having the baby:1

It has been frustrating for my husband and i since we made decision to do the In vitro fertilisation (IVF). For the guy, there is nothing much to deal with to get through the procedure. We started in Feb. 2010, after we had tried on our own for awhile, dint work obviously! We are always in love, we are ready our mind and financially but the more we tried, the more tense we felt.

We went to see the doctor for the 1st time last Feb, i had 10 tubes of blood for the test and i had ultrasound (no.1), my husband had only 1 tube of blood! That is all!. After that 5 days, i had the x-ray (well, i felt like ultrasound so i can claim it was (no.2). The hubby brought in his sample for the test.

The result of this time, we both are healthy. Of course we don't have any risky habit like drinking, smoking or obesity. I m a regularly workout person. We have home cook every meal. I can self proclaim that we have a very healthy meal since we always have organic food as much as possible, wholewheat bread , pasta, brown rice, lot of veggies and fruits.

Then we decided to try on our own since we knew that there is nothing wrong on our health. From Feb. to Sept. 2010 still no baby. We headed to the doctor again to re-start and this time we got to do it right away because i m running out of time. When you turned 40, you know your body has changed a lot and that included your fertility as well.

Another thing we needed to consider was the insurance for the infertility. Prior till then, i was under my husband insurance which is very good one but it didn't cover my infertility because it is under the San Diego regulation. Why? As the company that my husband is working for , head office is settled there, but the branch which he is sitting in Massachusetts.

Thus, i m now under another insurance!!. We got to pay monthly till i get pregnant!

If you don't have money, and time...don't do the IVF. Oh, you have to have your mind set and your physical got to be ready too. I m saying that because you need to pay a visit to your doctor numerous times!!! You need to deal with the pain from blood test, feel awkward from ultrasound then you need to deal with the hormone injection AND the side effect from the medication!!!

Ask yourself if you not ready to deal with these procedure DON'T even think about it!!

For me, i m lucky that i don't have to work full time. My job for now is making myself healthy and make my mind right into it.

Only a few things i need to work on : 1) i can't do my step aerobic class or kick boxing with i love the most 2) i have to sort of cold turkey with the (lovely) coffee from 4 mugs a day to 1 little cup..OMG!!! this is hard on me

Stay tuned for the next cycle is coming up