Friday, January 21, 2011

Decision Time...Again

Back at the beginning of January when we decided that we were going to go ahead and do our first IVF, I thought that we were done making decisions. I mean what else was there to decide? We are going to do IVF/ICSI. (I did have to decide on a Pharmacy but, that was easy- call them up and see who was cheaper. Done) Well, I was wrong.
We went in yesterday for our teaching visit and just to go over everything with the nurse. We are getting all our questions answered and almost everything is making sense. But then, we start going over the calendar. There are no problems with the IVF cycle calendar, but in case it works and I get pregnant... we have a little conflict. So if it works, then I am supposed to get BW done every 2 days! Check hormones, make sure supplements are right and development is right. But 3 days after the pregnancy test, we are going out of town. So the nurse was like, "oh, it's okay if you are gone a couple days and miss an appt". Well, we will be gone 9 and I would miss 3 appts. Oh, and its a biking trip.
The nurses thought it would still be fine for me to go - the chances are small that something would go wrong that would have been fixable if I were here. They did worry that if something did happen which wasn't caused by the trip but happened, we would blame ourselves. (good point!). But, I was pretty stressed out last night. Should we postpone IVF? Cancel the trip? or stick to the original plan? Am I totally over-reacting? We don't even know if the IVF is going to work, and the nurses didn't seem very concerned about the trip.
Anyway, not really a fun night (followed by 1 hour in traffic trying to go somewhere 15 minutes away). After we were a little more relaxed, we came to this conclusion: Go ahead and do IVF now and still go on the trip - but if I get pregnant and everything is not 100% perfect, we are canceling our trip. I'm going to talk to the RE today though- just make sure that is okay with him. If so, I go off the birth control today and start stimming Monday!

11 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great plan--here's hoping you have to cancel your trip! ;)

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  2. Sounds like you made a good decision! Hope Ivf works for you!! Good luck!!
    Visiting from ICLW

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  3. Best of luck with the cycle! stimming time almost here! yay:) a fellow IVFer #190

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  4. IVF will be great. The only appointments you would miss are bloodwork I am guessing. If you are preggo then you will be preggo and if not you will not be...the biking trip won't change it! Excited to blog with you and hopefully enjoy a pregnancy with you!

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  5. Thanks everyone! We are so much calmer today. And excited for IVF and bike trip. Anyone else notice how stressful EVERYTHING else in life gets when you are ttc?

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  6. Wishing you the very best of luck. It must be so hard to make all those decisions...and, enjoy your bike trip!

    ICLW #59

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  7. This sounds like a wonderful plan!!! So excited for you to start stimming!

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  8. Happy ICLW! After TTC for so long it's hard to decide between treatments and living your life, sounds like you made a great decision though, it's nice to have something non IF related to look forward to. Good luck with your IVF cycle!

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  9. wishing you the very best of luck with this ivf cycle. Finger crossed for you.
    I am wondering if you can cancel your trip if you get a BFP? This way, you can keep your appts if you are in fact prego and if not (hopefully not) you have something to look forward to.
    ~iclw #23~

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  10. Do IVF and go on your trip if your feeling up for it and if you don't then cancel. You have to ask yourself is a biking trip more important than a baby? Good luck!!!

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  11. Here for ICLW sending you very best wishes for your ivf cycle.

    My partner and I are also trying to plan professional activities, backpacking trips and treatments in the upcoming months. Planning life in general around IF treatments can be stressful. If you feel up for a cycling trip, both physically and emotionally, at that time and your RE shows no concern, go for it. I agree, it is nice to have something non-IF related to look forward to. And hopefully it will be a time of celebration for a BFP!

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