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Old 07-21-2008, 07:55 AM
casb77 casb77 is offline
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You're absolutely right, this whole IF stuff totally blows. If you don't have any close friends or family you can count on to be supportive, I highly recommend this forum. All the women and men know what you're going through and are immensely supportive. There are always new women joining and also women who have been around for a while. You're bound to find at least a few people with exactly the same diagnosis as you, which goes a LONG, LONG way to making you feel less alone, even if you never meet in person.

Besides this forum, I've also found journaling to be helpful to get all the crazy thoughts out of my head. I don't do it anywhere near regularly, just when there are things swirling around in there and not letting me think about anything else. I just dump it all out on paper and then I don't think about it as much.

You'll also feel better once you have a plan of what to do to overcome your issues. I was a wreck until the Dr. said IVF and now that we're actually moving forward and doing something about our IF it's amazing how much less I cry and rant about it. It's worst when you feel helpless about your situation.

Hang in there and good luck to you!
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TTC since 11/05
Me 31: tubal issues, random polyps that disappear on their own
DH 33: on the low side, but good enough
4/07-11/07 - 5 rounds chlomid
3/3/08 - OB-GYN recommended IVF

IVF #1 in July '08
7/5 start Lupron
7/9 baseline - 11 follicles on each side plus a tiny uterine fibroid
7/12 start stims
7/23 ER got 8 mature eggs - 7 fertilized!
7/26: 3dt of 2 "pretty good" embryos w/ fragmentation, 1 frozen blast left
8/6 Beta

FET #1 in Aug/Sept '08
8/12 baseline & start estrace
9/11 transferred 1 blast
9/20 + HPT and Beta #1 = 31
9/23 Beta #2 = 86
9/26 Beta #3 = 362
10/8 u/s at 6w5d, saw empty gestational sack measuring 5w1d
10/15 f/u u/s same results
10/20 D&C


In the meantime, RJ, BP, propolis, CoQ-10 & a multi for me, C, E, & almonds for DH

IVF #2 in January '09
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