Still Waiting...

We hit a bit of a road bump with our donor.  We are still waiting for her to get the initial blood work drawn to ensure hormonally she is a good candidate.  She was supposed to have gotten this done about a month ago but due to some miscommunication between our doctor and donor this has been delayed.

I got a call from my nurse the beginning of June to let me know that the donor had started her birth control pack and never had the blood work drawn.  Needless to say I was not happy.  Ok I'll admit it, I really lost it.  Uncontrollable sobbing lost it.  Once again I realized how hard fertility is and no road or path is really a quick fix to my balanced translocation problem.  I was mad at her, mad at the agency, and mad at my doctors office.  

How could one stupid step be so hard.... "Call the doctors office when you get your period so you can get the blood work drawn."  All I could think of was if she cannot handle this than how is she going to handle directions of injecting herself full of medicine.  

After I got the message from the nurse regarding the situation it was too late in the day to call back.  Thank god I had a night to get a grip onf myself because I was ready to fire the donor.  After a few conversations with the nurse and our agency I realized truthfully what had happened.  She had gotten her period but it was just really light. The nurse explained to me that the birth control she currently takes barely gives her a period. ( phew because I also freaked out and thought that she didn't even get a period a huge red flag in the infertile world of a hormonally bad candidate)  She had in fact called to let them know but Instead of the clinic recognizing that this was her "normal" period for her they told her to wait until she had a full flowing period.  Instead of her asking any additional questions she waited and never got anything more so she went ahead and started her next birth control pack without calling Dr. Millers office.  

I'm still mad about it but realize that I would rather have the miscommunication in the beginning rather than later when we are dealing with precise directions and follow-up.  

So anyways Dr. Miller shortened her birth control and she finished her last pill on June 24th.  We are now just waiting for her to get her light period and get the blood drawn.  So hopefully in the next couple of days we will get another green light that she can come in to see Dr. Miller and get his stamp of approval with the rest of the genetic testing and blood work.  

So in the mean time Matt and I have been continuing to enjoy life and a break from all of the ivf medication.   Matt had a golf outing with his buddies at our old Alma Mater Michigan State, I had a mother/daughter/sister shopping weekend in Chicago, spent a long weekend with my old college besties in Austin Texas, and am looking forward to spending time in a little bit with family "home" in Muskegon and at our family cottage in Alpena.  

Summer is breezing by but hopefully we will continue to enjoy the last few weeks ( month and a half) until we get this baby making show on the road.