The Birds and the Bees: Home Again

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Home Again

Hola! I'm back from Puerto Rico and ready to roll!

We got back in late last night and I'm still catching up on work and settling back into the swing of things. My baseline ultrasound and bloodwork was today and I just received the thumbs-up on starting the micro.dose lu.pron tomorrow and the stims on Saturday.

I'll post more soon and I still need to catch up on all my lovely lady blogs! Glad to be back!

5 comments:

sienna said...: welcome back! hope you had an amazing trip :o)

i'm soo jealous that you get to start!! july feels sooo far away!; June 2, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Leslie said...: Hello! I am going to PR in 10 days and am very excited. I would love to hear about your trip and if you have any recommendations.; June 2, 2010 at 4:33 PM
Leslie said...: I meant to add: good luck with your cycle!! I am glad you were given the green light to start the microdose lupron. I was on the microdose lupron protocol for my IVF cycle last year!; June 2, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Welcome back!! I hope you had a great vacation! Wishing you tons of luck this cycle!!; June 2, 2010 at 5:00 PM
sienna said...: hey there - check your gmail pls. just sent you an email :o); June 3, 2010 at 8:23 AM

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The Timeline

November 2007: We're married! Decide to postpone family for one year to travel.

February 2009: Ready, set, go! We start trying for +1. Off of BCPs.

July 2009: Something is not quite right. Luteal phase is too short. Periods are too light. Start acupuncture and herbs

September 2009: Contact Ob/Gyn about short luteal phase and she refers me to an RE. The RE recommends blood work and an HSG. Husband gets a SA. Everything is clear and good to go.

November 2009: Begin Clomid Challenge Test and prepare for IUI #1 (which doesn't happen because of the Thanksgiving holiday). We end up doing things the old-fashioned way. FSH #s pass the CCT. Unfortunately, lining too thin. BFN.

December 2009: Start femara and prepare again for IUI #1. Follies look good. Lining is a little thin, but not terrible. BFN.

January 2010: Start femara and IUI #2. Start with a new acupuncturist.

February 2010: IUI #2 is BFN. Begin birth control pills for IVF. Husband gets another SA -- morphology (tested using Kruger) comes back at 7%. Antral follicle count is low at 10 follicles.

March 2010: IVF #1 -- Slow responder. Follicles are taking their sweet time to grow. Retrieval date is 3/13 (Doc's birthday).

March 13, 2010 -- 10 eggs retrieved from 11 follicles: 3 mature, 5 partially mature, 2 immature. Only 2 fertilized. 2-day transfer scheduled.

March 15, 2010 -- 2 embryos transferred: 2-cell and 5-cell (both have quality rating 2). BFN

May 2010 -- Start IVF #2 with new doc and new protocol. Microdose lupron with estrogen priming!

June 2010 -- 11 eggs retrieved, 3 mature, 1 fertilized. 1 3-day embryo transferred. BFN

September 2010 -- Consult with CCRM. Begin 75mg of DHEA.

October 2010 -- IUI #3 with letro.zole and meno.pur. Four follicles over 18mm and lining at 9mm. BFN

January 2011 -- IVF #3 with CCRM (antagonist protocol): 9 eggs retrieved, 5 mature, 4 fertilized. 1 4AB blastocyst makes it to freeze. FET in the future.

April 2011 -- IVF #4 with CCRM (antagonist protocol): 11 eggs retrieved, 5 mature, 4 fertilized. Three make it to blastocyst -- 4AB, 3BB and a day-6 5BB

August/September 2011 -- FET

August 17, 2011 - BFP! Beta: 252

August 19, 2011 - Beta: 508

J born on May 3, 2012 (8 days late)!

July 2013 - Getting ready for trip to CC.RM and surprise pregnancy with Baby #2!

October 2013 - It's a boy!

Baby Boy due on March 6, 2014

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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