I ended up going down to Montreal on Monday morning for what was my actual final ultrasound. There was 19 follicles on the screen, and while there was some debate in having me do stims for one more night, they decided to have me trigger on Monday evening for collection on Wednesday ( Read more... )

E and I feel like complete, total IDIOTS at the moment... I can't believe we're alone in our idiocy, but others probably have the common sense not to broadcast their stupidity ( Read more... )

This morning E and I went to see Dr. Barwin for our "supression" ultrasound. I've been on Buserelin since June 12th, and from what I remember being told, I was expecting no follicular growth because, well, I'm supposed to be in premature menopause ( Read more... )

To those of you who've done IVF - a few q's that have been weighing on my mind ( Read more... )

This is getting so very, very old ( Read more... )

On January 26th, I finally had the thrombophilia (ie. recurrent loss) panel done. I had to fax the McGill requisition to Dr. Barwin, who transcribed it into a form acceptable in Ontario. I went in, they took a whopping ten vials of blood and I waited. And waited. And waited ( Read more... )

On Monday I went for my full thrombophilia blood work - or, as McGill calls it, the "recurrent loss" test. I drove to Dr. Barwin's office to pick up the requsition and toodled down to the blood clinic in the basement where I go for all my IF blood tests. After taking a quick glance at the form, she receptionist said rather apologetically that ( Read more... )

I've been taking a much needed internet hiatus for the past few weeks. I've been insanely busy at work and I was starting to get a tad obsessive with my on-line blog reading, particularly on the home-renovation front. I was very tempted to start my own old home reno blog to chronicle all the insane stuff we've dealt with over the past few years in ( Read more... )

There is no doubt about it, Christmas is meant for children. I'm reminded of this every year when my workplace holds its family party the morning of the 24th. I soldier through the best I can, and no one sees my eyes tear up when the little ones toddle by in their best clothes on their way to see Santa ( Read more... )

I went for my BETA this morning. Armed with 2 positive hpts, I was cautiously optimistic that we'd get favourable results - so much so, that I went in to work this afternoon to wait for the call ( Read more... )