Thread: August 2009 IVF
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Old 06-03-2009, 11:27 AM
Tanter602 Tanter602 is offline
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
good luck with the blood sugar! Ill be hoping for you!

I remember all the infectious disease testing. It was such a punch in the wallet! we paid our entire IVF out of pocket.

Here's to hoping you stay in the Aug group! The waiting is the hardest part. Seriously.

We're paying out of pocket, too! Every last dime. Yesterday was the anniversary of me and DH's first date and he (very sweetly) took me out to dinner to one of my favorite Thai restaurants. I had water instead of the deee-licious Thai iced teas, because the tea costs $2.50 and water is free. And we skipped the wonderful spring rolls b/c they're $4.95.
It made me sad that we are having to skimp on things like $2 iced teas and spring rolls, because this process is going to cost us so much money.
But everyone says it will be worth it in the end, right?

I want a child so much, but I tell you, right now, it's hard to see past all the $$$ and the dr's visits and the getting poked with needles and anxiety and fertility-pill-popping and stress.

Those of you with children already, please, please tell me that you really do forget about all this stuff once you are holding that precious little one in your arms!!
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Tanter602
Me: 36, Endometriosis
DH: (Much younger! Ahem.) Wonderful gift from God! Has low-count and bad morphology. (We're quite a pair!)
TTC: Since March 2008
No babies. No pets. Lots of hope!
IUI# 1: 4/18 =
August IVF = canceled. Blood sugar levels (6.3) are too high.
Cut carbs drastically; started Metformin and Fenugreek.
Started BCPs on 8/17
Re-tested blood sugar on 8/19. Level =
5.8!!
Start Lupron on 8/31.
ER: 9/24 (7 eggs; 5 fertilized; 3 fertilized normally). Hooray for my three little babies!
ET: 9/27 (3-day). Transferred 2 beautiful embryos. Embie # 3 frozen on Day 5 in "perfect hatchling blast" state. Yay for my little totsicle!
10/6: Unexpected emergency room visit for abdominal pains. Doctors don't know what the problem is, but in doing a bunch of testing, they turned up a !! HCG = 112!
10/9: Official BETA #1 = 394!
10/12: BETA#2 = 1,775!! (WOW!)
10/15: U/S # 1 = TWO SACS!!!!!
10/26: U/S #2 = Two heartbeats!!!

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