Today I had my blood drawn to check my progesterone level. My appointment was at 9:30 and only took about 5 minutes. The nurse was really good and got my vein the first try. She said the results would be in by this afternoon and that someone would call me, but that didn't happen. From there I went to JoAnn's to get some more bulletin board border and some scrapbook paper that I'm going to use for the letters. I worked in my classroom from noon until 6:00, painting and working on bulletin boards, trying to distract myself. Patience when it comes to getting information isn't one of my strengths as it turns out. When I find out what my progesterone number is, I'll know if I can even get my hopes up this cycle or not, because if the progesterone isn't high enough that means ovulation didn't occur. While that would be really sucky news to get, at least I'd know something. I don't know how I escaped being afraid of needles, but I'm glad I'm not. If this cycle isn't it for us, I'm sure that will mean more blood work, probably on CD 3. I wonder what day that will fall on.
It really sucks that I couldn't get all this started up in early June. I hate the rule about having to wait a year before getting referred to an RE. This is not good timing to have a lot of appointments, especially if some of them have to happen on a certain day. I can't miss state ordered in-service, and it would be INSANE to miss any part of a day during the first week of school. That time is very important to establishing a routine and structure. If it came down to being late to work and missing an appointment with the RE, I guess I'd just have to be late as much as I hate to. It's no secret that we've been trying to conceive for a while, but our place runs best when it's fully staffed. I'm not trying to make myself sound more important than I am, but sometimes we need all hands on deck for coverage issues, especially if there are meetings of any kind going on. Why can't my body just cooperate and do what it's supposed to do already so I wouldn't have to worry about this?
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