CD1 of the lap month

We're off and running now. Got my period this morning which makes the last cycle 20 days long. When did I ovulate? Heck if I know, but in retrospect it might have been day 6 (really?) I started OPKs on day 7 but looking back at temps there was a dip on day 6 and a one day upward trend on day 7. Or, I didn't ovulate at all. Whatever, who cares, no urban legend 'we got pregnant on our own the month after an IVF BFN.'

So, tomorrow I call Dr. R's office to schedule the lap (and a pre-surgery quick exam in his office). He said he thought he'd be able to get me in within 2 weeks of calling. So probably this will all happen within the next 2 weeks.

I asked my mom this morning to come for the laparoscopy. I had suggested this to Mr.Right last week. He's in private practice and bumping patients with less than 2 weeks notice is disruptive and he's been doing it a lot over the last few months. I told him I'd rather save those bullets for the next retrieval and transfer. We almost contemplated him not coming to the transfer last time, but then they told me I couldn't drive myself home from the transfer (why? have no idea....it's not like you're sedated or anything and how is driving yourself home different from walking out to the car and getting in the passenger side and walking in the house and plopping on the couch for the 24 hour bedrest?) Anyhow, in the end, we were both glad he was there for the transfer. I can't imagine having been handed those pictures of our two little embryos without him being there.

Anyhow, I asked my mom to come down to drive me to/from the laparoscopy. She and my dad (as well as my aunt and uncle) were here last night through this afternoon (on their way home from Florida) and so I took the opportunity to ask her. We have shared some details of what we've been going through but not the blow-by-blow. I just couldn't handle it. My sister gets the blow-by-blow but I couldn't handle my mom worrying about me through the last 6 months. Anyhow, on their way to Florida the other week I told them that our first IVF retrieval/transfer had failed (they hadn't really been updated by us since last November when our first IVF cycle got cancelled into an IUI).

My mom is a 'no questions' kind of person. I'm sure she's curious, but she won't ask for details. Sometimes that's great, but sometimes it feels like she isn't curious and doesn't care. I know that's not true. I know she cares a lot. And my dad, well, he never says anything but he's a closet worrier. Like, a not sleeping at night worrier when my sister was pregnant with her first child (even though she had an easy-peasy pregnancy).

So, we'll see what tomorrow's phone call to Dr.R's office yields. I'm glad to be moving on with this cycle. I was worried it would drag on forever and delay us from getting to the next IVF cycle.