OK, so after looking around it seems like many of us are starting to cycle through IVF, ICSI, or IUI in March. Shall we start up a club? You know, women whose uterus (is the plural of that "uteruses"? "Uteri"? Why is this important to me?) are rode hard and put up wet, who've been around the block of trying so fucking hard to get pregnant that we look forward to sticking a needle in the fleshy parts of our hips just to try to get a pink line on a piece of plastic?
Am I the only one who feels a little overwhelmed at going through this alone? I mean...what if I want to IM someone at 3 am while going through the Lupron, screaming about the fact that Mindy Cohn? Was she subjected to "You have such a pretty face, if only...."? Who can I call at 2 pm on a Thursday, when I am in floods of tears over the fact that Smurfette will simply never get it together with Handy?
Because this will happen, people. I have seen what I am like on Lupron, and God knows-Aidan is a lovely boy but there are some elements of the scary mental behavior that I'm going to have to farm out. If you swear to be there for me when I go on a crying jag that I can't get Corn Nuts here, then I swear I will be there for you when you IM me in a rage that Old Navy sold out of your favorite blue sweater, those insensitive fucks.
So ok. If you're cycling in the next month or two, what say we join up, bond up, and be there through thick and thin? Because God knows, this is going to be hell, while at the same time being an adventure that we never dreamt was possible.
Who's with me?
I'm not going through what you are going through, so couldn't be part of the club. However, feel free to IM me anytime, always happy to lend my shoulder to lean on or cry into.
Posted by: Amanda at February 8, 2006 11:27 PMI don't think we'll be at the cycling point yet by March 1, but I'm willing to advance you some commiseration. ;-)
Posted by: Robber Barren at February 7, 2006 07:52 PMI'm afraid I cannot volunteer my services as a cycle buddy, but I can say how much it helped to know who else was going through IVF at the same time as me. One blogger even had her retrieval and transfer on the same day as I did.
In regard to Lupron insanity, I was much more stable during my IVF round of 800 medications than I was for my IUIs. I never started crying hysterically whilst walking to work in the morning during IVF, whereas that was a regular occurance for me during most of my IUIs.
So even if I can't be experiencing all this shit at the same time as you, I have been there. You know where to find me if you have general IVF-induced rage.
Posted by: MsPrufrock at February 4, 2006 10:07 PMI'm with you! This is my first IVF cycle. I start either March 1 or April 1. First "orientation session" is this Thursday. Do you mind if I add your link to my blog?
Posted by: Jenny at February 4, 2006 05:01 PMI think we've already done that. You had me at cheeeeese.
Posted by: statia at February 3, 2006 10:15 PMYes! Definitely count me in! All I can say is, once my treatment gets going, they'd better not show any more of those fucking Target commercials that advertise their new maternity line. Cuz if they do, there is a very good chance I will go postal at my local Target superstore.
Posted by: Ornery at February 3, 2006 06:29 PMTotally with you. I won't be on drugs as heavy-duty as you (at least not yet), but I do get the Clomid induced Black Rage (TM). I once was *this* close to hurling the blender across the kitchen because it had the nerve to not be big enough for my homemade salsa recipe. It ain't pretty, I know. But I'm here for you. And 3 a.m. for you is only 8 p.m. for me!
Posted by: donna at February 3, 2006 02:25 PM