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It seems no matter how prepared you are for the ‘worst’ with IVF there are always greater depths to be explored. Our fourth IVF cycle has now ground its way to a complete end. There were a few close calls. Just when we thought we had it worked out, we were side-blinded – again. Leaving before dawn yesterday morning we got to the clinic without a hitch. Considering our recent travel incidents, this was an excellent start. Continue reading Stitching up the IVF game The part Lifeslurper dislikes most about IVF is whatever phase of the process I am in at any given moment. When it gets to the pointy end of a cycle, I long for those seemingly far distant times between cycles when nothing was happening. When I am heading towards egg pickup (as I am now) I longingly look back to the days of constant injection (which stopped yesterday) with a sense of nostalgia. The 24 hour wait on fertilization results seems to take as long as a course of down regulation medication. Any other time in the IVF cycle would seem preferable. Then there is the 14 day post embryo transfer wait for a blood test to see if there is any reason to celebrate. These 14 days seem endless. One day on the two week wait becomes the equivalent of one of those South Pole six month ‘days’ where there is no nightfall. Continue reading Living in the IVF moment It seems any discussion of an IVF cycle must take place with the mandatory asterisk.
We talk in terms of ‘If the drugs work’, ‘Maybe we will get to egg pick up’ and ‘But what if there is no embryo to transfer?’ It is all just so tentative. We tip toe around as if too afraid to say; “When we have pick up, and get a number of eggs that will make enough quality embryos for transfer….’ Such IVF confidence is beyond us.
For us there has to be an imaginary asterisk attached to every statement that must include all the ‘ifs’, ‘buts’ and ‘maybes’ so as not to alert the IVF gods to any unwarranted signs of confidence or the remotest hint of ease with this whole unyielding process. Continue reading The Ifs, Buts and Maybe of the IVF Asterisk |
  
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