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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Last Post of 2009







Hi All,
Two more days until 2010! Yeah!
Well, I am very excited because I just ordered tickets to see Wicked. I’ve wanted to see it for a few years but was too cheap to spend the $. It was playing in Boston last year but they tickets were all over $100 and I was just too stingy. Well, my sister Megan just saw it last night in Providence, RI and I had no idea it was even there. http://www.ppacri.org/
I decided to call up the theater and see if there were any tickets left in the accessible area because it is only there until January 10th! I lucked out and got us two tickets for the matinee on January 9th @ 2pm. Yeah! It was a splurge but we never do anything like this! Needless to say, I’m very excited.
The new insurance cards arrived two days ago so we are just waiting for January 1st to roll around so Boston IVF can begin the prior approval process. Yesterday I had to go for an ultrasound for my ovarian cyst and I was very disappointment to learn that it had no disappeared. The doctor mentioned that it could just go away but no such luck so far. I am waiting to hear back from my gynecologist to find out if it has decreased in size. I really hope the cyst does not set us back with our IVF process. Please keep your fingers crossed.
For New Years my friend Megan is coming over and my mom. We plan to make multiple appetizers. It should be fun. I just realized today that I have New Years Eve off from work! What a pleasant surprise!
We hope you all have a happy and safe New Years!
P.S. The pics are of Rosie with her adorable bow tie from Aunt Mo, our xmas tree and me with my adorable nephew Conor (age 5).

Monday, December 21, 2009

Good Riddance 2009

I’m very ready to say bye to this year. It has definitely been one of the worst years of my life. We are really hopeful that things will be better in 2010. We hope that all works well with the surrogacy and that we’ll be parents by this time next year.
I know a lot of you are curious as to what the next step is for surrogacy. Our new insurance through Kyle’s work kicks in on January first. Once we get our new insurance cards we will call the fertility group, Boston IVF that we are working with and they will begin the prior approval process with the insurance. Once we get the approval I will start taking the fertility meds to increase the amount of eggs I produce. I will take the meds for around 10 days. Once my Dr. feels that my eggs are in good shape, I will have day surgery to remove my eggs. The next step after that is invitro fertilization, also known as IVF.
I will try to blog more when this is going on to keep everyone in the loop. We would appreciate prayers during this time. I am really fearful of having some adverse reaction to the fertility meds. I just hope I can get through it all without any issues. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
On a different note, all of our presents are bought for Christmas. I’ve been baking up a storm and have enjoyed sharing the yummy baked goods. This year I made fudge & peppermint bark for the first time. They were both very easy and delicious. I also made the standard goodies which include macaroons, cranberry orange nut bread and thumb print cookies.
We will visit Kyle’s mother on Christmas Eve and exchange gifts. Then later that night we’ll head to my brother’s home and my entire side will be there i.e. siblings, nieces and nephews. The following day we will have brunch at my sister Megan’s house.
My mother had a bad fall last week. Thankfully she didn’t break anything but she did hurt her head pretty bad and had 10 staples as a result. She is now staying at my sister Deirdre’s house for the winter. My mom isn’t thrilled with this arrangement but right now it isn’t safe for her to be alone. I am extremely stressed about her health. I just love her so much and really need her to be around for MANY more years.
That’s about it for now! We hope you all have a happy and healthy Holiday Season J