Signs!

So, I’ve been chatting with some new IVF friends on an IVF discussion board over the past few weeks and one thing that really jumped out at me is that a lot of IVF’ers look for signs that they are doing the right thing. I guess it's normal after all to second-guess everything. Funny because I thought I was the only one!!

For my first IVF, my husband bought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which included 2 lilies. Since we transferred 2 embryos, I started watching them every day to see if they were blooming. One bloomed right away, which had me convinced that one embryo stuck and of course that was a sure sign that I was pregnant. Wish it was that simple, huh?

This time around, I’m feeling more nervous than excited, so I’m still looking for those signs and I think I just got one! What do you think? In my first blog post, I said the following: “My mom has a heart of gold and wants for nothing more than for us to have a baby. I honestly think that if a genie suddenly appeared one day and offered her 3 wishes, she would use up all 3 wishes on us. I’m serious… no wish for world peace, no wish for millions of $$, no wish for the cure for cancer, aids or terminal diseases. All 3 wishes would be happily and unselfishly sent our way.”

My mom has no idea that I started a blog (she doesn’t even have a computer) or that round 2 has begun for us. BUT… just yesterday, she gave me a card that had the following line: “If only I could get my hands on a magic lamp and rub it until a genie appeared, I would ask for an end to all your cares and the beginning of great happiness for you.”

Weird, right? I’m taking it as the PERFECT SIGN that starting round 2 is the right thing to do and the timing is right! Good thing, as I just started Lupron this morning.

And we're off....