Author Archives: Danielle Jennings

After the last transfer we decided to take a month off to process our failed cycle. We scheduled a follow-up for 4/14 to discuss next steps and look for answers. We had our list of questions that unfortunately no one really has the answers to why cycles fail. You have thoughts like could my dietContinue reading “Frozen Embryo Transfer”

“Danielle we are calling from Doctor Luzzo’s office with some unfortunate news, your HCG test came back negative” I’ve sat here for hours trying to put in words the pain I feel. Each time I receive a call like this I lose a piece of me. It’s as if the world is just continuing aroundContinue reading “IVF Round 1: Unsuccessful”

Stims- “Ovarian Stimulation” using fertility drugs to induce a woman’s ovaries to produce a significant number of egg-containing follicles. Basically a LOT of injections, the box of medications is overwhelming! Also lets not forget that we are still in a pandemic and haven’t even met our doctor face to face, so we will be learningContinue reading “STIMS and Egg Retrieval”

2/12/2021- We officially have ALL the drugs. Wow what a process that was! Besides all the insurance issues we faced throughout the month we also found out that one of the main medications (Menopur) we needed to start is on backorder due to a “national shortage”. I called numerous pharmacies trying to find Menopur andContinue reading “IVF Cycle #1”

Well I definitely wasn’t lying when I said “roller coaster” this week really got to me. It is still so crazy to me how everything can be going fine and BAM one phone call has you crying in the work bathroom wondering how to move forward from here. I wasn’t going to share an updateContinue reading “Medication Saga continues…”

During the follow-up we agreed that next step would be IVF. I was so anxious to just start my next cycle and dive right in. HA. Wow there is so much that needs to be done before you can start. I was sent over about 10 different emails of stuff that we needed to completeContinue reading “The IVF checklist”

Interuterine Insemination. The plan was to call on my cycle day 1 and go to Boston for baseline bloodwork and ultrasound. If everything looked okay we would get the call to start taking clomid cylce day 3 for 5 days. During those 5 days we would have to go in for more bloodwork and ultrasounds.Continue reading “IUI X 2”

So we decide that 2020 is going to be our year! New mind set and we are ready to take on infertility once and for all. We did a bunch of research and met with PLENTY of doctors until we finally decided to go with Boston IVF Doctor Kerri Luzzo, now this alone took monthsContinue reading “The 2020 Shit Show.”

Our experience devastated me. I felt as if I was robbed of all the joys/experiences of your first time pregnancy and I will never get those back. I was given an option at this point to do the laparoscopic surgery or to take methotrexate which is a drug used in chemo that stops cell growth.Continue reading “Ectopic Pregnancy”

In 2018 we decided to start tracking periods and using ovulation kits, slowly trying to get things moving. I’m very regular with periods every 28 days, a period that lasts for about 3/4 days, and I ovulate every month. Was never really on a birth control for long periods of time, every once in aContinue reading “How it began”

I am 32 years old, wife and dog mom. Dave and I got married 5/19/17 and decided after marriage “if it happens it happens”. We enjoyed traveling and just getting used to being a married couple. If only we had known things wouldn’t have been so easy for us to conceive. I don’t want toContinue reading “About ME”