After more than a month of dreading, teeth gnashing, cursing the needles, pins and pills of this “mock cycle,” yesterday’s tests finally happened. My sweaty palms dried after a visit and a hug from our Nurse (who was there assisting with transfers since the clinic was short-staffed for the day) and after seeing the anesthesiologist finally arrive.
“You’re gonna knock me out, right?”
I must have asked this to anyone who would listen yesterday. This guy finally gave me the answer I was looking for.
“You’re not gonna know what hit you.” Said with a wink and a smile. I knew I …read more

I gotta make the goodies last!
I just realized that I was trying to get rid of some serious merch in a seriously short amount of time. Since I have a nice handful of vitties to give away, I have decided to extend the Fertility Blend giveaway comment deadline to Thursday, June 26th – with a winner announced each Friday.
Cool? Cool.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post. And don’t you worry. There are even more fabulous fertility goodies to share after that!
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In other news, I am heading to the hospital in just a few minutes for the much anticipated …read more

I can’t recall if I’ve told you, but after my second BFN (big fat negative), we agreed to more tests to see what the heck is going on down there. My doctor’s first request was for a hysteroscopy and an endometrial biopsy.
For (lack of) insurance reasons, the hysteroscopy was downgraded to a sonohysterogram (SHG), similar to an HSG only the HSG’s radioactive dye is replaced with seemingly benign saline.
Sound like fun? Here’s the kicker, I actually need to complete a cycle of meds as if I were having an FET (frozen embryo transfer) at the end of it. But …read more