Yesterday's ultrasound showed one mature follicle (20mm) so we came home yesterday and I did the hCG injection. It worked out better this time. The process is pinch the skin, stab the needle in, let the skin go, inject the meds. It took a little time to get used to stabbing myself in the stomach with … Continue reading Two Week Wait
Tag: Fertility Treatments
Rude
One of the mean things fertility medications can do is mimic pregnancy symptoms. This is especially cruel to people taking the meds because you want so badly to be pregnant and are already hyper-aware of anything that could possibly be a sign of pregnancy. Then you sit there taking inventory of all the crazy "I … Continue reading Rude
Recklessly Optimistic
I want to get my thoughts down about today before I actually find out the situation. Today we have the ultrasound to find out if the new medication (Bravelle) has done what the fertility center hopes. We have had two failed Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) cycles using clomid. For each of those cycles I produced one … Continue reading Recklessly Optimistic
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