Off to Brno, take two!

My flight is at 5:10 tomorrow, I'm nearly done packing, and I've already printed my boarding passes! Then I decided to check the weather in Brno ....

Apparently its going to be insanely hot ... 101 degrees the day of my transfer! I hope I don't have  issues with the heat. At least Friday and Saturday will be more reasonable if I do decide to take an afternoon walk to get out of the hotel room. In any case, I think I better unpack the pants and long sleeved shirt I put in my suitcase and put in a few sun dresses instead.

Ultrasound

Today I had my pre-trip / pre-FET ultrasound and everything looks good. My uterine lining is 13 mm - which is apparently optimum (needs to be more than 8, last time at 17 they thought maybe it was too thick). Also my  lining is trilaminar (three-layered), which is apparently a good thing.

So starting tomorrow I add the progesterone to the estrogen I'm already taking and then I'm off to the Czech Republic on Tuesday! Lets hope the little guy(s) attach to the lining this time. My appointment is on Thursday, August 8 at 12:30.

And happy birthday to Milada and happy anniversary to Mom and Dad!

Baby-making update

I started taking estrogen yesterday in preparation for my planned August 8th Frozen Embryo Transfer. I leave for Brno on August 6th, arrive the next day, and return home on the 11th.  I go for an ultrasound with Dr. Taeff on the 2nd to check that all is in order before I leave. I'm thinking positive and hoping this time it will work!

Various Celebrations and Activities

Since we got back from the trip we've been up to a number of different things.

We celebrated Miran's 33rd birthday on the 13th by going to a Japanese steakhouse. The food was pretty good and we enjoyed the "show" - there was fire and flying food.

For our anniversary we just ate at home - but we used a tablecloth and candles, drank wine, and Miran bought flowers - so it was definitely a special dinner.

We got a very welcome new-to-us car because Mom and Dad generously gave us the CR-V. I installed the console (that we bought Dad for his birthday) between the driver and passenger seats.

 

There isn't usually much wildlife in my posts (unlike Margaret and Lindsay's) but last week we did see a hawk (we think) in our front yard, who had killed a squirrel that seemed to be a little to heavy for it to fly off with. It kept trying to take off and would just land a few feet later. It dropped it on one of these attempts. It was just sort of hanging out in the yard trying to figure out what to do. Eventually it hop / dragged the squirrel into the trees across the street and started eating it there.

And yesterday Miran designed, built, and installed a filter holding box to cover our air intake. This has been something we've been trying to figure out since we moved in because its just open ducts. Until now we've just duct-taped a filter to the wood, but that never held very well. This new system will hopefully work better.

Saranac / Boston Trip

I'm quite late posting these pictures from the trip - but do want to put them on the blog for the record.