All set for tomorrow

Heard back from the tech, and everything’s a go.  Except she wasn’t sure if my Dr. or Dr Bigshot was going to be performing the procedure.  She wanted to know if I wanted her to ask my doc. to do it.  
Um yeah.  Please do.  
Given that Dr. Bigshot misdiagnosed the “adenomyosis”, totally missed the [...]

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Woo Damn Hoo.

I was told to get to my clinic at 8am sharp.  Being a considerate-of-others sort of gal, I was happy to oblige, even though it meant getting up at about 6 in order to negotiate the crazy non-functional weekend subway system.  But ok, fine.  Got there at 8 on the dot, only to hear that [...]

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Arghhhh.

Have I mentioned before how much I hate Dr. Bigshot?  Excuse me while I rant.
I just got a call from the tech telling me that they want me to stay on the 6 vials of Bravelle and the 1/2 dose of Antagon, but they want to up my dose of Menopur to 3 vials.  Which [...]

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I want a blastocyst! (Or two. Or three.)

I had to submit to a wanding by Dr. Bigshot, who came into the room hollering at his nurse – who happens to be an exceedingly efficient woman – and generally making a nuisance of himself.  She apologized profusely for him, and I just felt badly for her.  
Nah, that’s not true – I felt [...]

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Um, 9th day stimming…

…and we’re still holding out at least another day before triggering.
Dr. Bigshot was my doctor.  Again.  And he was 2 hours late.  Again.  Ask me how much I care about his presentation.  Answer: Not even a little tiny bit.
He wouldn’t tell me how many follicles he was looking at, though there were certainly more visible [...]

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