Does invitro hurt?
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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Hello my name is Kim and I am so glad that you have found us. This blog was created with love for all of us who are struggling with infertility.
For years I wondered why I was here if I could not have children. It was my dream to get married and have five kids before I was 30! Wow was I off. All though we struggled for years to have a family in the end we were blessed with two amazing boys and a sweet little girl to share our lives with. I have learned so much through this Journey and have made some amazing friends. There were many reasons we couldn't start our family when we wanted to. The Lord had a plan all along and needed us to be in the right place at the right time for our kids to come into our lives. I also believe there was another purpose. It was for me to learn compasion for others and reach out to those in our same situation and feeling our same heart ache. I know that I can not take the pain away put I feel we can lighten the load by sharring and opening up to eachother knowing each of us has our own story to tell.
My hope for this blog is that it can be a place to share personal experiences, ask questions, vent, cry, feel peace, and most of all feel validation. It is so hard to feel alone and that no one truely understands what you are going through. We can do so much to help eachother. I love all of you, weather I know you personally or not I share in your same heartache. I know how you feel and what you are going through. Help me spread the word and invite others to join our Sisterhood of Support.
Lots of Love
Kim
For years I wondered why I was here if I could not have children. It was my dream to get married and have five kids before I was 30! Wow was I off. All though we struggled for years to have a family in the end we were blessed with two amazing boys and a sweet little girl to share our lives with. I have learned so much through this Journey and have made some amazing friends. There were many reasons we couldn't start our family when we wanted to. The Lord had a plan all along and needed us to be in the right place at the right time for our kids to come into our lives. I also believe there was another purpose. It was for me to learn compasion for others and reach out to those in our same situation and feeling our same heart ache. I know that I can not take the pain away put I feel we can lighten the load by sharring and opening up to eachother knowing each of us has our own story to tell.
My hope for this blog is that it can be a place to share personal experiences, ask questions, vent, cry, feel peace, and most of all feel validation. It is so hard to feel alone and that no one truely understands what you are going through. We can do so much to help eachother. I love all of you, weather I know you personally or not I share in your same heartache. I know how you feel and what you are going through. Help me spread the word and invite others to join our Sisterhood of Support.
Lots of Love
Kim
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5 comments:
I have no idea, but I've been wondering that too. Oh, and I wanted to ask you (Sher) if you have noticed or felt anything yet. I think we're on the exact same schedule, so I was curious to see if you were feeling anything. For the past 2 days or so, I've been having really weird, sharp cramps...a little different from menstrual ones, and plus it's a little early for those anyway. I'm probably just making a big deal out of them because I want to make them into a pregnancy symptom, but I was wondering if you felt anything like that too.
Hill, i actually have felt the same thing, sharp cramps and twitching. Last night i dreamt ALL NIGHT LONG about being pregnant and having a little girl. I don't know if i was dreaming about it because i knew that today was day 10 and my doc said i could take a preg test. So i was so excited this morining thinking that maybe my dream was more than just that. I know that i shouldn't have even thought anything of it, but i couldn't shake it so i took one and once again, not pregnant. Im pretty low today, i thought maybe this time would be different with different circumstances. I don't know how much longer i can do this. Hopefully your outcome is triumphant!!!
Sherydon,
I am sorry that you did not get a positive test result. I remember the downer days and they are terrible and you feel like you want to die....I hope that your husband is a great support for you to lean on and I know for me there was no way I could face the day normally so when ever I had a downer day, my husband took me out to eat and then we went shopping. I know I know that is only a temporary fix but it always made that day just a bit more tolerable.
I will say a prayer for you to help you through this tough time.
My heart aches for both of you becuase it is such an emotional roller coaster ride. Anything you are feeling could be your pregnant or you are going to start. It is just so hard not to run to the bathroom every five minutes to look for any sign that might give you an answer, good or bad. With our IVF I was almost relieved with the news it didn't work because at least it was an answer! Those two weeks were the hardest two weeks of my life and it felt like two years. I a praying for both of you. Sher that you can feel peace and for you Hillary that you can have a +.
As far as your question goes I would say yes and no. The egg retrieval is the hardest part. They put you completly under for this. It took me about 5 days to feel back to normal. Before the egg retrieval you take drugs to produce as many eggs as possible without over stimulating. This is uncomfortable for a few days until the retreival. Your ovaries are just really big so you can't sit normal and you feel a lot of pressure. Once they do the retrieval you would think it would relieve the discomfort but it makes your ovaries swell doubble in size. They were already big to start with and now they are huge. But they give you pain medication if you ask for it. I didn't and wish I had of. So remember to get the drugs if you decide to do it.The embryo transfer is not painful at all. I had a little cramping when they were feeding the cath into my uterin lining. They gave me a few Valume so I was nice and relaxed. It was the easiest part about the whole thing. Then you go home and stay in bed for a day and take it easy for the next couple of weeks.
But to be honest all together it is the hardest thing I have ever done. You have to do shots in your stomach and your butt. And not to mention all the oral drugs. It is also time consuming with all the Dr. apts. It is just an intence process.
I am not telling you this to scare you just to prepare you for what you are in for. It is better to know so you can prepare for it. I blogged our whole IVF process so if you go to my blog and go back a few months it is all there. You might enjoy reading it.
Although it is hard you can deffinatley do it. It only lasts a couple fo months. And you don't have any kids that you have to take care of. Not that I am complaining I have kids it was just really hard on them to have mommy so consumed. My sweet Cade prayed every night that I could have two baby girls.
Even though it didn't work it was an amazing process and I would do it again if it felt right. Look into the shared risk program through RCC. The link is on this blog. If this is what you dicide to do just know I am here for you!!! It is nice to have someone who has gone through it to talk to and lean on.
For me I would do what ever it took to have a baby. So even though it was hard it would have been more than worth it to have a child. When we came to the decision the first go around adoption just felt more right. Not because it was going to be easier cause it's not but because it felt like the right thing for us. It is a hard decision to make but you will know when the time is right. Again my advice is to not waste more time than you have to. There are not guratnies with anything you just have to try and do all you can. We don't have much choice than to put ourselves in vulerable situations. It is not fun but it is just the cards we have been delt. It is so hard sometimes to understand why it has to be so hard. It is just so painful! Hang in there and Good luck with every thing.
Love Kim
Hey there Sherydon,
Just read about the - result. Sorry to hear it again. I wish I could hand out babies to everyone - just like candy at Halloween... wouldn't that be grand?
Anyhow, I hope you and your hubby are keeping your chins up and getting through the rough times (I'm sure it's awful to experience every single month). Best of luck the next time around.
My hubby and I were hoping to start IUI's next month but I've just found out that I now have endometrial hyperplasia (overgrowth of uterine lining) and will need to start bcp's for a few months to help with thinning. Apparently the hyperplasia makes our chances much worse than they already are, and I'd rather not try and continually be disappointed.
Good Luck this month, and keep us posted!
Love, Kerith
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