{"id":355,"date":"2017-02-28T19:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T02:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/?p=355"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:28:04","slug":"observations-and-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/2017\/02\/28\/observations-and-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations and Fun Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. During the stimulation phase of IVF, my cat and I were taking the same steroid. It was even the same dosage.\n

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  2. I like to wear fun socks to amuse my doctor and nurses (and myself). During IVF there are many, many appointments, and my socks have been giving me something fun to look forward to each day… \u201cWhat kind of conversation will my socks start today while I\u2019m in the stirrups?\u201d\n

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  3. Human eggs hatch. I\u2019m serious. After the egg is fertilized and begins to divide and grow, it needs to hatch in order to attach to the endometrium in the uterus. We employed the technique of assisted hatching<\/a> to help the embryo implant after the transfer.\n

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  4. It hurts a lot when an injection hits a nerve. Heating pads help.\n

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  5. Bedrest doesn\u2019t have to be boring. My mom has been a wonderful activity director during my bedrest — keeping me occupied with a rotation of activities like looking through magazines, watching Friends and movies, reading out loud to me, and taking time for phone calls, texting, and looking at kitties on instagram. And Matt has been a great chef, preparing yummy and healthy foods for me, in addition to making sure I have enough chocolate!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    During the stimulation phase of IVF, my cat and I were taking the same steroid. It was even the same dosage. I like to wear fun socks to amuse my doctor and nurses (and myself). During IVF there are many, many appointments, and my socks have been giving me something fun to look forward to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[61,40,54],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coping","category-reflections","tag-bedrest","tag-injections","tag-ivf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7UmuL-5J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":284,"url":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/2017\/02\/23\/more-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":355,"position":0},"title":"More Books","author":"Jenna","date":"February 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few more books that I've read since my first book list post: Infertility: Silent Sorority: A (barren) Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found;\u00a0Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos This memoir was fantastic. 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