Fairly uneventful week, actually, so I’m really glad that I haven’t been at home to obsess the way I feel like I would be, otherwise. Boobs are absolutely purple, and veiny like they’re going to take over the rest of my body.  God knows, they appear to be getting the blood supply that used to [...]

Thank you, everyone.  I’m feeling better today.  Trying not to worry about things I can’t change, trying not to borrow trouble before it’s here.  Thank you for the good reminders, and the good thoughts – heaven knows I can use every last one. We’re having a lovely break up here in Manchester.  Going to putter [...]

No sleep last night, or at least, no good sleep.  But my appointment was kept and I didn’t have a heart attack waiting for my doctor to arrive.  All is – pretty much – well.  We have twins.  At least today we have twins.  However, my doctor doesn’t think one of them is going to [...]

My zen may have gotten smothered by the octopus yesterday.  (And thank you for that rather creepy little visual, Brenda!  I laughed, and then winced, and then sort of let my mind scuttle away from it.  Rather like an octopus moving to another, fishier tank, perhaps.) But seriously, I’m not quite sure why, but I [...]

Hmmm.  I think the queasiness just might have started yesterday (at 5w2d.)  Felt off all afternoon, which is in keeping with my previous m.s. experiences.  Not like I was going to actually yech, but not like I wanted to put anything in my mouth, either.  Not water, not chocolate, not nothin’. Which is rather unusual [...]

Today I’m at 14dp3dt, which makes it approximately 17dpo.  So, yes, yesterday’s 16dpo beta numbers are high, but not outrageously high.  My last pregnancy, I was at 7oo-something at 17dpo with a singleton.  So that’s what I’m pinning my hopes on – that this is just one seriously female little girl in there, who’s pumping [...]

that it looks like we still don’t have consensus for how a pregnancy week works.  Which is rather reassuring – at least I’m not the only one. However, the majority seemed to think that zero-days begins a pregnancy week, putting me today, theoretically, at…. 5w3d!  So that’s what we’re going with (also because I like [...]

driving me batshit.   I hate uncertainty (which is why it’s a miracle that I ever survived this far in the IVF process.)  I hate ambiguity (ditto above comment regarding miraculous survival.)  Not knowing how far along I am, not knowing what’s happening in there (please god, there’s lots happening!) is making me nuts.   [...]