Day 4 of IVF Prep

In a note to another email list, I wrote:
The reason I'm taking bcp now is to regulate my cycle so that my own hormones don't get in the way of the hormones I'll be taking by injection to make lots of follicles. There is a "down regulation" phase, where I will take drugs to stop my hormones, then there is a "stimulation" phase where I will take drugs to make lots of follicles mature (instead of the normal 1 or 2 per cycle), then there is the retrieval where my follicles (which hold the eggs) will be removed and fertilized (in vitro = in a lab) with my husbands sperm, then there is the transfer, when (most likely) 3 fertilized eggs will be transferred into my uterus.