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Celine – Part 2

Posted in stories, tagged , , , , on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yeah I know I said I might quit. But I haven’t figured it out yet and I’m still here. I hope you don’t mind.
I read yesterday in the tabloids that Celine Dion is no longer pregnant with her frozen embryos. The articles that came out about it were a reminder of how little people [...]

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7 week ultrasound photos

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , on October 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »

These photos are a little blurry but here they are anyway.
Baby A

Baby B

…and here’s both of them. She tried to squeeze them into the same view so one of them is squished. It’s the dark circle in the middle and the half circle on the right. I think.

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Two

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , , , on October 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »

Holy crap! There’s two in there! And most importantly, they both have heartbeats! One is measuring at 9mm (6w6d) with a heart rate of 127 and the other is 12mm (7w1d) with a heart rate of 147. The doctor I saw today was very pleased but of course, cautioned me about the fact that I [...]

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9 days to ultrasound

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I remember when kate from infertile myrtle was doing the countdown for her first ultrasound. It’s actually quite agonizing. But I know I’m lucky to be here now and I will endure the wait. Things are normal (I think – but what do I know) so far. The last couple of days, food aversion has [...]

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Update on cramping/bleeding

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , , , on October 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

My nurse heard my panicked message and called me back this morning and asked me are you still cramping and bleeding? I was lucky to be able to answer, no. Well, technically I’m bleeding but…ok here goes the TMI. I have hemmorrhoids. I’ve gotten it once before and it looks like I have it again…and [...]

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Cramping…and blood

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , , on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

It’s only been 2 days since I got the BFP and I already feel it slipping through my fingers. I’ve been cramping quite a bit the last day or so and last night I woke up in the middle of the night having to pee and with cramps. The next time I got up to [...]

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14dpiui Beta

Posted in tests, the journey, tagged , , , , , , , on September 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I didn’t do jack shit at work today. How could I? I was completely distracted by other new developments in my life. I snuck out of work to go get a blood test to confirm whether or not the pee stick was lying to me. My IVF nurse called me and said my beta was [...]

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Downgraded

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , , on September 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Went back to the RE today and it’s official. We’re being converted to an IUI. This is a major blow for me. All those stupid shots and all I got was an IUI – we all know that the chances of anything coming of this after 3 failed IUIs is pretty slim. Ironically, my [...]

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It’s not so great

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

My first follicle check was not so great and I left sorely depressed and disappointed. As I mentioned in my last post, my initial E2 level was at 156. Even though the nurse who called me after the first test said that is right where they expect me to be, according to the RE that [...]

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Lupron Day 3

Posted in the journey, tagged , , , on August 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »

There you have it. The meds that arrived in a huge box at my work. Holy crap, it’s intimidating to sit there and stare at all that stuff. Most of it is syringes, alcohol swabs etc. but it’s the syringes after all, that scare the shit out of me. The IVF injection class was informational [...]

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