The Stimuation Cycle begins

(TMI Alert) Today my period arrived, which means we begin the Stimulation Cycle of the protocol.  I stopped  my birth control pills over the weekend, and the Lupron injections continue.   The egg donor will start her stimulation medications this week, and I will begin taking Estradiol along with the Lupron to build up the uterine lining.  We will both go in for ultrasounds - to monitor her ovaries and how the eggs are maturing.  Mine is to review the uterine lining.  I will have 2 ultrasounds before the egg retrieval surgery and she will have as many as needed. 

One bummer is the "wean from caffiene" process - I am down to 1 cup a day of coffee - next week will be tougher - I will start doing half decaf and cut out soda with caffiene.

I am thankful for the nice weather - I am doing lots of yardwork to keep physically busy.  I should be working more but I am not feeling like a sales person lately.  I am keeping parties to a minimum and following up with only the customers I need to....

We had one showing of our house last Friday.  The feedback was all postive - so we are so happy we did all the staging work on everything!!

Nikki lost her second front tooth yesterday at school - she looks so cute without those 2 front teeth.  I made her promise to let us take lots of pictures!!