We just landed from a ten day trip to Israel. We explored new places, ate delicious food, and enjoyed being on vacation. It was an amazing trip of everything I had hoped and more.
While we were there we got the results of our last cycle. Of the three embryos that were sent to biopsy from ivf 7, none made it through pdg testing. It was devastating news to receive. It was such a blow to our trip high. We had just arrived in Jerusalem when the news came. I spent 10 min crying then we went out and I spent the next hour crying at the kotel. We knew it was a possibility but it doesn't make it any easier to receive the news that we got no embryos from a cycle.
It's been a week since the news came and I've had time to process, plus I'm so incredibly jet-lagged that it's making emotion seem to move in slow motion. Maybe I'm just all cried out about it. In any case, I've put the busted cycle behind me and am ready to move on. Whatever the path may hold for us, we're facing it with renewed hope and refreshed stamina.
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| Kotel - The Western Wall, Jerusalem |
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| Masada |
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| Israeli flag atop Masada |
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| Safed, artists quarter |
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| Beit Shean national park |
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| Dead sea |
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| Ein Gedi botanical gardens |
I am so glad you went on this holiday-- it was (i think, from reading your blog) so very much needed. I am so sorry though to hear the news from you PGD testing-- I know life isn't fair but this REALLY doesn't seem fair. I hope this is the last bad news you get in 2018, and that the rest of the year is filled with good news.
ReplyDeleteI am happy you had a great trip but so, so sorry about the news from your cycle. That’s devastating. You did your best, you did what you thought was right. It’s so hard when life just isn’t fair. Stay strong.
ReplyDeleteI’m also very sorry about your results. I’ve anxiously been awaiting your results. I’m glad you got to go to Israel - it seems like you’ve been wanting to go for quite some time. I have never been to Israel and would love to go. As for IVF, I know you will keep on trying, because what else can you do? I would do exactly the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the trip and it proved to be restorative! I'm so so sorry about the cycle results - that really sucks. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so very sorry about the results. It really sucks! Sending you so much love.
ReplyDeleteI'm really sorry to hear that about your embryos. That's so disappointing. I hope you are doing ok.
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