What's In a Name

Uno and I have been taking it easy on our walks. Yesterday, we saw a toddler and her mom out for an after-dinner stroll. Uno is usually scared of kids, but she went to jello for this little girl - rolling over as the little girl squealed with delight. It was adorable. It's been so nice to walk and see the buds on the trees. Everything seems to have this nice new shade of light green that tells you Spring is finally here.

I've been feeling kind of crappy - exhausted, crampy. I went back and read some of my entries from around the time of IVF #1. In a way, it made me feel better. I know the progesterone gel is working as well as the injections did - because I have the EXACT same side effects. And they all came on at the exact same time. But in a way, I don't feel better - because last time I wasn't pregnant. But I can't focus on that. (Pushing all negative thoughts OUT..or trying to.)

I also heard back from my doctor. I had e-mailed him some of the questions that Nurse Perky couldn't answer. He said there was a moderate amount of fragmentation in both embryos and that one was a Grade 2 and the other a Grade 3 (with the best grade being 1). So, Bill & Ted didn't look as good as Larry & Curly did. Which isn't what I wanted to hear. But we didn't do assisted hatching last time, either - which will hopefully make a difference. People have gotten pregnant with worse looking embryos. I keep telling myself that. Although I read a study that IVF is only successful 5% of the time where embryos have moderate fragmentation. There I go again with the negative thoughts. OUT!

I'm thinking maybe we should stop naming our embryos after idiots...