Lining is thick enough

Well I had my b/w and u/s this morning. The b/w was a bit traumatic. I gave her my left arm like I always do and she stabbed me and said there wasn't any blood coming out and she wiggled and jiggled the needle around but nothing came. She said I had been using that arm too much lately. Well in the past I've had blood drawn from that arm two days in a row and often times every other day without any problems, and in the past 10 days I've only had blood drawn 3 times including today (last was Monday) so that doesn't make sense to me. She said something like you should have offered me your other arm. I almost started crying. I know it's ridiculous, but the strangest things make me feel like crying these days. In Bible study on Tuesday ALL the women were crying except me, but here with the phlebotomist I almost lost it. I don't like this phlebotomist as much as the one who used to work there. She usually bruises me. Well anyhow the good news is that she was able to get blood from my right arm (the one that's usually uncooperative) so we didn't have to resort to my hand (which I find rather painful). I won't need blood drawn again until the Beta on 11/12. The nurse will call me this afternoon to tell me whether my EV dosage is being increased or decreased based upon what my E2 was at today.

Then I had my u/s. A woman from Michigan began doing her fellowship with Dr. Awad in July. Back then she just watched when someone else did the u/s. Today she did it herself, but Dr. Awad was standing there guiding her and talking with her about it. She's really nice and has great bedside manners. I remember as a child noticing that about the residents, interns, and fellows at the Children's Hospital in DC. They were always much more gentle when examining my ear than an ENT who had been practicing many years. I remember once as a child encouraging one of them to try to stay gentle even after he had been practicing for many years. Anyhow my lining is 8.6mm today. That's thick enough (needs to be at least 7mm and 8-13mm is usually considered ideal). My lining normally at this stage is usually 10mm, but of course in inj/iui cycles or even the ivf in July my E2 is usually up around 3,000 so it makes sense my lining is thicker then. It will probably thicken up some more prior to the transfer as I'm still on EV injections. Anyhow all systems are "go" for the transfer one week from today. I am very relieved as the nurse had said before well we can always push it back one week and I thought - that won't be good as I'll be in Chicago the next week. I am thankful the transfer will be November 1 as scheduled. I'll post later once the nurse calls me about my E2 levels.

Every time I think about someone being willing to be a surrogate for me, I am just blown away. Then two women shared with me this week that they also received offers of surrogacy (one woman by her daughter's birthmother). So I guess it's more common than I realized. It still amazes me that someone would be willing to do this. I don't think I could carry a baby for 9 months even if I knew that baby wasn't genetically mine and then give that baby back to his/her biological parents. So I am utterly amazed that this woman at church would be willing to do this for me. When I mentioned it to Paul, he was not at ALL wanting to consider it. And it's not something I want to consider either. It's too expensive for one thing. But I am overwhelmed that someone would be willing to do this for me.