end of ICLW and IVF meds pic :)

Today is the last day of ICLW. I've read some great blogs over the past week and had some visitors, which always make me happy :) Thanks for stopping by.

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IVF 1.5 meds pic

What's an IVF w/o a pic of all your meds :) It looks scary right? The baby glo.worm helps make it a little less scary, right?

I got my lupron period today and tomorrow is my baseline appt. I hope to start stimming on Weds.

I wanted to give a HUGE shout out to 2 lovely nesties who have very generously donated meds to me this cycle. My girls Smilee and LeslieB923 - thank you so much, I can never say how much I appreciate your kindness, it is a huge help.

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D and I went to our accountants to do our taxes on Friday night.

We had about $34,000 to write off for IF and DH's failed mTESE. Our accountants assistant plugged all our numbers into the computer and then he came out to go over everything with us. He saw the amounts for IF and said not to give up hope his business partner tried for a long time and finally had twins via IVF. He was really sweet and wished us luck and hoped we had a little one to write off next year.

When we were leaving his assistant told us her brother and wife tried for 10 years and finally had a baby girl last year. She was like it's so expensive, we were like, who you telling?

Anyway, it was nice to hear a couple more success stories :") We hope to be one very soon.

IVF 1.5 update / ICLW

It's officially underway. I started the evil lupron on Friday 3/19. DH gives me my injections every morning. I have to say morning injections suck ass. Lupron gives me an immediate reaction - burning, red welts at injection site and exhaustion. I would much rather do it at night but my RE wants me to do them in morning :(

I've been icing prior to injection and that has helped with the burning and welts, instead of lasting 30 minutes, it feels better in about 10-15 minutes. The exhaustion is not going away. I hope I don't fall asleep at my desk.

Tonight is my last BCP and then we wait for lupron period to start. I have my baseline scheduled for 3/29 and am hoping to start stimming 3/31.

Come on lucky # 1.5 :)

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Welcome ICLW'ers. I love it when you stop by and say hi. Our journey is to your right.

Once again here are a few more of my favorite things in pictures (can you tell I really like to eat?).

What a difference a year makes and an award

A year ago today D and I learned that we would never have a biological child. To say that we were devastated doesn't begin to describe the pain and grief we felt. This is the post I wrote the day after our failed mTESE. For weeks after, we cried all the time and felt like the pain would never go away.

The pain isn't gone but it is duller and the tears still come but not as often. We have our plan for our family and are moving forward. I'm excited and terrified at the same time.

Tomorrow, I start lupron and IVF 1.5 is on.
We will be parents soon.

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A wonderful blogger, Amanda, from Hope is Ours nominated me for an award! Thanks so much cutie and thanks for all the support :)




When you receive the Happy 101 Award, you have to list 10 things that make your day and then list 10 blogs worthy of this award as well. Post a link to the blogs you nominate, and make sure you let them know that they have been nominated!

My 10 things are as follows:
1. My wonderful, kind, funny, adorable and selfless Husband
2. Our furbaby, he is so much fun to be around
3. books
4. Laughing
5. laying on the beach
6. dancing
7. my family
8. my friends
9. food
10. pedicures

The 6 (supposed to be 10) Blogs I nominate are:

Wishing and Hoping
Preheated Oven
The Road Less Traveled
MeInsideOut
When Will It Be Us
The Calm After The Storm