I know it will shock you all to hear this, but… none of my little buggers made it to the freezer. I’m … well, I suppose on one level I am upset that I can’t seem to make decent embryos (though I do know that my clinic has really high standards for freezing embryos). But [...]
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cryo report and peeing on sticks
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, cryo report, IVF#2 (Take 3) on June 8, 2009 | 13 Comments »
It’s Like DeJaVu All Over Again
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#2 (Take 3) on June 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The phone call from SuperDoc on Day 4 explaining the outlook and the options. The apologetic tone in his voice. The determination to push forward. The sense that maybe things aren’t quite as perfect as he’d like them to be. I feel like I’ve lived this life before. I’ve been down this path, I know [...]
Details on the Demise of IVF #2, Take 2
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#2 (Take 2), my stupid body on April 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Thanks to all for all your kind thoughts and well wishes. I’m fine. The decision to cancel this cycle was a mutual decision between my doctor and myself. He would have been okay with pushing forward if that’s what I had insisted upon, but that’s not a position I want to be in, especially with [...]
It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#2 (Take 2) on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Left Ovary: 12mm and 11mmRight Ovary: 14mm and 11mm Do I sense the possibility of a lead follicle in the making? Does this sound familiar?? Yeah. Edit: Results from clinic are in. E2 = 145. Endometrium = 8.1. Stay on same doses of medications and return to office on Tuesday. This gives me absolutely no [...]
Closer to Cancelled
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#2, my stupid body on March 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Not to be confused with “Closer to Fine”. My lining, she is not wafer thin – she is 10.1mm and I have a lovely 18.6 follicle. Or maybe it’s a cyst. But it’s probably a beautiful follicle. We’ll see what my estrogen is, but either way, it probably means triggering tonight and starting Lupron again [...]
Stupid Body
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#2, my stupid body on March 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Yeah, um, hello? Stupid body. Per SuperDoc, “Sometimes on Lupron you get the opposite effect that you’re hoping for… What I was afraid of last time was that you’re ovulating on your own despite the Lupron.” Meanwhile, M (Sonographer Extraordinaire) was frowning. “She’s thickening…” (referring to my endometrium, damn that endometrium!) Seriously, how does this [...]
About that Assisted Hatching
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, assisted hatching, IVF#1 on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By the way, it turns out the reason I had assisted hatching was because I had a Day Six transfer. Apparently, they do Assisted Hatching on all day six transfers. Standard Operating Procedure. So… no dramarama. Nothing particularly wrong with George, other than he was a slow grower who, well, wasn’t particularly userful in the [...]
Assisted What?
Posted in and this is where it started to go downhill, assisted hatching, IVF#1, money matters on March 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So I found out today that in IVF#1, Ye Olde Fertility Clinic did Assisted Hatching on George. Who knew? Well, my financial services coordinator knew. My nurse didn’t know, though. I had called to find out the status of my account, make sure I didn’t owe any more money (because based on the EOB’s I’ve [...]
The Very Definition of Insanity
Posted in 2ww, and this is where it started to go downhill, The Waiting Game on February 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Do you know the definition of insanity? Doing the same action over and over again, expecting a different result. Why, then, do I continue to POAS? Is it insanity? Or, as Jody suggests, simply ritual? Truthfully, though I don’t deny that I’m crazy, I don’t expect a different result, so I imagine there’s simply some [...]
And for all those lingering optimists out there…
Posted in 2ww, and this is where it started to go downhill, IVF#1 on February 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Just in case you were thinking that just *maybe* 14dpo might *just* be a little too early still and there *might* just still be a miracle waiting… let’s just assume that 15 and 16dpo is quite definitive, shall we? I’m still bringing J and Co. Snickerdoodles on Wednesday (beta day). It’s not their fault my [...]
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