Same Story, Different Month

Yep, it was negative. We are trying au naturale after I get my period because we are heading to Mexico tomorrow morning. Our RE has us moving to injectible medications with an IUI the cycle after that. We are seriously exploring IVF (invitro fertilization) too. I'm sad.

Things of Four

Ok, for those of you who just come here for my infertility updates I apologize. I've been tagged by a fellow IF (infertility) blogger...so I feel I must cooperate!

Four Jobs I've Had
- Grease monkey at Zooper Food at the Como Zoo (I only lasted a couple of weeks...but I think it counts)
- Ticket girl for the Minnesota State Fair
- International Accountant...yeah, sounds way cooler than it was...hence where I am now!
- Realtor...and loving it!

Four Movies I've Watched More Than Once
- This is tough because I HATE watching movies twice...Grease (I loved it as a kid)
- Finding Nemo
- Part of Shrek 2
-Ok, that's about it.

Four Places I've Vacationed
- Mexico (favorite...love it!)
- Europe
- Costa Rica
- Florida (gotta love Mom & Dad's condo!)

Four of My Favorite Foods
- Anything Tex Mex
- Pizza
- French Fries
- Steak

Four Places I'd Rather Be
- Mexico (soon, very soon)
- Florida (see you in March)
- A maternity ward giving birth to our child (sorry, had to be said)
- Australia (only because I've never been and anyone that has, has loved it!)

Four Hobbies I Engage in Regularly
- Working out
- Travel
- Drinking wine (does that count?)
- Reading the Resolve.org infertility bulletin boards (I'm quite the addict)

I would tag four other people, but I don't know that many 'bloggers'.

Surviving the Wait

It's amazing how much easier the two-week wait is when you don't have much hope for the cycle. I have my beta (blood pregnancy test) on Monday morning. I suppose I have as good of a chance as any cycle with four follicles, but I'm just numb to the whole process this month. I'm protecting myself.

As a way of being proactive, I've been researching IVF (invitro fertilization). I truly never thought we would have to take that road, but I'm not so positive anymore. I found a great program that costs $25,000. With it, you get three fresh cycles (where they harvest my eggs and mix them with Mark's sperm) and as many frozen egg transfers (where they implant extra eggs from a previous fresh cycle) as we can. If we aren't pregnant after those cycles, we get 100% of our money back. Of course, the hope is that we let them keep our money because we will be bringing home a baby, but it is the best program out there! They say 80% of couples bring home a baby. Now...where to get that $25,000??? :)

Right now I'm getting excited for our trip to Mexico. We leave a week from yesterday. I have to start packing! I'm just telling myself that getting a BFN will be ok because then I can truly make use of our all-inclusive. I think it helps. It will be nice to get out of the cold and off of the infertility treatment rollercoaster.

Happy Thursday!