A second line on the ubiquitous pee on a stick (POAS) home pregnancy test soon takes on mythical proportions in the mind of the long term IVFer.
Yet there we were late on a Saturday night looking at a sight that seemed as unlikely as seeing a dodo sitting on a pot of gold, situated at the rainbow’s end on the far side of Brigadoon. Continue reading Along the lines of IVF

Contrary to advice Teddy Lifeslurper kept all FSH in the one basket.
Sometimes the planets fail to line up in our favour.
Often life goes into a dark eclipse as the heavens throw us into chaos. While others enjoy light displays in the skies above us, the only clue of recent activity is the giant craters in my ovaries.
Our fifth IVF cycle is over. It ended prematurely last week. There has been plenty of time to dwell on its failure since. The stars had fated this from the outset. The entire cycle seemed out of kilter, error upon mix up, topped with communication problems – it just never felt right.
As I was being put ‘under’ Monday week ago, ahead of my egg pick up (EPU) I had a slight panic.
Continue reading Aiming for the IVF stars
Or should that read; I visited Laparoscopy and all I got was this lousy infection?
It is over a week since my lap. Even now I am not even sure if I actually had the suggested d&c.
Continue reading Greetings from Lap Land!