This week is going to be crazy

We begin moving Friday (I hope!).  I still don't know for sure when we're signing papers and when we get keys.  We spent the weekend packing.  I'm very concerned about the amount of stuff we have.  I was raised as a pack-rat, but I yearn to be a minimalist.  It's difficult trying to reconcile the two.

So I finally made my husband log in to Kaiser and get the results of his semen analysis.  Not all of the numbers were in the ideal range, but I honestly have no idea what any of them mean, or how important it is for those particular numbers to be in the ideal range.  We were filling out the questionnaire for the donor embryo program, and it asked for the date of the test and the results.  My husband wanted to write "everything was fine" under results.  I don't know if he just doesn't believe that his numbers weren't ok (I mean, they were close, but they were NOT in the ideal range), or if he's in complete denial.  I suggested he email the doctor to find out what the numbers meant.  He refused.  I'm still a little upset about that.  I could probably email the doctor myself, but I'm not sure he would tell me anything.

Anyway, we sent in all the paperwork, and I have a phone consultation with a case manager Wednesday.  I'm looking forward to getting started.  At this point, I'm about a week past ovulation, and no pregnancy symptoms whatsoever, so I'm assuming this cycle, like all the others, was a bust.  And, as these things are wont to go, it seems likely I will start my period Friday or Saturday, which are our two big moving days.  I'm not really sure, since my period has been awfully strange since all of the surgeries, but the last two cycles were 22 and 24 days, and today is day 19 of this cycle, so really, any time after Wednesday is fair game.  I'm going to have to start loading up on 800mg ibuprofen starting Wednesday night and hope for the best, I guess.

I also want to talk a wee bit about Kaiser and their programs.  On the one hand, having 50% coverage for everything other than IVF is pretty nice.  On the other hand, I never talk to one person who works on both sides - if I want to do IVF, I see this person.  If I want to try other things, I see this other person.  I never talk to someone who can tell me what my best options are.  It's driving me a bit batty.  Obviously, we're pushing ahead with donor embryos, but I wish I had seen someone before my AMH dropped so low who could have helped guide me to the best decision.