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IVF #3……take 3…Action!
First to update you on this past FET #6…it got cancelled…my lining only got to around 3mm with Tamoxifen and extra estrogen….so Tamoxifen did not work for me and my lining :( So, I just have to keep...
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Tears before IVF #3
So this morning, I went to get my blood taken before I start my stims for IVF#3 tonight. I was feeling o.k…not great because my husband just left on a plane for a business trip and he usually gives me...
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IVF #3—Stim Days 1-5
Well, well, well….here we are AGAIN, Full IVF #3….it’s interesting to me when people count FET cycles as IVF cycles…because if I were to do that, it would be IVF #9 or #10…and that just...
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IVF #3-Stim Days 6-12, Egg Retrieval & Fertilization Report
And it continues…. I think I left you all off on Stim Day 5..the ultrasound saw about 5 eggs growing and my lining was non-existent with fluid(what’s new :( Now to catch you all up to speed: Stim Day...
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IVF #3-Results
So I left you all last week with some pretty good news….9 eggs retrieved and 6 eggs fertilized. I was so happy with that number. Of course, the one issue that I always have is chronically thin...
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IVF #3- I Kept It To Myself
I had a LOT of hope for IVF #3 I mean…I had already been through 2 other IVF’s and 6 cancelled FET’s. I’ve spent more time in my RE’s office than some of the nurses…not kidding. So this IVF #3 was...
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Failed IVF. It Still Hurts.
Yep, it still hurts. Mentally, physically, emotionally, financially…just hurts. Not to mention that those progesterone shots…they left big bruises and STILL really hurt. Just another reminder of...
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Infertility Awareness Week— I Believe
In honor of Infertility Awareness Week…I want to simply dedicate a song to all of you beautiful men and women going through this journey of a very misunderstood disease. If you have just started your...
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This Nightmare Called Infertility
If this is my nightmare… I will gladly take it. Yes…you heard me right…..I will gladly take it. I’ll take it all. If at the end of this misery, I am able to have healthy children, free of cancer, free...
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“You Are So Lucky”
Yep…that’s what someone said to me recently when I opened up about about my struggle to get pregnant. What? Lucky?? Exactly what I thought. WHAT?? I explained how we went through all of these...
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Hysteroscopy #4-Cancelled
So the title says it all…once again……cancelled. Apparently, I ovulated on CD10….what? Who does that? Me. Oh, and I have a cyst…so all around…no go. If it hadn’t happened to me SO many times before, I...
View ArticlePart Two-The Gestational Surrogacy Process: Step-By-Step
Part One of The Gestational Surrogacy Process was finding your surrogate. Now here is Part Two, the step-by-step process. I left you off with us finding our gestational surrogate, my amazing sister❤...
View ArticleHaven’t We Struggled Enough?
I’ve thought about this often battling this disease of infertility. The struggle. I remember when I first started trying to conceive, I compared myself to others. I would read about someone who started...
View ArticlePTID: Post Traumatic Infertility Disorder
I don’t belong. I’m not part of my infertility group any more…because I’m expecting. I’m not part of the pregnant women’s group…because I’m not pregnant……even though I’m expecting. Lost. Believe you...
View ArticleWhen Praying Isn’t Enough: How God, IVF and Surrogacy Guided Me To My Child
This title is meant to push buttons…. It’s meant to make you stop and read and think and question… Truly not trying to offend anyone…honestly…just giving a different perspective. Now first, let me...
View ArticleIVF #8…..and #9
First, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my friends…I pray and wish that 2020 fulfills all of our dreams…it seems like a good year and I’m banking on it!! Now on to my belated update…. I’ve taken a...
View ArticleIVF #9 Update
Well, we triggered last night…so retrieval for full IVF #9 will be tomorrow morning…ahh! Here’s how the rest of my cycle has been going: SD(stimulation day) 17: Lining-5.6mm, E2: 329, 2...
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