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 Article5DT4DT: 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 Article6DT4DT: 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 ArticleNot 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 ArticleBeta: 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 ArticleMoving 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 ArticleVegas, 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 ArticleNot 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 ArticleApologies
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 ArticleFeeling 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...
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