Step away from the computer!
This wouldn't be an infertility/IVF blog if there wasn't a post on the horror that is the 2ww. So here is mine, hopefully you just get the one but I can't guarantee it.So our day 6 transfer was on...
View ArticleFuck it.
...and that pretty much sums it all up for ya doesn't it.BF fucking NThis will not be a nice eloquent post about my emotions and blahdy blah blah fucking blah. It will merely say (until I feel like...
View ArticleScrew you IF... I'm going to Malaysia.
So I know I have been away for a wee while.. I just needed some time to get back into the swing of 'normal' life and figure out how to get through each day. I still havn't quite managed the latter...
View ArticleDevastation and heartache
Words just cannot express the heartache our country is going through right now, The Christchurch earthquake that has left many dead, homeless, missing, and their lives ripped apart and has left us all...
View ArticleA time for reflection and decisions.
Hey guys, sorry it has been so long.I have stayed away from the forums, blogs and groups etc in the (miserable) attempt to get my life back on track and in a straight-ish line. Unfortunately it hasn't...
View ArticleEveryone but me
Trying not to be bitter recently but I am finding it very hard, surrounded by pregnancy at every turn.. surrounded by babies and doting parents. urghh my stomach is turning just thinking about it.What...
View ArticleARGHHHHH
True to form with my life at the moment I have been unable to post anything on my blog for the last week, for some reason it just has not been working for me. Urghh, typical lolI am in a storm of...
View ArticleStarting again
So this week I am kicking of the no caffeine, alcohol, crappy food.... pretty much all the things I rely on to get through the day. Last time The Mr. also gave up the booze but that was it. This time...
View ArticleJust not feeling it
This time last cycle I was 100% dedicated to the no caffeine, booze, healthy eating, multivitamin regime that happens in the lead up to IVF. Back then it was exciting to be doing something, exciting...
View ArticleNeed a laugh?
This site has seriously made my day. Autocorrect... nuff said.http://damnyouautocorrect.com/
View ArticleStarting Now.... no wait... Now!
Man have I been useless with this caffeine thing, proper useless! Doesn't help that I ran out of caffeine free tea bags the other day and hadn't gotten around to buying more (because of the sheer...
View Article6 days till PARTY TIME!
This isn't really a post about my stupid infertility, or our crappy IVF journey... its a post about my "screw you IVF" party we are having THIS WEEKEND! arghhh it really snuck up on us.As I said in an...
View ArticleHope = Pain?
Sometimes I wonder why I am doing all of this. Putting myself through it all. By this I am not talking about losing touch with the end result but I am so sure in my head that this just isn't going to...
View ArticleBad day hangover.
So yesterday was a bad bad day, I can't comment on today yet as even though it is early evening I actually haven't been out of bed for very long thanks to the longest night shift of my life last night!...
View ArticleGym junkie?!?!?!?! me?!?!?!?!
So I have recently rediscovered the gym. Due to 14 years with a recurrent dislocating patella I have not been able to do any sports at all, just turning a corner would dislocate my knee. I endured 3...
View ArticlePeople are stupid
No, not all people. But lets face it, the vast majority.We were talking about the new addition to our family (fur baby, photo's to come) to a friend and her husband and about how she was going to be an...
View ArticleTo video blog or not to video blog?
So it was suggested to me a few months ago that we should do a video blog. Not something to vent, that's what this place is for. I love my fellow bloggers here and how honest we can all be, the slight...
View ArticleHere we go again
So, Day One..Yep, its all on again. Today was day one so I have started on the pill for 3 weeks and then bring on the needles. To be honest I don't know if I am ready to this all over again. I am...
View ArticleFor F*#k's Sake!!
It doesn't rain, it pours.Last night at work I had the honour of having a drunk patient spit blood in face, and by that I'm talking eye, mouth, the works. So I had to stay late and have blood tests...
View ArticleI have a new addiction!
Thy name is Pinterest.HOW have I not stumbled across this site before?!?!?I know I am not alone, I have meandered upon a few fellow bloggers and twiffers on there already by pure chance. This seems...
View ArticlePregnancy announcement land mines
At the risk of swimming against the tide in the IF river, I have a few different opinions on pregnancy announcements etc. Now don't get me wrong, I totally understand the anger felt by some when a...
View Article1st needle down.. a fair few to go
Well I guess this means its all go. Started my jabs this morning in a mad rush while flat out at work, and true to form it has kicked my ass. The buserelin gives me the most blinding headaches, its...
View Article1st E2 blood test day
Today was my 1st blood test to see how I am responding to the Gonal F. I went in this morning, got butchered again.. yes I know I know, I have terrible veins... then I had a reaction to the...
View ArticleMy cycle so far in a post.
Wow so far this cycle has just flown by! I better give a bit of an update..My E2 levels rose quite steeply but there was no stalling of levels like there was in the last cycle, apparently this should...
View ArticleDay 2 and 3
So far so good.Yesterday (day 2) we got our fert result of 5 beautiful wee 4 cells. I should have been over the moon but instead I was too busy writhing in agony as half my face felt like it was...
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