About a week or so ago, I got a phone call from one of Dr. Kaufmann's nurses. She informed me that they were planning on performing the transfer with the September cycle.
WHAT!?!?! How was I supposed to wait that long?
Of course, I soon realized that it was probably for the better that I had three months to "prepare". First of all, Sorrell and I are having a vow renewal July 6 and so it's kind of nice to know that I don't have to juggle IVF with that. Also, it gives me some time to really get into a regular workout routine and try to start eating more healthy. I plan on maintaining a regular workout routine as long as my body tells me I can during the pregnancy and strange as it may seem at first, I want to take better care of myself and my body while I'm pregnant with Grant and Russ's baby than I did even with my own. Guess it's just the idea that I'm holding on to someone else's cargo, so to speak. It's one thing to let myself down but it's another to let someone else down.
Lastly, it gives me time to think about something. With both of my kids, I labored without drugs. I needed to decide if that's something that I wanted to aim for again with this pregnancy or did I want to go straight to the epidural and just enjoy the experience of having the baby, with Sorrell and Grant and Russ. And assuming that it turned out to be a single, low risk pregnancy, did I want to see a midwife or go to a birthing center or see an OB/GYN and go to a hospital? These were things that I'd have to think about and having the transfer in September gave me the time to do it BEFORE I was already knocked up.
WHAT!?!?! How was I supposed to wait that long?
Of course, I soon realized that it was probably for the better that I had three months to "prepare". First of all, Sorrell and I are having a vow renewal July 6 and so it's kind of nice to know that I don't have to juggle IVF with that. Also, it gives me some time to really get into a regular workout routine and try to start eating more healthy. I plan on maintaining a regular workout routine as long as my body tells me I can during the pregnancy and strange as it may seem at first, I want to take better care of myself and my body while I'm pregnant with Grant and Russ's baby than I did even with my own. Guess it's just the idea that I'm holding on to someone else's cargo, so to speak. It's one thing to let myself down but it's another to let someone else down.
Lastly, it gives me time to think about something. With both of my kids, I labored without drugs. I needed to decide if that's something that I wanted to aim for again with this pregnancy or did I want to go straight to the epidural and just enjoy the experience of having the baby, with Sorrell and Grant and Russ. And assuming that it turned out to be a single, low risk pregnancy, did I want to see a midwife or go to a birthing center or see an OB/GYN and go to a hospital? These were things that I'd have to think about and having the transfer in September gave me the time to do it BEFORE I was already knocked up.