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Military spouse sharing my IVF journey🤍
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09/04/2026

IVF takes a village. 🤍

There are so many parts of this journey that I knew would be hard—the injections, the appointments, the retrieval, the waiting—but I don't think I fully understood how much I would need the people around me until I was actually living it.

And through every step of this part of our journey, my mom was there. 🥹

She traveled with me, sat beside me, helped take care of me, celebrated the exciting moments, and was there for the scary and uncomfortable ones too. Especially when my recovery didn't go quite as smoothly as we'd hoped.

Going through egg retrieval and then dealing with OHSS reminded me that sometimes the most important thing isn't having someone who can fix what's happening. It's simply having someone who will sit beside you while you go through it.

I'm incredibly grateful for everyone who has supported us throughout IVF, but I'll never forget having my mom by my side through this chapter. 🤍

Someday, when I look back on this journey, I know that's going to be one of the parts I remember most.

Thank you, Mom, for being there every step of the way. I'm so grateful I have a Jackie in my life, and her first question is always "when do you want me to be there?" With no hesitation. 🤍

09/04/2026

Things I’m VERY glad I had after my egg retrieval 🥚💉

I went into retrieval knowing recovery might be uncomfortable, but I ended up developing moderate OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome), so recovery was a little more intense than I anticipated.

A lot of the last few days have been spent in bed resting, and it quickly became clear which things I was really grateful to have on hand.

If you have an egg retrieval coming up, consider this your reminder to prepare for recovery before retrieval day. 🤍 Having the basics within reach when you’re bloated, sore, exhausted, and just want to stay in bed makes such a difference.

And if you're at higher risk for OHSS, talk with your fertility team ahead of time about what symptoms to watch for and when they want you to call. OHSS can become serious, so this is definitely one of those times when listening to your body matters.

✨️Shout out to Dr. Cottrell at Sarasota CNY for listening to me, being proactive, and draining fluid for me during my egg retrieval. I really think if she hadn't been proactive about giving me medication to help stop the OHSS I would have ended up in the hospital.

Save this for your future egg retrieval—or send it to your IVF friend who's getting ready for theirs. 🫶

08/30/2026

Egg retrieval: complete. 🥚🤍 Recovery: not quite what I expected.

The retrieval itself went great, and I was so relieved and excited to finally make it to this point in our IVF journey.

Unfortunately, afterward I developed a moderate case of OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome)—so since Friday, my days have looked a lot like this: in bed, heating pad, resting, hydrating, and giving my body time to recover.

After spending so much of this process focused on growing follicles, getting through injections, making it to retrieval, and wondering how many eggs we'd get, it's strange to suddenly have everything come to a stop and realize just how much my body has been through.

I'm incredibly grateful that the procedure went well, but I'm also learning that IVF doesn't necessarily give you much time to celebrate one milestone before handing you the next challenge.

For now, I'm listening to my body, following my clinic's instructions, and resting as much as I need to.

But despite a rough few days, we made it to egg retrieval. 🥹 And that feels pretty incredible.

Now we recover...and wait for the next update. 🤞🤍

08/27/2026

Tonight is trigger night. 💉🥹

And after the day we've had, it feels a little surreal to finally say that.

Today was stressful. Issues with the office doing my monitoring ultrasounds have left my fertility clinic without as clear of a picture of my follicle growth as we would have hoped. So, based on how I've been progressing, we've made the decision to trigger tonight and move forward with what is a blind retrieval.

Is that nerve-racking? Absolutely.

But underneath all of that uncertainty, I'm also SO excited. We've made it through the injections, the appointments, the symptoms, the waiting, and all the emotions that come along with this process.

Tomorrow morning we're heading to Sarasota, Florida, and the next stop is EGG RETRIEVAL! 🥚🤍

At this point, I'm trying to release the things I can't control, trust the decision we've made with my clinic, and let myself be excited that we've finally made it to this milestone.

Trigger tonight. ✈️ Florida tomorrow. 🥚 Retrieval next.

Here we go. 🤍

08/26/2026

💉IVF Stim Injections
DAY 9

Tomorrow is another monitoring appointment. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon they decide to schedule my trigger injection and egg retrevial 🤞

Still bloated. Some pain. Very uncomfortable. And struggling to eat because my stomach just feels gross 😅

See you all tomorrow!

08/25/2026

Choosing a Fertility Clinic: Part 3 📊

Before choosing a clinic, there's one resource I think more fertility patients should know about: SART.

The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology publishes data from participating fertility clinics, allowing you to look beyond marketing and research things like clinic outcomes and IVF success rates.

And that's important because not every percentage you see advertised by a fertility clinic tells the whole story.

Age, diagnosis, treatment type, use of your own vs. donor eggs, embryo testing and the patients a clinic accepts can all affect how success-rate data looks.

SART shouldn't be the only thing you use to choose a fertility clinic—but it can be one really helpful piece of the puzzle.

IVF is an enormous investment financially, physically, and emotionally. You deserve to have as much information as possible when deciding where to put your trust. 🤍

Save this for later or send it to someone who's starting their fertility-clinic search.

Just a girl doing her best 🤷‍♀️
08/25/2026

Just a girl doing her best 🤷‍♀️

08/25/2026

💉IVF STIM INJECTIONS DAY 8

I'm pretty over this 😅 Today I'm very uncomfortable, some pain, lots of fatigue. I've been getting headaches quite a bit.

I have my next monitoring appointment Wednesday and 🤞 we will set a date for the trigger shot.

Ovaries are the size of small peaches. 🍑

Ready for my mom to be here and to be heading to Florida 🌴 Just a few more days!

Anyone else in the middle of stim right now? 😅

08/24/2026

Choosing a Fertility Clinic: Part 2 — Why We Chose CNY Fertility

After comparing our options, we ultimately decided to pursue IVF with CNY Fertility.

Affordability was a BIG part of that decision for us.

When you're paying for IVF out of pocket, the price of treatment can influence everything—from where you're willing to travel to whether you could financially handle another cycle if the first one isn't successful.

But cost wasn't the only thing we considered. I wanted to look at the bigger picture and choose a clinic that made sense for our circumstances, priorities, and fertility journey.

And yes—traveling for IVF comes with its own set of logistics. 😅 But for us, having access to a more affordable option made those tradeoffs worth considering.

There isn't one "best" fertility clinic for everyone. The best clinic is the one that fits your medical needs, finances, values, and family.

Part 3: The resource I used to compare fertility clinics before making our decision. 📊

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