I stopped my birth control pills as instructed by the nurse on Monday (cycle day 13). Today, 3 days later I get my period….now come on Aunt Flow…..you just stopped bleeding only 6 days ago!!! And of course the bleeding is accompanied by the usual pains 😦
Oh well, only conciliation is that tomorrow we start our first IVF cycle. Am I nervous? Yep! Excited? A teeny bit, because we are moving forward, hopefully!
Whatever happens over the next four weeks, good or bad, we will learn something new:
- Chris will learn how to stab me with various needles.
- We will learn how to mix up our own drugs.
- I will learn how good or bad my veins are for drawing blood.
- I will learn that my vagina is no longer my own, not even during my period. Sorry Chris.
- We will learn about how my eggs and Chris’s sperm work, or do not work together.
- We will learn about hope, love and strength in our marriage.
- We will learn whether we will become parents.
Plus loads more…I like learning new things so my glass is half full right now, despite how scary that list looks 🙂
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Sending you all the luck in the world!!! ❤
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Thank you!!
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You have such a positive outlook! I’m rooting for you guys!!
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Thank you Erin!!
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I think your outlook on the next 4 weeks might be one of the most positive perspectives I have read lately. I do hope you learn that you WILL be parents!! 🙂
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Thank you! It’s funny you say that because yesterday I introduced a friend to the blog world and warned her not to see just the more negative blog posts because there are equally as many success and happy posts too!
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Great outlook! We learn so much through this process…good for you for seeing that. All the best!
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It’s going to go great! The first few times I mixed the gonal-f was hunongously stressful for me, and then once I got the hang of it it was like “why was this hard? Why was I freaking out?”-so don’t freak out! I believe in you!
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Thank you!!! Oh my, yes, the nurse was showing us today how to mix the Gonal-F. I thought, hmm OK, that’s not too hard to remember, but then the menopur was slightly different to mix, so now I think I’ve forgotten it all!! Fortunately, there is a pretty set of instructions to follow so it can’t be that hard, right???!…but we are giving it a go in an hour or so, so we will see :-s
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You’ll be just fine 🙂
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Yes! That’s just how I felt! I was even quite excited about learning to inject myself! It feels like you’re doing something positive I think. How exciting for you to be starting this – wishing you all the luck! 🙂
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Thank you Nara!
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We all know you can do it! Thinking of you and wishing you all the luck in the world!!
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Thank you!!
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Good luck!!!!!!!! Praying this is it for you!!!!
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Thank you!!
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