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Last-Minute Stressing
When I started writing this blog, we were in the “hurry up and wait phase” of our second IVF cycle–that all changed before I finished writing the blog… Fair warning: While I don’t go into any gory details, I do talk about my period in this blog. If that makes you uncomfortable, scroll down until…
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The Meds
As I mentioned last week, I received all the prescriptions for the next round of IVF. I had them sent to the same pharmacy I got my meds through during the first cycle. Seeing the total was going to be around $6,000 just made me nervous.
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Here We Go Again
It was time to start IVF again, and that comes with a lot of hurry up and wait.
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PGT What Now?
It was time to learn more about PGT-A vs. PGT-SR testing. And if that just sounds like a bunch of alphabet soup to you, you’re not alone. Read more in this week’s blog.
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Real-Time Experience
Up until this point, this blog has mostly been retrospective. Sharing our story this way has allowed me to reflect on our journey and provide readers regular updates while currently going through everything. The story from here on out will be as close to real time as I can get it. It still may be…
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Acceptance
Recently, I was at a neighbor’s house for a birthday party. (Happy Birthday, Tiff!) While there, I was chatting with some friends about our IVF experience and plans to try again soon. One of them commented that I appear much less stressed about this round than I did the first time around. I hadn’t really…
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The Letter
As promised, here is the letter Dr. W. sent on our behalf to Dr. G. It’s been edited to remove personal information. Dear Dr. G., Thank you for your referral of Julie and her husband Nicholas whom I consulted with on 8/8/2022. Julie and Nicholas had spoken with a genetic counselor at Kaiser and wanted…
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Really Bad Luck
Nick and I had planned a day and time when we’d both be at home to schedule our appointment with Dr. W. Unfortunately, Nick had to go to Minnesota unexpectedly for a funeral. Rest in peace, Uncle Doug – you will be greatly missed. It feels like both our families have had too many funerals…
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The Response
A day or two after I sent her the info from Dr. T., Dr. G. wrote back: _______ Hi Julie, Thanks for reaching out. A genetic counselor will be able to give you specific numbers regarding chance of having a euploid embryo given his translocation and Robertsonian translocation. This is the number I think would…
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Our Chances
About a week and a half after our appointment with Dr. S., he called us back to let us know what Dr. T. found. We learned that, based on Nick’s translocation between chromosomes 8 and 11, if we conceived naturally again, we’d have a 43% chance of miscarriage. 10% of that is the normal average…
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