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It’s been ten years since my official endometriosis diagnosis back in 2011. I wanted to reflect on the last ten years and how living…
And I am considered “receptive”.
When I read the word “receptive” in the email from my doctor’s office, my heart sank a little. There…
I am currently preparing for an Endometrial Receptivity Analysis (ERA) that will take place next week. We are hoping this extra step will help…
Such a personal question and one I have pondered on and off since we learned we were infertile back in 2010. Where do we…
Over the next few weeks, while preparing for our embryo transfer, I want to talk about the things I am doing to detoxify my…
So we’ve completed our IVF cycle and we have one genetically normal embryo. We are cautiously optimistic about this little fighter! What are the…
When I left off we had ten fertilized eggs. We would spend the next five days waiting to get a report from our doctor’s…
We made it to the egg retrieval! We had strict instructions to report to the fertility clinic by 7:45am for an 8:15am retrieval. They…
Every cycle has been slightly different in terms of medication. This cycle we did birth control leading up to injections. Then we did Gonal-F…