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beta #1 and #2 - the numbers
A week ago today was my second beta. I haven't blogged about it yet because I just haven't been able to get up the energy by the time my hubby and I are done with all of our after-work happenings...
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still here
Just wanted to write a quick post to let you all know that I'm still around. I've been so sick for the past three weeks - like 24-hour a day ickiness - that all I want to do is lay on the couch and...
View ArticleI'm back and I'm nearly 21 weeks pregnant!
Hello lovely readers. I do apologize for being away for so long, and thank you to all of you who still continued to check in. I am really touched by your care and concern. It was just unbearable for...
View Article24 weeks (and 4 days)
As you can see, I took another break from blogging. I came down with a miserable cold at the beginning of February - exactly one day after my 20 week check up with by OB - and I didn't feel like doing...
View Articleback again
This blog has been on my heart a lot lately. I never intended to desert it but being pregnant with twins really took a toll on my body. Then the whole being-a-mom-of-twins thing took over my life. Who...
View Articlemy heart
Throughout my entire pregnancy, I swore to everyone this was it; we weren't having any more kids. I was THAT miserable. The whole 36 weeks and 6 days. And it was hugely disappointing to me because I...
View Articlecatching up
I'm so out of practice with this whole blogging thing. I have another private blog that I write for / about my twins...stuff about their every day lives, and milestones like first haircuts, etc. I...
View Articlehere we go
Since my hubby has given the 'ok' to move forward with a consultation for an FET, I feel as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I no longer need to perfectly articulate my reasons for wanting...
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I was laid off from my job of 12 1/2 years this morning. Sooo....not really sure where that leaves us with having another baby. Don't mind me, I'll just be over here crying my eyes out. :'(
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A short update on my job situation:I started my new job Monday, September 28 so I ended up with about 3 1/2 weeks off...all paid. Losing my job turned out to be a blessing because I never really liked...
View ArticleFET consultation
DH and I had our FET consultation on Wednesday, September 16 at 9:00 am with the same doc we used the first time around when we had our twins. I just love him. I remember being hesitant to see a male...
View Articlefearful
I started this post a couple months ago but I'm just now getting around to publishing it:I feel like I need to get this out in order to move past it: for as much as I want to have another baby, I still...
View Articlewaiting for orders
I finally received a return phone call from my RE's office this morning, on day 10 of waiting for orders and three attempts on my part to get in touch with someone. ANYONE. The nurses never answer the...
View Articleunexpected progress
I received a letter and some pricing information in the mail last Friday from my RE's office, the same day I received the voice message from the nurse about waiting to hear from embryology. Heh. That...
View ArticleFET #1: SIS, practice transfer, and nurse consult
I've left so many messages lately with the nurse line at my RE's office that I completely forgot someone was likely going to call me back today in response to my message yesterday to schedule my first...
View Articlewasted
As you may recall from my last post, I was instructed to call my RE's office on my next CD1 to start my BCPs and schedule my monitoring appointments. Well, today was CD1 - two days early, which means...
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another year
Today is my birthday. The big 3-7. And another reminder of my ever-aging, empty, infertile, geriatric uterus. I tried to look for a funny / sarcastic "geriatric uterus" meme but couldn't find one. So I...
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*I would have been much more satisfied with my post from yesterday if the meme I included wasn't quite so serious, particularly because my arms aren't exactly empty, which I am thankful for every day....
View Articlelast night
After E&E went to bed last night - which, let me tell you, was like WW III - I hesitantly brought up the idea to my hubby of postponing our FET. And surprise, surprise! He didn't have a strong...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: CD1 and BCPs
Side note: I'm so disappointed in myself for not blogging about this part of my treatment when I went through IVF the first time around in 2012. It's amazing how much of this process that I thought was...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: SIS / trial transfer
My SIS was scheduled for Tuesday, December 8 at 11:45 am. I called my RE's office a few days prior to get a prescription for Valium to take before my appointment. I think I called December 4; I have a...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: nurse consult / financial consult...and a good cry
Our combination nurse consult / financial consult was Monday, December 14 at 1:15 pm. Hubby had a meeting downtown with his clients that wasn't scheduled to end until 1:00 pm, but didn't actually end...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: BCP mini crisis
As previously mentioned, and per my FET booklet instructions, I started my BCPs on Wednesday, December 2 and continued taking them until Wednesday, December 23. However, on December 22 I noticed I was...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: meds and monitoring appt #1
After completing my 23 BCPs in the month of December, CD 1 started just three days later on Saturday, December 26. And per my FET instruction booklet, I started giving myself 20 units of Lupron...
View ArticleFET #1 cycle updates: meds and monitoring appt #2
On Wednesday, December 30, per my monitoring appointment the previous day, I reduced my Lupron injections to 5 units each morning instead of 20 units. I also began taking Estrace (which is a tiny blue...
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