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Pregnancy #2

The most expensive (and best) “gift with purchase” we will ever have.

Embryo transfer #2

Previous: Abortion August 24, 2024 The week of our 8th wedding anniversary. Once again not something we imagined we would be doing surrounding a life event. This time feels different. I think it feels almost like our 2nd IUI. We know what to expect now and the trip into the fertility clinic feels so routine…

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Andrea Part 5: Stims

It is my 30th birthday. A Saturday. I haven’t slept that well (no surprise there). I have a medication centre set up in my dining room. I have boxes of medications, needles, alcohol swabs, and treats for after. Our drink fridge is now also a medication fridge and it is from there that I take…

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Embryo Transfer #1

The mood going into our first embryo transfer was optimism and excitement, finally being here and feeling so close after many years.

Infertility Part 21: Follicles

As I sit in our Fertility clinic in Vancouver on Easter Sunday morning (2024), I’m a little scared and a little excited. At this point we’ve done 9 days of injections.

Infertility Part 20: Taking a break

We took November and December off from trying or moving forward which meant that we could take time to be with family and friends over the holiday season

Infertility Part 15: Final Diagnosis

Previous: Infertility Part 14: Money Stress As I wrote in Infertility #12: Urologist, I had already seen a regular urologist for an initial referral, a physical exam, and then a test called a Karyotype. With the Karyotype, I had my genetics tested to see if I was possibly born with an additional chromosome or if…

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Infertility Part 14: Money Stress

I know that people try to help by finding a positive, but by saying those things immediately, all you effectively do is completely dismiss the feelings of the one dealing with the problem.