Claws

Mine are out! It has to be the hormones. I have no patience for anyone, everything is irritating me. When I had my visit at the acupuncturist on Tuesday she added some points for my mood. I felt great when my session was over. Then, I start heading home and get stuck in traffic for an hour. So, by the time I get home, I'm pissy again. ARGH!
Everything is going as planned with the IVF. Had an ultrasound on Monday, no cysts on the ovaries. Started the lupron injections on Tuesday morning, it stung like a bumble bee, and left a whelp. I'm getting used to it, wasn't that bad this morning. Went to a IVF seminar last night, it was very informative and answered a lot of our questions. Our IVF nurse called this morning and informed Chris that we are going to have to do ICSI after the retrieval. Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) (pronounced "ICK-see") is a procedure used in conjunction with IVF in which a laboratory technician, using a microscope, attempts to inject a single sperm directly into each egg. Chris has a really high sperm count and his motility is great too, but his morphology is a little on the low side. Yes, yes, I know way more about sperm than I ever wanted to. Basically some of his spermys are misshapen and could have problems penetrating the egg. We don't want to take the chance of not getting any fertilized eggs, so ICSI is our best bet. Just another step of the process. I go back next week for my baseline ultrasound before I start my Gonal-f (stimulates my ovaries to produce lots of follicles). Dr. V is going to do a mock transfer at that time to map my uterus. Ha! I would think with all the time that man spends looking in my uterus he would know it blind folded, but if it helps him on the day of the embryo transfer it's fine with me. I wonder if I can get a copy of that map?
Gonna go have some fun tonight, hopefully it will help my moodiness. Chris and I got tickets to see The Mars Volta; they always put on a good show. I plan on having a few alcoholic beverages. Shit, more than two these days and I'm drunk.