Monday, August 6, 2007

Trying to Get Pregnant - 2nd Attempt

In April 2007, we had saved up enough money to do it again. The first time, we took out a loan, but we couldn't afford to do that again so the second time, we paid cash. Our insurance does not cover anything related to infertility.
Dr. Craig had moved on to another company so we chose Dr. Rehman this time. He had done a few of my sonograms the previous year and had really made a good impression on us.
We did everything again. First came the pills, then the shots, but this time we didn't know if we would need fresh sperm or not. When CAR did the sperm aspiration from the previous year, they froze what they didn't use. So Dr. Rehman was going to try to use the frozen sperm but would not know until the morning of the egg retrieval if the frozen were viable or not. When we got there, Dr. Rehman said the frozen had thawed very well and were swimming again. So I went through the egg retrieval, but Joe did not have to go under for another sperm aspiration. The retrieval is very hard on my body. They have to put me under and as soon as I wake up, my body feels bloated. It's actually not bloated with air, it is fluid that has surrounded my uterus. But it is very painful. Then, only 5 days later, I have to go back for the egg implant.
This time, 8 days after the implant, I got the same strange feeling and I knew the embryos were gone. Then on day 9, I went in for the pregnancy test, and again, it was negative.

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