Infertility

You know you're infertile when . . .

. . . you find an OPK in your scrapbook supplies.

Please add your own, so I don't feel alone.

Todd & Kristin, 3.10.07

After 5.5 years of loss, heartbreak, and empty arms, our dreams were fulfilled through the beautiful, selfless gift of adoption. We are amazingly blessed!

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  • ...you find monitor sticks in with your hair bands...

    TTC #2 since June '08

    ~*DD 10.21.07*~

    dx unexplained

    IUI #1-4 BFN

    IVF#1 June 2011 BFN

    IVF#2 Dec 2011

    Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634

    EDD 8/25

    *PAIFW/SAIFW*

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  • You find yourself staring at men in the mall thinking they look like your DH and wondering if they want to donate...
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  • you have a basket in your bathroom drawer solely for needles, syringes and other IVF paraphenalia. you know, right next to the hair dryer and bobby pins.
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  • When you have a designated bag of popcorn kernels in your freezer, just for numbing your ass right before you put the needle in.
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  • When you have the move the stack of Gonal-f pens to get to the milk in refrigerator.


     
    Dx: PCOS, Anovulatory, Amenorrhea 2006
    TTC: Sept 2008
    IVF#1 Cancelled due to breast biopsy.05/01/20

    IVF#1.2- 9/2010 - Cancelled Oversurpressed

    IVF#2 Microdose Lupron 10/2010 Beta 11/09=BFN
    IVF#3 2/2011 - 2 blasts(2/25) Beta 03/11 =BFN
    IVF#4 Lupron 01/02 =2 blasts, beta's 1-4 198,234,398,3100!!BFP
    FET 3/2014 2 blasts BETA 3/20=BFP TWINS EDD 11/27 TEAM PINK!!!                   
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  • . . . you have a section on the door of the fridge reserved for your injectable meds, and you keep OPKs and HPTs in your suitcase so that you're never without - even while traveling. 

  • When your sharps container is a regular part of your bathroom decor.

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    Unexplained Infertility

    After two Clomid cycles, three injectable IUI cycles, two IVFs, two miscarriages, and one lap surgery, IVF #2 has brought us our little boy!

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    TTC #2
    After months of being postponed or cancelled, FET #1.3 (Natural FET) brought us twin girls!

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    Surprise! Baby #4 is due in March!
  • You find a needle tip cover in your cooler during a fishing trip.
    TTC #1 since 9/07
    Dx MFI, AMA, Endo, AMH .16
    Lap 10/09 Removed endometrioma, stage IV endo and adhesions
    Lap 2/10 Endometrioma cysts & adhesions returned.
    Ivf #1 4/10 Antagonist, ET Cancelled.
    IVF #2 2/11 A/ACP+E2V C/P
    IVF #3 6/11 Letrozole/Antagonist BFN
    IVF #4 11/11 Low stim Antagonist BFN
    Lap 3/12 Lap & Selective HSG
    Many cycles of Letrozole and LP HCG w/TI and LDN
    IVF #5 8/12 Low stim BFN
    IUI #1 10/12 BFN br> S&PAIFW
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    When your sharps container is a regular part of your bathroom decor.

    Wish they came in decorative colors.


     
    Dx: PCOS, Anovulatory, Amenorrhea 2006
    TTC: Sept 2008
    IVF#1 Cancelled due to breast biopsy.05/01/20

    IVF#1.2- 9/2010 - Cancelled Oversurpressed

    IVF#2 Microdose Lupron 10/2010 Beta 11/09=BFN
    IVF#3 2/2011 - 2 blasts(2/25) Beta 03/11 =BFN
    IVF#4 Lupron 01/02 =2 blasts, beta's 1-4 198,234,398,3100!!BFP
    FET 3/2014 2 blasts BETA 3/20=BFP TWINS EDD 11/27 TEAM PINK!!!                   
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  • You have codes to put on your calendar so you know what your Dr apts are for but nobody else will know if they see it...
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  • You have pictures of your embryos. (Although I actually threw mine away)
  • When there are opk's in every purse and make-up bag you own - just in case. Um even ones you left in there because you had to run back to your desk and didn't have time to let it develop while sitting on the toilet. (they're in a zip loc and the stick kind with a lid! No pee leaking out.)

    When the only drawer in your nightstand holds everything you have been able to buy in the hopes of getting pregnant - and the Pregnancy Test trips stare you in the face whenever you open the drawer - hope the cleaning lady never does that - but she'll learn her lesson.

    When you have expired digital pregnancy tests "hidden" from when you thought "it can't take that long? I should be able to use one in 6 months." They expired a year ago. I can't seem to throw them away. 

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    You have a stash of baby items hidden somewhere so you can't see them, but you achingly know they are there.
    Todd & Kristin, 3.10.07

    After 5.5 years of loss, heartbreak, and empty arms, our dreams were fulfilled through the beautiful, selfless gift of adoption. We are amazingly blessed!

    Blog About Us | Blog About RPL/IF/Adoption

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  • ...You have vaginal suppositories on the back of your toilet and you do not even think to put it away when guests come over. Embarrassed

    ...You say sperm on a daily basis.

    ....You can not remember the last time you had sex just because we were both in the mood. Crying  (Mental note: seduce DH this weekend!)

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  • When a day without a shot feels strangely empty. 

    When you're not worried about cellulite in a bathing suit, you're worried about people seeing the injection bruises or PIO lumps. 

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    It took 5 failed IUIs and a failed IVF, but our FET worked!
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    Our baby girl was born on April 27, 2011!
  • all travel is scheduled around your cycles.  you have pre-seed and crinone in your nightstand, a follie pen in the fridge, a CBEFM and stacks of sticks in the bathroom, and a box of random IF paraphernalia in the guest room. 

    you saved your only stick with two lines ever (this months OPK) because you've never seen it before on a pg test and you really like the look of it.

    you seriously consider it a great idea to spend a month in india w/the in-laws bc IVF only costs a few grand there.

    TTK 9/06 / TTC 10/08 / Twins 12/11 / Life Blog
    5 REs + 3 surgical hysteroscopies for septum/lap + 3 failed IUIs
    IVF w/ICSI/AH & acu = BFP!, unexplained spontaneous m/c @ 8w2d (our little girl),
    FET w/acu = BFP!, B/G twins!, lost MP @19w, dx w/funneling cervix @20w,
    twins nearly lost to IC @21w, saved by rescue cerclage, 17P & 16w of bedrest
    Our twins born @36w4d via CS when A came foot first

    Thankful for every day

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  • imagekekis:
    You have a stash of baby items hidden somewhere so you can't see them, but you achingly know they are there.

    amen sister.

    TTK 9/06 / TTC 10/08 / Twins 12/11 / Life Blog
    5 REs + 3 surgical hysteroscopies for septum/lap + 3 failed IUIs
    IVF w/ICSI/AH & acu = BFP!, unexplained spontaneous m/c @ 8w2d (our little girl),
    FET w/acu = BFP!, B/G twins!, lost MP @19w, dx w/funneling cervix @20w,
    twins nearly lost to IC @21w, saved by rescue cerclage, 17P & 16w of bedrest
    Our twins born @36w4d via CS when A came foot first

    Thankful for every day

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  • imageroselln2:
    You find yourself staring at men in the mall thinking they look like your DH and wondering if they want to donate...

    I hope you don't mind I LOL on this one... ;)

    TTK 9/06 / TTC 10/08 / Twins 12/11 / Life Blog
    5 REs + 3 surgical hysteroscopies for septum/lap + 3 failed IUIs
    IVF w/ICSI/AH & acu = BFP!, unexplained spontaneous m/c @ 8w2d (our little girl),
    FET w/acu = BFP!, B/G twins!, lost MP @19w, dx w/funneling cervix @20w,
    twins nearly lost to IC @21w, saved by rescue cerclage, 17P & 16w of bedrest
    Our twins born @36w4d via CS when A came foot first

    Thankful for every day

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  • When you purchase opks, hpts, tampons and pads at the same time.
    TTC #1 Since August 2004 Dx PCOS
    SAIFW
    6/10 C/P
    6/10 Failed independent adoption
    12/10 C/P
    4/11 Failed independent adoption BM had a m/c
    5/11 Femara and TI= BFN
    6/11 Femara and TI= BFN
    7/11 Break cycle
    8/11 Break cycle
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  • When a date with the Vag cam is just like another day in the office.


     
    Dx: PCOS, Anovulatory, Amenorrhea 2006
    TTC: Sept 2008
    IVF#1 Cancelled due to breast biopsy.05/01/20

    IVF#1.2- 9/2010 - Cancelled Oversurpressed

    IVF#2 Microdose Lupron 10/2010 Beta 11/09=BFN
    IVF#3 2/2011 - 2 blasts(2/25) Beta 03/11 =BFN
    IVF#4 Lupron 01/02 =2 blasts, beta's 1-4 198,234,398,3100!!BFP
    FET 3/2014 2 blasts BETA 3/20=BFP TWINS EDD 11/27 TEAM PINK!!!                   
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  • imagejnennapooh@aol.com:
    When you purchase opks, hpts, tampons and pads at the same time.
    . I used to do this and worry that the clerks would think I was nuts.
    Beautiful Miracle Baby lost at 21 weeks due to pre-term labor and incompetent cervix. FET#1 BFN, FET#2 BFP, early loss. FET#3 BFN. IVF#2 BFFN. FET #4 BFP after removing bilateral hydrosalpinx and 3 months of lupron depot. Sticky Bun is here!! Image and video hosting by TinyPic Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • You are on birth control pills even though you are trying to get pregnant.

    You have bottles and bottles of weird herbs, supplements, vitamins, etc. that were going to be the miracle that got you pregnant, but of course didn't work.

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    After 2+ years and multiple treatment cycles,
    including an IVF vacation in Costa Rica/Panama,
    IVF #2 brought us our miracle baby!
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  • imagekthappy76:

    imageroselln2:
    You find yourself staring at men in the mall thinking they look like your DH and wondering if they want to donate...

    I hope you don't mind I LOL on this one... ;)

    ditto

    TTC #2 since June '08

    ~*DD 10.21.07*~

    dx unexplained

    IUI #1-4 BFN

    IVF#1 June 2011 BFN

    IVF#2 Dec 2011

    Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634

    EDD 8/25

    *PAIFW/SAIFW*

  • When you actually wonder if the advice from someone?s grandfather, ?doing it standing up?, would work.  I can?t remember who shared that story, but it was adorable.

    When you consider ordering the vagina necklace and ovary cover ?just in case.?

  • imagemrshoppy_1231:
    You have codes to put on your calendar so you know what your Dr apts are for but nobody else will know if they see it...

     

    SO true- i totally do this!! LOL!

    when you buy pinapple core and pomegranate juice thinking that it will help and obsessing over how much to eat/drink.

    when you always put your legs up on the wall after BD - so much for cuddling after!

    when it's the 2ww and every possible cramp, sore boobs, nausea, headache, and other pg symptoms make you crazy and delusional/hopeful

  • imagekthappy76:

    imagekekis:
    You have a stash of baby items hidden somewhere so you can't see them, but you achingly know they are there.

    amen sister.

    =(

    when O stands for ovulate not Orgasm

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    Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. ~Mary Anne Radmacher (thank you beadinglady)

    It's been a long journey. TTC since 9/06. multiple IUI's and IVF's and 4 m/c's. IVF#3 = BFP, twins, induced at 34w6d due to baby b passing away (no explanation). Delivered on 35w1d, Baby A - baby girl, and Baby B - baby boy, our little angel.
    MTHFR A1298C & C677T, Immune Issues and Factor II
  • ...when you can tell the phlebotomist which vein to use.

    ...when DH goes to the doctor with you, and doesn't have to be told to sit at the head of the bed.

    Dx: MFI, DOR, 9 Fibroids and homozygous MTHFR

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  • imageknitfaced:
    you always look at the toilet paper after wiping.

    Totally!!!

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  • I cann totally relate to all of these plus:

    Whenever someone says, I have to tell you something, you brace for yet another pregnancy announcement.

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  • imagejnennapooh@aol.com:
    When you purchase opks, hpts, tampons and pads at the same time.

    My favorite was the time I went to CVS to purchase 2 items - HPTs and a 12-pack of Miller Lite.  I mean, I was pretty sure it was going to be negative!

  • When you carry a geriatric pill box in your purse for all your supplements.

    When your husband tells you that the porn in the "room" at the REs is getting a little old.

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  • When more then one person knows what CD you are on!

    When you beg a coworker to check out your OPK b/c you think its positive (I did that yesterday Embarrassed).

    When you stopped looking at baby gear and bedding b.c you are tired of seeing your favorite items being discontinued!

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  • you have strangers between your legs more often than your husband.
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  • imageknitfaced:
    you always look at the toilet paper after wiping.

    So true! This is mine.

  • I love all of these!

     

    ....you call your RE's office to tell them that AF started...before you tell your DH!

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  • imageMissy0708:

    I cann totally relate to all of these

    and at least I can say I'm a 100% normal infertile Sad

    TTC #1 since 9/07
    Dx MFI, AMA, Endo, AMH .16
    Lap 10/09 Removed endometrioma, stage IV endo and adhesions
    Lap 2/10 Endometrioma cysts & adhesions returned.
    Ivf #1 4/10 Antagonist, ET Cancelled.
    IVF #2 2/11 A/ACP+E2V C/P
    IVF #3 6/11 Letrozole/Antagonist BFN
    IVF #4 11/11 Low stim Antagonist BFN
    Lap 3/12 Lap & Selective HSG
    Many cycles of Letrozole and LP HCG w/TI and LDN
    IVF #5 8/12 Low stim BFN
    IUI #1 10/12 BFN br> S&PAIFW
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