TTC Photo a Day for July

Dreaming of Dimples

Hello,

 I saw this amazing Photo A Day Challenge

On a blog post by the wonderful

Jessah from:

Dreaming of Dimples

She created this picture model of what the challenge for July

Should look like.

I’ve linked her blog and if you don’t already follow it,

you should!

I’ve never done a blog challenge before but this one looks like so much fun.

It will also be a great distraction from all the IVF craziness this month.

Join in and do your own,

I’d love to see what everyone comes up with!!

Lena~

Lupron.

Hi,

So I have officially entered the world of injections.

I started Lupron yesterday and it went pretty smoothly.

I was surprised at how calm I was

And honestly how easy the whole process was.

Very proud of myself!

I did however experience some back pain yesterday.

It started in the late afternoon and was pretty bad by bedtime.

It moved from my lower back to the middle and then up around my sides. It was an achy kind of pain and it made me a little nervous.

I tried looking it up online, and muscle pain and joint pain are listed as possible side effects

So I’m not too concerned.

I did my Circle and Bloom

IVF/IUI

Mind Body Meditation

After that and some deep breathing,

I felt better.

I don’t have another appointment until July 3^rd, where I will have blood work, a sonogram and be taught how to

Inject my sitms.

I know that those are much more complicated and painful

So I don’t want to get cocky about it.

I’m just really excited to finally be in a cycle and getting somewhere.

My projected transfer is exactly one month from today

 And I couldn’t be more excited!!

Feeling confidant and hopeful that this next month

Is going to change my life

FOREVER!!!!

Hope is a waking dream~

Hello,

Just wanted to post a little update as to how our cycle is going so far.

Yesterday was my trial transfer; it was minimally traumatic and went really well.

My Dr said everything looked good and we are moving on with the cycle.

That was some great news, although not unexpected.

At this point every positive is a milestone.

I met with a new nurse coordinator (apparently the old one quit last week)

And I think we are going to get along great!

I graduated to getting an official schedule, which made me giddy with glee!

My tentative retrieval date is 07/16

That means a transfer tentatively of 07/19 with a 3 day

Or 07/21 with a 5 day.

 I am ridiculously excited to get this ball rolling.

Even my nurse said, she’s never seen anyone so excited about the thought of injections.

I’m just so excited to do this.

I truly believe this is going to work for us and the prospect of a healthy pregnancy is with in my grasp.

I am traveling to visit family for the 4^th of July and will be on Lupron and starting stims at that time.

I’ve had some anxiety about traveling with drugs, but my nurse did a great job at putting me at ease.

Today we are going to the bank to notarize the IVF contract and get our certified check,

I   do not foresee the reoccurrence f a panic attack like the one I had last time, writing the check for IVF.

This time J is going with me and I feel very excited that we are doing it together.

On another note, we celebrated our 3-year anniversary this past week, with absolutely no celebrating. It was the middle of the week and my friend was in town so I spent the evening with her and some other girl friends while J went to the gym.

We are going kayaking at sunset and then having a relaxed seafood dinner on the harbor tonight.

All in all I feel great

And blessed

And excited

And hopeful

It’s a pretty damn good place to be!

       

I am a mother

Hi,

So I know that Mother's day was a month ago, 

but I found this video and felt an overwhelming need to share it.

I hope it brings as much comfort to you as it has to me. 

The Do's and Dont's of IVF ....and the maybes and the possiblies and the little-bits of....

Hello again,

So this post is a bit of a vent, on all of the information available about what to do and not to do when doing a cycle of IVF.

Now I understand, that the majority of the information available is to help women like me navigate their way through the treacherous waters of A.R.T. and IVF.

When going through infertility, women want to feel control.

They’ve lost the ability to control their bodies and the size of their families, so they try and control the outcomes through things like;

 Diet, exercise pattern, supplements and

 Witchcraft

Don’t laugh; I’m seriously considering it!!                                      

With that said….

There is simply too much information available.

I can’t differentiate what is true and what is false.

Most of the information contradicts itself.

Eat fish; the omega 3’s are great for you

Don’t eat fish!! It has mercury.

Have a cup of coffee.

If you drink coffee you will have a failed cycle!

Don’t change your life too much.

Change everything you’ve ever done

It’s insanity!!

And now neurotic little me over here doesn’t know which direction is up.

I want to believe that things like eating fish or using a fragranced soap won’t harm my chance of a successful cycle.

But in the back of my mind. I’m terrified that if it doesn’t work it will be my entire fault.

I of course want a successful cycle and want to do

 Everything in my power to make that happen.

But at what cost?

Just reading articles and posts, stresses me out

 Because it is either contradicting something I had already decided was truth.

 Or presents a completely different ideology that I’ve never heard of.

I’m worried the stress of stressing over the different tactics and rules

Is going to be the end of me.

And worse;

 The end of my cycle.

The one thing I do believe is that stress is the number one factor of an

 IVF cycle outcome.

I need to start channeling positive energy into my cycle and stop worrying

 that every piece of cheese or swim in the pool is going to 

undo all of my hard work.

Anyone who wants to chime in with some encouragement,

 Would be greatly appreciated.