Polly The Polyp

Polly the polyp was officially removed from my uterus yesterday afternoon. The good news is, my uterus is now officially ready for IVF! The procedure was extremely uncomfortable and it made me realize how much of a wuss I am when it comes to pain. I always thought I was someone that could tolerate pain pretty well, but I guess I was wrong...thank god for pain meds.

'Polly' was really small and I'm still baffled that Dr. Thompson was able find her. 'Polly' is now on her way to pathology where she will be tested....although I'm not sure what for. I'll call the office in a couple of weeks to see if I can get some results and when I do I'll be sure to post them here.

We also met yesterday with Jayme, the IVF nurse coordinator for Dr. Thompson. It looks like I'll start taking birth control pills after the start of my next period. Okay, I'm sure most of you are saying, "birth control pills, what is an infertility doctor doing prescribing birth control pills?" Well, the purpose of birth control pills is obliviously to prevent you from getting pregnant, but how the pill accomplishes this is by suppressing your follicles inside the ovaries and by making your uterus an inhospitable environment. So, the birth control pills will essentially stop my cycle (or at least stop any follicles from being released) and allow the doctors to control my ovaries. Our goal is for my ovaries to listen only to the synthetic hormones that I'll be taking later on.

I also decided to ask Jayme how many fertilized follicles they plan to transfer back into my uterus. I've been kind of concerned about how many babies my small uterus can hold and I've also been concerned about my sanity. Providing everything fertilizes without any problems they plan to only transfer two fertilized follicles back into my uterus. So, yes we will have a chance of having twins, which I would be extremely happy with. Remember our goal is to have a healthy baby and a healthy pregnancy...not a liter.

Moving on, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost again on Thursday night. This makes six straight loses for Toronto and I'm sure most of you can relate to the anguish that Jim is feeling. The next game is tonight against the Red Wings so we are hoping to break the losing streak and see Toronto to a victory. GO LEAFS GO!!!!