One of the hardest parts about ART (assisted reproductive technology) is the 2 week wait in between your procedures and when you can actually take a pregnancy test. When you know exactly what day and what time you ovulated, it's fairly easy to read WAY too much in to every little teeny tiny thing going on with your body, wondering if you're pregnant or if it's just the drugs and procedures.
I am not immune to this, despite my relative lack of concern about whether I'm pregnant or not. I would really like to know, either way, so I can get on with things, but mostly its just the drugs they have me on. They really do funny things with my body.
Today I'm wondering if the massive cramping I'm feeling is implantation-related, drug-related, or psychosis-related. I would love nothing more than to spend this day curled up in a bed with a heating pad, but alas. It is not meant to be. I can't take a day off of work because I've already taken WAY too much time off work to get up to this point, so I'm trying to be brave and I'm hoping the Tylenol kicks in soon.
Holding on until I can take a test on 10/4...
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Waiting (whether the 2 week wait or waiting until the next procedure/test/drug) is ALWAYS the HARDEST part for me. I often wonder if part of my personal trial of infertility is that I'm supposed to be learning patience. It's not working...
Now back to my life waiting for Thursday for the hsg, then more waiting til Oct 13 for the next consultation.
I always said we should have bought stock in pregnancy test corporations...I took so many. I could NEVER wait because of my symptoms...which I'm pretty positive were mostly due to psychosis, but real nonetheless. Be brave and strong.
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