The Two Week Wait November 15, 2004
Of course the most notorious two week wait in an IVF cycle is the time between embryo transfer and the all important beta. However, I’m finding myself splitting this FET into a bunch of different two week waits. First there was the 2ww between starting Lupron and my baseline ultrasound. Then came the two weeks between starting Estrace and my lining check ultrasound (almost half way through this one). Today is the beginning of another 2ww. Assuming my lining’s doing what it’s supposed to, my transfer will be two weeks from today.
I guess it just helps to break this very long protocol into smaller, more manageable chunks of time. There have been several points along the way where I didn’t think I could make it through all of this. It doesn’t help that my FET protocol is over 7 weeks long from first birth control pill to transfer. I have to assume that since I made it through last week, which was literally one of the longest weeks ever, I can make it through the next 2 weeks. I’m actually feeling hopeful today. Not in the “I know this is going to work” sense but in the “I think I just might make it through this” sense.
After thinking about all of these two week waits that make up this FET in my mind, I’ve found that there’s one missing. The one that I’ve never experienced before: the 2ww between positive beta and ultrasound. I don’t know if I can wrap my brain around that one enough to actually think it could happen to me. Oh, how I wish it would, though.
- Posted in : IVF Part 2: FET #1
- Author : amanda
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Amanda: My fingers are crossed soooo hard for you, girl! I am really hoping for this cycle. My thoughts are with you.
Woman, you so deserve this cycle to work. I mean, COME ON UNIVERSE!! Let her experience that beta and ultrasound!!!
(oh, me too, please…thanks)
Me too, me too! I am hoping so hard for you!
Yes, I am wishing the same for you. May you get your positive beta real soon! I will be thinking of you every step of the way, girl. Best of luck.