Well, I just got back from my mini-vacation and it was fabulous. TMI alert: frankly we lounged around naked for two full days alternating between the couch and hot tub! Gotta love secluded cabins!
So I am on pins and needles wanting to start this IVF ball rolling but since I’m on a microdose protocol (aka no bcp) I have to wait for AF to start stimming. HURRY AF…wow haven’t said that … ever!
I am gearing up by creating myself a “Flourishing with IVF” (as opposed to just “surviving”) care package. I got some good books to read that AREN’T What to Expect When You Are Expecting! I also got some guided meditation CD’s for IVF at Amazon (listed below) and the book Guide Me Through This Barren Land, a daily devotional for IF. I’m also doing yoga every day to clear my mind and stay positive. My goal this cycle is to be calm and optimistic and open to experience every day of the process. If it works I will have this beautiful time to remember the creation of my child and if it does not I will be in a healthier place to deal with it. I don’t want to wish the month away I want to enjoy the journey.
The first is part of the Health Journey's series by Belleruth Naparstek. It is called Guided Meditation Help for Infertility. It consists of 2 CDs and 4 (~20 min. each) ...
So today I started wearing estrogen transdermal patches - like the "stop smoking" kind only with ESTROGEN. It is really quite warm and muggy today and I have been having ...
This calculator was posted on Wishing4One aand is a great toy for those of us that need something to focus on besides breast tenderness, pain in the left ovary, and ...
I called the embryology lab today (repeatedly - more on this in a minute) and we had one "really good" blast that was frozen yesterday in addition to our 2 ...
I am mentally compiling a list of "Laws of Infertility" that I will one day write down here. But, today I learned an important one:"Thou shalt trust thy Follistim pen!"I ...
Oh, dildocam how I missed thee.So I had my baseline ultrasound/bloodwork for IVF #1 today! We are on our way. This is my first time for monitoring at this new ...
Still no AF. I can feel it but I'm still waiting.Tonight I "nested." That's what I'm going to call it. I arranged all my paraphernalia for stimming on a wooden ...
