Monday, March 27, 2006

First Round of Testing

Today I started my first round of testing for IVF w/PGD. My head is still spinning from all the information that I need to absorb. Do I really want to put my body through all of this? How bad do we really want to add to our family? Should Miranda be an only child? Testing....probbing....prodding. What will the outcomes be? The costs are astronomical and what are the guarantees?

So today, the bloodwork began. David had to work so I had to go at it by myself. Miranda was with me. But a 2 1/2 year old really doesn't understand how mommy FEARS needles. The wait was long, almost an hour. And Miranda was such an angel during the wait. We finally get to the back and I have to answer a few questions. Miranda is playing with her Sesame Street magnet board. I sit down. David said it would only be about 4 tubes of blood they would take for today's tests. I'm mentally preparing myself. I watch the lady start picking out different colored tubes. 1......2.....3......4......5......6, wait we passed 4. I look away and don't know if she took anymore. What's up with that, David, you told me 4? Okay now she wraps the tourniquet around my arm and plays with my veins. You have one try! Plays.....taps.....taps.....plays. Okay now comes the alcohal wipe. We know what's coming next. It's going to pinch. I ask my Miranda to hold my hand. She does! How sweet. She is watching this lady like a hawk now. PINCH....I guess I squeezed Miranda's hand a little too hard. She said OUCH! And she never took her eyes off the lady. Finally after all the tubes, the needle comes out and the cotton ball covers the hole in my arm. Miranda says to me, "mommy has a boo-boo!?" Yes, mommy has a boo-boo. It wasn't as bad as I anticipated. One round of testing down, many more to come! Will it all be worth it.......

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