God Move or Move Me

Fly, fly little wing Fly beyond imagining The softest cloud, the whitest dove Upon the wind of heaven's love Past the planets and the...

The worst thing that could happen, is happening. God took away my Christmas miracle. I found out yesterday that my hCG levels are decreasing...

I am due September 6, 2011! Shhhhhhhhh... It's a secret for now! We just found out this morning! I wanted those of you who have follow...

Last Friday, we went for our embryo transfer. By day three, we only had one of our embryos left to transfer. It wasn't the news we had h...

Yesterday morning I had my egg retrieval. They retrieved only seven eggs this time. I was very down and out yesterday because I was told tha...

I just wanted to write a little update. I haven't felt up to blogging every little detail, but I'm nearing the end of my stimulation...

I hate to be a chronic complainer but if there is anywhere I can get away with it, it's here. This past weekend has been particularly ha...

IVF #2 is underway. I began my Lupron injections this past Tuesday. I get to stop taking my birth control pills on the 27th and I'll add...

The holidays are right around the corner... For my own sanity, I've decided to take a break from facebook throughout this holiday season...

Today I had my IVF follow up appointment. Because things have become so complicated, I am debating whether or not I should continue blogging...

I'm not even sure how to go about writing this so I'm keeping it short and to the point. The IVF has failed - I'm still not preg...

Yesterday was our embryo transfer. We had hoped by day 5 our embryos would have reached the blastocyst stage, but it turns out that they wer...

I just received my second embryo report! The embryologist told me that we have three excellent quality embryos at 8-10 cells each. The fourt...

I just received the call from the embryologist. It turns out only 4 of the 16 eggs fertilized normally. This is less than we expected and it...

This morning was my egg retrieval! We retrieved a total of 16 eggs! :) :) :) Tomorrow the embryologist is supposed to call with our fertiliz...

YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) Today I had another ultrasound and more blood work. My E2 levels came back at 2621. My uterine lining is ...

WOOHOO!! Today I finally got an ultrasound along with my regular labs. It looks like I have 9 great follicles ranging from 13.4 to 18.8! My ...

My lab results came back great again today. I'm still responding well to the dosage of medicines I'm currently on, so no need to cha...

Today I went in for my CD 7 blood work. I have been doing three injections per day for three days now. My E2 levels looked good at a 198. Be...

After starting my cycle Tuesday, today I went to the doctor for my CD3 baseline ultrasound and blood work. My ultrasound went great! My lini...

I began doing my morning Lupron injections yesterday. Yesterday's was pretty bad. It was unusually painful for a little subcutaneous inj...

My appointment yesterday couldn't have been better. My sonohysterogram went wonderfully and my trial transfer was a breeze. We went over...

I started my cycle yesterday, so we are officially getting started with the IVF process now. I will begin taking birth control pills (ironic...

Thank God! Finally we have a breakthrough and I have amazing news report. Thanks to a generous donation, we will be proceeding with IVF as s...

My appointment with my new doctor was today. LOVE HIM! I am a very straight forward factual person and he gave me just that. FACTS! I needed...

I called to make my appointment with the new clinic first thing this morning! I am proud of myself for taking initiative and leaping out of ...

Today I went for my CD2 baseline ultrasound. To say that things didn't go well would be a serious understatement. First off, I have a ...

It looks like I'm not pregnant this cycle either. I have no idea what I'm going to do... I feel that I was probably correct about my...

Today I had my IUI. The count was 44.6 mil post wash this time which is still excellent. All went well and now we just have to wait and see ...

This morning I went for my CD11 ultrasound and blood work. My E2 (estradiol) levels came back at a 403. My follicles were as follows: 16, 15...

That's what I feel like, just a big giant pin cushion. I've had lots of blood work and done seven nights of injections. I have one m...

I went back to the RE this morning. Everything looks great at this point. My follicles are developing ideally and I have one 10mm, one 8mm, ...

Well here we go again, round 5,368... at least it seems like it. Anyway, this morning I went for my CD 3 baseline appointment and everything...

These songs really help me put things into perspective. Do you wonder why you have to, feel the things that hurt you, if there's a God...

Something just occurred to me and I'm feeling compelled to share it. I was thinking about what I wrote in a previous post, that "Go...

Everything seemed to be so perfect this month, there is no reason why this shouldn't have worked. This is the post I have been dreading....

I can't find the words to pray I'm a little down today Can you help me? Can you hold me? I fe...

I forgot to post last Friday that my progesterone results were an 18.60. That is a good level so I didn't have to do anything further.

As I was sitting here reading through my own blog, I realized that throughout this experience, I haven't really elaborated much on what ...

Well, I had my first IUI today. We had a count of 53.3 million post wash which is great! It's an interesting way to make a baby but hope...

Well, CD 12 has finally arrived. I went to the RE first thing this morning and according to my ultrasound, I have one mature follicle measur...

I received my new drugs in the mail today. I thought some of you might be curious as to what these injectable medications look like so I dec...

Today I went to the RE for my baseline appointment. My ultrasound showed that after last month and the birth control pills I'm completel...

I'm thinking about requesting to skip the Clomid/hCG/IUI next month and go straight to Clomid+Injects/hCG/IUI which we were going to do ...

Well, I went to the doctor this morning as planned. During my ultrasound, we discovered a large cyst on my left ovary. This means another mo...

I started a new cycle yesterday. This officially makes it my 6th post surgery cycle. I will go to the doctor tomorrow (Cycle Day 3) for my b...

Many people aren't sure how to handle their infertile friends or family members. They don't know what to say (without realization, m...

I've started a new cycle today, so on to post surgery cycle number five. We have now tried for the 4-6 months recommended to us by Dr. L...

On to post surgery cycle number 4........ Will this ever end? I'm losing my optimism. I'm ready to go back to the RE and get aggres...

This morning I sat astounded on cloud nine as my doctor confirmed all of the amazing news that I was hoping to find out today. Everything I ...