BFN Again!

March 28, 2010

As predicted last in my post we’ve had yet another failure. Aunt Flo made a brief appearance on Friday night. Having a day 5 embryo inserted 4 days after I ovulated probably didn’t help. My husband greets the news by giving me a big hug. He gave my flowers after the first 3 or 4 [...]

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IVF Cycle #11

March 21, 2010

Well another day, another transfer. I am now up to cycle number 11. I thought it would never happen to me but it has. I can’t believe I am up in the double digits now. I don’t have a good feeling about this one either. I have a feeling that I ovulated a day later [...]

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IVF: Over $40K and Counting

March 8, 2010

A quick calculation of all my medical costs for IVF over the past few years reveals that we have spent over $40,000 in medical treatments in our attempt to have a baby. The costs include 6 fully stimulated cycles and 4 frozen embryo cycles and we still don’t have a little baby to hold, love [...]

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IVF Cycle Ten

February 28, 2010

This month I really thought that there was a possibility I could be pregnant even though I had been negative about it happening this time.  My negativity stemmed from the fact that this month I ovulated later than normal and then somehow my hormones surged for 3 whole days before I actually ovulated.  As my [...]

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One or Two Embryos

February 15, 2010

After surging LH levels for 3 days and ovulation now probably occurring today, I am concerned that the length of time between ovulation and my next cycle will be short and that my body will not have enough time to support the embryo that is planned to be implanted on Friday.  Maybe I am being paranoid but I don’t [...]

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Rants and Raves About The Cost of IVF

February 1, 2010

As I was getting ready to undergo another IVF cycle – this time a frozen cycle, I learned that the cost had increased by 68%.  Last year it only cost $1,400 and now it has gone up to $2357.00 excluding hospital costs.  I can honestly say that an expense that high did not feature in [...]

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IVF Laws Discriminate the Minority

January 19, 2010

New discriminatory laws for the small percentage of the Victorian population that are medically deemed as infertile came into effect as of 1st January. What this means is that would be parents, including those people already undergoing IVF, are required to have child protection order and police record checks to ensure that they will be suitable parents. People undergoing [...]

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It’s Pointless Charting Your Ovulation Cycle

January 16, 2010

Over the last few weeks and at the insistence of my Chinese Herbalist, I have desperately been trying to chart my basal temperature in the hope that I will be able to tell when I am ovulating.  My efforts have been pretty pitiful.  It seems that when I am on holidays my routine just flies [...]

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New Year New Beginnings

January 4, 2010

With 2009 behind me, maybe this year I can look forward to finally achieving a long awaited pregnancy. My renewed optimism also comes with the double edged sword of knowing that the cost of IVF has increased yet again.  This time however, it is not my clinic that has raised its prices by 15%, this [...]

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Why Baby Showers and IVF Don’t Mix

December 6, 2009

Yesterday I had been planning on attending a friends baby shower.  Unfortunately, the arrival of Aunt Flo after another IVF cycle put a dampener on my planned outing. Emotionally I was raw and upset from yet another failure. Whilst I am very happy for my friend, the thought of sitting with a bunch of women [...]

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