They start today. AF showed on Friday and now we are moving along. I am not very excited about having 3 shots a day & blood work every other day, but oh well:)
The kid party was okay, we didn't stay too long. There was a pregnancy announcement, but it is far enough removed that I didn't really care (my SIL's SIL), though hearing baby talk definitely left me feeling isolated through most of the party.
We also went to a party on Saturday at a friend's house...there were two small kids (1.5 yrs old, I think). It was nice to play with them, but once we got home I started to feel sad. Its the quietness of our house that gets to me. The emptiness. Anyone can tell by walking in that we do not have kids. We have breakables, no carpets, and the only toys you will find have been chewed on by a chihuahua. I assume sometimes that people think seeing the kids bothers us (at really bad times it does -though babies mostly), but its not usually that. Its interacting with them, having fun, and then leaving. Knowing that is not what we have. That is why we skip parties -b/c once we get home the quiet is too much.
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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
5 comments:
((HUGS))
woot for starting stims!!
I hear ya, i get tired of seeing the office staff at the RE's more than my husband
I know what you mean about playing with the kids. It hurts so good, doesn't it?
Congrats on the stims!
Kids are tough to be around sometimes. Yay for stims, though!
Thanks so much for the HCG- I got it this weekend!
Oh honey, you are so, so right. I never realized this, but you hit the nail on the head exactly.
Sometimes I'll be around babies or children (although I really do try not to still) and I'll think to myself, "See, I'm okay. I can do this." And then get home. . . . And I *wonder* why I'm in a funk. You're exactly right - it's the emptimess afterword that sucks.
Oh, and as soon as you walk through our door you see a bar with sharp corners and lots of wine bottles and crystal ar floor level - definitely no kids here.
"I assume sometimes that people think seeing the kids bothers us (at really bad times it does -though babies mostly), but its not usually that. Its interacting with them, having fun, and then leaving. Knowing that is not what we have."
*ding, ding, ding*
Our new "extra bedroom" is killing me a bit slowly as well. All I can see is what is SUPPOSED to be in there.
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