Hormones, Emotions, and Ovaries, Oh My!

Since my hysterical email to Sarah last Thursday, things have been going pretty well. My labs last Thursday showed an increase in estrogen to 445. Sarah's words "It's not bad!" She said the level should slowly rise to around 1500 by Sunday. So Sunday I went back to Willow Creek and asked Jeremy to go with me. The lab sent us on a wild goose chase to get registered and checked in for the blood draw. The man from the lab gave me the paperwork and told us to go to the second nurses station. When we got there, they sent us to the emergency room. The ER tried to send us back but the nurse from the second nursing station said she couldn't do the registration, so the ER nurse took pity on us and got me registered. As we left the ER and had to walk by the nurses station AGAIN on our way back to the lab, the same nurse asked us if we'd had a tour of the hospital and if not, would we like one? Seriously??? I know I'm not skinny, but I don't look pregnant either! I quickly let her know we were here for lab work and then we were headed upstairs to get an ultrasound. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I hate needles. The sweet lab man was NO good at drawing blood. I left there in tears and with yet another bruise, on my wrist this time. Once we got upstairs for the ultrasound, we were put in a room and told to wait. The doctor on call, Dr. Terry, came in and popped off "Hey, would you like a tour of the clinic too while you're here?" Mr. Funny Man had overheard the conversation at the nurses station downstairs earlier. After four different exam rooms, a bathroom break and two different ultrasound machines, he finally asked me: "Do you have both your ovaries?" Well, here came the tears! Yes I do, thank you very much. He was only able to find the right one and it still wasn't big enough. So after texting back and forth with the doctor that did my ultrasound on Thursday, they determined that I was "the worst patient ever" as far as being able to find my ovaries. Thank you-another round of tears. Based on my labs (the estrogen level was only 1327, "a very good rise" Sarah said, but not quite ready) and this ultrasound, they gave me more meds for Sunday and Monday night. Today, Tuesday, June 19th, I went back for my fifth round of labs and my fourth ultrasound, this time with Sarah from Little Rock. I love her! She's sympathetic, sweetly tells me my ovaries just like to hang out behind my uterus, and doesn't text and talk about me to other doctors while I'm in the room. I don't know the results of today's labs yet, but the ultrasound results were good. She gave me another round of meds for tonight, plus I have a shot of HcG (the HcG matures the eggs) waiting in the refrigerator at home, that I'll also give myself tonight, and then we'll be ready for egg retrieval on Thursday morning in Little Rock. It took my hormone levels and my ovaries a little longer than expected to be where they needed to be for egg retrieval, but we're finally one step closer! I am not complaining about this journey. If we're blessed to become pregnant, I know all of this will be worth it. I'm so thankful for the opportunity we've been given, and I try to find humor in it all!