We are going to take a break for a few weeks, from IVF and fertility things. It always sounded silly when people talked about taking a break, but I think that’s where we are right now. I feel like when you work all night and are trying to finish a project, it’s 5 o’clock in the morning, and you are trying to push through to get it done but every little thing goes wrong. It’s like that right now.
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Blog Posts: IVF
So we did our IVF transfer. The first one, after 3 egg retrievals and an ectopic pregnancy, which delayed our transfer by nine months.
But the transfer is done. We transferred two embryos almost a month ago. And can you believe it? One of them stuck. I am actively 6 weeks pregnant. And nothing has gone wrong so far! Crazy, right? I had an early ultrasound to make extra sure it wasn’t ectopic and…
I have come to realize that the way to keep some sanity in the midst of fertility troubles is all about looking far out, play a long game. A marathon, not a sprint, to use a very annoying metaphor.
It's hard not to want immediate results, and be upset when they don't come. But looking as far outward and forward as possible helps. So that every hope and dream isn't pinned on the outcome of this…
I mean, IVF obviously sucks. We know this. But there are some sneaky points that I think are overlooked in the conversation about it.
If this sounds a little jaded, I'm sorry. But I wish I had been more prepared for the pitfalls and mindfucks that go along with this hellish misadventure. And I'm not done yet!
Statistics are useless
People love statistics, and blog posts and WebMD love…
A recap. This year has been a lot, for most everyone, I believe. My husband and I are fortunate to be financially stable and not to have any questions about job security in the midst of this pandemic, which I know is not a given. And I appreciated that, as my own art shows were all cancelled and my art income tanked.
But this has been a hard year. Remember a year ago, when Trump had an Iranian…
I thought I should write about the struggling with fertility situation the midst of a pandemic. Obviously, as for us all, everything is trippy and weird. My husband is working from home, so we see a lot of each other. We are doing pretty well with this, and we still like one another, so that's good. I heard that there was a surge of divorces in China after the lockdown there. We are both going…