Thank you to everyone who weighed in on the stationary bike idea.  In the end, I decided to go with a Kurt Kinetics trainer into which I can clamp my bike (and the Boy can use his own ginormous bike, if he so desires).  I found a fantastic deal, which includes a heart-rate monitor (which, [...]

A lovely holiday except for, you know, it being another marker, another anniversary.  Another holiday I expected to be holding a baby, or at least, hugely, adorably pregnant.  Not so much.  Huge, yes. Adorable, no.  Pregnant?  It is to laugh. Food was great, family was great, we even managed to sneak in some SIL/MIL/Sprogblogger bonding by [...]

Not exactly the best Thanksgiving conversation starter, is it?  I need to work on an alternate on the drive up to CT, but right now?  It’s all I’ve got. Sure enough, I’m an ovulating machine.  Despite the Lupron.  Despite last week’s two-periods-for-the-price-of-one.  Plus I’ve got a cyst.  So it’s at least another two weeks before [...]

So, the UTI is going away quickly enough that I don’t think I’ll have to resort to antibiotics.  My natural foods store is tired of seeing me, (it’s the only place I can buy straight, un-cocktailed cranberry juice) but I think I’ll live.  Thank you to everyone who suggested the cranberry capsules.  What brand do [...]

Spotting is, apparently, rather more normal than not on Lupron. Who knew? My nurse laughed at me for calling her twice – voicemail picked up the first time, so I called her back in a few hours. Er, given my clinic’s past performances on call-backs, I felt it best to take matters into my own [...]

So I think the reason the Lupron is so easy is that I have so very much fat tissue in which to inject it. OMG. I know it’s just nasty Lupron weight.  I know my clothes aren’t fitting any differently – people have, in fact, been commenting on how good I look.  But still.  Stepping [...]

I don’t have much to complain about.  Other than the insomnia, Lupron is treating me relatively gently this time around.  I could use a decent night’s sleep; the exhaustion is going to get old pretty quickly.  But still, all in all, this place isn’t as fraught as I remember it being, before. It’s odd – [...]

Dear Ms DonorFantastica, You don’t know me, but I know a little about you.  I know your age, and the age of your siblings and parents, and how old your grandparents were when they died.  I know your medical history.  I know the sexual history you report to doctors.  I know how well you stimulate [...]

Hurdle #3 has been cleared, folks, & we’re ready to move onto “Let’s see if both Sprogblogger’s & MsDonorFantastica’s cycles will regulate in a mere two weeks, or if this is going to take a very long time indeed. I bought the meds, averting a potential screw up by the pharmacy.  My nurse called me [...]

An interesting thing: I was afraid of the Lupron needle last night. Not afraid like the first time I ever stabbed myself, but still. I hesitated, cringing away from the unbearable pain that I knew must follow.  I went back and forth – will it hurt less on the right side of my belly or [...]