BCP

Green Light!

by Kathy on June 4, 2007 · 0 comments

in BCP, Blood Work, Bob, Cysts, Diversions, ER, Follistim (FSH), Injections, IVF, IVF #1, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, PIO, Protocols, Repronex, Sean, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds

AF finally arrived yesterday (Sunday) morning, 5 days after I stopped taking the pill. When she still hadn’t come on Saturday I checked my notes from IVF#1 and saw that it actually took 5 days after I stopped the pill with that cycle for my period to start and thus it made more sense why, […]

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Let the Double Suppression Begin!

by Kathy on May 22, 2007 · 1 comment

in BCP, Blessed, Blood Work, Bob, Cysts, Diversions, ER, Estridol Level (E2), ET, Exercise, Family, Follistim (FSH), Gratitude, Injections, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, Lutenizing Hormone (LH), Menopur, Movies, Ovaries, Protocols, Running, Sean, Trigger Shots, TV Shows, Ultrasounds, Writing

Bless me friends, for I took a break from blogging. It is has been 10 days since my last post… This morning I had my cycle day 14 (of being on the pill) appointment at my RE’s office. I had an ultrasound and the tech said that everything looked great! There were no cysts to […]

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CD3

by Kathy on May 7, 2007 · 0 comments

in BCP, Blood Work, Bob, Diversions, ET, Family, Happiness, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Love, Optimism, Ovaries, Planning, RE, Vacations

Today I am cycle day 3 (CD3). I went in this morning for an ultrasound and blood work. The ultrasound tech said that she saw three cysts on my left ovary, but that they were all small and that things looked good for me to start the pill this week! The woman who did my […]

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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La- Da

by Kathy on May 5, 2007 · 0 comments

in BCP, Blood Work, Coping, Diversions, ER, ET, Family, FET, Friends, Gratitude, Hope, Infertility, IVF, IVF #1, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Optimism, Pain, Protocols, RE, Sean, Ultrasounds, Vacations

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life goes on! Thank you all for your comments here, your emails, your phone calls, your kind words, your thoughts and your prayers. Life does go on and though Wednesday’s news wasn’t what Bob and I were hoping to hear, we are still optimistic and are doing our best to move on. I […]

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There’s Always Next Time…

by Kathy on May 2, 2007 · 3 comments

in Baby Aspirin, BCP, Beta Blood Tests, Blood Work, Bob, Disappointment, Estridol Patches, Family, Friends, Hope, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO, Protocols, RE, Sadness

I got the call a little before 2:00 p.m. today. The nurse said that she had some very bad news, that the blood test was negative and that she was so sorry it didn’t work out this time. There wasn’t much more for either of us to say. I had asked all my questions at […]

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Getting Up to Date on this First IVF Cycle

by Kathy on April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

in Assisted Hatching, BCP, Blood Work, Cysts, ER, Estridol Level (E2), ET, Follicle Checks, Follistim (FSH), Hope, ICSI, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, Lupron, Odds, Optimism, Ovaries, Ovidrel (hCG), PIO, RE, RE Consultations, Sean, TTC, Ultrasounds

These are highlights from notes I have kept or posts I have made in some of my online “buddy groups” since we began this 1st IVF cycle. From here on out I will make separate posts as I have updates to share: Monday, February 26 at 9:24 p.m. We had our follow-up w/ our RE […]

Tagged as: RE Consultations

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