Well – the FET is going full-steam ahead. I’ve been on Lupron for the last 15 days and just had my first monitoring appointment on cd3. Looks like a transfer the week of the 15th, though I’ll know for sure after tomorrow morning’s monitoring. I’m feeling – well – neutral on this one. I’m working hard to be optimistic and keep my hopes up, without putting myself in a situation where those fragile hopes will be dashed again.
I’m a little worried because our two embryos were not frozen by vitrification (which is what I thought had happened) but rather by slow freezing. I know slow freezing is more common, but I think that success rates for thawing is better with vitrification. At the end of the day, not much I can do about it though. So far though, the new clinic is working out much better. Not only is the commute MUCH easier (reducing stress) but they use email and (miracle of miracles) I actually got a ‘check in’ call from my doctor yesterday. At CRMI it typically took 4 phone calls for me to even track down a human, so to have someone call me to check in was novel!
As for things in my control…I am trying to do yoga, take walks, keep my stress levels at work down (ha!) and eat right. Trying also to get enough sleep, but that’s proving difficult due to work and early morning monitoring. I’m seeing L., my acupuncturist twice this week, the day before transfer and the day after.
In other news – one of the women who works for me told me she’s pregnant this week. It was all I could do not to burst into tears and look happy as we discussed how that would affect her client portfolio, timing of her maternity leave, etc. She essentially asked if DH and I were considering kids and I did my best to skirt the question.
Halloween was tough since we live in such a kid-centric neighborhood. We gave away 250+ pieces of candy in 45 minutes on Sunday before we turned off the light! We live on the ‘approach’ to a major parade – and thus our neighborhood is *the* place to be on Halloween in Brooklyn. Maybe next year we’ll have someone to dress up to celebrate? Oh I hope…
good to see your update. wishing you all the best on this FET.
I’m rooting you on Gracie! Your neighborhood sounds like mine, kid-central. Glad you survived the Halloween onslaught.
wow, sorry you’ve been getting hit from all sides. i have everything crossed for your FET. looks like we might be transferring around the same time. good luck!
have you tried the circle + bloom meditations? they’re really helping me stay positive.
are you “out” to anyone at work? i finally came out to a couple members of the exec team and it helped tremendously. totally not for everyone, but perhaps they can help offload some of your work stress? at least for a couple of weeks?
It is great that your clinic is getting in touch. One of the most frustrating thing I have to deal with is not being able to talk to someone. Sorry the freezing process wasn’t what you wanted (I don’t get the difference) but as you say, it is done so onwards and upwards.
Hope the defrosting goes well, and best of luck.
Hi Gracie,
Hoping everything is still on track and going well. I’m sure you are doing everything right as far as eating and trying to keep your stress level down, etc. I’m waiting (not so) patiently for an update from you. 🙂
I’m really hoping that this is the last time you have to go through any of this. Also hoping that from now on when you hear pg announcements, they don’t sting so much.
(((hugs))).