I've returned to this blog on a special anniversary for me. One year ago today was the egg retrieval that resulted in 8 fertilized embryos. Five days later we had 3 embryos still growing. I remember standing in the shower in the hotel room in the city where we traveled for treatment. We didn't do PGD. I remember the emotion of transfer day. We transferred the two embryos that were expanding blasts. One of those blasts developed into the son I have today. I still think that is amazing, in its utter un-likelihood.
I just re-read my posts from this time last year, during the most stressful cycle I had ever done, when I was feeling anger and resentment toward my RE, when we were really just wanting to give up. It's an emotional day because I really didn't think that cycle would work. We had nothing to freeze. We were approaching the end. We didn't follow the advice of our RE.
Yet here we are, F and I, one year later, parenting. Today I am extra thankful for IVF, for my RE, for chance, for timing, for following our own logic, for miracles.
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Thank you for reading. I still check in on you from time to time. Know that you are still in my thoughts!
3 comments:
It's so hard to imagine while you're in the trenches how much life can truly change in just one year. I'm so thankful you're here and parenting and happy.
Time flies by. I'm so happy that you're so happily parenting!! :)
It's amazing how much things can change in just one year! All on the same date we went from first cycle trying, to clomid, to referral to our RE, to the zeroing beta from our first Very short IVF pregnancy and finally the birth of our boys! I'm so happy things finally worked out for you. After everything, it must feel like such a sweet success to be able to snuggle your boy today when last year it felt so impossible! Enjoy!
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