It’s cousin Bambie’s wedding this weekend. There will be food, drunk relatives and lots and lots of dancing.
But wait! You just had an IUI/IVF treatment so how can you possibly shake your booty during that precious two week wait?!
You have been dreading this wedding for weeks because you (a) can no longer fit into your dress because of fertility medication related weight gain, (b) Uncle Harry will be asking you when you’re going to have children already, (c) you won’t be able to drink alcohol at the open bar and (d) your husband doesn’t understand why you don’t want to dance.
If you were a normal fertile woman in your two week wait, you would be kickin’ up a storm on the dance floor while nursing a glass of champagne. Your fertilized embryos would probably implant right there during a Jay-Z song. Following the wedding, you would probably run a marathon, skydive and horseback ride before peeing on a positive stick.
But as an infertile, you believe that moving your body even slightly will somehow un-stick those embryos. You try not to cough, sneeze and “don’t even think about having sex with me buddy” during that time period. You would stay in bed for 10 days, if you thought that would help.
But here you are. At dear old Bambie’s wedding, standing on the dance floor, moving your arms slightly, while others around you dance wildly to YMCA. You didn’t pay hundreds/thousands of dollars so you could sway your hips and allow those embryos to un-stick. Sorry Bambie, if you ever watch the wedding video, I’m dancing with my eyes.
Hey, will loud music affect an embryos future hearing? Oh crap. Must google that later.
Okay…I think you’re reading my mind! (And you’ve clearly met some of my uber-fertile friends). “I’m dancing with my eyes”…I’m dieing laughing right now:)
HA! I have tried very, very hard to promise myself that I will not do this – I’m not doing IVF or IUI, just taking HCG shots, but I telling myself that I can paint on ladders and carry heavy objects and work until I’m exhausted and breathe lead paint dust and I WILL NOT WORRY because it has been so many years and it just is not fair to be shackled when I know this round of treatment isn’t going to work, either. But if I had just sprung for a $15k IVF cycle, hey, I might dance with my eyes, too
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HAHAHA this rules. Love how you captured the thought process of the recently IUI/IVF’d. Been there!
omg – my thoughts exactly – she is totally reading my mind!!
i’ve quit running completely (former 1/2 marathoner, dont want to bounce too much b/c eggs wont stick), cut back tremendously on drinking any beer/wine (2 week on drinking binge due depression as a result of yet another BFN, two weeks off during TWW), wont eat soft cheese or lunch meats (listeria aborption fears), wont eat raw spinach (E. coli fears), purposely try to eat a lot (even though i always get my period and ovulate and am normal weight), lay down for hours after returning home from IUIs (my RE puts a 5 minute timer one, yeah right like that’s going to do anything! it takes several days to implant right?).
oh wow. we really are all going crazy ;P
LOL! I am laughing my ass off right now. My 2WW starts tomorrow and these thoughts have totally crossed my mind! I am trying to get it out of my head that I need to just sit around and do nothing.
OMG!! Tooo hilarious&true…..and yes I think you read my mind. LOL
The funny thing is, I went to a wedding 3 days after my IVF (5dt) and I allowed myself to dance a little bit, just enough to have a little fun. I did mostly just the line dances but I refused to do the Cupid Shuffle or anything rough. LOL Normally I’m the one cutting it up on the dance floor! I drank no alcohol, of course. Luckily I ended up with a BFP.
But that’s not the best part…the bride was dancing like crazy–as expected–enjoying herself having a good ole time and well….AAAAND she’s due only 3 days before me. HMph!!!!!
Ugh, those fecking honeymoon babies. They’re just as bad as one night stand babies. I have a sex-a-thon around my ovulation every month (really once every other day) and I get BFNs. Newlyweds do it a few times on their honeymoon and they get a BFP!!
Can I just tell you how much I *love* your blogs?! Thank you so much for helping me see the lighter, funnier side of infertility. When we’re going through this we need to laugh more than (almost) anything else!
OMG….LMAO!!!! This was SO me when I was having IUI’s. When I became pregnant with my daughter….I basically DID NOT MOVE for like the first 8 weeks. I was terrified that she would “un-implant” I guess.
Funny enough, I was at a very lavish wedding when I was about 5 weeks pregnant and refused to dance because I didn’t want to “dislodge” anything.
I guess I´m still dancing with my eyes and I´m 15 weeks along (transfer # 2 after angelbaby came at w19 a year ago), all five scans have been perfect but it´s still hard to relax.
Scandinavian endo girl
Hi Scandinavian Endo Girl and Cherbear,
I just read your posts and I wanted to say congratulations to you and that I’m sending you lots of love your way. Love and Baby dust to all of you beautiful ladies!
I thought I was the only one! after our IVF’s I was afraid to move, I even walked slowly because I thought it would shake our babies loose.
LMAO!!!! This sooo describes me after my IUI’s!! I am moving onto IVF so I predict I will become just a little more looney LOL. If I sneeze, “oops, I just killed my baby.” insanity.
What I find hard is I am not drinking because of TCC but everyone assumes it is because I am pregnant, so I get all these knowing looks. Hate it!
Ellie, I have the same problem! Expecting some shindings this week and I’m gonna have to ditch the champagne too. I’m fearing those knowing looks. No, I’m not pregnant, but waiting to get to the IVF and on anti-depressants!
I wish you continued success and a very nice page
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