Fuzzy Noodle Knits

Mad Color Weave Socks

Pattern: "Mad Color Weave Socks" by Tina Lorin
Materials: Blue Moon Fiber Arts "Socks that Rock" Lightweight in "Rockstar"; US Size 1 circular needles
Finished: April 21, 2009

IVF Update

Good Tuesday morning!  I just thought I'd pass along an update to those who are interested!  I had the egg retrieval yesterday morning, and things went pretty textbook.  Of 13 follicles, they were able to nab 11 eggs, which is average.  I came home, slept, snuggled with kittehs, and watched bad TV.  Towards the evening I started to feel pretty icky as my IV pain meds were wearing off, but I'm feeling better this morning.  I got a call from the embryologist early this morning with news that 6 of 11 eggs fertilized.  This means we will have a 3rd day embryo transfer (2 embryos to be transferred) as opposed to a 5th day blastocyst transfer (did have enough fertilized to try to take that long).  So bright and early Thursday morning I will be taking possession of two tiny packages!  As excited as I am, I really am reminding myself to tamp it down and be more realistic about the odds...I really don't want to set myself up for the let down of my life.  To keep my mid preoccupied, I'm knitting like crazy.

On Sunday I finished the first Mad Color Weave Sock:

I finished the gusset on the 2nd sock last night, and I'm hoping to finish up the sock today!  I have lots of shows on DVD to keep me entertained while I sit with my heating pads (the fuzzy kinds and the plug-in kind) on my lap.

Happy crafting!

Warning: Proud Auntie Ahead

Baby Will is getting so big!  He's just over 2 months old, and is already getting to wee bit too large for the handknit set I made for him!  Don't let that pouty face fool you...he's a little doll!  Ah....I miss him so much already.

Still Here

                                               (Me, circa 1981)

I'm still here!  I've been furiously working away on the Secret Sample Knitting and cleaning my house!  I'm also making crazy amounts of follicles...go ovaries! By this time next week I'll have had my egg retrieval, and will know when I'll have the transfer, and how many embryos will be transferred!!

I'm getting everything ready so that I can spend all next week home and resting...and knitting!!  I'm getting my game plan all set...I'm going to try to finish Therapi, and knit lots of socks!  I know it's only one week...but it's one week of doctor mandated bed rest!  I'm also planning out what movies/TV shows on DVD to watch!  Ok, I'm not sure what I'm more excited for, the procedure, or a week off of work and doing nothing!

Speaking of which...anyone have Enterprise Season 4 on DVD that they'd be willing to lend me?  I'll pay shipping both ways!

Have a great week!

STR Love

I'm taking a little pause on my secret sample knitting for the designer to figure something out, so I thought I'd distract you from the lack-of content here and show you a little something I've been working on for myself.

That's a Mad Color Weave, in BMFA STR Lightweight "Rockstar". I'd like to finish the pair to wear on my egg collection date, but the Gumdrops were more important to me to have finished for the actual embryo transfer.

Nothing really new going on...just been a knitting mad woman and "shooting up".  I've become a pro at giving myself shots...which is saying a lot since I'm a needle phobe.  The first round of the IVF injection drugs have turned me into a stupid-head (remember that one from grade school?), and I am in a permanent "fog".  I can't write, spell, or speak without forgetting things.  It's quite frustrating actually, but at least I'm not seriously depressed on Lupron like many women are.  Tomorrow I have my baseline tests, and Thursday I start Follistem, which will be a load of laughs.  I expect to get very sick on that one...which would mean the drug is working.  Ugh.

Meanwhile, I have a birthday on Wednesday.  It has sort of disappeared in all this crazy IVF cycle stuff going on, and that's ok.  I don't need or want anything.  Ok, maybe I need a chocolate cake, but really, my only wish...and perhaps the most important birthday wish of my life, is for this IVF cycle to be successful.