This Is What Going Through IVF Is Really Like
When Tiffany Rex and her husband announced they were expecting a baby thanks to the help of IVF, they didn't know how many people in their lives had gone through similar journeys. Once she posted the news on Facebook, there was an outpouring of women sharing their stories, and Tiffany was inspired to share more of her experience in order to lift the stigma around IVF. "So many people have confided their journeys to me after our announcement, and I wanted to share more detail on the long road we faced to help give hope and strength to others," she wrote on Facebook. "I am so grateful to be where we are today, and pray every day for those still on their journey."
Tiffany shared details about the shots, procedures, and emotions that she endured before conceiving her daughter, Avery.
Tiffany's collection of candid photos brings both reality and a sense of humor to the entire ordeal. The pictures begin the day before she started getting shots.
It all started when her husband, Mark, baked Tiffany a pink cake with a thoughtful message: "I'm sorry I have to poke you."
Getting hit with the bills and doing the math on how much just the medicine costs was a serious shock.
"The meds cost how much???" she wrote. "Okay, time to dive into every military relief program under the sun!"
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Tiffany also needed to go through a second round of shots for more than three months.
"These are the dreaded progesterone," she wrote. "I ended up needing one a day for 14 weeks. About 70, 4 inch needles. Ouch!"
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The fertility clinic gave them a graduation blanket before they left.
"My graduation blanket! I saw so many girls leave with these in my year of treatments, and always choked back tears of frustration and jealousy. I almost fainted when I finally got mine!" she wrote. "I can't even count the number of hours I spent [at this fertility clinic]. I'm glad to graduate out, but so grateful to have found this place and this staff!"