  Follicle stimulation with injectables Egg retrieval surgery Fresh embryo transfer or cryopreservation Frozen embryo transfer Dr. Bouknight is very optimistic about our case. She thinks with proper stimulation, we could get 20 eggs. Usually about half of the eggs will be mature enough to fertilize. Fertilization will be the major catalyst for us. She recommended we use ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) for fertilization. From there we will wait 5 days to see how many fertilized eggs will m