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ECHO, ECho, echo…
Heeellllooooooo, looooo, loooo. Anybody oouuutt theeerrrree, ouut theeerre, out theere? Yeesh! I’ve been racking my brain to come up with something Brilliant, Enlightening, Snarky, etc., that might...
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“It has begun…”
Today is Day 1 of our IVF/ICSI cycle. I will be driving the Metro to see my RE tomorrow. I haven’t had a date with the wand for so long; I don’t know whether to be excited or apprehensive. Oh wait....
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Day 2 of IVF/ICSI Cycle
My date with my RE started Monday nite. Remember with the office being 100 mi. away, I was going to have to make an early start the next day (5:00 a.m. wakeup call). So I took my shower Monday nite...
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Day 5 of IVF/ICSI Cyle
Today’s appt didn’t go very well and I’m already preparing for the distinct possibility that it will be cancelled. I have only two small follicles and my estrogen level was only 132. This is after 3...
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Day 8 of IVF/ICSI Cycle
I have this recurring dream where I am swimming in deep water and run out of air. In a brief moment of panic, I realize I am too deep to make it to the surface in time to refill my lungs with air. At...
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I’m Crazy, How ‘Bout You?
I finally have scheduled an appointment that is long overdue. In fact, I should have scheduled it a year ago after we lost Baby May, but I was too proud to even think that I should seek counseling. I...
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Day 11 of IVF/ICSI Cycle
OK, I’m pissed at BlogLines. It seems I have been missing some new posts and feel like a putz for not being there for some of my peeps. It looks like I’ll have to resort to just pulling up each one on...
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Counselor – Bad, Bitch Slap – Good
I went to see the counselor last night. All I can say is even though I cried several times when discussing my miscarriage and the potential for things not to work out with this IVF, I will not go...
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Question: Should I Wear Socks?
It’s been a long 24 hours. By the time Mr. DD and I got ourselves some supper and a hotel room near the Metro Hospital, it was 11:00pm. With the goal of getting up by 6:30am so we can be dressed and...
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24 Cells
Why didn’t anyone tell me that Squirty up the Clacker frickin’ hurts!! That one little valium is supposed to make the procedure a little more tolerable, huh? I would’ve needed to chase it with a half...
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Who Will Decide? Faith or Hope?
Since the transfer last Wednesday I have overheard Mr. DD say to close friends and family (in jest), “I just hope it’s not triplets,” in the relating of our IVF process. Every time I heard him say...
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“Let’s Make A Deal” or other ways to make the next few days pass a little...
. Three more full days before my beta. It’s time to play the IVF version of "LET’S MAKE A DEAL!" Should I select Door #1! Take the Evil Piss Test Thursday or Friday (I only have one left in the drawer...
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Where’s My Bubbly?
I woke up about 6:40 a.m. and in a half-conscious state, I pulled on a sweat shirt (which ended up being on inside-out; my attempt at "trendy") right over the top of the t-shirt I slept in and traded...
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PSYCH ! !
I’m sorry if I scared any of you with the initial tone of my last post. It wasn’t intentional. OK. Yes it was. I cannot pretend that my writing is brilliant by any stretch of the imagination. I...
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It’s not good news
My beta was only 63. It should have been at least 88 ideally. Nurse W. said she has seen it go either way, but I need to be realistic. I knew it wasn’t going to be good news. I test again Friday....
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And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Program Already in Progress…
All the positive thoughts, prayers and hopes were not enough to save what we now get to refer to as a Chemical Pregnancy, which means that at least one embryo stuck but failed for whatever reason and...
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Sanity Check: 24 Hours Later
Weird day yesterday. I felt good mentally for the beginning half of the day, but my mood took a one-eighty by 7:00 pm. In the morning, as you know from yesterday’s post, I had felt at peace with what...
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Sometimes the Clinics Have GOOD Nurses, Too
I *heart* Nurse W. at my RE’s office! Just *heart* her!!! I told Mr. DD that since his “services” won’t be required with the next cycle I thought we should get some additional diagnostic tests done to...
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Make Mine a Lite!
I’m still spotting, but I figured I would for some time since I was flushing out a cycle’s worth of repronex, progesterone, antegon and of course one teeny-tiny embryo who really did take after mommy...
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Earworm: Ten Little Indians
* WARNING: The following may be contagious and should be read only under the condition that you can obtain immediate access to a radio to eliminate the chance this Earworm may infect your head for the...
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