Hey there Lovelies, I’m now part way through this IVF cycle! I can’t even believe it. They’ve taken my eggs out of my body and put them into a mixer with hubby’s sperm. I hope they all enjoyed a free
IVF Cycle: Egg Collection Update
Micro Post: Can’t Focus
Hey Lovelies, This IVF cycle has been very interesting. I intentionally booked myself off of substitute teaching this month so that I was available whenever the clinic needed me, but I also thought it would give me time to focus
IVF Cycle: Week One Update
Hey lovelies, IVF cycle one is in full effect! It’s been a busy week of stimulating drugs over here at the MacDonald household. I had my ultrasound and blood work to see how everything is going. Here is the run
The Cusp Of Prophecy
Hello Lovelies, I will warn you now… This post is a liiiittle crazy. I may have swum off the deep end of trying to conceive, and you know what? I don’t care. It’s nice over here in crazy-ville, we have
Micro Post: The Crazy Things I Never Thought I’d Do
Hello Lovelies, So this is it. The week is finally here. I will get my period any minute now and then, dun dun dun, start stimulation! For those of you that don’t speak IVF yet that means this is the
Words Cannot Help
Hey there Lovelies, There is a thing that happens when you are riding the roller-coaster that is infertility. There are major mood swings: up and down, up and down. Every month. Multiple times a month. During the ups you start
My IVF Protocol Info
Hello Lovelies, I made it through the appointment without tears! YAY! IVF protocol has been decided and all my new labs have been given to me. I’m a happy camper today. All my test results look very similar to last
Micro Post: Gearing Up to Gear Down
Hello Lovelies, My IVF appointment with Dr. Green-Eyes is fast approaching. As in, it’s this week fast. This is the appointment that we’ll use to determine the protocol for IVF #1. It will also give me all my newest hormone
Don’t We All Have Parental Insecurities?
Hello Lovelies, I’ve been thinking and I’m concerned about starting IVF. Not just about the crazy money. Not just about the pain and emotional turmoil. But also… I’m gearing up to pay tens of thousands of dollars for something I’m
Micro Post: Silently Screaming
Hello Lovelies, I feel like Rose from the movie Titanic. You know, where she says “Outwardly, I was everything a well brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming.” All while she demurely boards the boat? I feel like