10 yrs older and a rude awakening

Today, Him added about 10 yrs to my age. The day started off fine, running a little late but nothing new. I got to work at aroun 7:45ish everything going great. At about 9am, Him was on the phone. (He had told me this morning that he was going to city about 1 hr away) [...]

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$$$

Money cannot buy hapiness but you sure need it to buy IVF. Both Him and I ready (or as ready as you get) to move on to IVF except for one thing that should really be small but in truth is large. MONEY. Unfortunately Dr. S does not take IOUs. So it might takes us some [...]

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Triple Whammy

Today was a long and tough day because of the following:

Him had an u/s of the abdomen done this morning because of some abnormal blood work. We are concerned but not worried at this time. Follow up with PCP in 2 weeks
We had our IVF consult with Doc S today. Not much that we didn’t already [...]

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In the now

This is one of my favorite songs. Mainly because it talks about the love between two people and to take advantage of the time we have right now. Thats what I want to do. I want to take advantage of the time I have with Him. I want to live in the now and not [...]

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Moving on

Him and I have an appt to talk to Dr S about our next step. We know we want to keep on with treatments but other than that I really dont know what I should be asking. So for those having to move on to IVF:
What questions should I be getting answers to?
Can you recommend any [...]

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CD 1, now what?

As expected I am at full flow today. With that we come to the end of this road, this very bumpy road. There are other roads for us now and we just have to choose which one to take. Like with any journey, we are going to take the time to look at maps [...]

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Bad Equation?

Cramps + Spotting + -HPT = Another cycle down the drain?
I went ahead and peed on a stick this morning because I had started spotting yesterday. Obviously it was negative. I continue to spot but not enough to count it as AF. I stopped taking the prometrium today so I expect full AF soon.
So now [...]

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Dear Cramps,

Please go away. I know that you dont necessarily mean to tell me that I am do not have a baby in here but I still dont like you. See I have never had a baby inside so the only cramps I have ever had are tied in with failed cycles. So the minute that [...]

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CD 32; 9dpIUI #4

Not much going on over here, just trying to get through the next few days to find out the results of this cycle. The good news is that my insurance decided that they would cover some stuff that I had already paid for so the clinic owes me about $500 bucks. Lets see if I [...]

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Quote

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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