Hi Ladies,
I missed you guys. Sorry I stayed away so long. Ok, this might be a long post. I apologize in advance.
Melissa—oooooooh, I knew I forgot something. I’m so sorry. It’s been a crazy couple of days. Now that I can focus, I will get the secret info to you. HAHAHAHA..I like the sisters of the sista’s! How cute! Thanks for the info on the etopic pregnancy. Just one more think to worry about.
Fi—Oh, I’m so sorry. Kind of happy I got what I wished for but not you being unable to attend the wedding. Darn it. Well at least you get to stay here and play with us. Sucks that DH wont have his royal queen on his arm at the wedding though. Owww, do you think he will tell people why you could not attend? Have you told anyone? I’m afraid to let the cat out of the bag. DH told one of his coworkers (the one he was at lunch with when I broke the news) and I told one of my coworkers who knew we were doing IVF. Other than that no one else knows. That’s for the info. My first scan is in two weeks. I sure hope you slapped that druggie mom. WTF? Oh no! Don’t think etopic pregnancy! Think the opposite. But I can’t be a hypocrite, I’ve been worrying about the same thing. I to am having weird stabbing pains but mine are on the left. My etpoic pregnancy many years ago. She recently told me that if you had one..
YOU WOULD KNOW IT. She said the pain is unbearable. So unless you are REALLY good with pain, then that’s not it.
Patie—That sounds so exciting! You’re going to be famous girl! So when you become that big time fashion designer can I tell everyone I know you? How glam!! I hope you win the competition! Hey, I’m not a wedding planner or anything…but I want to see the dress too.
Amy—WOW, 5K is great! You’re on your way girl. Just a few more house fixtures and you are set! Cool! I like the way you found out. Of all the website in the world to visit, you went on ivf-infertility thru your blackberry! lol I have to share that with DH. I know he will be tickled about that. lol It’s time for me to upgrade my phone. Let me know how you like the blackberry. Is it really big?
CoCo—That house is awesome! I want it!! I love it! I had to stop looking at it. Hard to type with all the drool on my keyboard. Your speech was awesome. I felt like I was there standing behind you with my dildocam in one hand and baby in the other. lol Love the new name. I was thinking about changing it now that I no longer want a baby. But I want to “carry to full term and give birth to a healthy baby. “ But that name is way to long. lol What about CTFTGBTAHB. Nah, never mind.
Jenn—I have endo and have had 3 o r 4 laps. Lost count. But anyway, after all the failed IUI’s and not being able to get pregnant naturally I wanted to have another Lap done. RE and OBGYN advised against it. Something about scar tissue and making it harder to get pregnant. But then OBGYN told me that IVF bypasses endo and told me to go for that. Well when first cycle failed…I wanted to go back to have the lap done. Once again RE advised against it and told me to wait and try another round of IVF before the surgery. I say all of that to say…do you have to have a lap done? My drs seem to advise against it because of the scar tissue. Wow, how did the Pokeno game go with the preggers (am I allowed to say that lol). DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE!! IVF can be a trial and error thing. I almost hyper stimulated last time and therefore had to take a break from the stims. I think this is why my eggs weren’t the greatest size or quality last time. Only had 4 that fertilized and only two made it to blastocysts. One was a grade A and the other a C. Those little guys didn’t make it. This time Estrogen level was also up but RE wanted me to stay on the stims because of the low amount of eggs last time. He just watched me closely. But we didn’t change the dosage of the stims. But we did change the trigger and this time it worked. So I do believe its trial and error. They are not sure how your body will respond to the meds. If it doesn’t work the first time, the drs might try something else. Please don’t ever give up hope. I can honestly say that if it didn’t work for me this time, I was going to try again, and again and again until I got my baby. There are women on this site that have had 5 or 6 IVF and are now pregnant. So please I beg you, never give up hope. If you want something….YOU GO OUT AND GET IT! BTW..Pokeno sounds like fun. I’ll take any excuse to eat, drink and gossip!
Sassy—WOOOHOOO!! Starting Stims tomorrow! Are you ready? It’ll be like you never left. Sometimes I miss them. lol Yesterday when the RE took my blood it hurt. I said to him, I guess it’s been a while since I felt a needle. It doesn’t usually hurt.
I’m sitting here laughing about the suspense. I didn’t do it on purpose, I promise. But after I typed it and reread it I though…..ewww, someone is not going to be unhappy with this. maybe I should have put the results before the story. But it was too late by then. And yes I put it in bold for anyone that wanted to skip the story. lol
Shantala—When is your retrieval?
Vicky—How’s my Goddog? DH is so happy right now. He told me last night, that he was happy the way I told him. It just goes to show that things rarely go as planned. I had this whole elaborate plan of how I was going to tell him. I thought I wasn’t going to find out until later thru a phone call from RE. So I had planned to get the phone call, then go to the store and purchase a bib or tee shirt or something that said I love my daddy, or daddy’s little angel or something like that and give it to him when I got home. That plan went right out the window. Couldn’t wait that long. I also had to see the look on his face when I told him. It was priceless and I will never forget it.
Angie—Hey, grumpy is welcome on this post at all times. I’m so sorry about your stimming. I know this really sucks. But it’s better to be safe than sorry, right? We don’t want our sista to end up in the hospital. I know it’s frustrating now but look at the big picture, you will have an ER! You will have fertilization and a transfer and then a BFP. Keep your head up babe! You are almost there. Don’t give up hope now. Sorry, if I’m so bright and cheerful and positive. I’ll shut up now! Ok, before I do. It’s understandable not wanting to go to the birthday party. I also cancelled “baby events” during this whole process. It’s understandable and natural. It’s only so much a person can take. Ok, now l’ll stop.
Ok, so I just had one beta test. RE doesn’t want to see me for another two weeks. Is that normal? I have been reading about the 2nd and 3rd beta test. Why do I only get one? I’m praying that that’s a good thing. I find out HCG results today. I hope that’s high enough that I don’t need to come back for another. I want it to be high and to double, then triple and then keep increasing.
Took a HPT last night. It turned to two lines right away. I’m hoping that means my HCG level is high enough to be picked up on a HPT when it’s only been 8 days since the transfer. Keeping my fingers crossed and praying. How funny is it that we get so caught up in numbers? lol Yeah, I’m still a little worried and trying not to stress about anything. I am already feeling nauseous and constantly hungry. I have been feeling that way all week. Guess I know why now.
I want to say thank you to all you ladies. You guys are just the best. All you ladies hold a special place in my heart. I mean, my virtual friends know before my non-virtual friends. I’m sitting here about to be in tears just thinking about how wonderful each of you are. I could not have made it thru this without your support. I can just imagine how difficult it is for some of you to keep hearing the BFP, when you have not had one YET. Key word, yet! But anyway, despite all you are going thru you are still here for us preggers! That says a lot about you! But anyway, I am so blessed to have all of you in my life. Your encouraging words, positive thought, and prayers have really made a difference. Because of all the support you have shown me, I know you are all meant to be mothers. It takes a special woman to give so much of herself, especially when she is faced with adversity. That’s a role of a mother, to put aside her issues to give of herself for someone else. So with all that said, I am so looking forward to sharing the next nine months with you ladies. I am so looking forward to
ALL of us being pregnant. Because I know it will happen one day. Don’t give up hope. It will come, I am evidence of that! I must give glory to God. He definitely answered my prayers! But my sistas sent loads of baby dust, prayers, and PMA out there for me so I want to thank you also. I pray that each and every one of you ladies gets a BFP! I know we are all meant to be mothers!
Ok, going to do some work now. I'll chat with you later.
Love you all!
