Posts by rcr

Lilac - an insulin syringe is just a shot that you can get at a drugstore like CVS. Like Laggie said, you can use any kind of shot, just make sure to use a tiny needle. Take the old follistim container (the one containing a little bit...

I am having some pretty serious cramping now - like curl up in a ball on the bed kind of cramping (well if I wasn't at work thats what I would do). I never have that before AF. So maybe that is a good thing? Anybody (grads?) experience...

lilac - great job on the shots. For follistim that has a little bit leftover, you can use an insulin shot to take all the leftover out, and just insert it into a full one and inject it in the full one. The plunger will back-up when you...

Laggie - if it is AF cramping, it would be early, but the FET made my cycle longer than usual, so I  would be a little behind. I hope it is pregnancy cramping, but it feels so much like AF cramping it is hard to believe that. Glad...

X- I am sorry. That really sucks. I had Illinois insurance too (we are from Chicago, and DH still works for a IL company), so we had 4 IVF tries for insurance too. We used them all. I had two cycles canceled before they got to...

TF - glad the therapist has been good. I sent you a pm about the mp3s. I really liked them, they are very relaxing. They might help you even though you aren't doing your cycle yet - just relaxing is nice. I only have the IVF/IUI, so...

Hi Blissful: I am sorry you are dealing with this. IVF is a long and hard road to go, We have a regular IVF thread (in the infertility forum) if you want to join us.  

Lilac - wow, 30! I am jealous. You are going to have great luck with this cycle. How many are you going to put back in?

Suzie - I am sorry for your loss.  

  Here they are. The one on the left did assisted hatching, the one on the right was already starting to hatch :)