Saturday, November 26, 2011

Boo and Yay!

First Boo -- right now I'm really feeling negative about tomorrow's beta.  Teared up once today just talking about it with DH.  I'm freaked out, nervous and steeling myself for the worst.  I'm almost pre-grieving.  When DH and DS were out today, I was really close to tearing through my bathroom cabinets to look for a HPT.  But thankfully, I think I'm out of them and I resisted.  I've waited this long... I also think I freaked the bejesus out of myself by reading too many blogs last night (as helpful as they are), sometimes the extraordinarily long and tough journeys of some women can be scary and demoralizing.

Secondly Yay -- it's been a month since I've started this blog and I'M SO GLAD that I did!  Even though I've already been going through IF for quite a while, for this IVF/FET cycle and period in my life -- it's been immensely helpful.  While I initially started the blog just for myself, it's become much more than that.  I've forged connections.  I've learned from others.  I've gained hope.  I love checking in on others and hearing from women on my own blog.  As I have said before, this community is so amazingly supportive and its reach knows no bounds.  I love that there are so many ways that the community (especially Stirrup Queens and Cyclesista) supports newbies and everyone out in the ALI blogosphere.  And another is...
 
Rebecca from Life of an Army Wife very kindly extended this award to me!  I never thought anyone would read my blog and while I'm still a newbie, my hits and followers are slowly increasing in number.  Rebecca is a very supportive and dedicated reader.  It's always a treat to see her comments.  Her IF history includes miscarriages (including 1 from IVF), negative IUIs as well as health issues like PCOS, fibromyalgia and endometriosis, and she writes about it all from the perspective of an army wife.  She is a rock star for dealing with all of the above and being such a devoted wife and strong woman. 

This Award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers, all in the spirit of fostering new connections. Leibster is German & means ‘dearest’ or ‘beloved’ but it can also mean ‘favorite’. The idea of the Leibster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers.

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top five picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Hope that the people you’ve sent the award to forward it to their five favorite bloggers and keep it going!

My list below is in no particular order and some that I have not included may have already gotten a Liebster Award.

1. Tortoise Baby makes it to my list because her story gives me hope. She also went to CCRM and had the same doctor (Dr. G) as I do. She is now just shy of her first trimester of pregnancy and recently got off of all the hormone drugs.

2. BattleFish is on her third IVF (stimming right now). She lives in Finland with her DH. I've always wanted to be an expat, so reading about how she balances two cultures (+ IF) is fascinating to me.

3. For We Are Bound By Symmetry is a very aesthetically pleasing site. Gorgeous graphics. "Unaffected" (her pseudonym) had a FET the same exact day as I did and has been steadily POAS and documenting everything (impressive!) in a very scientific way. She just got a positive beta (as well as BFPs on hpt tests).

4. New Year Mum is from Australia and is suffering from secondary infertility. So I can really identify with her, although her journey has been much more arduous than mine, unfortunately. She has a DD, conceived naturally. But since then, has had innumerable challenges including m/c and loss. She only recently got a BFN after a FET. Wishing her hope and success in 2012!

While there are so many blogs I follow and enjoy, I'm going to stop here (for now). I really appreciate hearing everyone's thoughts and support, but for now, company and college football await. Hope to post tomorrow after my beta... YIKES!

8 comments:

  1. Hi Pork Chop - thanks for the compliment! I know how you feel- I was a nervous wreck before my beta and I just knew it would be negative, and was shocked that my FET worked. So I hope you are pleasantly surprised tomorrow!

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  2. hoping your beta brings amazing news tomorrow
    best wishes
    xoxo
    iclw

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  3. Thanks so much... you're very sweet to think of me :) So glad that you've found blogging... when I found it and started writing, it was soooo helpful and almost one year on I still love it :) I'll get onto writing me post ASAP. Thinking of you for your beta tomorrow... FXd for you. Know how you feel the day before... stay brave and so so hoping it's a BFP for you :)) How are you finding Disqus ? Love always xoxo

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  4. First, thank you so much for the award and the kind things you said about my blog! I really appreciate it :)

    Second, I'm sorry to hear that you are not feeling very positive regarding your beta tomorrow. I'm keeping everything crossed for you that it is in fact a great number, and you have worried for nothing!! I'll be stalking! :)

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  5. I am crazy nervous for my beta and I haven't even done the FET yet. I really nope you get your BFP today!

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  6. Thank you again... I've just posted my award list :)) FXd for your beta xoxo

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  7. I just started following and found your blog from Cyclesista. I am hoping you are wrong about this cycle and that you get your BFP. Looking forward to reading more.

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  8. I wanted to say congrats on the BFP on the other post but for some strange reason there was no place to comment. I'm very excited for you and I pray that this one sticks!

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