MY IVF Journey

Author: weng

  • We Just Kept Trying Again

    Journey 02 – When Nothing Explained It — Until Timing Did After that first time, we didn’t stop. We tried again. And then again. The second, third, fourth cycle…they started to blur together after a while. Each time, I told myselfmaybe this round would be different. But the pattern felt familiar. We went through retrieval

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  • There Was Nothing to Retrieve

    Journey 02 – When Nothing Explained It — Until Timing Did I remember the first time we went through retrieval. I didn’t know what to expect.I just followed the process, step by step. When the result came back,they told me there were no eggs. Zero. For a moment, I thought I heard it wrongly.Or maybe

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  • Looking Back, We Weren’t Alone

    Journey 01 – When One Cycle Isn’t the End Looking back now,it’s hard to believe everything happened within a few months. At that time, it didn’t feel fast. Each step felt long.Each wait felt heavy. But somehow, from the first cycle to the second,everything unfolded within that period. I think what stayed with me the

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  • This Time, It Felt Different

    Journey 01 – When One Cycle Isn’t the End The second time felt different, even from the beginning. They told me they retrieved 11 eggs.I heard the number, but I didn’t let myself think too far. I had learned that numbers can change. So I just waited again. Then came the next update.Three embryos. I

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  • He Didn’t Give Up on Us

    Journey 01 – When One Cycle Isn’t the End After that result, I think that was the lowest point for me. Not because of how dramatic it was…but because everything just became very quiet. We didn’t have anything left from that cycle. I didn’t know what to say,and I didn’t really ask many questions. It

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  • It Came Down to One, and Then None

    Journey 01 – When One Cycle Isn’t the End I still remember that first retrieval. They told me they managed to get 10 eggs.At that point, I felt… okay.Not overly hopeful, but at least there was something to work with. Then the updates came. In the end, only one embryo was successfully developed. I held

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  • My Body Responded Faster Than I Expected

    I remember during the injections period,everything moved quite fast. After a few days,they told me my body was responding quickly. The eggs were growing faster than expected. When I heard that,I didn’t think too much about it. I didn’t feel excited,and I also didn’t feel worried. It was more like…okay, this is how my body

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  • The Numbers Changed, Quietly

    I remember the numbers didn’t come all at once. It was one by one. First, they told me how many eggs were retrieved.Eight. At that moment, it felt… okay.Not a lot, not too little.Just something to hold on to. Then later,we found out only three were mature. I paused a bit when I heard that.But

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  • It Felt Like a Gift

    When we went back for the blood test,I think I was already quite calm. Maybe because a few days before that,I had already seen the result at home. So when the report confirmed it,there wasn’t a big reaction. I didn’t feel shocked.Didn’t feel overwhelmed. What I felt was… very simple. Grateful. I think even before

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