Its almost time

After 30 days of taking birth control to get my menstrual cycle under the doctors control, I started the Micro-dose lupron protocol on Christmas day.  I am beginning Gonal F and Menopur today.  These protocols can be confusing.  The easiest way to get these concoctions exactly right is to lay everything out along with the instructions.  I pin [...]

Quiet ovaries are a good thing

It is interesting I have started to build up a library of medications. I have Birth Control Pills, Menopur, Gonal F, Ovidrel, Estrace, and the list goes on. I went through everything yesterday with my wonderful nurse Kathy. I want all of you to know that having a good nurse makes all of the difference. [...]

I'm Back

Everybody needs a pick me up sometimes and my cousin did more for me than she will ever know. It is comforting to have a person “in real life” who can somewhat understand the fertility that we all share. She shares the same dreams that we all do to have her very own “little one”.
Today [...]

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

 

I woke up this evening.  My husband turned on the TV and decided to take a nap. He left the TV tuned to the movie  P.S. I Love You.  The movie is kind of morbid and a bit inspirational for me all at the same time. Its about a young lady who loses [...]

The single thing a woman can do to improve her fertility odds?

What is the single most important thing a woman can do to improver her fertility odds?

Been Poked

Well, I am feeling tired of the needles, the pills, the calendar, the appointments, ultrasounds, and disappointments.  I have done every fertility treatment possible and now I have a storage closet full of meds and I am tired.  I wonder does God mean for some of us to adopt? Is it wrong of me to [...]

Take 3

I started a third cycle preparing for In-vitro and since I had some runaway follicles (cysts) that continued to grow we had to stop just before I started taking the Micro-dose lupron shots. Well this time I have made it to the shots. I took my first set today. I saw my beautiful niece today [...]

The Fertility Diet: Eat Right to Get Pregnant – US News and World Report

The Fertility Diet: Eat Right to Get Pregnant – US News and World Report.

What is the single most important thing a woman can do to improve her fertility odds?
After a fertility workup on both the woman and man to determine underlying medical problems like blocked fallopian tubes or a low sperm count, I’d say the [...]

Starts and Stalls

I have to tell you “if it aint one thing, its another”. I went to the doctor last week and they found 2 renegade cysts. What this means is at the beginning of an IVF (invitro-fertilization) cycle they start by giving you birth control pills (a very low dose). When you take [...]

I am back again (Invitro for the 3rd time)

Holistic websites, chiropractic patients, and chiropractors themselves abound with pregnancy success stories. Some women went to the chiropractor for other reasons only to find themselves pregnant, others have battled infertility for more than 10 years and then suddenly became pregnant within a couple of months or even a couple of visits to the chiropractor. These remarkable results are the same regardless of the technique used by the [...]