I don’t think I mentioned – my AF was a full 2 days long this month. 2 days. And one day of spotting. Then… gone. I was all expecting to get hit with a second round, but nope, nothing. Ummm, okay.<\/p>\n
I have a headache tonight, which is making any type of thinking difficult. And this time I can’t really blame my hormones right? Or maybe I can. Who knows what birth control does.<\/p>\n
Den and I talked some more. He’s still really really freaked out about the fact that we have only a 50% chance of getting pregnant. Usually I’m the one freaking out, so I’m not really sure how to handle it except to reassure him that 50% is a GREAT number. He kept saying how he could flip a coin 10 times and get 8 tails.<\/p>\n
We have come to an agreement (and shook on it!) that we’ll transfer two 3-day embryos or one blast. For our first IVF… if that fails, then we’ll do two blasts the next time. He apparently thought I meant I only wanted to transfer one no matter what stage they’re at, no matter what, so I think he was a little relieved. Not entirely happy, but relieved.<\/p>\n
He also talked a lot about twins and how we’d handle that and what that would mean for us. I’m really a little surprized at how enthusiastic he is about the idea now. Plus he kept saying that if we got two of the same with twins I’ll want to try again – whereas if I go through two pregnancies and get two of the same I’ll probably be less likely to try again. He is VERY stuck on the idea of having a boy. I think he may cry if we get a girl. It’s frustrating me. And it’s not that he doesn’t want a girl – he wants one of each – he just really wants at least one boy and to him a girl first means it’s even more likely he’ll never get a boy. I don’t know, what can I say, it’s thinking from his man-brain.<\/p>\n
I’m just not sure how to handle this reversal in roles. I am feeling very optimistic, pretty relaxed, looking forward to starting. He’s the one freaking out that we may never have a child. I like to think it’s because I have a better grasp of the numbers, but I fear the truth may simply be that we’re looking at different sides of the same coin. I just keep reiterating that more than likely we haven’t really had a decent chance with the clomid\/IUI, and that IVF totally changes the game for us.<\/p>\n
I’m just really looking forward to getting started. I haven’t made the appointment with the doctor yet though, got busy today and forgot. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I was thinking though… our insurance makes us pay a $30 co-pay each doctor visit. So I can pretty much assume that I’ll be paying $30 for every<\/i> ultrasound throughout the IVF cycle. IUI, one ultrasound, not a big deal. But that’s another $200 or so that I hadn’t counted on.<\/p>\n
This headache is making is so difficult to concentrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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