Originally I was told by the fertility clinic that the medication process from start to transfer is approximately 6 weeks, however the time line is a little shortened. With this process I am being monitored at a local clinic. I did this with my first match but the last one the doctor preferred to do the monitoring himself so I took a few more trips to DC. With the first one I lived in Ohio and we found one close to there so this time I had to find one close to here. We found one in Nashville, which is an hour drive, that I have the monitoring done at. I started my medications just over a week ago so I had my baseline ultrasound and blood work done this week. We had a little stress setting it up though. First they said I had to make my appointment before nine am so they could guarantee same day results to the clinic in DC. I don't mind the early appointment except the fact that Trevor gets on the bus at 8:10am and it is an hour drive. So they said that I could come in at 9:30 for them. Then it was a hassle getting payment set up prior to my appointment. I also had communication issues with the parents due to the fact that my Viber app on my phone and my computer where two different accounts with two different #'s so I wasn't getting their messages and they tried to call but it was my old cell # and someone else has it now. After all that my appointment went well and I got a schedule for the transfer. I will be taking a trip to DC November 11th for the transfer now we just have to figure out if I am going by myself or not and who is going with me or staying with the kids. Though it is not ideal if I have to go by myself I will fly in in the morning and fly out that evening. But if I have someone with me then I will probably stay overnight and come home the next afternoon. If I am by myself I don't want to stay because there will be noone there to take care of me and I can come home so John can do it. Time will tell!