My mini vacation (one day off and a three day trip to New Hampshire) begins right now. I am on the 3:48 train home. GolferBoy and I will be leaving around 7 this evening for the four hour trip to the beach. Everyone expects us tomorrow evening - so it will be a nice surprise (I hope) for them to see us early.
In IVF news - I talked to both the coordinator and my nurse today. I start Lupron on 8/7 and will have my co culture the same day. One more step forward.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The First Step Forward...
I got it! Today the OPKs finally showed surge. I will call the doctors office today - and if all goes according to plan with have my uterine culture next Thursday (8/7) and should start Lupron the same day. IVF #3 here we come.
On a separate topic - Danny over at Dad Gone Mad had a great post yesterday. (http://www.dadgonemad.com/2008/07/things-that-jus.html) His rants were very funny - but funnier still were the comments of his readers. There are some seriously pissed off people out there. They rant at thier mother, father, in-laws, kids, neighbors - you name it. I thought about posting a rant - but my vitriole could never match the level of these folks. Guys - maybe you wouldn't be so upset if you didn't rant so much. Life ain't that bad.
On a separate topic - Danny over at Dad Gone Mad had a great post yesterday. (http://www.dadgonemad.com/2008/07/things-that-jus.html) His rants were very funny - but funnier still were the comments of his readers. There are some seriously pissed off people out there. They rant at thier mother, father, in-laws, kids, neighbors - you name it. I thought about posting a rant - but my vitriole could never match the level of these folks. Guys - maybe you wouldn't be so upset if you didn't rant so much. Life ain't that bad.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Waiting
The contradiction of infertility with AMA...Hurry up and have a baby before it is too late...but wait....for timed tests, to ovulate, or for ER, the dreaded 2WW and then the wait to start all over again.
It feels like for the past 3 years all I have done is wait!
Even when I was pregnant the waiting didn't end - wait until your first ultrasound, wait until you hear a heartbeat, wait until you pass the first trimester, wait until you feel the baby kick...unfortunately I have never been past that point.
And so I continue to wait...
It feels like for the past 3 years all I have done is wait!
Even when I was pregnant the waiting didn't end - wait until your first ultrasound, wait until you hear a heartbeat, wait until you pass the first trimester, wait until you feel the baby kick...unfortunately I have never been past that point.
And so I continue to wait...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Has the experiment failed?
Clearly, in the short term the answer is a resounding "yes!". What seemed like a great idea at the beginning of my last IVF cycle...went the way of the dodo bird with the interruptions of work, IVF and general laziness.
And so I try again...
We are about to embark on IVF #3. After a great response from #1* and #2** - both with BFNs the doc is recommending a new protocol. Something called co-culture. Apparently for patients with multiple failed IVFs, this protocol has a success rate of close to 40%. Between 5 and 10 days after ovulation the doc performs a (painless?) procedure where he scrapes a could of cells from my uterine lining. These cells are cultured - and used as a nice comfy bed on which to grow my embryos from the next cycle. It appears that the comfy bed of Mommy's uterine lining cells can make the babies very happy...and increase likelyhood of implantation. Once can only hope.
*IVF#1 - 13 oocytes, 11 embryos, 3 transfered (1 9-celland 2 8 cell) and BFN! (One light - a single frostie to keep our hopes up!)
**IVF #2 - 13 oocytes, 10 embryos, 4 transferred (2 8 cell and 2 7 cell) and BFN again - no frosties.
And so I try again...
We are about to embark on IVF #3. After a great response from #1* and #2** - both with BFNs the doc is recommending a new protocol. Something called co-culture. Apparently for patients with multiple failed IVFs, this protocol has a success rate of close to 40%. Between 5 and 10 days after ovulation the doc performs a (painless?) procedure where he scrapes a could of cells from my uterine lining. These cells are cultured - and used as a nice comfy bed on which to grow my embryos from the next cycle. It appears that the comfy bed of Mommy's uterine lining cells can make the babies very happy...and increase likelyhood of implantation. Once can only hope.
*IVF#1 - 13 oocytes, 11 embryos, 3 transfered (1 9-celland 2 8 cell) and BFN! (One light - a single frostie to keep our hopes up!)
**IVF #2 - 13 oocytes, 10 embryos, 4 transferred (2 8 cell and 2 7 cell) and BFN again - no frosties.
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