I have been on stimulation drugs for 11 days now. Unfortunately, my right ovary didn’t produce many eggs and the ones that are there are small and haven’t matured properly. We didn’t understand why this was. I thought it was simply a factor of age for me, at this point, since I’m 35. However, I …
After having my genetic consultation with Reprogenetics the other day, I realized that the embryo testing results will also reveal the gender — XX or XY. Whoa! When I shared this news with my infertility friends, I got mixed responses. Some that said they wouldn’t want to know and some said they thought it was …
So today I get a random text from my friend, Aprill, saying that a doctor asked her to be part of a discussion on The Huffington Post LIVE, but she couldn’t do it. She wanted to know if I was interested. I told her yes, but I was sitting on the couch in my pajamas …
Since IVF and adoption are so ridiculously expensive and most of us don’t have $20,000 -$50,000 lying around, I thought I would share some cost-cutting, saving, money-making and fundraising ideas. When we were just starting down the path of infertility, we thought these costs were insurmountable and were very discouraged. But, I want to encourage …
RESOLVE just published their fall newsletter and you might see a familiar face in it. When they asked me to write an article about fighting the personhood legislation in Virginia, I was happy to do so. If you aren’t already involved with RESOLVE, I encourage you to check out their website for support and resources. …
Yesterday, Erick and I went to the General Assembly with RESOLVE to attend the Senate Committee on Education and Health, as HB1 (the personhood bill) had made it to their docket. It was a crazy day with ups and downs, but ultimately at the end of the day, the bill was killed in a special …
The anti-family personhood legislation has come to Virginia with the Virginia Personhood Bill. Personhood ballot and bill initiatives have been introduced in 13 states across the country. Recently, voters in Mississippi, one of the most socially conservative states in the nation, rejected a similar measure. This is just the latest in a long string of …
In case you missed it in the news, Newt Gingrich has been talking about IVF. Finally some support at the highest level? No, not at all. Exactly the opposite — government intervention in women’s fertility. Newt Gingrich is calling for “a commission to study the ethics of in vitro fertilization.” Going down that road is …
Update on IVF#6 I haven’t posted in a while, because I don’t know what to say. Things are going well for the most part and this is new, uncharted territory for me. We decided to go for one more IVF, our sixth, and that if it didn’t work, we’d face facts and pursue adoption. We …
As the bruises on my stomach are fading from my 40+ days of injections, I started a “new” intra-muscular injection in the hip a few days ago and it’s kicking my butt, literally. It’s progesterone in oil and it’s standard protocol for IVF. However, 5 IVFs ago, I was very sick with OHSS and couldn’t …
