Delayed Transfer + Post-Transfer Update (OOPS!)

I have been really bad about daily updates. That was one of the reasons I wanted to blog about our journey. I’ve just been exhausted. I can’t summon enough brain power to blog or do anything. I will do some reflecting later on. I last left off on Friday, which was when we got our

Egg Retrieval & 2 Days Post

Sorry for the delay in posting. I have not had the energy to write or think much. I’ve been posting quick updates on Instagram & Facebook. There are some questions that have been asked, and Austin told me I should probably stop putting off posting. So here we are. I’ll post pictures later… Egg Retrieval

IVF Update Days 10 and 11

I woke up this morning and got ready to leave for our appointment today. Before leaving, we did our AM shot—Ganirelix. I took the wireless heating pad with us. It wasn’t fully charged, so I only got 10-15 minutes of heating pad. It looks like a weight lifting belt or something! Today is the first

IVF Update Day 9–April 24

Today was our first morning shot! I sleep in on the weekends, so I rolled out of bed for the shot and then went back to sleep! This one was pretty simple. It’s the Ganirelix and it’s a pre-filled syringe. We used the Pain Cakes to ice, so I felt nothing. Super quick and easy!

IVF Update Day 8–April 23

This morning was my appointment for ultrasound & bloodwork. I forgot to post the pictures I took last time, so I will be posting those below! Today, I videoed the ultrasound, so you can see what that’s like without a baby in there. My appointment this morning was exciting. I posted the print out of

IVF Update Day 7–April 22

Last night after my heating pad and trying to sleep, I was pretty uncomfortable. I could feel my ovaries and activity. It was kind of like fluttering. I’m hoping that means my follicles are cooperating! I’m going to start sleeping with my U shaped body pillow (frequently known as “pregnancy pillow) tonight. I sleep weird—my

IVF Update—Day 6

Money & Med Update Yesterday, finding out we will be doing injections an extra 2 days, I wanted to calculate our estimated additional costs. Without more meds, we still have about $2000 we will pay for this cycle. I think I will need more of 2 meds—Follistim & Menopur. We had 4 Follistim cartridges of

IVF Update—Days 3-5

Stim Day 3–Sunday 4/18 Writing this on April 21st, and it’s a bit tough to remember! Geez! I need to get better! Sunday night shots weren’t too exciting. We are getting better at this! I got my new heating pad, but it sucked. So that was disappointing. I ordered 2 more, so hopefully I’ll find

First 2 1/2 Days of IVF!

It has taken me longer than expected to update since starting injections. We decided to do them at 9 every night. We were told to pick a time 6-10pm, and we would do the injections at that time every night. 9 allows us to do them and then get ready for bed. Since it’s so

Two More Sleeps!

Two more sleeps until we start injections, which is the “start date” for our IVF cycle! There was so much to process yesterday, and by the time we got home and I started writing, I just didn’t have enough left to explore and give all the deets from yesterday. One HUGE thing I forgot to