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Orientation Recap

There’s more to IVF than I even imagined, and I did research it before yesterday. I don’t have all the paperwork with me, but here’s what I remember:
Shots– there are 5 different things we’ll shoot me up with at home before and after the retrieval and transfer: Lupron to make my ovaries dormant (knocks out my estrogen [...]

Just a couple of things going on

I officially start my new job this week Friday, which means today, tomorrow, and Thursday are going to be BUSY. Transition plan from my old position to my new position is finally ironed out and not a moment too soon. I’m busily telling contractors I work with on a regular basis but was not allowed to tell [...]

A question for anyone who has done IVF

posted by Mel
Are Progesterone in Oil (PIO) shots always part of the protocol for IVF? They sound really awful. I’m trying to mentally prepare. Nothing we’ve shot me up with so far has left the kind of bruising I’ve seen in pictures from PIO.

Mish-Mosh

posted by Mel 
Seeing Aunt Flo is never really good when you’re TTC, but today I’m happy she showed up. I already knew I wasn’t pregnant, but if she didn’t turn up by Monday, the RE’s office wanted to put me on Provera to force a visit and then a month of birth control to get rid [...]

7 Things

posted by Mel
OK. OK. I’ll do a meme. Vanessa will roll her eyes, but I’ll do it anyway.
1.) Animatronics freak me out. They’re creepy and unnatural and make Christmas shopping at Target a less enjoyable experience with all the ladder-climbing Santas and grazing dead-souled Rudolphs.
2.) I don’t care for rabbits either. I’ve been bitten once, and I [...]

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posted by Mel 
As we were shopping for pregnancy tests at CVS last night, I told Vanessa I expressly did not want the fancy-schmancy digital test b/c “at this point, I would welcome some ambiguity.” So we got one of those that has a plus sign if you’re pregnant and a minus if you’re not. Minus. Surprisingly [...]

Pass the Margaritas

Tested this morning. Not pregnant. I changed my mind– I don’t think I’m getting stuck this month just to confirm what I already know. I’ll take one more pg test tomorrow morning, and if it says what it said this morning then screw it. I’m off the hoo-ha bullets until July. I’ve already started obsessing [...]

12 dpo– nothing to get excited about

posted by Mel 
I have been out of town for a week. It has been a nice distraction from the TWW. I’d like to continue ignoring the TWW, but I will come out of the fog for just a moment to tell you that I’m pretty sure it’s already over. My temperature dropped this morning– just a little but [...]

Good News

I’m pre-approved for a Target credit account. I can save 10% on my $4.00 purchase of cat litter.