(Continuing on from my earlier post today about my total inability to control my emotions at the moment…)
I went to yoga this afternoon, only to discover that there was a new instructor for that class. This is usually enough to seriously disrupt my routine, as I like the usual instructor a lot, and I also [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Case in point
Posted in Daily Life, Emotions, IVF on May 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Trying to get a grip
Posted in Emotions, IVF on May 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
First up, wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s been stopping by and leaving comments. It’s been a horrible week, but I get cheered up every time I check my email and see that someone’s posted. Some days it’s the only thing that really helps.
I am trying to try to move past the IVF failure. [...]
A reckoning
Posted in Emotions, IVF, PhD on May 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Let me start by explaining that I like lists. I really like lists. To the point that when I have trouble coping with stress, the best way for me to calm down is to write down everything I have to do. And if it looks really out of control, I write down EVERYTHING. Including having [...]
Ugh
Posted in Emotions, IVF, TWW on May 23, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about what to say with this post. I knew what was coming because I took a hpt yesterday. Normally I avoid them like the plague, but I had to see my endocrinologist and I figured if I were pregnant, he’d want to know.
It was negative. The beta today only confirmed what I [...]
9dp3dt
Posted in IVF, TWW on May 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I really wish my body would stop coming up with something different to keep me guessing. Every.single.cycle, it seems something has to change. This time? It’s cramping. It started yesterday morning before I got out of bed. It was really noticeable in the afternoon after I’d spent the morning pottering around in the veggie patch [...]
4dp3dt
Posted in IVF, TWW on May 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve spent the last couple of days trying to figure out what’s been going on with me.
The problem is that I’ve been noticeably short of breath. Not all the time- but if I’m walking for more than a few minutes, or climbing even one flight of stairs, I catch myself puffing way more than is [...]
BEST possible news!
Posted in IVF, TWW on May 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Oh, I am so elated, I hardly know where to begin.
All SIX embies were still alive and kicking (or splitting, or whatever it is that embies do). And they all looked fantastic- Grade 1 (best possible). Dr. L was seriously over the moon. He said one looked so good he “wanted to name it right [...]
Transfer time is set…
Posted in IVF on May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For 11.30 tomorrow morning. Unfortunately they don’t disturb the embies on day 2, so I don’t know how they’re going. We’ll have to wait until transfer time to decide how many to put back, and whether any are making it to freeze.
Thanks for all the support after my pity party yesterday. I recognize that the [...]
The dreaded fertilization report…
Posted in IVF, Medical issues on May 7, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It isn’t dire news. But it’s not great, either (at least, I don’t think it’s great- maybe I was hoping for too much).
Of our 14 eggs, we set 7 aside for ICSI, in case it turned out we also had an unexpected fertilization problem. Turns out Dr. L. is pretty on the ball with his [...]
IVF Cycle #1, Day 14, and ironically enough…
Posted in IVF on May 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We got 14 eggs. Appropriate, I think, given the cycle day. And strangely enough this morning while Q. was eating breakfast I asked him how many eggs he thought we would get. He said 14. That’s the number I had been hoping for, too. Here’s hoping that’s all a good sign.
The whole procedure was ridiculously [...]
