Tag Archives: waiting

The HPT verdict

Posted on June 12, 2014 by kiftsgate

I don’t think it could have been a clearer negative. I did check for a tiny faint second line but there was seriously nothing at all. And yet I woke up feeling extremely nauseous and couldn’t eat anything this morning. … Continue reading →

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to pee or not to pee (on the stick)

Posted on June 11, 2014 by kiftsgate

9dp2dt.  This has been the weirdest TWW ever. I have been very calm until now, but I can feel that the crazies have started… Only a few days after the transfer I went home to see my family. Flying in the … Continue reading →

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Two embies on board!

Posted on June 2, 2014 by kiftsgate

Voila’, transfer done. We had two day-2 embryos transferred. They were the ones that got the highest scores from the egg biopsy, but not the prettiest ones. One had 4 cells, the other 6. Not much left to do now. … Continue reading →

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It takes three desires to make a baby

Posted on May 19, 2014 by kiftsgate

This week-end we went to a support group for aspiring adoptive parents organised by an adoption association. There were two psychologists and a few other couples. It was very nice to exchange with the other couples about various topics related to … Continue reading →

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Applications to adoption agencies

Posted on May 12, 2014 by kiftsgate

I haven’t posted much about adoption lately. The main reason for it is that we have been stuck for about two months waiting for the adoption services to send us a corrected of the psychological assessment. We finally received them … Continue reading →

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Frosties

Posted on May 6, 2014 by kiftsgate

I left you last time with us having 16 eggs injected with ICSI. Of those only 6 have fertilised. Six is great, though after going from 26 to 16 and then to 6 I was fearing tragic news on the … Continue reading →

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Last adoption meeting!!!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by kiftsgate

Today we had our last meeting for the adoption process. It feels good to have finally ended this first stage! I wish I could have the verdict right away but it’ll take a while so I better try to think … Continue reading →

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Dreaded adoption meeting

Posted on November 6, 2013 by kiftsgate

This morning we had our second meeting with the psychologist for the adoption process. We were dreading this one because the psychologist is quite tough. She can carry on ask you the same question over and over again until you … Continue reading →

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Mid-TWW crisis

Posted on October 7, 2013 by kiftsgate

I had a bit of a bad day yesterday. Mostly due to the fact that I feel a bit negatively about the outcome of this wait. I keep feeling the same things as the other times, even if somehow more … Continue reading →

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Relaxation hypnotherapy

Posted on October 5, 2013 by kiftsgate

Today I tried yet one more thing to add to the list of all I tried to help with getting pregnant: hypnotherapy. The other day I noticed on my acupuncturist’s website that she also did hypnotherapy and I thought it … Continue reading →

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