November 16th, 2007
I woke up at 5am. Yes, 5am and was out the door by 5:45 on my way to RMA’s Madison Avenue office. Its a good thing I was on my way so early because, as the news radio reminded me at least 30 times, it was the first “gridlock alert” day of the Holiday season. [...]
read more...November 15th, 2007
Could be the beginning of a joke about infertility, but no, that was just my thursday (CD10).
The day started with morning monitoring at Dr. K’s office in White Plains. According to the stim sheet I’m looking at my overachieving right ovary 3 follies at 10, and one at 13,15 and 17. My slacker left ovary [...]
November 14th, 2007
What’s that? That, my friends, is the star of the reproductive show. Uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries all lit up courtesy of the radiological die inserted through a catheter into my cervix and the test known as the Hysterosalpingogram (HSG for short) also known as Painful Procedure from Hell.
But, much to my absolute shock, it didn’t [...]
November 8th, 2007
Had Cd3 ultrasound this morning. Dr K said both ovaries look “quiet” which is good, as opposed to say screaming loud ovaries, which I assume means I have no cysts. Forgot to ask him why my temps didn’t go down after AF, but whatever.
I haven’t gotten the blood work results back yet, but I’m [...]
November 7th, 2007
I got my period yesterday.. just 12 days post IUI, which makes my luteal phase length 11. WTF? This was my first round of clomid (100mg) and I’ve always hear clomid was supposed to strengthen the LP. So needless to say I’m confused and upset in general, ONTOP of the usual devastation that comes with [...]
read more...November 7th, 2007
I’m not exactly sure where to start. What was the beginning?
Was it August of 2006 when my husband and I “pulled the goalie” and officially started trying to conceive? Or was it 2 years ago when I was working at a publishing company on a book called the “Conception Chronicles” and knew that someday that [...]