I swear, I can't go 2 days without talking to someone whose gone through IVF.
I'm a jerk, I'm not trying to be with this statement though.
If you haven't gone through IVF, it is very difficult to understand how invasive it is. It overshadows everything. Sometimes it is all you can think about. The number of injections is insane. I have no idea how Mo copes. I really don't. I'm in this with her and I don't get it.
So the other day I had a mole removed (yes mom, the ugly one on my waist line). If I knew it was that easy to deal with, I'd have done it years ago. 90 seconds and a couple hundred bucks (before insurance).
Not the point.
Turns out the dermatologist went through IVF 2 years ago, now has a daughter. The parent of a client we tested today is in round 3 of IVF. My heart bled for her. But it is nice to talk to these women and get their experiences and share our own. They talk and all I can think is "That is totally how I feel". It's very connecting or something.
Late next week we start the 48 hour ultrasounds (which are totally horrid) and blood checks (which are surprisingly not horrid). The week after that will be retrieval and implantation. We are almost there!
I'm interested in hearing how the ultrasounds are horrid?
ReplyDeleteMy wife gets raped by an ultrasound wand.
ReplyDeleteDoes she also get raped by tampons and anti-yeast suppositories? I've had a transvaginal ultrasound (though I was quite pregnant at the time, perhaps it changes things) and the only horrid ultrasound I can think of is one where they tell you something has gone wrong :(.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to ask her about that.
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