Tuesday, January 17, 2017

#MicroblogMondays: In the Minor Leagues

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We are taking this month off from going to the RE, but not taking this month off from trying.  I hadn't mentioned it before, because I've been too busy dealing with the aftereffects of it, but I was in an accident on December 14 that totaled my car.  (I was lucky enough to not be majorly injured, but still have some bruising a month later and need PT for my back now.)  We are still finishing up buying a car, and the logistics of trying to get to the RE while sharing one car are prohibitive. (Mel, since the Beltway and the Perimeter are the same size, it's as if I lived in Gaithersburg and worked in Poolesville while the clinic is where 95 and 495 meet by College Park.)  We both have mixed emotions about skipping the medicated cycle.  Since we're back to a deductible, it lets more of the HSA build up before we try (although an ER visit for one of the kids may have killed both the deductible and the HSA balance).  And Papa Bear wants me to have more time to recover and start the PT sessions before adding more medications to my body again.

But it feels weird to have a new plan and be waiting to implement it.  Remember how we had 4 eggs in November and was told not to try and tried anyway?  Well, in December, we did 2.5 mg of Femara instead and got FIVE eggs.  Because my body is that damned crazy.  So now my RE wants to cut the smallest Clomid pills in half and do 25 mg of Clomid.  But we're not doing it this month.  At least no one can tell us this month that we have too many eggs and can't try!  I may be benched in the major leagues, but at least I can play in the minors?

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  1. I'm glad that the car accident wasn't more serious. What kind of car are you getting?

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    1. 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. The first year of it, apparently, to have a third row of seats. We found a better deal on that than on various minivans, and this way both cars (my husband has a minivan) can fit the whole family. As my stepkids have gotten older, they don't fit in the backseat of the Sonata I used to have along with my toddler's carseat.

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  2. So sorry about the accident! That's awful. With regards to the fertility stuff, it sounds promising that you get 4-5 follicles in response to the drugs. I say this of course as someone who is unlikely to get 5 follicles in response to anything). But at the same time frustrating in that it's not the outcome you want or the outcome you can work with. Best of luck.

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    1. My 2 big fears are that they are crappy eggs because I just turned 35 and that's why we can't conceive or that I'm making the wrong decision by trying meds because each cycle that I have too many eggs and can't try I'm blowing eggs that I'll need 5 years from now when nothing has worked yet.

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    2. Oh, I understand the fear of "wasting" eggs too, though I don't know if such a thing is actually possible. I worry about wasting the last good one. What if that is the last good one and now it's gone. There's an infinite number of ways to second guess and guilt yourself when things don't work.

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    3. The doctor said it can't happen, but my trust is very limited considering the doctors (at a different clinic) told me that if I did have endometriosis, it was nothing to worry about or follow up on because having been pregnant probably made it better.

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  3. Off-point but I'm cracking up from the example (which I totally got and appreciate the usage of Poolsville). I am so sorry about your back and the car.

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