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Ultrasound, Blood Draw and Prayer Requests

Hey all --

Just a brief post tonight humbly asking for prayers tomorrow morning at 10am.  I am heading in to the office for an ultrasound scan and blood draw (nothing out of the ordinary, just a scheduled "check-up") to make sure my body is responding properly to the meds and that everything is looking good as we prep for the embryo transfer on the 14th.  If everything looks good, Dr J ups my estradiol on Wednesday and I take a trigger shot Friday and begin progesterone oil shots daily (ughhhh...) until the end of time, or at least until pregnancy is established and I'm transferred to an OB.  I'm getting nervous as each day passes.  We don't have our shots yet.  They should be overnighted on Wednesday.  Kellen will be on a work trip beginning Wednesday and I leave with the kids for Breckenridge on Friday.  We seem to have a thing for scheduling IVF cycles during the busiest month of the year, but God works in the midst of mass chaos, right?  This is craziness. 

*Please pray for our two embryos as they make their way down to Indiana on the 12th.
*Please pray that I would maintain low stress-levels.
*Please pray for my body in response to the medication.

Thank you everyone who is following this journey of ours and thank you for the prayers. <3

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