We triggered last night and our ER is set for tomorrow at 10:30am. Today I am reveling in the fact that I do not have to have any shots. None. For the first time in over a month, no shots for me:) I do have an acupuncture appointment this afternoon, so I can't say no needles, just no shots.
Last night after the trigger shot we ran to the grocery store for a few things. As we are checking-out the cashier starts going on and on about how him and his girl friend are having a baby and they had an ultra sound that day. We had 10 items, and it took him nearly 5 mins to scan them and pack them b/c he kept stopping to tell his story about the u/s. "My baby just kept turning when they tried to measure it. You can tell he doesn't like getting his pic taken. I think he mooned us. lolz. he is so big already. They are not sure about the due date....' on and on and on until I nearly stabbed my eyes out. Good for you guy-who-looks-like-you're-20-and-didn't-know-when-you-had-unprotected-sex enough-to-know-when-baby-would-be-due.
As we were walking to the car Greg and I decided that this is part of the IF curse, people like that follow us around.
So, ER tomorrow....feel free if you have a few extra happy follie thoughts to send them toward Milwaukee:)
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
Blog Archive
IF Success Stories
- Busted Babymaker
- Caroline-From Infertility to Baby
- Conceive This!
- Infertility Journey to Motherhood
- IVF on the Down Low
- Little Bluebirds Fly
- Make it Grand
- My Infertile World
- No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven
- Not How I Planned
- Pieces of My Life
- Someday, Someway!
- Swimming Against the Tide
- There's a baby at the end of this, right?
Multiples
Infertility Blogs
Loss
Non-IF blogs I like
Money Spent on IF
- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
18 comments:
Good luck tomorrow! I will be triggering in the next few days (possibly even tonight) and I'm kind of scared. Please tell me it didn't hurt...much.
Good luck tomorrow! I will be thinking about you!
Good luck!
Gooooooo Follies! I'm sure everything will go just fine. I can't wait to hear about your numbers.
And yes, IF curses us to be bombarded my freakin idiots. We recently had some friends who know about our situation - simultaineously tell us about their pregnancy and their SIL's UNWANTED pregnancy...
SERIOUSLY?! People are f'ing clueless. So you're not alone in being surrounded by morons...
Sorry for rambling. GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!
SOOO EXCITED!! Sending good thoughts/vibes/prayers your way!!!
ppl are ridiculous, srsly.
((HUGS))
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cmon big numbers!!!!!!
Good follie vibes headed your way!!
Satto: The trigger doesn't hurt at all, it's the build up that gets you more than anything.
Ditto-trigger feels like nothing, especially compared to the Menopur:)
Great thoughts coming your way!!!
Rob and I are both rooting for you guys and those eggies.
GOOD LUCK!! Ill be thinking of you, and enjoy your weekend of relaxation. Oh yeah, and no more injections!
Good luck! Hoping for lots of eggs!!
Here's hoping you make lots of embryos! Good luck!
OMG are you kidding me - the clerk??? good luck tomorrow.
Hoping for bushels and bushels of healthy eggs for you!
And yes, for whatever reason, I think that we fertility-challenged babes seem to attract ridiculously insensitive commentary about other people being pregnant or our lack thereof.
I hate the "have you tried this?" group almost as much as the "we weren't even trying" crew.
Good Luck! I will definately be thinking about you guys tomorrow!!!
Good luck today! I'm sending you lots of good thoughts!!!
I am wishing you the best of luck!!!!
Ugh, that makes me want to scream! Hope everything went well today!
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