Thanks, Laura. I think I am starting to feel better now. This has happened with every cycle and usually by the 2nd or 3rd week I being to feel the depression lifting somewhat. I've gotten so used to getting BFNs but of course there is always going to be some disappointment. I just feel that this is ...

I just received another BFN after FET transfer #2 and after a week I'm just feeling numb with depression. I've felt this way after each cycle ends and I stop the progesterone shots and estrace. I know that it's normal to be depressed after a disappointment but I feel like a lot of it is due to going ...

Has anyone had high blood pressure as a side effect from Lupron? I am currently preparing for a FET and I started on BCP then transitioned to using Lupron and Estrace. I am due to have my FET the first week of May but I'm now being told that I will most likely have to cancel because my blood ...

41andscaredsilly, I like what you said:
"Babies, having them or not, do not define your life. Only YOU do. " and
desperate said:
"family is nice, but the core of your relationship is the two of you." Makes sense to me. How many married couples have had children, only to later get divorced?"

Very ...

I experienced my first negative this month exactly a year ago. I can still remember how disappointing it was like it was yesterday. The doctor was really surprised because he was so positive that it would work and was at a loss to explain why it failed.
I'm now on my third try (2nd attempt was also ...

Oh I can so identify with all of your stories! I have chosen to tell only my mother, sister and a few close friends and it just pisses me off the things they say. I know she's only trying to be helpful but with my sister she thinks that yoga is the answer to everything. "Maybe if you do yoga you'll ...

Thanks for the replies ladies. Like you said Karen, the worst of it is feeling like I'm not a real woman which I know in my mind is ridiculous (congrats on your PG by the way!) I know if I compare myself to all the fertile women out there I'm only setting myself up for misery. So, I try to focus on ...

I'm sure all you ladies out there going through the ivf process have felt what an enormous toll this takes on your emotional health. I've been at this for about a year now, waiting to start a new cycle in Feb. The hardest part about this is what it has done to my self-esteem. For someone who didn't ...

Warren Dew - nice to see a post from a husband. We ladies get so caught up in this IVF thing that sometimes we forget that this is hard on you guys too. It must be hard to have to watch your wife go through this and not be able to do anything but hope along with her and be supportive. My husband has ...

Hi Nali,

I know just how you're feeling. I've endured two IVF cycles and two BFNs. I'm on bcps now and am scheduled to do another cycle in January. I know the feeling of utter hopelessness and the feeling that this will never work. I too have also had people tell me to have a positive mental ...

Hi Ladies,

Not to be a downer, but I tried acupuncture with my last IVF cycle and I don't think it did much other than relaxing me, which in and of itself is not a bad thing. What pissed me off is that the acupuncturist would take my pulse each session and at the last one she said I had a ...

Hi Meena, I wanted to ask you if there is a required waiting period between the time you stop IVF and the time you start the application process for adoption. I have been through 2 failed IVFs and we'll probably go through another round in the next couple months. My husband is not ready to think ...

Shared risk is a good idea if you plan on giving it a couple more tries (let's hope you don't have to). I don't think it's going to work out for us but there is a program called ARC where you can apply. Type in "ARC fertility" on the web and you'll find it. I'm not sure when my next cycle will start ...

I don't think it's really been proven one way or another that these meds can cause long term damage. I've heard reports that there is a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer with them. I figured though that if all this results in me having a baby, the risk is worth it. I could develop cancer ...

Hi Wonderce,

Since I haven't started my cycle yet i'm not sure just what the protocol will be but I think I will be taking Follitism. My first cycle I took 450cc Gonal f, 150 cc Menopur, and 10 cc Lupron. The second cycle was a flare using Microlupron, Bravelle, and Menopur but didn't produce the ...