Strange question....or maybe not, who knows

kflynn81 · January 2013

Any ideas on what to do with the little ultrasound pictures they give you after ET?

I had never requested one except this last cycle because I was so sure that was my future baby's "first picture". Now, its just sitting on the kitchen table staring at me. It doesnt seem right to throw it away....yet it seems really depressing to hang on to it.

Suggestions??

DoublePortion · January 2013

I thought about this a few weeks ago too. I keep mine in the file with all my other IVF related papers, but I guess I'll eventually have to throw it away. I never take it out to look at it because it would make me sad.

Mrs.McIrish · January 2013

I keep the stack of them in my nightstand. I cannot get rid of them. Also, if you are cycling elsewhere, I'd keep them to show the new RE.

BzeetyD · January 2013

I filed mine away with all the paperwork, med orders and stuff from each of my cycles.

Yes, they are sad in retrospect, but they offered us so much hope. I think I looked at them 10 times or more each day. Especially the ones I was PG with. I don't think I could toss it.

zazu13 · January 2013

I keep a journal so mine are glued in there. I can't throw them away.

Gregermis · January 2013

I've kept all mine... they are in a box that I don't look at really, but they are there. I just can't throw them out

LaineyPaney · January 2013

PAIF response:

Maybe I'm one of those overly sentimental types, but I couldn't get rid of anything along the way...

Everything was mentally filed with the lyrics of this song I found touching from the movie Hope Floats. {random, I know...}

But for me, it was always a "when this works, these are all just a testament to what we went through to get to you"....as if I'm somewhere in the future talking to the child that the journey's end will bring me....

So, I think a nice box of the keepsakes to look at only when you want to is okay.

The song is "To Get Me to You" and the chorus is:

And I don't regret the rain
Or the nights I felt the pain
Or the tears I had to cry
Some of those times along the way
Every road I had to take
Every time my heart would break
It was just something that I had to get through
To get me to you
To get me to you

{though admittedly, there were times that the lyrics themselves stung, even though I identified with them.}

kflynn81 · January 2013

LaineyPaney:

PAIF response:

Maybe I'm one of those overly sentimental types, but I couldn't get rid of anything along the way...

Everything was mentally filed with the lyrics of this song I found touching from the movie Hope Floats. {random, I know...}

But for me, it was always a "when this works, these are all just a testament to what we went through to get to you"....as if I'm somewhere in the future talking to the child that the journey's end will bring me....

So, I think a nice box of the keepsakes to look at only when you want to is okay.

The song is "To Get Me to You" and the chorus is:

And I don't regret the rain
Or the nights I felt the pain
Or the tears I had to cry
Some of those times along the way
Every road I had to take
Every time my heart would break
It was just something that I had to get through
To get me to you
To get me to you

{though admittedly, there were times that the lyrics themselves stung, even though I identified with them.}

That makes sense....and in that respect I wish I had the pictures from the previous attempts but thats ok, hopefully there won't be too many more photo opps. I think that is what I'll do, a box of keepsakes...maybe I'll throw in a few pictures of me frowning after my injections too, Hahah

P.S. Love that movie and love that song

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