N the pressure builds!

So ‘coz I don’t write here very often I always have to wonder about what I last updated and go back and read my post. I’m thinking I would write more often if I had some people well anybody read this space. But then again, my decision to not share the url with anyone…so can’t blame them.

As expected nothing useful came out of the follow-up visit with my doc.

So ya, the acupuncture sessions are going on pretty fine. so back in May I went for a session before ovulation. Ended up getting my chums anywez in June(of course! Else I would be screaming from the rooftop!). And now again in June, I had another one. The DH just complete 8 sessions of acupuncture for him and we are ready for a  SA test. Planning on getting that done early next week. Early next week is also when my chums are due. I’m kinda nervous. I really hope this is it for us! Fingers crossed. Hope the Gods above can hear us and answer our prayers.

Moving On….

Hmm.. so ya , the 2^nd ivf cycle failed as well. Honestly, I didn’t see it coming. I won’t say I was confident it would work but I was more than hopeful that it would. All the symptoms for a positive were not there but nor were there very many symptoms for a negative..u know! But yes, got to know on 4/13..a day before the Tamil New Year. So ya, the timing was a bummer, but really is there a ever a “right” time for heartbreaks?

The good news is that we handled it a LOT better. I didn’t have to convince myself that there was a good reason for it…I knew it. I didn’t struggle too much with the million $ question…’will we or won’t we have a baby?’. For no rhyme or reason, I’m feelin more n more confident that there is a baby in our future..it is just about when?!

Its take me so long to update ‘coz firstly I wanted to come to terms with it and then I got busy studying for my PMP certification exam , which I passed by the way. I also had a fabulous 29^th B’day ! I hate it that the clock is ticking away…but well…

Meanwhile… we are getting acupuncture treatment. Its weekly 1 session for the DH. I need to go for a session just before ovulation, n that’s it. I’m hoping this will help us address the root cause. That this will solve our problem and god-willing we won’t even need another ivf cycle. Fingers n toes crossed!

We have a follow-up appointment tomo. Don’t have a big list of Qs or anything. In my mind I don’t expect to have a another cycle at the same hospital.  Kay sera sera…

And yet another time…..

On the morning of April 11^th, when I was 10dp3dt, I decided to POAS. I got a negative, and of course that made me super nervous and anxious. I wished I hadn’t POAS-d. But then, I had God help me with the decision. On 2 small pieces of paper, I wrote down ‘Test’, ‘Don’t Test’ and picked up one chit from our prayer room…. It asked me to test… I couldn’t give up. I just prayed for a beta to work with, even if it was the minimum required i.e 5. I felt like this would be it, this was our month. That everything would fall in place and I would begin my 29^th B’day as a pregnant woman.

On the 13^th, I went early in the am to give blood for my beta. Most of my symptoms had gone away, but yet I felt hopeful. I spent all morning in anxiety.  The RE called us 5 mins to 1 pm to tell me that my beta was 0. Of course I was upset…but not heartbroken like the last time. The bigger prob is the RE doesn’t know why or what? She said,’ everything seemed perfect, mabbe its just bad luck?!’ n that scares me. I alwez get scared when everything looks good ‘coz unless the result is positive, it leaves u with nothing to work with. That’s where we are now.

But this time…I am not questioning why us. I have handled it a lot better. I told my ma, who had no idea that we were going thru’ another cycle and she just asked me to not lose hope. To give it a break for a while and try on our own. N that’s our decision too. Atleast for a while, we plan to try to conceive like  a normal couple. Mabbe we’ll get lucky n be the ones to share a miracle? Worst case…after a few months, we may do another cycle in India. Nothing decided for sure yet. For now we’ll take our time and just enjoy making love. I know God has a plan for us. I just pray that we have the strength and courage and faith to let the plan happen.

The Progress so far

Okay I haven’t written much…’coz honestly I haven’t got too much to whine about.

Well the update on my last post is that my meds from ivfmeds reached me about 5 days late, finally! They were a source of tension. But finalllieee, I got them and they let me return the meds that I could not use due to the delay in delivery. So I got some money back. Doesn’t matter all that much anymore. Moral of the lesson is that unless one has lots of time (3-4 weeks) before they need the meds, they shouldn’t order them from ivfmeds.

Then stims went well. Much better than last cycle. So well, that they had to reduce my dosage. I triggered on 3/27 and so 3/28, the DH’s B’day was a needle free day. We had our ER on 3/29 and we got 21 eggs of which 16 were mature.. sooooooooooo much better than last time.

Per our Fert report on day 1 after ER 8 of the 16 fertilized. A li’l concerned ‘coz yet only 50% of the eggs fertilized. N then on day 2 after ER…we had only 5 embabies. One grade D and the rest grade B. Decided it will be a day 3 transfer. So our transfer on 4/1 went very very well (touchwood!). 3 embabies were transferred. N I felt super bloated!

4/2, Saturday was the cricket world cup finals. 2 friends came over home and they pampered me..Actually the DH and me by cookin awesome B’fast, lunch n dinner for us. The match was super, India Won. The perfect way to spend the day in couch-rest ! I rested very well.

Now..I’m just waiting..and well praying. My body is doing well for the most part. Just keep getting a backache but even that’s become lesser since yester and I hope that’s a good sign! N of course I struggle to button my pants. I have to start exercising soon.

Our 1^st beta is on 4/13...a day before the Tamil New Year... I hope we get a beautiful start ! Very eager…I feel like everything is going right this time but I’m too scared of being overly optimistic. I bought a 3-pack HPT and may poas on Monday (4/11), 2 days before my beta!

Fingers n toes crossed!

I'm so mad at ivfmeds

So,  I discovered this site, ivfmeds(dot)com when we planned for our 2nd ivf and was thrilled to see that the prices of the meds were a lot lesser than walgreens or freedom pharmacy.I ordered my bravelle and menopur from them. The meds were suppose to have reached me on 3/17 and have not yet reached me. I have had to place last minute order for my meds from walgreens and this has cost me a fortune. I even had to pay extra for overnight shipment. Initially i ordered meds for just 3 days from walgreens and that cost me close to $1000. Looks like my shipment from ivfmeds has gotten lost and i can't have hope of it reaching me anytime soon, so i'm going to have to order my other meds as well from walgreen. Plan to wait till Monday noon and then make the decision.

I have been calling ivfmeds as the link they provide for tracking has displayed the msg "ur order is being prepared for shipment" since the day they told me it has been dispatched i.e 3/5. The customer support person was insensitive enough to tell me he has no better option than asking me to either cancel this cycle, as even if they resent my meds by speed post..they could do it only on monday and it would be arnd 3/26 by when it will reach me. I am so mad at them! It will almost be time for my ER oin 3/26..what should i do with these meds then?  He thinks he is being very kind to me by telling me that i can return their meds if it arrives and they will then refund my money to me.

I am so upset and have been so stressed. Really think its a waste of energy on such a thing at such a time. I donno how to get my money back from them. We hadn't budgeted for these kinda expenses and you all u'stand how expensive ivf can get when we pay out of pocket for everything. I realllie hope that all this is worth it and this cycle is a success. I want beautiful twins!

on another note i've started stimming. Shots are goin better this time compared to the 1st cycle...they are not that painful! touchwood...hope the next few weeks fly by !

Schedule!!!

Woooow! So finally I got the schedule for my 2^nd ivf. I’ve been on BCP since 2/6 and earlier this week Nicole called me with my schedule

3/14 : Last BPC

3/16 : 10 units of lupron in the am and pm

3/16: Baseline Visit

3/18 : 2 vials of bravelle and menopur

3/23 : 1^st U/S

3/25 :  2^nd U/S

ER : weekend of 3/28

This time around I have been strangely uninvolved and calm. Not getting anxious and impatient like the last time. I am not loggin into the forum much and I guess one of the reasons for that is that I’ve been super super busy at work. Been wanting to write on my blogs though, and I hvn’t found the time. Today I am at home as I’m down with fever and so , seizing the opportunity to update my blog.

Hmm..also, we ordered meds thru’ ivfmeds and we are saving over 1000 bucks! How nice is that. Wonder why our nurse didn’t tell us about this option during the 1^st cycle.

28^th is DH’s b’day…I have fingers and toes crossed for it to be a special one..memorable…it will be for sure!