It’s ON. Man oh man it’s on. We have been to NovaIVF 3 times this week, each time testing the estrogen levels in my blood and also checking the size of my follicles via sonogram. This morning we got the news that tonight at 11:30pm EXACTLY I get the magic HCG shot that will make me ovulate in 36 hours on the nose. So crazy it’s consistently predictable like that. Thank god I am finally on my last friggin shot. We are set for Tuesday egg retrieval.

There are all sorts of horrible effects from my magic shot that I am reading about. I need to start drinking water like a thirsty person wandering the Sahara. Directions tell me to “sip on something all the time” to try to ward off hemoconcentration or thickening of the blood. In addition I can look forward to even more bloating. Yikes. I am already super bloated from my other shots. My abdomen is so distended, it is a sexy preview of pregnancy. This warning is in effect 3 days after the shot, and up to 2 weeks after. Delicious.

As a sidenote, Brian is probably the mayor (Foursquare) of Nova forever. For some reason, not a ton of people are checking in there…LOL!