IUI#2 part 2
by Paige on Thu 13 Jul 2006 04:08 PM EDT Sigh… Day two yielded 1.2 million also. As depressed as I am right now, I’m even more upset because I know that the little devil hope will creep in uninvited and I will manage to be devestated if this cycle doesn’t work. How many unwanted children were born today to undeserving parents who will not love and nurture their offspring? Comments (4) | Permanent...
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by Paige on Tue 11 Jul 2006 03:36 PM EDT I tiggered last night at 10pm and went in for our first insemination of IUI#2 this morning at 8am. If you will remember our first IUI we had a beautiful day. This time I can’t even try to smile. (here is our background, so this makes sense) Our total post-wash motile count was 1.2 million. I just cried and cried right there on the table. We actually had our highest sperm count ever at 140.6 million and 23% motility – our best ever. How can we go from 140 to 1.2??? That is less than .01% or our pre-wash. WTF? Is this what...
Read MoreDamn Follicles
by Paige on Mon 10 Jul 2006 04:02 PM EDT Monitoring today – 1 follie at 19+mm and several in the 14-16 range. Why does my body refuse to offer up more than one? Is it possible that some others will catch up? My e2 is 659 so I’m sure I would ovulate on my own tomorrow even if I didn’t trigger – hence no more days of stims to help the smaller ones along. And, of course, the one day ALL SUMMER that I had an important committment at work – July 12 will be insemination morning #2. I hate letting people down. My co-worker was able to rearrange the...
Read MoreScream from the highest mountain!
by Paige on Sun 09 Jul 2006 10:15 AM EDT It’s the Weekend! Let’s all take out our angst! Bubble WrapLet’s Go FishingShoot the Smilies and if you want to really annoy someone, send them this: Hold the Button Have a nice Sunday everyone. P.S. I have gotten rid of my alias (Damona who is the gaul godess of fertility) and just decided to use my name. I was being inconsistent in what I used and I tried to think of the worst thing that could happen if someone reading my blog figured out who I was…? I’m thinking no big deal. So Paige it is. Comments...
Read MoreThe Waiting Room
by Paige on Fri 07 Jul 2006 10:51 PM EDT My fertility clinic is part of a large and well-known medical clinic. The actual fertility clinic is on the main campus. I do my monitoring in a satellite clinic. This means there is no sign on the building that says “fertility clinic” or “reproductive…” whatever. However, each morning the waiting room shared jointly by the radiology department and the lab where blood is drawn fills with young women. We are each called in one-by-one by one of the IVF nurses that rotate through “satellite clinic...
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