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My furbaby has nurtured me through many hard times, including 13 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVF cycles. She taught me how to meditate and how to stay in the moment when anxiety strikes. She taught me how to stretch, how to nap, and how to enjoy... REALLY enjoy simple pleasures. I owe her so much more than I can ever repay.

I was talking with my vet on the phone about establishing a timeline cutoff for my Furbaby's nausea to stop before taking her to the emerg clinic and possibly ...

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The Doc and I discussed a bunch of variations to the IVF protocol to maximize egg quality and quantity and implantation rates. The power to the building went out right at the beginning of our discussion so we could not pull up computer files on past cycles. We reviewed the information that we had on paper file as well as some articles I had brought from medical journals. Our appointments are usually 10-15 minutes long. This one was very long, but it needed to happen.

Funny--for ...

Wow. 5 years ago would I have ever dreamed that I'd be doing my second round of IVF after 13 IUIs and laparascopic removal of endo, choosing to pay for meds and treatment instead of fixing a leaky basement and aging roof, with my mood/sleeping in shambles but my marriage somehow strangely stronger than it ever was before...

Positive thinking: the endo removal could be the miracle cure that we needed for this to finally work. We are DUE for our miracle. God knows we've done our ...

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Does anyone know if dental cleanings/topical fluoride treatment are advisable/safe while TTC or during the first trimester? I can't get a straight answer from my dentist.

Our stats so far: 16 AFC. 7 follicles aspirated. 5 Eggs Retrieved. 3 Mature Eggs Identified by Embryologist. 3 Fertilized with ICSI. 3 perfect one-cell embryos with 2 pronuclei each... ready to cleave and make us a baby...

3/3 = 100% fertilization rate!! :cD God is Good!!!!! I know that 3 doesn't sound like a lot, but I'm ever so thankful for these three that were meant to be, and I'm working hard to reframe everything that is happening on this journey so that I never miss out ...

Some recent posts on forums and facebook about being angry at "preggos" have made me contemplate the whole jealous IF thing. I do NOT advocate trying to force ourselves to be happy and cheerful all of the time. I am a strong believer in allowing ourselves to be real and to feel our feelings... just not at the expense of others.

I think that it is okay to acknowledge that we are happy for our friends' successes but also that we are sad or jealous or frustrated with our ...

My cycle has been totally turned on its head. I'm wating for the call with my instructions... likely trigger tonight and ER on Tuesday. We almost triggered last night but then my doctor called back and said "WAIT!!! There are two 12's that we can likely capture with one more day of low dose FSH... but we'll likely lose the big guy in the 20s." I trust him and his gambling ways!

So... HCG shot went back in the cabinet and FSH came out again... along with a shot of Cetrotide ...

The world needs more August babies. A Leo Dragon (or dragons) would be a challenging mix, I'm sure, but I'm up for the challenge.

I used to always say that I needed to have 2 kids to have a complete family. Then I tried to have the first one for four years with no success. Kids in schools are put on special modified programs when they cannot achieve the goals everyone else can... so my new modified goal is to have one child.

It wouldn't be fair to be driving for ...

Not feeling overly optimistic, allowing only a tiny grain of hope within my heart. Hoping not to test this month before AF is due, to avoid the extra 4 days of disappointment. 3.1 per cent chance of conceiving this cycle based on our numbers. Not exactly a promising situation. I'm usually excited and hopeful and quoting authors who have written about miracles by now. This time I'm depressed, tired, sleeping a lot, weepy... perhaps it is partially due to the Gonal-F/clomid/progesterone cocktail ...

Updated 06-26-2012 at 08:25 PM by wannabebe2

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