Reality Bites

Tomorrow morning, a girlfriend of mind, “J”, will be transferring two seemingly perfect “xx” embryos made from donor egg and donor sperm. “J” is 46 or 47 years old, single, and really wants a child…specifically a girl child. She found an egg donor that was 23 years old and quite striking. Her sperm donor is from Denmark – an [...]

Posted on | May 18, 2011

Detachment

I have six BCPs remaining after this morning’s dose, which means that I’ll be starting lupron within the next six days. A bit nerve wracking because not only is this cycle not yet approved by my insurance, but I don’t even have my lupron ordered!! The IVF protocol was sent over to Dr. R’s office [...]

Posted on | April 23, 2011

CD10: DS Delivery Anyone?

Got a call from the DS clinic in NYC – they have 2 vials left of my favorite guy left while the rest of his “stuff” is in quarantine awaiting latest results. Both have been reserved and purchased for me to the tune of $300 – not bad. I’ll be zipping over late afternoon via [...]

Posted on | November 2, 2010

CD9: Slowly I Turn, Inch by Inch

Got to Dr. Czech’s office at 7AM for my bloodwork but they weren’t clear that I needed an appointment for my regular ultrasound. Nurse: You need to come in on Monday for your next blood and ultrasound. Me: What time do you open? Nurse: 7:00AM OK, that doesn’t tell me the following crucial details: 1. [...]

Posted on | November 1, 2010

Sperm Donation: On Donor Profiles

When you’re in the market to buy sperm, anonymous or open, you can nearly always pay a fee to download a profile. California Cryobank, as of today, charges $17 to download what they call their “long profile”. It contains SAT scores, medical information, and a few extra details outside of the short (free) profile. One [...]

Posted on | April 3, 2009

Known Sperm Donor Hell

I’ve been remiss in writing. I’ve been frazzled with the idea that the new guy and I are likely moving to NYC in April. Freaking out about it is more like it. I’ve been living day by day not knowing where I am going to be living come April. It’s starting to look like we’re [...]

Posted on | February 27, 2009

Changes

Being that I am between cycles, I haven’t had anything new and exciting to report on from my IF chair. I am still waiting for my shipment of Enbrel to arrive so that I can start the process of getting my immune system to calm down. Hopefully it will not only stop my psoriasis, but [...]

Posted on | September 19, 2007