I think I did a good job keeping my emotions in check about this transfer. I was so nervous that we were going to get there and they would tell us the embryo stopped growing. After I drank my 32 oz of water and took my Valium, we got to…
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I put a dramatic flare to this otherwise boring blog post title by capitalizing the words and adding “The.” We had initially retrieved five eggs. Well, back up. The last ultrasound showed five mature follicles, all gigantic and rotund. Fast forward. We retrieve five eggs. Logic shows this would equal…
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After that baseline ultrasound, things moved pretty quickly. I started on 150U of Menopur every morning, and 300U of Follistim every evening. Two injections a day was a welcoming change compared to the first and second IVF where I was doing five to six injections a day. Tuesday’s ultrasound showed…
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It’s strange being back at the fertility clinic. It’s like coming home to my parent’s house when I was a snooty teenager: dreading it, but at the same time, knowing you need to be there, and that the people inside will take care of you. I suppose I shouldn’t feel…
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Well, here I am posting again five weeks later. Where does the time go? Really? I’ve only blogged three other times this year. I remember going through the first IVF, how excited I was. How I had so much to tell you guys. I got my period! Woo hoo! IVF…
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