Emoblopedia: Fertility Treatments

Welcome to the fertility treatments page of the emoblopedia, a catch-all category for all medications and forms of assisted conception--from Clomid to IVF with ICSI. Some of the entries below are written by men and women who have just started fertility treatments. Other entries are written by those who are into their seventh IVF cycle. We hope that you find reading these blog entries helpful and they bring you a modicum of emotional comfort. They may help you find words to express how you are feeling or show you the light at the end of the tunnel. If you have your own blog and would like to contribute to the emoblopedia, submit all links to entries to Melissa at thetowncriers@gmail.com.

The first time you took Clomid

• My Story (from Fertility Challenged in Florida)
  

The dreaded HSG

• New Kid With the Block (from Southern Comfortable)
• The HSG (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)
• Is This a Sign? (from A Cop, A Nurse, 3 Dogs, and Maybe Baby)
  

Laparoscopy

• One-Tube Wonder (from Southern Comfortable)
• Hello Diagnosis... (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)

Fears about starting fertility treatments

• The Road to Uncertainty (from Southern Infertility)
  

Excitement about starting fertility treatments

• Optimism (from The Waiting Womb)
  

A mix of emotions about starting fertility treatments

• Expectations, Hopes, Fears (from Southern Infertility)
• Expensive Ambivalence (from For the Flavor)
• Fashionably Late (from For the Flavor)

Deciding to proceed with IUI

• Feeling Better (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)
  

Deciding to proceed with IVF

• I Should Add IVF to My Spellcheck (from Entrusted)
• Under Pressure (from Sticky Bun)
• Looking Forward Is Easier Than Looking Back (from Mission: Impossible)
  

Choosing a new RE

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Injection classes

• Insert Straight Into Skin Until Needle Disappears (from TTC with DH through IVF with AMA and a MF for a BFP)
• The Orientation Class (from Subfertile Sadness)

The first injection

• What Is Fear? (from Looking for 2 Lines)
  

Emotions after a first failed cycle after starting treatments

• The Classroom of Infertility, School of Life (from Infertile Fantasies)
• I Think It's Over (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)
• Pour Me a Glass of Wine (from My Journey Towards My Little Miracle)
  

Emotions after a first failed IVF cycle

• Not Pregnant (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)
• The Process of Mourning (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)

GBLT experiences with clinics

• No entries yet

Good interactions with the RE or clinic

• No entries yet

Terrible interactions with the RE or clinic

• The Bad Patient (from Princess Smartypants)
• Presto! You're (not) Pregnant! (from Princess Smartypants)
• Why My Clinic Irritates Me (from Southern Infertility)
• CD4 Debaucle (from The Island)
  

Coming to terms with treatment not working

• Bye Bye Bio Baby (from Fortune Cookie Follies)
  

When enough is enough

• A Decision (from Miss E's Musings)
  

Deciding to move on from treatment

• Trying to Let Go (from Stranded on Infertility Island)

Hope management during a cycle

• More on Hope Management (from Serenity Now!)

Going into another cycle after a failed cycle

• FET Musings (from Serenity Now!)
• Being Positive is Tough (from Serenity Now!)
• Groundhog Day (from Somewhat Lower)
• Another Failed Cycle (from Sean and Mary's Family)
• The Review (from Our Own Creation)
  

OHSS

• The IF Chronicles: OHSS #1 (from Southern Infertility)
• No Transfer for Me (from Southern Infertility)
• Emerging to the World of the Living (from Southern Infertility)

Becoming a treatment veteran

• Why (from When's It Gonna Be My Turn?)

Waiting to start treatments

• Halfway There (from Our Own Creation)

Glucophage/Metformin

• Not For the Faint of Heart or Delicate of Stomach (from Our Own Creation)

Treatment stories

• It Could Have Been a Movie Scene [IUI] (from Entrusted)
• My "Ras" Hurts [IUI] (from Reproductive Jeans)
• You Asked, So I Will Answer [Multiple Treatments] (from Are We There Yet?)
• Miracles (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)

Progesterone

• My G-d, I Hate Progesterone (from Princess Smartypants)

Emotions of cancelled cycles

• Insult to Injury (from TTC with DH Through IVF...)
• The Reality (from TTC with DH Through IVF...)
• The Junkie. The Pain (from TTC with DH Through IVF...)

Injection Fun!

• The Big Dipper (from Southern Infertility)
• Torture, Part One (from Southern Infertility)

Learning from cycles

• From Up to Down in the Blink of an Eye (from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies)