Breathing and Updates!

There is one thing that I have recently been reminded of that is very important to me.. breathing! Before Cliff went back to work he got a terrible cold that lasted about 4ish days. So naturally after taking care of him and getting him well, he went back to work and I got sick. 🤒 It wasn’t the flu but this cold attacked my sinuses like it was on a revenge mission. I was so congested that it was hard to sleep and all I could do was feel like death on the couch. Oh and think about how I took for granted all those times I was able to breath out of my nose. 🤧 I really missed that. But now that I am no longer a mouth-breather I can focus and get y’all an update on what’s been going on!

Our 9 little mini-me’s are hibernating, and we started prepping for the next steps! First thing was to get my hormones back under control. The first bloodwork I did after the egg retrieval showed my levels had dropped from about 8,600 to around 6,000. Obviously that’s still way out of control but at least we were heading in the right direction. They had me start more meds to help get them down.. more meds, shocking right?? The next blood work showed levels around 3,000 so I continued the meds until they were gone about 5 days later and went (again) for blood work.

Side note.. At this point, I had been doing blood work about every 2-3 days for like 3 weeks so my very bruised arms made me look like a serious drug addict. One girl who was about to take my blood even stopped when she saw my arms and said “Oh I am so sorry that looks terrible!” 🤦🏼‍♀️ When the people who stick others with needles for a living say that, you know its gotta be really bad!

Anyways! The final blood work showed my levels were at like 46 which is within normal ranges again! Hooray!! Not only did I not need any more meds but I got to stop doing my daily shot too! As awesome as that was, it didn’t last long… I got a 2 day break before my next lady time started and I hopped back on the meds/daily shot train. For those of you keeping track, today we are on shot #234 💉 The only good thing about this part is that my doctor has me on the hormone patches which I think makes me less crazy then the pills. Cliff would probably not agree with that statement though since every medication comes with its own special level of crazy. I don’t think my random burst of psychotic moments even phase him anymore 😋 What can I say, he’s a trooper!

The up side to starting this cycle is we got a new calendar with a transfer date! ∗drumroll please∗ Our new transfer day is September 12th!! WOOT!!! 😄 And to add to the celebration, my first ultrasound showed that there was no fluid in my uterine cavity! Thank God! So with all of this good news coming our way recently, I can honestly say I have been a very happy Danae. I’ve been enjoying this state of happiness as much as I can because I know the emotional rollercoaster we are about to go on again. But its not time to worry… and think… and over analyze… and freak out about any of that yet. All of that will come naturally later haha

I had another ultrasound on the 5th and luckily it also wanted to be on the good new bandwagon! My doctor saw no issues so we are full steam ahead for our transfer next Wednesday! YAY! I am full of all kinds of emotions but mostly I’m so incredibly excited to finally be back in this good place. I’m sure over the next 5 days my mind is going to race and cause me to go through all my feelings but hey.. I can totally blame it on the hormones! I have to start the vaginal inserts again tonight so between those and the patches, my craziness is absolutely not my fault right?? Don’t worry I can tell you agree with me 😆

One last thing I wanted to mention is kinda funny.. after my ultrasound on the 5th I had to go for more blood work. It turned out fine and my doctor had me drop down from using 2 patches every 2 days to just using one. The funny part was that I had not been to do any blood work for like 2 weeks but when I signed in, the woman at the desk said, “Oh Mrs. Litherland! We were just talking about how we hadn’t seen you in a while!” 🤨

Moral of the story –> I have done WAY too much blood work with these people hahaha

Since nothing too exciting has been happening, Cody hasn’t wanted to take any pictures. But here are a few from the last party night we had before Cliff got sick. The only thing to say for these pictures is the obvious.. Righley LOVES beer pong! ♥