I think I am confused!

... or at least my body is! Be forewarned - if you are a guy - you will probably NOT be interested in this post and I have no qualms with you ignoring it!

So - I'm starting week 5 on active birth control pills. When I'm not in the midst of hormonal manipulation, I am extremely regular - every 28 days my cycle starts like clockwork. So - I'm now 3 days past when my cycle would normally start. I'm glad the Nurse Practitioner told us to expect some breakthrough spotting, etc. because otherwise I think it would be easy to worry about if the pills were working right.

I'm having a little bit of cramping and spotting - and continued moodiness (sorry everyone) - my insulin sensitivity still seems to be down (my insulin needs went up ~30% - apparently that's not very common for diabetics on birth control pills - but then, I've never been a very common person medically speaking! :) ) - I'm a little worried that my blood sugar will DROP when I'm between birth control pills and stim medications. But I've still got my normal rates programmed in my pump so I can switch if that seems to become an issue.

Seven more days on birth control pills (last one on Sept 6!) - then a blood draw and ultrasound on Sept 9, and stim meds should start Sept 11. It gets a little overwhelming after that - I think I have a blood draw on Sept 14, then a blood draw/ultrasound on Sept 16, then blood draw/ultrasound Sept 18 and as needed until I'm ready to "trigger" - then egg retrieval/ICSI 2 days later from whenever that happens (target, I think, is Wed Sept 22) - then embryo transfer if all goes well 3 or 5 days later.

I'm really excited and maybe as nervous as I am excited (?) Oh - right - I'm CONFUSED... ha ha... :)

All will be well. :)