https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:44:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1237068 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:35:51 +0000 pui 1237068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh I know how you feel exactly. I'm in the same place right now. I feel like I have been waiting forever. It took 7 months just to get diagnosed, and now I'm having to wait to start treatment! I thought I was going to be able to start in November, and then December and now it's postponed (hopefully for the last time) to January! Urg. I'm so worried my Rubella blood test is going to come back showing I am still not immune and Health Canada will make me get another vaccination and wait another 6 weeks.</p> <p>I know people say that these things take time, that it's coming, but geez it's frustrating when things feel like they're barely moving. It especially sucks when you can't do anything in the meantime to try and conceive and you are relying on doctors completely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1237063 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:32:04 +0000 macintosh 1237063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I can't imagine how awful that must have been to have it cancelled...on Valentine's Day! I'm glad you finally got your chance.</p> <p>@Leialou: Thank you. I'm trying to distract myself, but we don't have any family coming in for the holidays, so day to day it's just the 2 of us. Taking a vacation is out of the question, unfortunately.</p> <p>@Shutterbug: Ugh, I know how you feel. DH and I started TTC over a year ago, months before his accident. January isn't too far away though. If things line up right I will hopefully be doing a cycle in Feb.</p> <p>@Mrs Green Grass: I'm sure you're right. We've got a lot going on right now. It's funny because the weeks seem short, but the hours seem long. It's probably because I'm a serious Type A worrier and planner. I'm working full time, taking care of DH, driving him to physical therapy, and planning to buy a condo, but still I have all this time to sit an obsess.</p> <p>The one year anniversary of DH's accident is coming up on 12/3. Although he has come so far in that time, I am still very anxious about it. It doesn't help that I watched that video of the premature baby go through his first year of life from the NICU to a healthy baby. Soo many feels! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1236880 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:25:52 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1236880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember being so anxious about time before IVF. In the long run, a few months will seem like nothing, but I know now they will be so difficult. Find something big to occupy yourself. Good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1236874 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:24:57 +0000 Shutterbug 1236874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, the waiting sucks!! When I got referred to an RE I thought I'd be pregnant within a few months. That was 8 months ago. Now I'm waiting for January to (hopefully) start IVF, and even once you start IVF there's so much waiting because you have to do a month of BCP in between every cycle (at least at my clinic). I've been trying to dive into other things to get my mind off it, like volunteering to host Thanksgiving. I also try to remind myself that on the other side (when we're parents) the extra few months/year won't make one bit of difference. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1236868 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:23:13 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1236868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry! I understand your frustration. After we decided to pursue IVF we had to wait a few months to start everything. We took a vacation in that time and just tried to have fun and not focus on IF (easier said than done, I know).</p> <p>Can you focus on the holidays and spending time with family as a distraction? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1236856 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:19:53 +0000 Mamaof2 1236856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh sorry you're going thru this. My DH was scheduled for his TESE on Valentine's day in 2007 -we went up the night before and got a hotel and then we had an ice storm and they cancelled it - I was devastated - it was reschedule for 2 months later :sad: </p> <p>They found sperm and then did surgery....fast fwd a few more months of waiting..... we ended up doing IVF in Jan 2008 - I never thought we would get there but we did =)</p> <p>All I can say is hang in there! ~Hugs~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/waiting-for-ivf#post-1236824 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:09:25 +0000 macintosh 1236824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I have been working with our doctors to prepare for IVF for a few months now and I'm getting really impatient. DH was diagnosed with low testosterone and started Clomid to boost his theoretically low sperm count (we don't know how low it is cause he can't ejaculate). We had to scrap that plan when the Clomid made him terribly irritable and interfered with is physical therapy. </p> <p>The doc originally wanted to wait for the Clomid to work for 3 months, but since we gave up on that I wanted to move the surgery up. DH is scheduled for a testicular sperm extraction on Jan. 9th. I was really disappointed to find out that there is nothing available in the entire month of December because of the doctor's vacation.</p> <p>I notified my IVF clinic of the date of the surgery, but they won't prep me for a cycle or do anything until after DH's sperm sample is obtained. I'm just so frustrated that everything is taking so long. I even tried to find another provider to do the TESE procedure in the Chicago area, but I didn't have any luck.</p> <p>I'm so worried that we will go through all this waiting and then there will be another problem. How can I stop driving myself crazy? </p>