The Back Story

So here is how we came to arrive at another round of IVF...

When I was going regularly to my first RE I got very jaded with the office very quickly. Their prices were way too high and their timetables sucked. One day my older sister called me and said that she had found a flyer at work (she was in PA school at the time) for an IVF study. I called that day and met my dear friend Eileen. She is the clinical coordinator at my now RE's office. She got me into a study for a medication like Clomid and it afforded us 3 low-cost rounds of IUI's. Since then we have stayed friends and she has been a great support for me.

About a month and a half ago I e-mailed her to send pics of the girls. I also said jokingly that if she ever, IN THE FUTURE, had an IVF study to keep me in mind. Not an hour later did I get an e-mail from her saying that she was starting enrollment for an IVF study the following week. It was like kismet... or at least it was to me.

When I was pregnant I said that I would never do more ART. But as soon as the girls were born I found myself wanting a whole gaggle of little Me's. I love being a Mom more than anything I have ever done. Give me whiney kids, The Backyardigans and poopy diapers over suits, paperwork and colleagues any day.

Bry and I talked it over (at length) and decided that even though the timing was not 100% perfect it was definitely meant to be. The week after that my RE reviewed my chart and decided we were eligible for the study. I told them I would do it as long as I could wait until the end of Spring (which was fine) and make sure that I did not take the slot away from any woman who has no kids. I made them promise me that would not happen. I would happily give up my turn to someone without kids.

So anyway that bring us to now. So we are amidst pre-testing and should be getting rolling sometime in May.