Emily
shared an article with me, which was entitled “My Failed IVF Cycle Felt Like a
Pregnancy Loss”. She’s been reading a whole lot on the topic since yesterday,
when we received the unfortunate news. It goes without saying that the past 12+
hours is a painful cocktail of emotions for the both of us, which is the true
purpose of me, writing this.
I
won’t even try to justify any of my views here as it comes from a very deep and
dark place, not some politically correct news editing room.
As
expected, Emily is sad at the outcome. Dr. Surinder appeared perplexed. We did everything
right, and we also took additional precautions on top of that. On paper we were
in the best of conditions, save a slightly thinner lining than preferred (6.6mm
vs 7.0mm). We don’t understand where we failed. The Good Doctor suggested
perhaps there was something wrong with the fertilized egg, and hence the body
naturally rejects it. If this was the case, then maybe we should be thankful.
In
any case, I’ve been made to understand that even in the best of cases,
pregnancy chances are about 70% - 80%. High enough, but as some say in tabletop
war gaming: “All rolls fail on 1”.
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