Yes, you read that correctly I rode a camel with Emma today. Today was the last big day I had planned for things for us to do. I had some friends suggest going to the Bronx Zoo and Emma loves animals so I thought this would be a fun trip to make. So off we go on our big adventure with mom and dad today. The adventure began with our first Subway ride which included a transfer at another station.
We made it just fine and then caught a bus once we got to the Bronx. The zoo was absolutely huge. I had read out loud last night they had camel rides and that was all that Emma needed to hear about. She told everybody today that she was going to ride a camel. Dad and I both were praying that the camels would indeed be open for riding. We made that area our first "project" so we wouldn't let time get away from us and miss it.
We got to see lots of gorillas, a polar bear playing with a ball, a lion, sea lions and several other animals. The weather could not have been any nicer today. It was finally in the 80's and breezy. So we finally made our way to the camel ride and I go to buy Emma's ticket and we are informed she is to small to ride by herself. Can you really see Marvey or Frances up on the camel???? I think not. So I am the lucky second rider upon the camel. Now granted this is not my first camel ride. I believe I was around 6 or 7 when I first rode a camel ( which has been the only time I had ever ridden a camel until today ).
She had a blast and yes, we have the lovely 5 x 7 picture to show for it :)
Tomorrow is my next big day for the doctor. We should have a better timeline of when things might start happening which is very exciting. I am still feeling pretty good but I can tell the meds are starting to catch up with me. No more camel rides for this gal! This trip is definitely our summer vacation and that is why I wanted us to do some extra fun things before mom, dad and Emma head back home. Howie will be driving back on Friday and I am more than ready to have him back here with us.
We are praying for my follicles to have continued to grow and my lining and estrogen levels are all where the doctors want them to be.
More tomorrow after my appointment!!
Love and blessings~
Lisa
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Good news from today
The doctors were pleased with how I am responding to the medication. The plan for the next two days is to stay on the same dose and add 1 more injection to the mix so that will make a total of 3 injections for today and tomorrow. I will go back on Thursday for blood work and ultrasound and we will know maybe then when the egg retrieval will be. The nurse said if she had to guess it could either be Sunday or Monday. So far so good!! God is blessing us with a smooth cycle thus far and I am believing he will continue to do the same.
For the fun part of our trip we went to Alice's Tea Cup for a "tea party". This was Emma's first official tea party and her grandparents were more than willing participants :) I will have to say that New York has some of the cutest and neatest activities for kids!! To bad that it is so far from home and sooo expensive to visit.
I am so thankful that we have been able to bring Emma on this trip and she is experiencing these neat activities ( and Mommy gets to be a kid again as well ).
We are just so thankful that everything is moving along so well and we give God the praise!!
Love and blessings ~
Lisa
For the fun part of our trip we went to Alice's Tea Cup for a "tea party". This was Emma's first official tea party and her grandparents were more than willing participants :) I will have to say that New York has some of the cutest and neatest activities for kids!! To bad that it is so far from home and sooo expensive to visit.
I am so thankful that we have been able to bring Emma on this trip and she is experiencing these neat activities ( and Mommy gets to be a kid again as well ).
We are just so thankful that everything is moving along so well and we give God the praise!!
Love and blessings ~
Lisa
Quick update from this morning
Good Morning,
I just wanted to let you guys know that everything went fine today at my monitoring visit. I don't have official info yet and that won't happen until this afternoon but my ultrasound already showed several follicles. I am responding to the meds and that is a good thing! There were some already measurable ones so they will probably lower my dose tonight.
We are going to head out in a little while but I just wanted to share the news real quick. IF there was anything to be concerned with is that I have responded to quickly and I would have a dominant follicle that could take over the other ones. I am not going to think negatively and have any concern until I have heard from the doctors. All in all I feel like I am right on target as to where I need to be!
More later when I hear from the clinic :)
Lisa
I just wanted to let you guys know that everything went fine today at my monitoring visit. I don't have official info yet and that won't happen until this afternoon but my ultrasound already showed several follicles. I am responding to the meds and that is a good thing! There were some already measurable ones so they will probably lower my dose tonight.
We are going to head out in a little while but I just wanted to share the news real quick. IF there was anything to be concerned with is that I have responded to quickly and I would have a dominant follicle that could take over the other ones. I am not going to think negatively and have any concern until I have heard from the doctors. All in all I feel like I am right on target as to where I need to be!
More later when I hear from the clinic :)
Lisa
Monday, June 9, 2008
Enjoying the life in the City
Tomorrow is my first big day at the clinic and I am very excited to see how things are going.
I will try to make an earlier post tomorrow when I hear something. It's been easy to post an update right before bed but tomorrow I will actually have some "news" to post!!
Howie made it to the Buffalo area safely this afternoon. We have missed him around here today. Mom was a little under the weather so she stayed in today while Dad, Emma and I went exploring. We headed over to the Museum of Natural History and it was such a neat place. The place is so big with so many exhibits. It was nice to be inside today with all the hot weather that they are still having. It sounds like tomorrow will be the last day of really hot temps.
We were on the Upper West Side today and we walked across Central Park to the Upper East Side to find a playground for Emma. There are close to 30 playgrounds in the Park. We finally found 1 so she could play and have some fun. Nothing like a slide or swing to keep her happy for awhile!
Thank you for those who have left comments and e-mails! It's so nice to hear from you up here. I have tried e-mailing you back but for some reason they aren't going through. I am going to try and use another e-mail address to send replies back.
I hope all of you are doing well back home. Emma misses her dog Jack and her friends in the neighborhood. Even with all the fun we are having up here we still miss all the comforts and friends and family from home.
Love and blessings~
Lisa
I will try to make an earlier post tomorrow when I hear something. It's been easy to post an update right before bed but tomorrow I will actually have some "news" to post!!
Howie made it to the Buffalo area safely this afternoon. We have missed him around here today. Mom was a little under the weather so she stayed in today while Dad, Emma and I went exploring. We headed over to the Museum of Natural History and it was such a neat place. The place is so big with so many exhibits. It was nice to be inside today with all the hot weather that they are still having. It sounds like tomorrow will be the last day of really hot temps.
We were on the Upper West Side today and we walked across Central Park to the Upper East Side to find a playground for Emma. There are close to 30 playgrounds in the Park. We finally found 1 so she could play and have some fun. Nothing like a slide or swing to keep her happy for awhile!
Thank you for those who have left comments and e-mails! It's so nice to hear from you up here. I have tried e-mailing you back but for some reason they aren't going through. I am going to try and use another e-mail address to send replies back.
I hope all of you are doing well back home. Emma misses her dog Jack and her friends in the neighborhood. Even with all the fun we are having up here we still miss all the comforts and friends and family from home.
Love and blessings~
Lisa
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Not much new tonight
Hey everybody. We have had a fun day here in the big city on our first official day. Howie and I went over to the clinic for my blood work and didn't have to wait very long at all which was really nice. It's amazing how many patients they see and how quickly they see everybody and ship them out the door.
When you visit any doctor and you see other patients waiting you sometimes don't know exactly why they are visiting the doctor. Here or at any other infertility clinic you know exactly why everybody is there. It still breaks my heart to see other couples going through this process. We all want the exact same thing, to be parents to healthy children. For so many it happens so easily and for other it takes a long walk and journey for that to happen. Howie and I know so well how blessed we are to have our Emma. We savor and appreciate every day God has blessed us with having her in our lives. As you keep us in your prayers please lift up the other couples out there in this big ole world who are walking this infertility journey. We all know that God has a special plan for our lives and sometimes that plan follows a different course than what we would hope it to be.
We did lots of walking today and Emma was a trooper. I have to say I wasn't expecting this hot weather up here in NYC. I don't think New York City was expecting it either. Some highlights of today was visiting Trinity Church. A beautiful church that was established in the late 1600's. They still hold weekly services in it. Just a few short blocks from the Church is where The World Trade Centers once stood. We walked down to where they once stood and looked out at the massive hole. I still become so emotional when I think of that day but to actually stand where those towers once stood so tall and proud was a somber moment. As tears came to my eyes my heart went out to all of those families whose lives were changes forever that beautiful September morning. Emma didn't quite understand why we were standing and looking out over this empty spot of land. Someday she will hear the story of how life as we once knew changed forever and how hatred for our Heavenly Father and this precious land of ours was attacked. I pray that during her lifetime she never has to experience another attack of that magnitude again.
Ok, so I thought when I started writing tonight I wouldn't have much to say... Guess I did after all :) On a side note Howie is heading towards Buffalo tomorrow morning for work. His company has a Job Corps center in Medina, NY so he is going to be working over there this week. He will be back on Friday sometime. Pray that he will have a safe trip and a good week while there.
I don't have to head back to the clinic until Tuesday morning. I will have some more blood work and my first ultrasound. I am excited to see how the ultrasound goes and to see how I am responding to the meds!
Love and blessings ~
Lisa
When you visit any doctor and you see other patients waiting you sometimes don't know exactly why they are visiting the doctor. Here or at any other infertility clinic you know exactly why everybody is there. It still breaks my heart to see other couples going through this process. We all want the exact same thing, to be parents to healthy children. For so many it happens so easily and for other it takes a long walk and journey for that to happen. Howie and I know so well how blessed we are to have our Emma. We savor and appreciate every day God has blessed us with having her in our lives. As you keep us in your prayers please lift up the other couples out there in this big ole world who are walking this infertility journey. We all know that God has a special plan for our lives and sometimes that plan follows a different course than what we would hope it to be.
We did lots of walking today and Emma was a trooper. I have to say I wasn't expecting this hot weather up here in NYC. I don't think New York City was expecting it either. Some highlights of today was visiting Trinity Church. A beautiful church that was established in the late 1600's. They still hold weekly services in it. Just a few short blocks from the Church is where The World Trade Centers once stood. We walked down to where they once stood and looked out at the massive hole. I still become so emotional when I think of that day but to actually stand where those towers once stood so tall and proud was a somber moment. As tears came to my eyes my heart went out to all of those families whose lives were changes forever that beautiful September morning. Emma didn't quite understand why we were standing and looking out over this empty spot of land. Someday she will hear the story of how life as we once knew changed forever and how hatred for our Heavenly Father and this precious land of ours was attacked. I pray that during her lifetime she never has to experience another attack of that magnitude again.
Ok, so I thought when I started writing tonight I wouldn't have much to say... Guess I did after all :) On a side note Howie is heading towards Buffalo tomorrow morning for work. His company has a Job Corps center in Medina, NY so he is going to be working over there this week. He will be back on Friday sometime. Pray that he will have a safe trip and a good week while there.
I don't have to head back to the clinic until Tuesday morning. I will have some more blood work and my first ultrasound. I am excited to see how the ultrasound goes and to see how I am responding to the meds!
Love and blessings ~
Lisa
Saturday, June 7, 2008
We have arrived
Not much to share tonight other than our flight was fine and actually on time. The weather up here is just as hot as it was back home. The place we are staying is actually just fine. Lots of room which will be nice.
We did head down to Time's Square so Emma could see all the lights and stores. She was quite thrilled with everything and loved the M & M Store. Who knew there could be 3 floors of M & M merchandise!
I will have my first monitoring visit tomorrow at Cornell. I am very excited to be up here and to have things finally rolling. So far not many side effects from the meds either which is good. Just taking it one day at a time and letting God work is wonderful blessings upon us.
Love & blessings ~
Lisa
We did head down to Time's Square so Emma could see all the lights and stores. She was quite thrilled with everything and loved the M & M Store. Who knew there could be 3 floors of M & M merchandise!
I will have my first monitoring visit tomorrow at Cornell. I am very excited to be up here and to have things finally rolling. So far not many side effects from the meds either which is good. Just taking it one day at a time and letting God work is wonderful blessings upon us.
Love & blessings ~
Lisa
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Here we come NYC!
I guess we are now officially on our way to New York City. I just talked to one of the nurses and everything looked good today with my blood work and ultrasound so off we go on Saturday. I will begin my medication tonight and then on Sunday I will go in for another monitoring check-up. The clinic we are using is in New York City at Cornell ( Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility ). The medical team at Cornell is like the Dream Team of a Medical Staff for Infertility.
We all leave on Saturday morning ( Howie, Emma, Mom and Dad Wood and me ). We are staying at the Helmsley Medical Towers which is just right across the street from the Clinic which will be so convenient. The area of town we are in is the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
I will use this to update how our trip is going and how I am doing with our cycle. To say that we are excited about this adventure is an understatement. I am truly thankful that God is guiding this journey for us and will be blessing us every step of the way.
We have shared this journey over the past 5 years with so many of you and we thank you for your support and prayers along the way. Please keep them coming as we embark on this new and exciting time for our family!
We all leave on Saturday morning ( Howie, Emma, Mom and Dad Wood and me ). We are staying at the Helmsley Medical Towers which is just right across the street from the Clinic which will be so convenient. The area of town we are in is the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
I will use this to update how our trip is going and how I am doing with our cycle. To say that we are excited about this adventure is an understatement. I am truly thankful that God is guiding this journey for us and will be blessing us every step of the way.
We have shared this journey over the past 5 years with so many of you and we thank you for your support and prayers along the way. Please keep them coming as we embark on this new and exciting time for our family!
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