by Kathy on February 10, 2011 · 11 comments
in Abby, ALI Community, Books, Decisions, Family, FET #1, Frozen Embryos, IVF, IVF #1, Loss, Love, Molly
Not long before I started this blog four years ago, I joined a “cycle buddy” group in the IVF Connections (IVFC) discussion forums. We were a group of women most of whom (if not all) were trying IVF for the first time. Some of us were struggling with secondary infertility and already had living children […]
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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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by Kathy on May 12, 2007 · 0 comments
in Baby Aspirin, Beta Blood Tests, Blastocysts, Blood Work, Eggs, Embryos, Endo Lining, ER, ET, FET, Follistim (FSH), Frozen Embryos, Hope, HPTs, ICSI, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, Lutenizing Hormone (LH), Menopur, Odds, Ovaries, Ovulation, PIO, Protocols, RE, RE Consultations, Sperm, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds, Uterine Lining, Vacations
We had our follow up appointment yesterday (Friday) with our RE. We were very impressed with him, the thoughts he shared about our 1st IVF cycle failing, what he learned from the cycle and what he recommends for our new protocol to be! 🙂 In terms of our 1st IVF cycle, he thinks the main […]
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by Kathy on May 5, 2007 · 0 comments
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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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by Kathy on May 2, 2007 · 3 comments
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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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by Kathy on May 1, 2007 · 6 comments
in Bob, Books, Coping, Diversions, Dreams, Embryos, Faith, Family, Hope, HPTs, IVF, IVF #1, Optimism, PIO, Pregnancy Symptoms, Sean, Top Ten Lists, TTC, TV Shows, TWW, Waiting
Top Ten Things I Did Today to Keep My Mind Off Whether or Not I Am Pregnant: 10. Played with my son Sean and his friend, a little girl his age, who lives across the street, while her parents were at a meeting, this morning. 9. Organized Sean’s bookshelf in his room, it had gotten […]
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