tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post5889330790515071759..comments2024-02-24T09:40:19.257+00:00Comments on Finding My New Normal: Just In Case?My New Normalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03482513767849843084noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-79750037471034039042012-02-10T06:32:41.975+00:002012-02-10T06:32:41.975+00:00I did the same thing with my Lupron... I kept it f...I did the same thing with my Lupron... I kept it for over 12 months "just in case" but have had a different protocol for my last 2 retrievals and found it at the back of the fridge a few weeks ago and finally parted with it. ART does crazy things to us :)) xoxoDandelionBreezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988561541523178095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-89460690298519949852012-02-03T16:05:45.632+00:002012-02-03T16:05:45.632+00:00I've done the same thing with my ovulation tes...I've done the same thing with my ovulation tests. I considered giving them away to friends who I know are thinking about trying soon, but I couldn't because I kept thinking, "What if I need them sooner?" So they sit in a drawer and may expire before I will get use out of them again. <br /><br />Among other crazy things I've started doing (I'm even working on a blog post about it), I freak out if rain is forecasted the day of my OB appointments (it rained the day I found out I lost #1). Hubby things I'm crazy, but I feel like I have to avoid similaraties between #1's pregnancy and my current one.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504470796308296750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-1365948995915580342012-02-02T00:50:38.685+00:002012-02-02T00:50:38.685+00:00Nothing wrong with keep it around. It's not ta...Nothing wrong with keep it around. It's not taking up much room. xoShellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-15670117576972526102012-01-30T22:19:44.552+00:002012-01-30T22:19:44.552+00:00I absolutely get this. It's amazing what our ...I absolutely get this. It's amazing what our brains do to us.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115154893444857726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-89341370791740657242012-01-30T21:32:47.818+00:002012-01-30T21:32:47.818+00:00I so know that just in case feeling and the supers...I so know that just in case feeling and the superstition that goes with it.Mrs. Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764630042494209537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-31002288831941472932012-01-30T20:15:03.875+00:002012-01-30T20:15:03.875+00:00I can totally see how that little bottle could bec...I can totally see how that little bottle could become a bit of a good luck charm. Or it might somehow feel like a jinx if you threw it out. After losing my son, I decided to allow myself to do many things that others might look at as a bit crazy with the caveat that they had to make me feel better or AT LEAST not make me feel worse. Keep that bottle. You can celebrate pitching it in just a few short months.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664358098975211181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-12561620565639151782012-01-30T00:18:07.640+00:002012-01-30T00:18:07.640+00:00I understand "just in case". It works in...I understand "just in case". It works in such strange ways. My uncle died at age 21. My grandmother had just laid a hat on the bed when she and my grandfather received the horrible call. At some very deep level, she became convinced that putting hats on beds causes people to die. And she passed that fear along, so that I still won't put a hat on the bed, even though my uncle died before I was born.<br /><br />On a completely different note, I suffered from endometriosis for years. One of the potential treatments (that I rejected in favor of surgery) was Lupron shots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-47103179845878027992012-01-29T23:30:40.125+00:002012-01-29T23:30:40.125+00:00I didn't throw ANYTHING away. When we moved a ...I didn't throw ANYTHING away. When we moved a year ago, in my bathroom closet were bags of syringes, bottles of Lupron and progesterone in oil, and there was a full unopened pen of Gonal in my fridge. The oldest bottle of Lupron was dated 2003. And believe it or not, I hesitated before throwing the stuff out. The crazy never ends :)Chickenpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442755180328605920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-19439452224660637262012-01-29T22:56:07.647+00:002012-01-29T22:56:07.647+00:00Sigh. My fridge always has meds in it...mini-Lupro...Sigh. My fridge always has meds in it...mini-Lupron, progesterone suppositories, Menopur. I was *this close* to selling my left over Menopur last summer when I hit the second trimester...only to lose my babies shortly thereafter. We have since used the leftovers and then some, and the cycles continue. I know now that I won't get rid of my meds until I have living children at home...unless the drugs expire first.Amy L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17013013895577702357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-50740647188344634242012-01-29T22:35:26.528+00:002012-01-29T22:35:26.528+00:00superstition! its a buggar...I think our dog died ...superstition! its a buggar...I think our dog died because I picked up a penny tail side up. I know words coming out of my mouth or typed with my fingers do not change a physiological process...but, something killed our baby. IF plays loudly in my head a lot. words teetering on the verge of my tongue. I learned the hard way. 4 days before Camille died I was telling another mother how I wanted to have more than just one child because what if your only child died? 4 days latter Camille died...how's that for guilt. I don't care how small your fridge is...you keep that bottle in there babe.Renelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490888250385942221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-38001956313486673612012-01-29T22:18:02.098+00:002012-01-29T22:18:02.098+00:00What can I tell you? I get it, I'm there too.What can I tell you? I get it, I'm there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-78953483126023377112012-01-29T21:54:31.381+00:002012-01-29T21:54:31.381+00:00Oh yes... in my fridge sits that same bottle of Lu...Oh yes... in my fridge sits that same bottle of Lupron and a few thousand dollars worth of unused Gonal-f. Even though I have 4 embryo's frozen I have not yet been able to part with the drugs..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-87250926671651117402012-01-29T19:51:04.372+00:002012-01-29T19:51:04.372+00:00I think I would do the same thing. Ward off bad k...I think I would do the same thing. Ward off bad karma. Crazy or not...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283913162296498312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831856940051820911.post-20886017017732847942012-01-29T19:12:26.782+00:002012-01-29T19:12:26.782+00:00Ahh the logical brain...I miss mine! I don't b...Ahh the logical brain...I miss mine! I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to throw it away. Yes, I understand logically you won't be needing it either, but I am all about the "just in case". I have friends trying to get pregnant and I still have a box of ovulation tests and pregnancy tests (not nearly as expensive as Lupron), but I can't part with them either because what if I need them...if this pregnancy ends in another loss...I would need them. So most likely they will expire in my possession and I won't need them MOST LIKELY, but just in case I will hold onto them because getting rid of them will cause more stress than holding onto them! It almost feels like a small bit of "insurance" to keep it!Addi's momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162101241886761065noreply@blogger.com