Hey everyone!
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I had great birthday! Glen and I went into the city. We hung out at Taxim again. We read in the park, people watched, did a little souvenir shopping, and had dinner and lunch there. It was a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky. As usual there was a wonderful cool breeze blowing at Taxim. Glen also had bought me a cake yesterday while we were at the grocery store yesterday, and we had that when we got back from our days outing. We were gone all day and didn’t get back until 10:20 pm. We rode the bus back home, and always an adventure. We got kicked off AGAIN!!! This time we were on the right bus going the right direction, but I guess it was time for our bus driver to get off work, so instead of the finishing the route he pulls over at a random bus stop and kicks us all off. He tells us we all need to pile on this already packed bus that’s sitting at the station. It was crazy! Oh and as they are kicking us off, there are these old guys who were so outraged they are yelling at the driver in Turkish. I bet there were a few obscenities thrown at the driver, but seeing how I don’t speak Turkish, I can only imagine in English what they were calling him! LOL
IVF Update: The follicles/eggs are ready!!! I took my last shot tonight, which is the HCG shot which will help the follicles mature. Then no shots or appointments tomorrow, and then the egg retrieval at 9:00 am on Saturday morning. The female doctor will be doing the retrieval, and Dr Arici will be back in time for the transfer. The female doctor doesn’t know how many follicles she is going to get but she says there are A LOT. Because my estrogen levels aren’t sky high, she thinks some might be empty follicles, because if all the follicles had eggs in them then my estrogen levels would be through the roof. She thinks there should still be plenty of follicles with eggs in them to retrieve as well. This is actually good news, because if my estrogen levels were really high then I would have a good chance of hyper stimulating, which comes with complications that aren’t so good. I trust the doctors, and feel they have done a good job of monitoring and keeping things in check! I’m looking forward to reporting back Saturday with the total egg count.
Since we didn’t really see anything new today, we are going to leave you all with some random pictures we have taken while people watching and site seeing. We think you all will find some of them humorous! We sure do!
Lots of love,
Staci & Glen
Recognize these characters? Guess Twilight is huge here as well!!! Bella has an expiration date mustache! LOL
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We told you all these Turkish people are NUTS for YOGURT!!!
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| Don't you think the glasses are the perfect touch? |
5 comments on "Day 16--My Birthday, Random Phots, And the eggs are ready!!"
Oh happy birthday! Best of luck with your ER on Saturday - can't wait to hear how many you get!
Happy Birthday! I had no idea it was your birthday. I hope all goes well on Saturday.
Happy Birthday again! I love the picture of the lady with the glassed. Good luck Saturday with the ER!!
I am getting excited! It is seeming more real. One of my patients said to tell you happy birthday, her son's birthday is today also and he is 52. Another patient said she is wishing you the best and is excited for you on the baby journey. She said being a grandma is the Best!! I am ready to find out! lol. fun pictures as always, glad you had a great birthday! Yall are good at this blogging. Really makes it seem like we are a part of it. Thanks Glen for your help in all of it. Love you Mom
Happy Belated Birthday Staci! Your blog emails were for some reason being automatically sent to my spam folder, but i've fixed the problem now. So i'm all caught up on your adventure now :-) Looks like you guys are having an awesome time! I'm glad it's all going well so far!
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