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First ultrasound, first freak-out

Considering how many people describe the IVF process as an emotional roller coaster, I should have expected our cycle to start off with a steep, stomach-lurching drop. Yesterday, during my first monitoring appointment, the ultrasound showed a cyst and not much growth in the follicles. Unbeknownst to me, I had started the cycle with aContinue reading “First ultrasound, first freak-out”

Green light

Had my baseline ultrasound yesterday and got the go-ahead to start the stimulation medicine today. So this evening, Colin will get the honor of giving me two shots in my belly – what better way to wrap up a Friday date night! The nurse led us through an injection training session, during which Colin dozedContinue reading “Green light”

Save the dates

I didn’t anticipate the need to write again so soon after the most recent post, and was expecting to take a little break to recover from the emotional hangover resulting from my blog broadcast of our infertility issues. However, as with many situations in life, things didn’t turn out the way I thought. And thisContinue reading “Save the dates”

It’s Missouri, not misery

After a year-long hiatus, I thought it was time to update the ole blog. Then I procrastinated for a few more months until I felt motivated to write something a bit longer than a tweet or Facebook status. As most people know by now (if you don’t, you are really out of touch, or maybeContinue reading “It’s Missouri, not misery”

If you can’t take the heat, get out of AZ

As you can probably infer from what I imply in the title of this post (quick grammar lesson: infer = “to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises” and imply = “to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement“), we are vacating the Valley of the SunContinue reading “If you can’t take the heat, get out of AZ”