on pins & needles
a whole new world of waiting
Jul 28 2006 01:43 AM
"On pins and
needles" takes on an entirely different meaning once
you've given up trying to get pregnant. It was, I
thought, a poignant yet clever heading with the
requisite double meaning - on the one hand, the "pins
and needles" attendant with the endless waiting and
hoping; on the other, the quite literal needles
jabbed daily into belly, thighs, and, of course, the
"upper outer quadrant" of the backside, alternating
cheeks morning and evening.
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right back where we started from...
Sep 14 2005 11:20 AM
I was perhaps
feeling a smidge too optimistic after a
better-than-expected retrieval yesterday. Somehow,
out of the two really mature follicles and
one or two that were almost there, the doctor managed
to get five eggs, all metastage II (according to G; I
was pretty out of it from the nice drugs they gave me
before the retrieval).
Dr. S. called a short while ago to say that of the five, the embryologist was able to attempt ICSI on only four, as the fifth was clearly not quite mature. Of that four...only one fertilised. He said it's possible for eggs to fertilise on the second day, but it's really unlikely with ICSI. So - at best - we're looking at one. Again.
No longer feeling particularly optimistic. What are the odds of lightning striking twice, with only one egg - again?
Dr. S. called a short while ago to say that of the five, the embryologist was able to attempt ICSI on only four, as the fifth was clearly not quite mature. Of that four...only one fertilised. He said it's possible for eggs to fertilise on the second day, but it's really unlikely with ICSI. So - at best - we're looking at one. Again.
No longer feeling particularly optimistic. What are the odds of lightning striking twice, with only one egg - again?
just in case you were wondering
Aug 30 2005 12:12 PM
anxious much?
Aug 16 2005 09:31 AM
Gah - I can
tell I'm getting anxious about this upcoming IVF
cycle because I'm having bad dreams already.
Last night - more accurately, some time around four o'clock this morning - I dreamed I was in Connecticut for M's wedding. Because it's horribly inconvenient to take all my meds, needles, etc. with me when I travel, it's only natural that I'm supposed to start my injections that weekend. read more...
Last night - more accurately, some time around four o'clock this morning - I dreamed I was in Connecticut for M's wedding. Because it's horribly inconvenient to take all my meds, needles, etc. with me when I travel, it's only natural that I'm supposed to start my injections that weekend. read more...
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