Hurry Up and Wait on Your Infertility Journey
Posted by Deborah Simmons on Apr 22, 2019 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hurry Up and Wait on Your Infertility JourneyI wrote this post at the Atlanta Airport on the way to my favorite beach.
I ran through the huge Atlanta airport, which is like the Olympics of travel, and got to the gate with just enough time to spare. I had the opportunity to be bumped for a nice amount of money, so I sat.
And waited. For about six hours.
A lot of life is about hurry up and wait.
I think about this every time I listen to Tom Petty’s “The Waiting”
The waiting is the hardest part.
Every day you see one more card.
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part.
In the infertility treatment world, there’s a great deal of hurry up and wait.
Waiting to see if you get pregnant on your own and stay pregnant.
Waiting to get scheduled for your initial consult with a doctor to talk about why this is happening.
Waiting to stop crying so you can digest and process the information you just received.
Waiting to come up with the money to pursue treatment.
Waiting to get scheduled for procedures, from a little bit to the biggy of IVF.
Waiting to find helpers in a sperm or egg donor, or donor embryos, or a gestational surrogate.
Waiting to proceed once you’ve found your helpers.
Waiting to see if you feel anything after each try. Are you pregnant? Is this different? Or is this just progesterone messing with your mind and body?
