The Infertile Gynecologist: just sayin

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

I think tomorrow I will go get knocked up.

Yep . . . sounds like a plan.

waiting and wishingJuly 12, 2011 at 10:43 PM
So excited for you!!! I can't wait to hear how it goes! How did the hyperstim end up? I'm pretty much shaking in my boots with the ridiculous e2 level I had today...
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On StandbyJuly 13, 2011 at 4:40 AM
fantastic news! go get it on, girl!! Very excite for you!!
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ChristinaJuly 13, 2011 at 5:31 AM
Good luck on getting knocked up today!!
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JaytonJuly 13, 2011 at 6:45 AM
was so excited as i found ur blog last night, wen af caught me, some of ur post made me cry and other made me smile. nice to meet u. good luck on getting knocked up.
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RebeccaJuly 13, 2011 at 7:02 AM
Sounds like an EXCELLENT plan!!! :) Wishing you amazing luck!!
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SLES75July 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM
Hoping for a follow through on that plan!!! Good Luck!!
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Chapter 1: Livin' life and building a career

2001: diagnosed with PCOS

2001-09: better living through chemistry (birth control pills)

Chapter 2: Unable to do anything myself

9/09 - got married and threw out the pills!

10/09 - spontaneous ovulation while husband out of town at a funeral (initial thought . . . thats okay - better luck next time)

11/09-6/10 - no ovulations, no periods, no pregnancies

Chapter 3: Time for some drugs

6/10 - clomid 50 with nothing

7/10 - clomid 100 with nothing

8-9/10 - hiatus while waiting to get into REI clinic

10/10 HSG with only one open tube on my stumpy ovary side

enter bout of depression #1

10/10 - clomid 150 - again nothing

Chapter 4: Shoot me up baby!

11/10 - follistim cycle #1 - 2 eggs out (good & bad side) - not pregnant - mild hyperstim

12/10 - follistim cycle #2 - 3 eggs out (all bad side) - still not pregnant

1/11 - follistim cycle #3 /IUI - 1 egg out (bad side)- really not pregnant

2/11 - follistim cycle #4 /IUI - 1 egg out (good side)- certainly not pregnant

enter bout of depression #2

4/11 - follistim cycle #5 /IUI - 2 eggs out (bad side) - I think you can guess the results

5/11 - follistim cycle #6 /IUI - go big or go home cycle - increased the meds just a pinch and ended up with 20 follicles. Cycle cancelled.

Chapter 5: Living in the now

6/11 - month of birth control pills in an effort to reward myself with feeling normal, and to shrink these ovaries down to an appropriate size

6/11 - diagnosed with anti-sperm antibodies

7/11 - IVF / ICSI with single embryo transfer

7/23/11 - Holy crap . . . BFP!!!!!! Beta 184!

Chapter 6: What's going on down there?

8/2/11 - little sac on sono, huge multi-cystic ovaries

8/9/11 - + fht!

9/15/11 - First trimester screening + nuchal = high risk for chromosomal abnormalities (1/11 chance). Plus a 6 cm solid ovarian tumor.

10/13/11 - amnio 46XX

19 weeks - bleeding, cramping and bedrest with possible shortening cervix

23 weeks - contractions began, cervix 3 cm

27 weeks - contractions continue, cervix 2.7 cm

30 weeks - contractions continue, cervix 2.1 cm

33 weeks - contractions really bad, cervix < 1 cm, bedrest initiated

38 weeks / March 2012 - Beautiful baby girl born :)

Chapter 7 - my new life as a mom

Work in progress :)