Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Anxiety

I am  having a hard time remaining calm this pregnancy. After I lost my last pregnancy my whole world came crashing down. I believed that we had made it through the hard stuff; that a pregnancy would equal a baby. But now I know things aren't that simple. And it sucks. I feel like I have been robbed. Robbed of my dreams of how I imagined my children would be conceived, and now robbed of my dreams of enjoying my pregnancy.

I am having hard time even thinking of myself as pregnant.  I logged onto fertilebook and saw a pregnancy announcement from one of K's friends, who I am not that fond of to begin with, and I felt pure jealousy. I couldn't muster up any happiness for them, and it made me feel lousy. I was jealous that they were in a secure enough place in their pregnancy that they could announce it on face.book. Jealous that they were pregnant - at which point I tried to remind myself "you are pregnant too." But I couldn't over come the feeling.

Despite this, I will be destroyed if the ultrasound is bad on Thursday.

I don't want to have to do IVF all over again... But we have no more frozen embryos, so we will have to do IVF again if this pregnancy doesn't result in a live baby in 35 weeks. And if we have to, we will do it all over again. I would go though IVF many times over again for a baby.

I don't want to have to do IVF again... because if I have to go through it again it means we lost another baby. I want this/these baby(ies) that are growing inside of me. I wanted the baby that was growing inside of me 3 months ago. I can't help but wonder what life would be like if we hadn't lost our first baby. We could have been the ones posting on facebook this week.

13 comments:

  1. Hi from ICLW. I am so hoping and praying that you get a good number. I know the pain of a bad beta, so I am remaining positive for you. Bring on that nausea!

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  2. I can't even begin to imagine the stress you are going through with this. It's such a weird limbo time. I want to say something like, "focus on the positive," but that's ridiculously hard to do, I'm sure. So I'll just say good luck on Thursday. Let us know as soon as you do!

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  3. I'm right there with ya. My first u/s from IVF is tomorrow after 4 m/c from previous IVF cycles. I literally just said, "I'm so nervous" to my DH as I was opening my blog reader. You wrote my thoughts completely.

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  4. I can't imagine the worry you're feeling right now, but you're an amazingly strong lady who will get through whatever is thrown your way. I have my fingers crossed that all is well tomorrow and that you'll be able to let out a sigh of relief, even if it is just a small one. I can't wait to read the good news you'll post tomorrow.

    Happy ICLW <3

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  5. I cant fathom your stress. Praying for you and your upcoming u/s!

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  6. I will be thinking about you tomorrow and praying that this IS your miracle and you can finally put some of this infertility crap behind you once and for all! xo

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  7. Praying for calmness. You and baby will be in my thoughts. Infertilty becomes such a part of you it is probably pretty hard to let go after pregnancy. I can't wait to so the u/s pictures!

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  8. Here from ICLW. I wish there was some way to take the anxiety away but it goes with the territory of IF and treatments I suppose! Please be good to yourself during this time and if "Fertilebook" (ha.ha.ha.) is upsetting you, it's OK to say "hellwithit" and stop looking it! And that goes for anything else that bothers you. I am wishing the very best for you and your pregnancy.

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  9. Thinking of you today, sending so many prayers.

    Megan

    abrinakdventure.blogspot.com

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  10. xoxo I know that you got good news today! I am sure that you are still going to have stress and anxiety during this pregnancy, but I hope you can enjoy moments of it too! Starting today!

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