Sparking Litherland Life

Infertility blog about our struggles and the hope that keeps us going

3rd Times a Charm???

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FINALLY the wait is over! My next cycle has started which means we are going to give this IVF transfer thing another try! 😄 I’m sure our frozen mini-me’s are wondering what is taking us so long to get them out of that freezer.. Surprisingly enough, my body decided to start this cycle all on its own and on time too! If you have been following me for a while now, you know how shocking that is haha Well, my doctor had me come in for a “baseline ultrasound” appointment and so far they said everything looks good. Since I was only on cycle day 2, I was glad to hear nothing catastrophic had happened in the past 48 hours.. Starting off strong people!!!

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Healing and Soul Food

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Well I survived and can honestly say surgery #4 was my best surgery! Along with the one ginormous fibroid, my doc ended up finding and taking out 2 smaller ones as well. I mean hey, he was already in there so why not right?? The fact that the actual surgery went well is awesome but its not why I am so happy about it.. drumroll please!Continue Reading

It’s Gonna Be Okay!

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This Christmas I was given an unexpected gift. Now I wish I could tell you that I found out we were pregnant.. but nope that’s not it (bummer right??) Before Christmas I had blood work done to prepare for IVF and it came back with elevated hormone levels so they wanted to recheck. When the next set of blood work I did a few days later came back with the same high levels, they told me we couldn’t start IVF for at minimum a month so they could get those hormones under control and normal. Due to the fact that I have never had this problem in the 2 years of blood work I’ve done, my doc Continue Reading

Just keep swimming!

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Now that I have recovered from my food coma and endless amounts of leftovers, its time to get back to posting! I know I’ve been MIA for a little while but I have a really good excuse.. my husband Cliff was home for Thanksgiving!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 This is so exciting because he works in the oil field and they do NOT recognize holidays.. crazy right?!?! They don’t even stop drilling for Christmas. If the Grinch could own an industry, it would be the oil field. Well it just so happened that in between moving from one rig to another, he got to come home and it was over Thanksgiving! I took advantage of the situation and have been completely ignoring the world starting the second he got home. What is it the kids say these days?? oh yes… #sorrynotsorry 😎 We had an awesome Thanksgiving but now its back to reality I guess..

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Soul Food Week 2

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So yesterday I was having a DAY. I was super hormonal and went from crying to laughing to angry multiple times. It started off with my clumsy self dropping my keys by the front door and I started crying… no seriously… straight up bawling my eyes out while I stood there and stared at them on the floor. Who knew keys were so dramatic?!?! When my brain realized what was going on, all I could do was laugh. This was short lived because not long after, I got very angry with a repair guy who had to reschedule which is completely out of character for me. So surprise, surprise.. I cried because I felt bad for being mean to him ∗sigh∗ ..I felt like the insanity was never ending because that happened before 9am and did not improve as the day progressed. Well I took some of my own advice in the afternoon and turned on some much needed soul music.

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