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Our Super Duper DH, DW, or DP

HBamama2BHBamama2B member
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Hi all! Just wanted to start a new story thread as so many of us begin early October cycles or waits. I know that I've been awed by how my DH has managed this process and thought it might be nice for us strong ladies to share stories of our equally amazing partners.

Any one have a great moment where your husband, wife, or partner showed their awesomeness during this process? =D>
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  • mskeenanmskeenan member
    Love this ! What a great idea ! It's always good to focus on the positives and our support system during all of this ! My DH left work one day to give me an ovidrel shot in a Starbucks parking lot because my RE changed the plan on me and I needed the shot mid day at work (instead of in the doc office as planned ). I was too much of a weenie to give the shot to myself ... But he was there !! He's amazing !

    **BFP and loss warning**

    Me: 29
    DH: 29
    Us: Married Valentine's Day, 2015
    DH: No issues.
    Me: PCOS, unexplained infertility (whatever that means!!)
    June 2015 Medicated TI cycle: BFN
    July 2015:  Medicated TI cycle: BFN
    August 2015: IUI: BFP. Chemical pregnancy :(
    October 2015: IUI: BFN
    January 2016: Egg retrieval: 10 frozen embryos!
    March 2016: FET Cycle- 2 embryos transferred!: BFP !
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  • misshopeful1misshopeful1 member
    @HBamama2B good idea/thread! My husband is a gem. As I've stated in other threads, he tracks my cycles on FF because the app isn't compatible with my BlackBerry! He's a good sport about taking vitamins, puts up with me after AF comes and I'm a weeping wreck. He gives his semen sample for IUI and then we laugh about porn he watched.
    This TTC/unexplained infertility has been one of the hardest things I've dealt with. DH support means the world and I'm sure to tell him that on a regular basis.
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  • LCK0830LCK0830 member
    Great thread!

    My DH been so awesome and although this process totally sucks, it's made our marriage stronger.

    I was really sore and crampy after my ER. On the way home from the hospital I had to pee. He pulled over at a gas station and went into the bathroom with me (it was coed) to help me get off the toilet. Granted it was weird and gas station bathrooms are always gross but it didn't bother him at all. It was in that moment when I realized the honeymoon stage is officially over, haha! He also woke up at 2am to get me Tylenol and listen to me whine about my cramps.
    Me: 33 | DH: 35
    DX: Dilated fallopian tubes 
    10/05: First IVF ET | Transferred 1 blast 
    Beta: October 19th | BFP!
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  • HBamama2BHBamama2B member
    I hear that! I've never felt closer to my DH and I thank God we are on the same page about this. I always knew he was an innate caretaker, but he's really come into his element during this process.

    During stimming he came home ready to cook some extra nutritious and follicle developing dinner or with some special something that he had researched during the day while we were at work. Then he helped prep my meds, and inject them. For the Menopur shots, which I wouldn't let him do because I had a bad habit of backing away once the needle was in, he'd stand right next to me cheering me on and telling me how close the syringe was to empty. I just can't thank him enough for that. =D>
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  • agriffin92013agriffin92013 member
    I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have the support of my DH.  Yea I maybe the one being poked and prodded but he's the one dealing with the moods and me being upset and crying when AF shows up.  Gives his deposits without any complaints.
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  • bethtucker89bethtucker89 member
    Great post idea @HBamama2B!! And so sweet he researched nutritious meals to helps support both of you when you needed it most :).

    My DH (getting the hang of the lingo here) has been surprisingly nurturing throughout this process and I have seen a side of him I hadn't ever really seen before. I am normally the nurturer and I do everything i can for him but in this he checks on how I'm feeling each day and has done extra house work and while he has always been caring he is showing it extra and has opened up even more about his feelings of being a dad etc and it has been an awful process but it has most definitely brought us closer.
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  • HBamama2BHBamama2B member
    That's a great point. I do feel like this experience has enhanced the nurturer side of my DH. I wonder if going through this process has any effect on their early parenting style/comfort level. I feel like maybe it gives them a leg up.
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  • lizg19lizg19 member
    Love it love it
    Awesome idea @HBamama2B
    dh has been giving foot massages almost every night to relax me and brings me hot chocolate :)
    He also has prepare the medication at friends bathroom and a bar so we get to have normal outings
    We are def lucky girls to have these amazing partners next us
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