Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. I'm still feeling pretty crappy, but it's still a lot better than I was on Monday night and Tuesday. I'm also shuffing around the house hunched over like an old lady, and I'm so bloated that I look like I'm 7 or 8 months pregnant (oh so ironic, doncha think?) I managed to make it to my acupuncture appointment this morning, but I've been hurting from all that moving around ever since. The closest there is to an upshot is that I'm most comfortable when semi-reclined on the couch for hours on end. This definitely appeals to my inner couch potato who loves nothing more than being sedentary and catching up on all the soap operas I've been missing out on since I started working again.
(The second interview went pretty good, by the way. I'm trying to remain cautiously optimistic about the likelihood that I'll get the job, just as I'm trying to remain cautiously optimistic about this cycle working out.)
I got the nod from the embryologist this morning for a day 5 transfer, which means that I'll be going in on Saturday. And as proof that M often has selective hearing, he planned a poker party with his pals for Saturday evening despite my telling him that he shouldn't make any plans for this or last weekend like 3 months ago. So I'll basically be on my own once I get home from my acupuncture appointment right after the transfer. Don't worry though, I plan on making him go out of his way to get me set up so that I don't have to break the bed rest rules while he's gone. I also plan to have the guilt machine working over time so that he'll feel like a heel for leaving me most of the day.
I'm hoping that there will be lots of good embies on Saturday! So they are going ahead with the transfer even with OHSS? You really have to be careful, as the symptoms can get worse if you actually get pg. Try to get as much fluids down as you can!
Posted by: ankaisa | November 12, 2004 at 04:06 AM
Wishing you lots of luck for tomorrow (can't believe tomorrow is Saturday!).
I'll be thinking of you and sending lots of good thoughts your way.
xxxooo
Posted by: Emily | November 12, 2004 at 12:28 PM
"Cautiously optimistic" are the words I also have been using to decribe this round of ivf.
Posted by: Toffee | November 12, 2004 at 01:19 PM
I hope your embryos make it through transfer.
And the job interview - lets hope success is function of great the job is and the likelyhood of getting pregnant. Good luck for both.
Posted by: kath | November 12, 2004 at 06:54 PM