Everyday Life

I got a call from the embryologist on Wednesday with the fertilization status of the eggs. Seven have fertilized normally and are growing. She told me that statistically, only about half of those will make it to Sunday so she was estimating we would have about 3-4 blastocysts to work with. All these terms make me grateful I paid attention in biology class during cell mitosis.

I'm going to call today for an update.

On a side note. I want to thank each and everyone of ...

Wow, What a whirl wind past week. After my appointment on Wednesday, I've been back to the clinic everyday. My estrogen levels were very high and Dr. Nackley wanted to see me daily for an ultrasound and lab work. She lowered my dose of Menopur from 3 vials to two vials and then had me discontinue the Menopur. My last estrogen level was 5499. With the study, my estrogen level can't be more than 6000. I've had more action with the dildo cam than with my own husband in the past month! I ended up staying ...

OK. So everyone knows that after you have children, and as you get older, the ability to hold your bladder becomes a little weak. Couple that with growing a chicken coop of eggs in your abdomen and a little sinus infection/allergies and you have a big mess! I literally peed my pants 4 times yesterday!

Today is day 4 of Menopur. I am starting to feel a little bloated/full in my belly area. I am starting to get little bruised areas from the injections (this is not me complaining). There ...

On Black Friday, I went for my baseline ultrasound. LeeAnn (dimples) wasn't there. Instead, Jodi, the medical assistant was going to be doing my ultrasound. This was to establish the size and number of follicles on each ovary and the size of the lining of my uterus. She was very gentle with the dildo cam. Of course, I preceded to tell her Deanna's story about having to put the thing in herself and we had a good laugh! I was only the 4th person she has done (fortunately, I wasn't the virgin) and ...

I've been on the Lupron for 6 days as of Thanksgiving. I am on 20units and the injections go in my belly, where I can pinch an inch. Plenty of inch, I assure you. These injections are not bad at all. They don't burn going in, and the needles for subQ injections are very fine. Sometimes, about 1-3 minutes after the injection, I get a small whelp that itches. It feels sort of like a misquito bite. It goes away as quickly as comes. When the medical assistant (finally found out her name is Jodi) gave ...

Friday, Friday , Friday. Where do I begin?. I went to work early so that I could get the work I needed to get done completed and then go to my appointment. It's a hours drive, straight through downtown Dallas so I left about two hours early. I figured this would give me plenty of time to get to the otherside of Dallas (which for me is like the other side of the state), have lunch with a friend and then take her with me to my appointment for moral support. I figured she would love to see the mock ...

So, I started my peroid on 11/7 and had my second appointment with the clinic. Big Dallas hair was smiles and sporting another black suit. I looked around and realized that everyone there wears black suits except for the clinical staff. Looks sharp. I met with LeeAnn and her cute dimples. She drew my blood with a butterfly needle (didn't hurt a bit) and gave me a pack of birth control pills. These labs were fasting so I'm assuming they did my cholesterol and other typicals along with the AMH level ...

I had my first appointment with the new fertility clinic on November 3rd. This was after several phone calls and emails with their research coordinator. I had 9 pages of demographics and health history to fill out online ahead of time. I had all papers filled out and in hand at the time of my appointment. I had read the new patient packet online and there was explicit information regarding the consultation fee of $315. I had called the financial representative regarding billing my consult to my ...

How I got here:
I met Kevin when I was 16 years old. I had a summertime babysitting job and they happened to have a car for sale and it was listed in the paper. I happen to answer the phone one day and it was someone interested in the car. I told him he would have to call back to speak with the owners. The very next day, he called again. And again, I told him to call back. He persisted, everyday for about a week, calling about the car. I was at the house the day he came to look at the car ...