Nov 30, 2011
Nov 29, 2011
Craziness.
As some of you know, SIL and I have had overlapping IVF cycles (my brother has azo). She started stims a few days before me but I ended up going for my ER before her. She just texted me and she's doing a 3dt tomorrow, the same day that I'll be having my 5dt. Crazy! They live about an hour north of us so of course I keep day dreaming of pictures with two beautiful sets of twins, born days apart. I know this is naive of me but it's the vision that I'm going to hold on to tomorrow during my embryo transfer!
Progesterone Fun!
First, I had some really whacky cravings yesterday. I had nachos for breakfast and around 4 I began to get an insatiable craving for Fudge Stripe Cookies. I haven't had those in years but I HAD to have them. Then it was Peppermint Ice Cream and then my mom's cheese logs, which required Velveeta. Thankfully, my wonderful husband arrived home with Fudge Stripe Cookies (and milk!), Velveeta AND Peppermint Ice Cream. I had at least three cookies before my dinner, several more after dinner and then a big bowl of Peppermint Ice Cream in bed later.
Around 11 I got to experience my first progesterone-induced hot flash. Holy mother of Hades--even Mike felt it when he climbed into bed. I woke up several times throughout the night to pee (and because of more hot flashes!) was up for an hour at five in the morning, fell asleep and didn't wake up again until almost 9. I got out of bed and immediately felt flu-like and absolutely exhausted. I've been parked on the couch all day, snuggled up in my bathrobe and I just experienced yet another progesterone side effect. I won't go into detail but lets just say that it left me running for the bathroom. Embryo transfer is set for 1730 tomorrow night! I am very excited about it, except for the whole "full bladder" thing.
I'm thinking of taking a hiatus from my business for awhile. It's not the sewing, it's the stupid customers. I just can't handle the incessant amount of questions like "How much is a bag?" "What are your prices?"when the answers are clearly listed on my website and my favorite "I received my order but changed my mind on what I wanted. I know you don't give refunds on custom orders so I'm going to lie and say that the charge on my credit card was an unauthorized payment so that I get to keep my "unwanted" products and screw you out of $120." Yup, it has all happened to me. I guess after 2.5 years in business I was bound to get fcuked but the timing of it really, really sucks. I.don't.need.this.stress. right now so I think I'm going to take a break. I feel bad, since there are still 80+ people on my waiting list, but none of them have paid anything toward their orders yet and I think I can justify my break. Besides, a woman on IVF drugs doesn't exactly make the best Customer Service Representative.
Around 11 I got to experience my first progesterone-induced hot flash. Holy mother of Hades--even Mike felt it when he climbed into bed. I woke up several times throughout the night to pee (and because of more hot flashes!) was up for an hour at five in the morning, fell asleep and didn't wake up again until almost 9. I got out of bed and immediately felt flu-like and absolutely exhausted. I've been parked on the couch all day, snuggled up in my bathrobe and I just experienced yet another progesterone side effect. I won't go into detail but lets just say that it left me running for the bathroom. Embryo transfer is set for 1730 tomorrow night! I am very excited about it, except for the whole "full bladder" thing.
I'm thinking of taking a hiatus from my business for awhile. It's not the sewing, it's the stupid customers. I just can't handle the incessant amount of questions like "How much is a bag?" "What are your prices?"when the answers are clearly listed on my website and my favorite "I received my order but changed my mind on what I wanted. I know you don't give refunds on custom orders so I'm going to lie and say that the charge on my credit card was an unauthorized payment so that I get to keep my "unwanted" products and screw you out of $120." Yup, it has all happened to me. I guess after 2.5 years in business I was bound to get fcuked but the timing of it really, really sucks. I.don't.need.this.stress. right now so I think I'm going to take a break. I feel bad, since there are still 80+ people on my waiting list, but none of them have paid anything toward their orders yet and I think I can justify my break. Besides, a woman on IVF drugs doesn't exactly make the best Customer Service Representative.
You Like Me, You Really Like Me!
Last week I was given an award by the amazing Jill over at Meier Madness. Someone else also awarded me with this award but last week was such a blur with the seven blood draws, three ultrasounds, egg retrieval and Thanksgiving that I can't remember who. I'm sorry! Apparently, Liebster means "dearest" in German. This one has been floating around the blogosphere this week, going to folks with less than 200 followers. Thank you so much, Jill! You like me, you really like me! <3
Here are the rules to pass this baby on:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top five picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Hope that the people you’ve sent the award to forward it to their five favorite bloggers and keep it going!
Here are 5 bloggers I would like to pass the award on to:
1. Allie, from Project Open Hearts
2. Jessica, from Our Roller Coaster Through IVF
3. C, from Waiting and Wishing
4. Lisa, from Hapa Hopes
5. Lauren, from Not Just An Army Wife
Nov 28, 2011
All Is Well Again.
We received our fert report yesterday and I immediately logged on to blogger so that I could post about it. I received a notice that my blogger account had been disabled. Immediately, I panicked. I've been blogging since 2005, since before Mike's first deployment to Iraq. I have a LOT of stuff on blogger. Memories that have been long forgotten and "friends" that I lost because I could no longer access my Reader or comment on other blogs. Doesn't Blogger know that I have many, many uteruses (uteri???) that I keep track of?! I have NO idea what happened but thank GOODNESS This Space For Rent is back up and running. Now I need to figure out how to create a back up, just in case the powers that be decide to eff with me again.
So....our fert report! Five out of the seven eggs fertilized! We are set to do a 5 day transfer on Wednesday evening and we'll be transferring two embryos. I am SO excited. Last night I asked Mike what lucky socks I should wear and he wants me to lay them all out so we can decide together. <3
My trigger shot hurt like hell so I was extremely nervous for to begin my PIO injections last night. I reminded Mike to squeeze as hard as he could before he put the needle in, since that is what I think went wrong with the trigger shot. I laid down on my bed, gripped my headboard with both hands, felt the squeeze and asked him if he had injected me yet--he was already pushing the PIO in and I didn't even feel the shot. Thank goodness! I can totally handle this.
My boobs still hurt, I still can't button my pants and I've gained five pounds. I don't think I'm as emotionally crazy as I was expecting to be, but I'm sure Mike would disagree. I'm finished with all my paid orders and plan to take it super easy this week. Today I'm working on Christmas gifts though the pain in my butt makes sitting in my sewing chair a little awkward. By the way, I'm talking about the pain from my PIO injection, not Mike. :P
I hope everyone else is doing well and that no other blogs were affected. I about had a panic attack yesterday when I saw that my blog was gone but all seems to be well in the blogosphere, at least for now.
So....our fert report! Five out of the seven eggs fertilized! We are set to do a 5 day transfer on Wednesday evening and we'll be transferring two embryos. I am SO excited. Last night I asked Mike what lucky socks I should wear and he wants me to lay them all out so we can decide together. <3
My trigger shot hurt like hell so I was extremely nervous for to begin my PIO injections last night. I reminded Mike to squeeze as hard as he could before he put the needle in, since that is what I think went wrong with the trigger shot. I laid down on my bed, gripped my headboard with both hands, felt the squeeze and asked him if he had injected me yet--he was already pushing the PIO in and I didn't even feel the shot. Thank goodness! I can totally handle this.
My boobs still hurt, I still can't button my pants and I've gained five pounds. I don't think I'm as emotionally crazy as I was expecting to be, but I'm sure Mike would disagree. I'm finished with all my paid orders and plan to take it super easy this week. Today I'm working on Christmas gifts though the pain in my butt makes sitting in my sewing chair a little awkward. By the way, I'm talking about the pain from my PIO injection, not Mike. :P
I hope everyone else is doing well and that no other blogs were affected. I about had a panic attack yesterday when I saw that my blog was gone but all seems to be well in the blogosphere, at least for now.
Nov 26, 2011
Oh Tannenbaum!
I happily slept the day away yesterday and decided this morning that I was feeling well enough to go hunt down the perfect Christmas tree. We were expecting a call from the embryologist around 9 but when we didn't hear from him by 10 we had him paged. We never heard back from him but they did tell Mike yesterday that no news is good news. Still, we want to know how many embryos we have growing so we'll call and bug him again tomorrow. I am still SO bloated. Thank goodness for long sweaters to hide the fact that I can't button my pants! I had to use the old hair-tie-looped-through-the-button-hole trick and pray that my pants didn't fall down while we were out today.
So, the tree! We went to a little Christmas tree farm about 10 miles from our house and had such a good time looking for our tree. Mike grew up with real trees but this is the first time we've had one as a couple. It was so fun and definitely a tradition I'd like to continue. I'm paying for it now because I'm experiencing a lot of cramping but our our tree is beautiful.
Decorating our tree is one of my favorite parts of Christmas. Every ornament on our tree was a gift, is handmade or was purchased on one of our various trips. Every year we put on the Christmas classics like Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, I make a batch of mulled cider and we reminisce as we hang each ornament. This year we had a few new ornaments from our trips to England and Leavenworth, WA,as well as an ornament we purchased last Christmas from our local zoo. Oh, and I can't forget the awesome World Series Champions ornament!
It was a fun day full of Christmas cheer and the house smells wonderful. Tomorrow we might tackle the exterior lights or I guess I should say Mike will tackle the exterior lights and I will most likely be on the couch with my heating pad.
So, the tree! We went to a little Christmas tree farm about 10 miles from our house and had such a good time looking for our tree. Mike grew up with real trees but this is the first time we've had one as a couple. It was so fun and definitely a tradition I'd like to continue. I'm paying for it now because I'm experiencing a lot of cramping but our our tree is beautiful.
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| I'm glad H has big muscles! |
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| MIND THE GAP |
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| The finished product! |
It was a fun day full of Christmas cheer and the house smells wonderful. Tomorrow we might tackle the exterior lights or I guess I should say Mike will tackle the exterior lights and I will most likely be on the couch with my heating pad.
Nov 25, 2011
Egg Retrieval
Well its all over and I just woke up from a very long nap! They retrieved 7 eggs this morning--even one from Lefty! I'm very sleepy but not in any pain. I already feel a lot less pressure and bloating, which is a relief because I was extremely uncomfortable when I woke up this morning. Apparently while I was sedated I was talking to MH about needing a mini van. Omen, perhaps? Haha. We'll get our fert report tomorrow morning!
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