So, I just a call (THE call) from my reproductive endocrinologist's (RE's) office letting me know that this intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycle was a failure, just like the previous IUI cycle last month. My husband and I decided earlier this year, when we were of sound mind, that we would do two IUI's and then one final frozen embryo transfer (FET) before throwing in the towel. Well, since we have exhausted our IUI's, we are now moving on to the FET cycle, but there is a caveat - due to our recurrent cycle failure from last year, my doctor has recommended we do an Endometrial Receptivity Array. This requires a mock cycle, where they begin FET protocol and then instead do two endometrial biopsy's, about 48 hours apart, and send the tissue samples off to a lab for analysis. After that, we wait for the results before beginning the FET protocol again but with the new information from the biopsies. This link here explains it better than I can.
Anyway, the mock cycle + waiting for the results adds on another 5 weeks to the process, which really doesn't sit well with me because that would put my due date at the end of next August. I am currently halfway through my first semester of nursing school and my third semester should begin sometime around August 23rd, 2018. I know that I will be okay if I end up having a baby (or two??), but part of me is wondering why I would make nursing school any harder for myself than it already will be, ya know? On the other hand, we have been trying for so long that I would really just like the process to be over and if we do this and it fails, too, then I will know that we really did try everything and I think it will be easier for me to accept being done.
Now, it's time for wine.
Anyway, the mock cycle + waiting for the results adds on another 5 weeks to the process, which really doesn't sit well with me because that would put my due date at the end of next August. I am currently halfway through my first semester of nursing school and my third semester should begin sometime around August 23rd, 2018. I know that I will be okay if I end up having a baby (or two??), but part of me is wondering why I would make nursing school any harder for myself than it already will be, ya know? On the other hand, we have been trying for so long that I would really just like the process to be over and if we do this and it fails, too, then I will know that we really did try everything and I think it will be easier for me to accept being done.
Now, it's time for wine.
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