Delay in IVF #4

It�s funny... I almost forgot how crazy doing fertility treatments can make you and how nothing ever goes as planned! 

My Period is Late 

After my consult, I was started on Provera to try and induce my period. I had just weaned and I guess my hormones are all out of whack because my period decided not to make an appearance. I started to worry, but there�s really nothing that can be done. It needed to come by 8/26 in order to make the September retrieval dates. 

The Plan: October Retrieval 

Since my period didn�t happen, my cycle will be pushed back to October. The reason October sucks: retrieval week is the week of Halloween. 

I�m hoping I�ll be able to get a retrieval date AFTER Halloween... Halloween is a big deal for my son & I don�t want to miss any of the fun stuff we do as a family. 

If I waited for the next retrieval, it would be the week of my son�s birthday. So way worse than Halloween week! Both weeks are not ideal, at all. Which... is so typical of doing fertility treatments. 

How I Feel 

I�m a bit disappointed that I didn�t make the September retrieval... it was the best one that fit into my schedule and my life. I also had a pretty crappy week! 

1) The baby got Hand-Mouth-Foot Disease (HMFD) for the 2nd time in one month. The odds? Very slim. I�ll write a separate entry on HMFD. 
2) No childcare provider will watch children with HMFD. So no daycare and no backup childcare. 
3) I had deadlines at work, so had to work from home with a VERY clingy baby. Meaning I didn�t get much done and had to work after he went to sleep. Then, he wasn�t sleeping well - so I was operating with very little sleep. 
4) My older son had major issues at daycare, behavior wise. 
5) My older son ended up getting HMFD as well. 
6) I had a drama filled week at work.
7) Then - my period didn�t come and the cycle got delayed. 

Crappy, crappy week. 

But it�s funny... because even with all the variables - it didn�t feel �too� bad, like it was unmanageable or anything. Just very inconvenient! 

Where the cycle is concerned... yeah, sucks to delay it. But I figure it�s going to happen when it�s meant to happen. I�m way more relaxed about it (at the moment anyways!). Easy to say now when I�m not on fertility Meds! Lol. Really though, this stuff never has gone as planned and when things don�t go as planned it can be stressful. It doesn�t feel stressful yet. I�m really hoping my �relaxed� state will continue as I go through fertility treatments. 

Next steps: Wait for AF... 


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