Anxiety can be excellent motivation

I've had a lot of nervous energy the last few weeks...a lot.  Sure, I've been doing all of the things I'm supposed to - deep breathing, acupuncture, meditating, etc etc etc.  I even found my way to an infertility therapist and she's been helping with some additional relaxation techniques (sidenote: she told me I was surprisingly well-adjusted and self-aware for someone who has been trying to get pregnant for so long...even in therapy, I get a gold star!).

The upside of all this nervous energy is that I've been fairly productive at work and home.  Mostly the latter, though.  I've cleaned closets and drawers, re-arranged shelves, hung artwork, taken FIVE boxes of books to the Goodwill, hung curtains, and just generally puttered and fussed around the house.  In fairness, part of this is because of a couple of events I'm hosting at the house, but it has certainly helped keep my mind occupied.  

In fact, as I type this, I'm taking a break from cleaning the linen closet.  And...I just ironed pillowcases, which I almost never do.  But Nick's family is coming to visit this weekend and I was getting one of the spare beds ready, I noticed the pillowcase was pretty wrinkly, so I started to iron it.  Fast forward 45 minutes later and I had ironed ALL the pillowcases in the house.   Haberbergers - I hope you enjoy your pillowcases.  :)  We've got a lot of fun stuff planned this weekend, so I'm looking forward to it...and the distraction.

Oh, I suppose you want an IVF update, too.  Not a lot new.  I'm still uncomfortable, although it seems to be much worse at night.  I actually got up around 3am and couldn't go back to sleep.  It's much better during the day.  Last night I added an additional injection called ganirelex.  It's the drug that prevents premature ovulation to ensure all my follicles can continue to grow.  It is my favorite injection to this point as it comes in a pre-filled syringe and involves almost no work on my part.  Tomorrow morning I go for another follicle check and blood draw to see where my hormones are at.  Fingers crossed all goes well!