Fibroid Hell

Last Friday I did an U/s with Dr. R. He did a transverse scan and noticed something odd. He said that I either had a tumor in my uterus or that my lining was growing “funny”. I went in for my SHG yesterday and, as suspected, Dr. R found a 2cm fibroid in my uterine [...]

Posted on | May 6, 2011

IVF 10 Take 1: False Start

AF came and today is CD2. I was really torn whether I wanted to go down to the clinic and start another cycle already. This is the last cycle that the insurance at my new job will pay for. My job pays $15K for IVF which translates into 3 cycles. This next cycle will be [...]

Posted on | November 25, 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

CD2: And it begins again

AF started right on time despite that 4 weeks ago both of my ovaries were operated on to remove type 2 endometriomas. Apparently I have very resilient ovaries as they weren’t stymied at all from doing their thing and ovulating last month. I go in for bloodwork and my CD3 ultrasound tomorrow morning. Despite my [...]

Posted on | July 26, 2010

One Big Step Forward For Surrogacy

This was just released yesterday. This is a huge step forward for surrogates! Intended parents (IP) often have to pay for extra insurance to cover the birth of their child. This makes it a covered event in the state of Wisconsin. Hopefully other states follow suit. Insurance for a surrogate can cost about $11K in [...]

Posted on | July 17, 2010

The Date is Set

The clinic at Stanford called last night and said they had a surgery date for me with Dr. Persian, the famous endometriosis surgeon who uses the Da Vinci minimally invasive robotic surgery technique. My preop is on June 29th and the surgery is the next day. I have a post-op two days later than I [...]

Posted on | June 11, 2010

CD1: The Bitch is Back

One day off of the progesterone p-pops and she’s back right on time. Egad. No rest for the weary. My poor nether regions are subjected to stress upon stress. My other half looks at the end of a cycle as the restoration of our physical relationship – while I feel like I just want to [...]

Posted on | June 2, 2010

Serendipity

I never knew my biological father growing up as my mother saw fit to never tell him that I was born. When she found herself pregnant with me, she casually mentioned to him that, “There’s the possibility that I am pregnant.” My father, being the controlled skeptic that he is, said, “OK, let’s wait and [...]

Posted on | March 27, 2010

CD6Day After Surgery: Ranting About The East Coast

The doc wasn’t able to do the sclerotherapy procedure on my right ovary as they weren’t able to get the medication that they use in time. Apparently, the compounding pharmacy in St. Louis that packages the medication that I needed failed to renew their NY state licensing in time and so they’re out of commission [...]

Posted on | October 30, 2009

CD4Day Before Surgery

So surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11am. I’m due to arrive half an hour early, empty stomach, sans contact lenses, jewelry, etc. The BF will pick me up in the car at some point to be determined. They’re going to aspirate the cyst on the left ovary, asprirate the endometrioma (chocolate cyst) and [...]

Posted on | October 28, 2009