And I’m more than a little disheartened.   2 day transfer of 4 embryos.  That’s not great news right there.  But wait!  It gets worse! The two day transfer is more related to the day of the week than the holiday – which was something of a relief.  I was feeling sort of put-upon that Memorial [...]

Which, I guess isn’t bad, but I’m still feeling a bit freaked out.  To go from 10 good chances to four in less than 24 hours seems extreme.  Transfer tomorrow morning.  A day-2 transfer since we don’t have anywhere near enough wiggle-room to try for a blastocyst transfer.  And since my doctor wants to do the [...]

So, after getting it all sorted out that the clinic is open on Memorial day – and wasn’t I a silly for believing otherwise? – I get a call to clarify my medicine status, and the tech tells me that they’re thinking of pushing me back to a 2-day transfer because my doctor wants to be [...]

…which may be kind of loopy, since I’m still a bit out of it.   It went without much of a hitch, other than the anesthesiologist having to perform the obligatory rooting around in both elbows and the backs of both hands for suitable veins.  My hands officially hurt more right now than my nether regions, [...]

 …not the least of which was the computer meltdown.   Ahem.  No, it’s still not fixed, & it’s prone to random fatal errors.  So I’ll try to get all this out before another one occurs.   Monday’s appointment went well.  This time, I asked if my doctor would tell me what he was seeing as he was [...]

…with Mister Ultrasound!  Though I’m not sure how they’re going to draw blood since the last (and usually most reliable) site is a great big bruise right now.  Too many recent draws for that stretch of vein, I think.   And tomorrow, I should know if we’re going to get to keep going on this month [...]

Good news is that, according to my doctor, I’m good to go ’til Monday, not Sunday as originally supposed.  Is it very bad of me to think that maybe the doctor just didn’t want to come in on a Sunday?  On a stormier note, I just got a call from my boyfriend’s mother, inviting me to [...]

The good news is that we’re still a go for this cycle.  There are growing follicles in there, doing what they do, and my doctor sounded cautiously pleased by my progress.   The bad news is my left ovary seems completely dominant.  At least 9 follicles over there, compared to 2 or 3 on my right. The [...]

 …at which point I should learn if this IVF thing is going to work this month or not.   Yikes.  First really noticeable side effects kicked in last night.  Sleeplessness.  Heart beating fast, so I couldn’t relax and fall back asleep.  Assisted, I’m sure, by the really crappy dreams playing in my brain when I did [...]

another bruise in the gut, another medical bill in the mail… Actually, this evening’s Repronex injection doesn’t seem so painful.  We’ll see how it is tomorrow, because I’m still feeling yesterday’s injury pretty severely.   Everything else is humming along.  It’s Monday night already, my first check-up is Friday.   Oh, and I got the first request [...]