IVF Part Three

November 19th

The days prior to the 19th I was having extreme cramping. I assumed it was caused by the embryo transfer. After waking up on Friday, the 19th and still experiencing intense cramping I figured it was time to give Dr. Miracle a call. He requested that I come in to his office to be seen right away. I agreed and DH and I were on our way.

When we arrived we were taken back quicker than usual. I was asked to give a urine sample, still not sure why. Then I went to the exam room and met up with my DH. Dr. Miracle came in and examined my lower abdomen. He said that my ovaries were over stimulated and that was causing a lot of the cramping and discomfort. I was told not to wear jeans anymore and to go buy some maternity pants. Funny thing is... I could not bring myself to buy maternity pants, I thought it was bad luck. I settled for the be band from tar.get instead. In my opinion it worked just as well. It went around my belly so I could keep my pants unzipped and unbuttoned.

We returned home and I was a couch potato the rest of the day :)

Thanksgiving Day

I had some spotting in the morning and it stopped by afternoon. I was worried but decided not to call Dr. Miracle and stay off my feet all day.

The rest of the day was spent with family and I had a great time. I am so thankful for my big, loud, crazy Italian family. The whole day was filled with laughter.

November 27th 2010

When I arrived at work, I went to the bathroom. I discovered I was spotting again so I decided it was best to call Dr. Miracle. This was a Saturday so of course I had to deal with the lovely answering service. Let's just say the lady on the other end of the phone was not nice. In my opinion she had an attitude and should probably look for another job. Answering phones and being rude to hormonal worried infertile women probably is not a good idea.

Approximately five minutes later Dr. Miracle called me back. He said that spotting was not a good sign but there is still a chance the cycle was successful. He told me to continue all the medication and he would see me on Monday and to prepare for disappointing news.

I got off the phone balling. I was so worried, scared and upset. My boss (I'll call her LJ) was standing next to me during the conversation and could tell I didn't receive good news. She started crying and empathizing with me. I'm very grateful to have such an awesome boss. She is supportive of my treatments and does her best to work around my appointments. Thank you LJ!

I left work early because I needed to go home and rest. I needed to regain my faith and strength. I needed to think positive and let everything sink in and I needed to tell DH what was going on. He was very optimistic like always and told me everything would be okay. Do you see why I love this man so much? I can't say it enough... he is beyond amazing!!

Continued in part 4 :)