A 27 yr old first-generation American living in Portland, OR who just can’t seem to get pregnant! There is nothing “wrong” with either DH’s or my health (Trust me… I have a hoard of tests to prove that).
We are just two “normal” people who have been shoved into the cruel, mean world of INFERTILITY.
Our journey so far…
Jul 06 – Started TTC
Jan 07 – Started charting, OPKs, etc
Aug 07 – OB appt to find out what the hell is going on
Aug 07 – HSG : Tubes opens, no probs
Aug 07 – SA : Amazing swimmers
Nov 07 – First RE appt
Jan 08 – IUI#1 w/ Clomid : BFN
Feb 08 – IUI#2 w/ Clomid : BFN
May 08 – IUI#3 w/ Clomid : BFN
Jun 08 – SIS#1 : Saw a tiny 2mm by 3mm uterine polyp
Jun 08 – Hysteroscopy & Endo Biopsy : Given go ahead for IVF#1
Aug 08 – IVF#1
Sept 3, 08 – Transfer of 2 8-cell, 3-day embies
Sept 12, 08 – Started blogging :)
Sept 18, 08 – Beta for IVF#1 : BFN
Sept 24, 08 – RE consult for IVF#2 – FET
Sept 26, 08 – SIS#2 (No polyps) : Given go ahead for IVF#2 – FET
Oct 21, 08 - IVF#2-FET (Estrace-only protocol)
Nov 10, 08 – Thaw & Transfer of 7-cell, 3-cell, and 2-cell embies
Nov 24, 08 – Beta #1 : 90 —- My very first BFP!!!
Nov 26, 08 – Beta #2: 238
Dec 8, 08 – u/s#1 @ 6w3d : Measures 6w3d. Tiny flicker of a HB.
Dec 10, 08 – u/s#2 @ 6w5d: Measures 5w5d. No HB.
Dec 16, 08 – u/s#3 @ 7w4d: Measures 6w. RE claims a weak HB.
Dec 19, 08 – u/s#4 @ 8w: Measures 6w3d. Saw/heard a HB of 93bpm.
Dec 26, 08 – u/s#5 @ 9w: No growth. Sporadic HB of 115-80bpm.
Dec 29, 08 – u/s#6 @ 9w3d: No growth. No HB. Its over!
Jan 2, 09 – Exactly @ 10w, took misoprostol to induce miscarriage.
Jan 5, 09 – b/w#1, 2dpm(days past miscarriage), hCG : 3386
Jan 7, 09 – b/w#2, 4dpm, hCG : 2151
Jan 13, 09 – b/w#3, 10dpm, hCG: 259
Jan 20, 09 – b/w#4, 17dpm, hCG: 51.1
Jan 27, 09 – b/w#5, 24dpm, hCG: 15.5
Jan 29, 09 – 26dpm, First AF after miscarriage
Feb 4, 09 – b/w#6, 31dpm, hCG: 5.5
Feb 18, 09 – RE consult for IVF#3
Mar/Apr 09 – IVF#3
Feb 28, 09 – Start BCPs
Mar 18, 09 – Baseline u/s and b/w
Mar 20, 09 – Follistim 150IU (AM) + Menopur 2 vials (PM)
Mar 23, 09 – 1st u/s + b/w
Mar 24, 09 – Follistim 100IU (AM) + Menopur 2 vials (PM)
Mar 26, 09 – 2nd u/s + b/w
Mar 26, 09 – Follistim 125IU (AM) + Menopur 2 vials (PM)
Mar 27, 09 – Follistim 125IU (AM) + Menopur 2 vials (PM) + Ganarelix + 50cc Micro-dose hCG
Mar 28, 09 – 3rd u/s + b/w
Mar 29, 09 – 4th u/s + b/w
Mar 29, 09 – Follistim 125IU (AM) + hCG Trigger shot @ 7:30pm
Mar 31, 09 – ER @ 7:30am, 15 eggs retrieved, 11 were mature and ICSI’d, 6 fertilized
Apr 3, 09 – ET of 3 6-celled embies w/ AH
Apr 15, 09 – Beta. BFN
Apr 29, 09 – WTF Appt w/ RE
May 22, 09 – CD3 bloodwork for immune testing and miscarriage testing
May 26, 09 – SIS#3 : cavity clear
Jun 16, 09 – Follow-up appt for b/w : Both thryroid antibodies are elevated, low antithrombin leves, single gene carrier for MTHFR
Jul 21, 09 – Waiting on appt w/ hemotologist
Aug/Sep 09 - IVF#4 on its way!!!
For a more detailed description of my history before I started blogging, please read the following posts.
Part I – How it all started
Part II – IUIs and IVF Intro
Part III – Pre-IVF Testing
Part IV – IVF Protocol
Hi there, I am a reader of your blog and I post comments frequently as “Vikki, aka all about V.” I am moving all of my infertility posts to a new blog I have just created to separate my journey through infertility and every day life. I hope you will stop by my new blog http://babymakingbusiness.wordpress.com
Thanks,
Vikki
just found your blog through ICLW.. wow – what a jounrey you have been on! i am so excited that you feel positive about this cycle! i am feeling positive about mine, too. I am doing an FET on Wednesday.
I will be checking back to see how you are doing!