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The Road Home: The Medical Plan Ends
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The Medical Plan Ends. As we came to the decision to not make another NaPro appointment, it was with the understanding that we are leaving options 'on the table' so to speak. Here is where things stand:. Reproductive Hormones/Parts (all will be left as is without further treatment):. Progesterone - within normal ranges throughout the cycle. Estradiol - normal for pre-peak, low-normal for post-peak. FSH/LH - ratio of 3:1, should be 1:1. Endometrial lining - low-normal thickness for post-peak. Four years a...
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The Road Home: Race Recap
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I'm still waiting for "official" results and hopefully a good picture or two, but I didn't want to wait too long to recap my half marathon from yesterday. Cool and light for the most part. I think my favorite part was the gorgeous views of fall leaves on the hillsides and the leaves falling from the trees as I was running. I hope I never forget how awesome the weather was yesterday. As I crossed the line the clock said 2:27:30. A full 2 1/2 minutes faster than my goal time. I almost started to ac...There...
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The Road Home: Living Life
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I'm not sure where to start, so I'll just start and apologize in advance if this is rambly. I promise it will be shorter than my last couple of posts. First - sorry for going private without any indication or warning. You'll see I haven't blogged in between, I just needed a break. I wasn't sure I would blog again, for lots of reasons, but obviously I have decided to do so. I guess I still have something to say (and anyone who's ever met me in person just laughed because, duh! And so I move forward. If re...
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The Road Home: March 2014
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Once Again, I Surrender (Post-Surgery Follow-Up). So it is I find myself stuck between two emotions once again after my post-surgery follow-up with Dr. D. The negative cultures (internal and external) and the ultrasound series that showed ovulation. TSH 114 (was 4.02). Free T4 - .94 (was .95). Free T3 - 2.75 (wasn't checked before). There is hope that hasn't been there in a long time. If hope has been gone for a long time, a positive emotion without a "but" after it has been gone even longer. Every fiber...
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The Road Home: July 2014
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Adjective): reluctant to see or experience any more of; feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion. I have 3 posts in draft that I've tried to write and publish. My journal is full of random thoughts strung together that make no sense. I'm struggling to leave comments and to even read blogs. I want to articulate so many feelings and thoughts. Vacation was good, but in a "I have no idea how I would have survived last week if I had not been on vacation" kind of way. And all ...
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The Road Home: May 2014
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The Will of the Spouses, Continued. For background, please read The Will of the Spouses. A month later, we are nearing the end of a second purposely unused fertile phase. We are both pretty sure this will be the last month we TTA, but we won't make that decision for sure until CD1 (or 4 or 5, seeing has how emotionally I'm not exactly reliable before then). On the blog, I'll just leave it at this: it was a very. How would we decide? The next day he said: I think we should TTA for one more cycle. I agreed...
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The Road Home: November 2014
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I certainly didn't intend that string of close together posts to be the last thing I posted for so long. There is much struggle in life right now. Some infertility related, some not. Your prayers are appreciated, so much. So, if you'd permit me to return to this place with a story of brokenness and whispers. Then, in late August/early September, I was at Mass and stayed after to pray and a prayer came and went so quickly I barely registered it. I didn't say it or give physical words to it and I forgo...
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The Road Home: Why I Started with Mercy and Grace
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Why I Started with Mercy and Grace. I want to thank everyone who took the time to comment on my last post. I started to reply to them all individually via email or in the comments, but realized I couldn't keep up. I also felt myself starting to want to react rather than reflect and respond on the comments and as I saw a pattern appearing, I also thought it might be better to just respond in a new post. One post was never going to say all that could or needed to be said about all of this. Which leads me t...
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The Road Home: February 2014
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On the Eve of Surgery #2. I'm just about 12 hours away from my second surgery. Not just my second surgery for infertility, but my second surgery ever. For the first time in 3 years, I've felt anger. Honestly, for the first time in my life I felt real anger. Sure, I get angry at situations or moments, but I get it out and it goes away. I thought I was stunned when I saw that ultrasound screen, but I realize now I was angry. And I stayed angry. When The Man agreed quickly and easily, I didn't blink. And I ...
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