Lost in the Land of IF: Happy Birthday to Me

TTC Timeline

8/31 - first visit back to regular OB/Gyn (11 wks)

8/16 - Ultrasound and Graduation from RE (9 wks)

First u/s scheduled: 7/30 - Heartbeat! (whew) Just one.

7/20 - Beta #3 - 8,095!!!
7/13 - Beta #2 - 525.8!!
7/12 - Beta #1 - 315.8 BFP!!!

July 2010 - ET on 7/1 - transfer 2 embryos. Have a total of 5 embies to freeze as 'totcicles.'

6/26 ER - collect 27 eggs. Freeze 14. Fertilize the other 13. Of those, 11 fertilized.

June 2010 - IVF round # 2. Revised protocol. E2 levels stay under 5,000 (woohoo!) and develop 34 mature follicles.

April 2010 - start IVF round #1. E2 levels rise to 9,000. Develop 59 mature follicles. Disaster with HCG trigger shot - eggs never release. ER is a total wash, and ET is cancelled.

February 2010 - start IVF protocol, but cancel due to whacked-out hormones within the first week.

January 2010 - Consultation with new RE. Decide to make the switch!

October - December 2009 - Take a break, and save lots of dough!

March - September 2009 - First RE continues Clomid with monitoring for additional 3 months -- no success. Try 2 months of Femara and real IUI procedure -- no success. Recommendation from RE: move on to IVF.

September 2008 - February 2009 - Try Clomid to spur ovulation. No success. Finally "graduate" to the RE.

September 2008 - Start Metformin.

May - August 2008 - testing. Diagnosis: PCOS.

April 2008 - Have a 48 day cycle...but only BFN's. Decide it's time to go seek help from my Ob/Gyn.

Fall 2007 - ...Starting to realize something isn't quite right with my cycles... But remain stubborn and refuse to acknowledge problem or seek help.

December 2006 - Threw the BCP in the trash and decided to "benchline the goalies" from here on out.

September 2002 - Married my wonderful hubby!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me

I know I'm ridiculously overdue with an update -- and I promise, it's coming!

But in the meantime -- I am enjoying this moment -- my 32nd birthday, and the first as a mom. Our sweet girl decided to make her arrival almost 2 weeks early -- she's 17 days old today!

Claire Elyse was born in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, March 6th, at 1:01 am. She weighed 7 lbs, 2.6 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.... God be praised, she is perfectly healthy and beautiful in every way.

I am just so very grateful for this gift, for her precious life, and to get to spend my days with my baby girl. My cup runneth over.

Hands down, best. birthday. EVER!