May Fibroids Burn in Hell

I got up early this AM to take my meds as transfer is in NYC at 10:30AM. I wanted to make sure that I had enough steroid coursing through my body to protect those little embryos. I wound up adding in 10mg of prednisone yesterday. It’s the fastest acting of the three (prednisone, dexamethasone, medrol) [...]

Posted on | September 4, 2011

2DPT: IVF 9 – Mo

I just read that Mo and Will lost their baby at just over 7 weeks. I am shocked. Stunned. She had absolutely PERFECT embryos, the best clinic on the blessed planet and still…it happened again. News like this makes me despair that here I am, approaching 46, with one nearly perfect embryo (visually, not by [...]

Posted on | November 11, 2010

The Day After Heartbreak

My site has been down for a few days so beta day came and went without a post. Since my last post on Sunday, any indication that I was pregnant disappeared with those stabbing cramps I hate late on Friday night. Swollen and tender breasts? Gone. Crampy uterus? Gone. Quantitative bHCG: 3 It’s clear as [...]

Posted on | March 3, 2010

Sadness

A girlfriend of mine, MG (who isn’t a blogger so I can only use initials to safeguard her privacy), just found out today, that she just lost her baby girl at 13 weeks. Her ultrasound was today and there was no movement and no heartbeat. It sounds like the amniotic fluid was on the low [...]

Posted on | February 15, 2007