Hello my sweet ding dongs
I feel bad that I haven't been on...I'm still around and still keep up with reading what's going on with everybody
Dm and babyd, I am so thrilled for you both...the new baby ding dongs are BEAUTIFUL!!!
Sk, I hope you get your bfp before the 7 months, but I wanted to tell you that ICSI is a part of ivf. You can have ivf w/o icsi, but not the other way around. Really, as long as your df's spermies are good, there's no reason you should need icsi. That's when they take the sperm and inject it directly into the egg, typically b/c of extremely low count or other sperm problems (like in my/dh's case) or possibly if eggs are very old and won't allow for fertilization, but since your bloodwork has all come back good, you really shouldn't need it at this point.
Jenn, ihope that little princess gets moving along for you very very soon sweetie
China, damita, and puppy, I hope you all feel better and continue to have a h&h pg.
Tink, I have missed you sweetie and I love seeing how little Lilyanne has grown on fb!
Poppy, I've missed you too hun...I'm so sorry you've had such a difficult time with seren... Maybe it means she'll be an angel as a teenager though! Wouldn't that be nice!! Lol
Caz, sleeping, lupes...I'm still holding out hope and praying for all of us to get our bfp's
Hopes, coral, phoebes, and mc....miss you all bunches and sending lots of hugs
As for me and dh, not really anything to report ttc wise. We're still trying "naturally" while we're waiting for ivf again. I'm very up and down emotionally with feeling ok with it all and patient and being very down and depressed. We're still trying to save money,but it really just feels like an insurmountable figure to reach atm. Especially with the many other expenses that keep coming up. I had my cd3 bloods redone, and ive been told they were "fine" but I haven't seen them yet. Dh has been completely on board with ttc and now hes getting depressed that we aren't pregnant. He feels really down that he "can't" do it. Our bd'ing has been pretty good...last cycle it was fantastic for timing and still no bfp. It's discouraging. It's hard tho b/c dh is basically working 3 jobs right now...6 days/wk, every wk and he's exhausted. On Saturday, dh was talking about selling some land he owns in another state to pay for the ivf again. I don't want him to do that, but I don't know what else we can do. We've already used all of dh's retirement funds for it. It's just too depressing when I think about it too much, so I'm just trying to focus more on continuing to move along with life.
Dd1 got her braces last month. They look great and I know she's so happy to finally have them. We were supposed to get dd2's braces a couple of wks ago, but we had to put it off til may b/c of finances.
we'll get it though. I'm stressed About our taxes. I'm worried we're going to take a major hit b/c we cashed out dh's retirement. We did pay taxes on that, but the government hits you hard when you withdraw early, so I don't know.
Otherwise, our church is planning a mission trip to wales in July. They went last year too, but this year they're adding a choir/music ministry and I'd LOVE to go. But, of course, it's super expensive and I don't know if we'll be able to raise the funds. (on top of ivf, braces, etc). I'm hoping...we'll see. The cost of the trip really isn't bad, but the cost of airfare is outrageous (about $1400/ticket) and that's what might stop us from being able to do it. So if any of you ladies know of a cheaper way to fly, let me know, please! If we can work it out, I'm going to see if dh and I can either go early or we will stay after the mission trip is over and do some sightseeing and maybe even get a chance to meet some of my lovely ding dings in person!!! That's something else I'd love to do!
Well I'm going to run for now. Of course, there's lots going on with the kids and such, but I know this is super long already. I love you all and miss you bunches!!