Quantcast
Channel: i've got bad plumbing
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live

4DP4DT

Embryos are 8 days old and should have implanted by now. But I’m feeling pessimistic. I had stabbing uterine pains on Tuesday and again yesterday. I’ve had these for most or all of my IVF cycles and I...

View Article


5DT4DT: Getting out of the house

Since transfer on Sunday, I’ve only left the house once and it was to drive the BF to the train station a half mile away on a rainy morning. I decided to not go into work this time. At all. I simply...

View Article


6DT4DT: All quiet on the eastern (soon to be western) front

I feel nothing, except fat from steroids. No cramps, no twinges, no aches. Nothing. Ever since the stabbing cramps happened my other symptoms, those that felt like “implantation”, disappeared entirely...

View Article

Not looking forward to the morning

My beta’s scheduled for 8:15AM tomorrow morning. I’ve got the lab slip with STAT written all over it but for good measure I think I’ll highlight them so that the asswipes at the quest labs on the west...

View Article

Beta: More of the same

Beta was yesterday and it was another negative. Less than 2. No one was surprised. Progesterone was 10. TEN. After days of 1.2g of progesterone a day. What the hell? The RE thinks I should try again...

View Article


Moving onto gestational surrogacy and things west

I think I am finally committed to the new path which is gestational surrogacy (GS). I’ve created a profile and have joined a new community where it seems women are OK with helping someone of my age. It...

View Article

Vegas, Baby

Things I’ll be doing over the next few days: Watching an ice hockey tournament. (done) Meeting a gestational surrogate named Michele. (done) 2010 taxes (and preparing for pain). (haven’t touched them...

View Article

Not so sunny California

Today was my 3rd day back in California…and it was raining. I arrived Saturday night: swollen eyes from crying my goodbyes to “D” and the boys, 4 checked bags, 2 pissed off cats, 2 glasses of wine...

View Article


Apologies

I’ve disappeared…and hope that I am back. It’s been a hard few months: the move from NJ to California, separating from the boyfriend (who is still the boyfriend), the new job, and unideal living...

View Article


Feeling out of sorts

Today’s the fifth day that I’ve been on the east coast visiting the boyfriend. I’m here til the 2nd…it’s an extended trip for the holidays. Most of the folks at my job take off during this time. We’re...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live