Liz
I stumbled across this site
http://whennatureisnotenoughivf4me.blogspot.com/ She is going through cycle #3. She just had the retrival yesterday.
Here's a copy of her 'about me.'
Liz
Location: New York
I'm 36 and have been happily married since Sept. 2002. Ivan is truly my companion in life. Our TTC journey has felt like a never ending roller coaster ride. We had an ectopic in Dec. 04 and in April found out my IF is due to tubal abnormality. We were told IVF was our only option. July 05 we did IVF # 1 and it was a chemical PG. We did IVF # 2 in Oct. and it was a BFN. I will not give up my dream of having a baby. Currently doing IVF # 3...hoping for a miracle.
And check out the blogs she links to on the right hand side.
Nano to help the drive
As a celebration of our starting the IVF I bought my wife an Nano iPOD. On days she goes for blood work she's going to drive close to 2 hours. She can now download AudioBooks onto her Nano and use them to pass the long drives away.
She made her first trip today. We had snow squall warnings, and fortunately we've got a 4WD vehicle plus snow tires. This makes all the difference in the world.
First blood
Blood is being drawn tomorrow from DW. She has to be over there early in the morning since she is a teacher and her school is over 50 mins away from the clinic. She cannot be late for school. With her school she is either there or she calls in a supply for the first bell.
She’s getting her FSH (Follicle stimulating hormone) levels tested. If my memory serves me well if her levels are too high we are in trouble. It would indicate something wrong with the eggs and that she was close to menopause.
This should be a routine test with predictable results. We are not worried about this one.
Step 1
and 4,999 more to go.
We are officially out of the waiting period and have moved into the phase of action. The last two months we've pretty much been waiting. Lisa will get her first blood test on Thursday.
By my calculations we should do the retrieval and implantation mid to late-March. We will find out if we were successful 2 weeks later... around Easter. Which is the time of our 1st date 5 years ago.
Wouldn't that be amazing to get the news around Easter? I'm not a religious person at heart, its not that I don't believe in God, I just don't believe in most of the things Church has to say. It seems things are not open to debate and for the most part are to be taken literal. A pretty broad brush, eh?
Regardless, Easter coincides with spring. And if I searched/explored it out I bet I could tie it into some Pagan holiday (kind of like Christmas). But regardless of the origins of Easter, it does symbolize re-birth. And hopefully we'll be basking in the knowledge of our new impending life.
Good news amongst all the bad
We’ve been a washed with lots of bad news over the past two years. We’re kind of use to it.
I went for a DNA fragmentation test in October. We got the results back before Christmas. Good news… 7%; less than 15% means excellent (you want to see lower numbers when it comes to the DNA fragmentation test).
Over 30% is considered poor fertility potential.
2 weeks to go
My wife and I arrived safely from Costa Rica. Amazing place to travel to. It is not a sit on the beach and sunbath place.
We are waiting for Aunt Flow. She is due in about 2 weeks. After that we will be starting our IVF and ICSI cycle.
