It's the weekend!

I'm SO frickin' glad it's the weekend! This has been a crazy busy week. A good week, but just busy. I had another appointment this morning. Things are still going well. Dr. M actually measured my follicles this morning and the 6 largest on the right side measured between 9-12 mm, with the 6 largest on the left side ranging from 9-13 mm (with one at 15 mm as well). She said that my lining looked beautiful and that things were right on track. Yay! My estrogen is now at 1337 and my progesterone is at 0.26. My next appointment will be on Monday morning and I will probably trigger that night. As of now, it looks like my egg retrieval will be on Wednesday. I know I was hoping for Monday because of the perfect timing of things, but honestly I am totally fine with Wednesday. We want God's perfect timing, not what we think the "perfect" timing should be. :-)

I met the sweetest womann in the waiting room this morning. We've seen each other at just about every appointment so far and we always smile at each other but have never talked. This morning she saw me and came over to sit by me and chat. She told me that she and her husband already had two children and thought they were done. Then she told me that they had lost their oldest child to a brain tumor. How sad is that? They decided they wanted to have a third child so that they're other little girl wouldn't have to grow up alone. Unfortunately, her husband had a terrible accident while at work and he fell 30 stories and suffered a brain injury. This injury left him unable to get her pregnant naturally, so IVF is their only hope for her getting pregnant. My heart just went out to this woman. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. She asked me if this was our first IVF cycle and I told her that it was our third. She then asked if the other attempts had resulted in children and I told her unfortunately, they had not. She said she was so sorry and that it was just terrible that we were having to endure this a third time. I was truly astonished at the sympathy she had for our very minor misfortune compared to what she has been through. She was just so sweet and when I was called back to the room she told me that she would be praying for me and I told her I would be praying for her too. How sweet is that?! God definitely has a way of putting people in our lives at just the right moment. I never cease to be amazed at His timing.

When she first sat down and started chatting with me she asked me "So, how far along are you?" Of course, I knew she was asking how far along I was in this IVF cycle. But for a few seconds I got little butterflies in my stomach at the thought of those words. I really hope I'm being asked that same question, but for a very different reason soon. :-)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a great Valentine's Day!