Comments on Bloorb: Show n' Tellin' It

I never thought about taking photos - it is a good...

2008-06-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

I never thought about taking photos - it is a good idea. I did, however, save every paper the RE provided for my cycle. I still have it and will keep it forever.

hmmm maybe i knew i wasn't gonna get far with #1 b...

2008-06-09T16:28:00.000-07:00

hmmm maybe i knew i wasn't gonna get far with #1 because we have not one pic, nadda... and i'm a picture person.

Here from the Mel' Show and Tell.So many memories....

2008-06-09T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here from the Mel' Show and Tell.

So many memories. We too have folders filled with photos of our first diui because we thought it had to work. Even after our success almost 2 years later it's hard to look at them.

You are so incredibly crazy - you rock. I can't b...

2008-06-09T09:07:00.000-07:00

You are so incredibly crazy - you rock. I can't believe you took a picture of an IV in your hand. Sigh. You took me back with that picture and you described perfectly that hope, that naivete. I was just telling my friend last night that of how perfectly certain I was, how I had done all the "right" things, how I prayed so much, PAID so much, even joked so much.....

Haha, you're right

Thanks for the post - I loved it because it rings ...

2008-06-09T08:52:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the post - I loved it because it rings so true.

At what point do we stop being full of hope and naivity? I catch myself falling over and over again and I am still so early in my TTC journey.

Or maybe we toss hope out the window and just hang on to our sense of humor? That sounds more fun at least!

just sending you some {{hugs}} and i agree with lo...

2008-06-09T05:34:00.000-07:00

just sending you some {{hugs}}

and i agree with lori -- i am glad its your hand... not his...

I never thought to take photos to document my IVF ...

2008-06-08T23:03:00.000-07:00

I never thought to take photos to document my IVF experiences. Maybe I should have, because I was young when I started and old by the time I was done.

Here from NCLM

Thank you for this post and for google randomly le...

2008-06-08T21:41:00.000-07:00

Thank you for this post and for google randomly leading me to you! My husband and I can completely relate to your story, to being so blissfully ignorant. We 've had 2 failed IVF's, the second ending in chemical preganancy/miscarriage. We are a month away from our first and last FET. We only have one embryo. We waited over a year to do the transfer b/c it was our only grip on hope we had left

Oh, the good old days of "ignorance is bliss." Tha...

2008-06-08T18:35:00.000-07:00

Oh, the good old days of "ignorance is bliss." Thanks for sharing this . . . we were THISCLOSE to going down the same road.

How compelling would a photo essay of the IVF exp...

2008-06-08T15:11:00.000-07:00

How compelling would a photo essay of the IVF experience would be? (Look at me - plans for getting you published!)

Thanks for sharing.

Here via Mel's Show and Tell.It's wonderful that y...

2008-06-08T11:57:00.000-07:00

Here via Mel's Show and Tell.

It's wonderful that you are able to be in a place that isn't all bitterness. Good for you!

(Having humourous friends like Lori must help!)

oh wow. I remember those days too. The "I must doc...

2008-06-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

oh wow. I remember those days too. The "I must document EVERYTHING days". I even started a journal that was going to be given to my child on some predetermined birthday. Had to stop writing in it when the text of the journal began to say things like, "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?!?!?"

sigh

but you do have some lovely hands...

I also miss my naive days too. I remember when yo...

2008-06-08T08:30:00.000-07:00

I also miss my naive days too. I remember when you posted about your box of memories and how sad you were to find it full. I felt the same way about my picture frame of transferred embryos who didn't make it.

I think when I really started feeling sad was when I realized that the memories were of the procedures and process, but not the desired outcome. Those memories would be for me to

Isn't it best to be naive and full of hope? I am s...

2008-06-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

Isn't it best to be naive and full of hope? I am sure it was a special time and glad you can look back on your journey.

Alyson LID 01/27/06 IA China
NCLM

Boy can I relate to the not wanting to think bit. ...

2008-06-08T03:26:00.000-07:00

Boy can I relate to the not wanting to think bit. The journey is tough but I think that one day when you are holding your babies you might look back at those 7 folders of 2007 and the two of 2008 and be able to think it over after all...

Cannot quite say that I miss the naive days of IVF...

2008-06-08T02:59:00.000-07:00

Cannot quite say that I miss the naive days of IVF, seeing that I'm living through it...yep, that's me!

My hand in a few days's time...

Oh - I forgot to mention, nice job on the new head...

2008-06-07T18:15:00.000-07:00

Oh - I forgot to mention, nice job on the new header. It looks great.

Agreed, Lori's comment made me giggle out loud. Th...

2008-06-07T18:13:00.000-07:00

Agreed, Lori's comment made me giggle out loud. Thanks for that. I have a huge folder of crap from our first IVF. All the documentation is lined up, just in case (for what I dont know). I kept a journal of each doctors visit with all of my fsh numbers and follicle growth (mostly because I couldnt remember a damn thing once I left the office). But when we went to do our 1st and 2nd FET cycles, I

Oh this bring back so many memories of our 1st IVF...

2008-06-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

Oh this bring back so many memories of our 1st IVF...and ties in a lot to what Ive been thinking about picture taking during cycles.
Thanks so much for sharing this-so emotional!

Ah, the picture put me in a sad place (damn the pa...

2008-06-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

Ah, the picture put me in a sad place (damn the passing of time and some knowledge) but then Lori's comment made me pee my pants. I think it's interesting to have this documentation of the mental change too.

I miss my naive days of IVF #1. I was soooo convi...

2008-06-07T14:38:00.000-07:00

I miss my naive days of IVF #1. I was soooo conviced it was going to work. Now I expect that it won't. Pretty sad.

LOL at lori's comment!

How can you always manage to make me laugh and be ...

2008-06-07T14:06:00.000-07:00

How can you always manage to make me laugh and be sad at the same time?

I'm so happy you chose a picture of YOUR hand during YOU procedure rather than one of HIS hand during HIS procedure.