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[rainbowinthemaking]

We’re Delaying Treatment

Jordan and I have made the decision to delay my next IVF treatment until this summer for a few reasons: 

The weather has made travel some days unpredictable 

The recent inflation and uncertainty about what’s to come in the world makes me extremely hesitant to spend what is over a quarter of my annual salary right now

I would love a few more months to focus on my health and fitness, to get me in the best shape possible for this 2nd round 

My neurologist appointment got moved to May and we would like to know of any other issues before IVF treatment 

Regardless of the outcome of our transfers we would like the timing to allow us to take a winter vacation in 2023 (it’s been 3 years and we really need the break) 

Our new plan is to start my priming cycle in June with a retrieval planned for July. Though that could be pushed back another month depending on timing. 

In the meantime, I am enjoying ‘normalcy’ for the first time in 4 years. We are not tracking my ovulation, I am not taking medications, having procedures or watching what I eat/drink/do at certain times of the month. 

[babymakescomplete-blog]

My period is 2 days late and I think I just got a faint positive. This is month 5 of ttc. Holy shit.

[allaleesha]

It will be 🌈

[glowhq]

"Just take some Advil"

“Just take some Advil.” He says, barely glancing up from the notepad where he has been diligently taking notes for the past ten minutes. (I’m starting to wonder whether he is completing a crossword puzzle instead of listening to me.)

“No, really….” My 17 year-old-self answers. “They really hurt. Like I never get a period, but when I do, I am in the fetal position for, like, a day or two.”

“Yeah – It’s normal. Your body is just sorting itself out. Just take a few painkillers, every four hours. Anything else?”

I can’t think of anything else. I shrug and start getting my things, but my eyes are brimming with tears. I feel so frustrated. There has to be more to this story.

There was. There is. Close to ten years after that day, I was diagnosed with Endometriosis through a laparoscopy.

What is Endometriosis?

Endometriosis is the abnormal growth of cells similar to those that form the inside or lining the tissue of the uterus, but in a location outside of the uterus. The cause of endometriosis is unknown. But it is said to affect as much as 7% of all women in their reproductive years. And it is one of the leading causes of infertility (as I found out much to my chagrin.) 

Symptoms of Endometriosis

The symptoms of endometriosis are varied. But they include:

• Cramps • Painful menstruation • Irregular vaginal or uterine bleeding • Irregular vaginal clotting • Large, painful ovarian cysts called "chocolate cysts" • Infertility, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy • Pain during sex • Nausea/vomiting, gastrointestinal cramping, diarrhea/constipation, particularly during your period

One of the many outstanding features of Glow is that it actually responds to the different symptoms that you input daily to give you insights as to whether you may need to have a conversation with your doctor about endometriosis.

Treatment of Endometriosis

There are many different types of treatment for endometriosis. Please visit the site of Glows’ medical advisor, Dr. Seckin and his foundation, Endometriosis Foundation of America for more information.

But here are the key takeaways: Killer cramps are NOT normal. And Advil is NOT the answer. 

[spacecadet49]

Don't fucking try to sympathize with me. You don't know what I'm going through and you will never know. Take the fake bullshit and get the fuck outta my face.

[my-fertility-journey]

This months cycle is our first full month of trying. I have pcos and endo so I wasn’t expecting much. The end of last months cycle we ditched protection and started trying. This month I started taking ovulation tests to see if anything would come back and every single one was dark. I put it down to increased LH due to pcos. On Friday which should have been day 9 of my cycle I thought to myself that sometimes OPKs will pick up pregnancy so I took a pregnancy test and threw it straight in the trash. On Saturday curiosity got the better of me and I went through the bin to have a gander and I could see a faint shadow of a line! I took another one straight away and the line was darkkk, 5 positives later and I was in shock, I couldn’t believe it. Then that night I started bleeding. A trip to A&E confirmed my worst fears, my baby that I had only just found out about was gone. They think my last “period” was the start of the bleeding, I am absolutely devastated

[theyellowribbonstuff-blog]

Reason # 736373 that I hate having to live with endo. Bloating! Left was taken 2 months after my lap last may, right is while I'm on my monthly. It gets bloated and swollen like that for at least a week before & after my period as well. I heard it's pretty common with pcos and endo though.

[pro-birth]

IVF also comes with increased risks during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The reasons for this varies, but I suspect a big part of it is because IVF procedures normally neglect underlying problems causing infertility to begin with. Honestly, I wonder how many more women would be alive or uninjured today if medicine actually helped women and children.

oh no……….i am crying so much about this. how could this be. almost as if if an embryo is a baby theyre all babies all the time and you shouldnt freeze and sell and cull them, die mad about it

[bekindtoyou4007]

Day 5 of period and technically ended but still some cramps. Constipated as hell from all the painkillers. Struggling to eat without pain or tenderness in tummy which could be either issue. No question about it, going back on birth control. Just need to find a new birth control that doesn't give me 3 mini periods a month and regular yeast infections... I am now more confident than ever I also have endo but scared to start the journey of getting diagnosed. I feel like I need time to talk about the children issue and mourn but it's difficult. I don't know if I'm ready to accept that bio kids are out of the question yet, as it is its not clear medically if its 100% impossible or just very very unlikely. The pain I've been getting is just horrendous and wouldn't be tolerable if I was TTC, I don't think. I couldn't risk a fertility boost that feeds my evil cysts.

[rainbowinthemaking]

2022.

What a ride. Here we are awaiting our consult appointment for our next round of IVF. Let me just be honest it blows my mind to still be here in this (in)fertility purgatory. 

Here I am almost exactly a year to the date of our IVF consult for our first round. I went in to it with such blind hope I never allowed myself the thought that we’d still be here, shelling out thousands of dollars for another round of the ‘IVF lottery’. I never expected what the year really had in store for me. I foolishly thought a successful pregnancy was undoubtably happening this year. That all our bad news was over, or at least soon to be. I knew I was headed in to a battle but I thought the outcome was guaranteed. 

I was so wrong. 

2021 brought me a lot of things: 

-A chemical pregnancy  -Three rounds of medicated cycles (Letrozole) -Hysterosalpingography procedure -An egg retrieval that yielded disappointing results -Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) post egg retrieval  -One failed embryo transfer  -ERA/EMMA/ALICE biopsy (aka literal torture)  -Probiotic treatment  -Intralipid therapy  -Progesterone in oil injections -Another failed embryo transfer  -Hysteroscopy -Laparopoic surgery  -A diagnosis of Stage 3 Endometriosis  -Nerve damage from surgery (neuropathy in legs)  -Chronic, unrelenting fatigue  -Gaining back about 20lbs of the 60lbs I worked so hard to get off and losing all of my fitness stamina 

To be brash, 2021 sucked. And going in to IVF Round 2, I now understand this year will probably suck too. But that’s okay. What matters is we aren’t giving up.

Starting 2022 and soon another IVF round, I am thankful for: 

-Knowing what we are up against in the medically assisted pregnancy world  -Having a diagnosis  -Developing an even deeper/closer relationship with my husband  -My (in)fertility friends  -Two doctors who undoubtably are by my side throughout this entire process  -Having the ability to ‘afford’ to try this all again  -Knowing that I have lost the weight and built up the stamina before and I can do it again 

So, in the words of another (in)fertility warrior, Let’s Fucking Go!!! 2022, I’m ready for you. 

[babymakescomplete-blog]

Holding out on testing today. Just 4 more days until it's "reasonable" to test. I'm going to start temping next cycle and try out SMEP.

[allaleesha]

Um. Yep.

[allaleesha]

Amen. 🙏

[awkwardshanandagins]

Currently hospitalized for trigeminal neuralgia and the worst part is hearing that damn lullaby over the speaker each time a baby is born. Not only am I in a horrible amount of pain, but I also get to be reminded how I’m nowhere close to having my own baby multiple times a day. I may be a bit bitter...

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