I'm new to this site along with new to my infertility. My dh and I have been ttc for over two years. I am 32 and dh is 33. I have had 2 miscarriages (one which put me in the hospital)during this time. I have been thru a lot of disappointment and tend to appear strong to those around me. I was hoping this site will give me the emotional support that I need thru this time. Although dh and I have many close friends we decided not to burden our friends and families with this issue. Plus, I didn't want the extra stress of people asking me constently if I'm pregnant. After a series of test we found that our problems of not conceiving is that my fallopian tubes are not in the right position, they are facing upward away from my ovaries. At first this was extremely shocking and devasting. But, we were given two options: one is to have surgery to fix the tube issue (and then begin to try again on our own) or the second was to go thru IVF. Since our insurance didn't cover either procedures and both were costly we decided to go with IVF. I also have a blood clotting issue which more than likely was helpful in the first 2 miscarriages. I started the process on Sept 15th with the series of shots and the aspiration (retreival), and then last Sat (9/30) they implanted the two best embryos. After the retreival my ovaries were a little over stimluated which caused blotting and minor abdominal pain, but seemed to get better. I spent the last two days doing minimual activity (which I made me really appreciate dh 100x more). My question is: what should I be doing these next 10+days until my blood test? I have been trying to take my mind of this, but seem to always come back to this. I think I have trained my mind to be prepared for disappointment that I am afraid to be excited and get my hopes up. If anyone could share their story or have encouraging words, it would be much appreciated!
hopeful in L.A. |