Had my umpteenth blood draw today. (took 4 sticks to find blood today. Did I ever mention how the equation: bad stick + IVF + FET = very sad nancy?)
Anywho, that pesky hcg that was 5.4 friday and 1.4 tuesday was down to 1 this morning. Another hurdle I barely jumped over.
That's a good analogy, hurdling. I was in track in high school and I rocked the 200 and 400 meter. Put a freaking hurdle in front of me and I was the slowest on the team. How do you jump those things and let your back leg just trail behind you? I couldn't do it no matter how hard I tried. I'd need to clear both legs before I'd commit.
Back to my story - hcg is 1 and I've been given the "all clear" to do my FET in the aspect of hormone levels. Of course, still in a mock cycle (cd3 of a 14 day cycle) but at least when it's time, I won't have to worry about this one.
heh. "umpteenth" was in spell check.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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- I made a half decision.
- Cancelled Again.
- Am I ~evil~?
- I met with plastic surgeon.
- Two more days.
- This makes me want to throw up.
- What is there to do? Oh yes. Wait.
- Lining update and severe jealousy.
- I can't take anymore pregnancies.
- If you love it so much, you should marry it!
- Another day, another monkey wanding.
- Happy Birthday Bean.
- No witty title available.
- Weigh in. Week 2.
- The seven habits of highly fertile people.
- I can ~see~ the hurdle. Jump Nancy, JUMP!
- What a pain in the ass.
- Oh The Places You'll Go
- I guess that makes me a moron.
- Approaching hurdle #6
- Nightmares.
- 2 more days until next hurdle.
- I've done it. I've joined
- I've been ipod-ing it today
- Never use PEN.
- I'm going to kill my husband.
- It's hard to be the 1 out of 6
- I'm really good at being non-pregnant.
- I want a baby.
- And it's back on.
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- FET update!
- I thought the internet was "huge".
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- It's too soon. (updated)
- That good news fooled even me.
- I can't believe you did it!
- Transfer in 2 weeks.
- Pet Peeve venting time.
- Nothing can sum it up better.
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10 comments:
No need to be an overachiever with this. Barely jumping over is good enough and I'm glad you're moving forward!
Just catching up, but we may be cyclesistas after all! Yay! My stupid period's late and I'm sucking back synarel, watching the days float by slowly. Bah!
As for being good at being non-pregnant, does drinking wine count at being good at it? Cuz if so, I'm a rockstar!
Who did your blood draw? I don't know her name, but was it the short, oriental looking gal, with the jaw length dark straight hair? She did mine today, and I have never had a problem with giving blood for tests or donation. She pokes me, and I didn't watch, and I'm like la la la, and look down after about 20 seconds, and not a drop of blood in the vial. She couldn't get the angle right. She asked me if I was all right, and I said yeah, are you? After moving the needle around and around, she finally got the vein. I don't think they have a very good set up where they draw blood, it's too narrow, and you have to go in at a weird angle.
Cool beans on the 1.0 HCG!
Tori
Pam usually does it. But so does Tammy. They take in Quinn (the girl who did yours) at last ditch effort and she ALWAYS gets me!
Hey Nancy -
good news on the 1.0 - like Denise said, no need to be an overachiever here....you're doing great!
On the track analogies....I used to run cross-country and I would always struggle the most once I could actually SEE the finish line. From that point it would feel like forever - and suddenly all my pain, exhaustion, and fatigue would kick in. I could have run 5 or 10 miles before, it didn't matter, that last stretch always felt so hard. Makes no sense at all of course - that's the homestretch - it should be easier. But somehow at that point was when I began to feel like I just would NEVER make it there. I find that this analogy applies a lot to me in real life as well - I wonder how it will play out this cycle?
And - I could never do the hurdles right either....but I was better at long distances so they didn't really push me to do hurdles much.
Moving forward Nancy! You are getting closer to the Mod Squad every day!
Great news on hcG. I hope the mock cycle will go as well so that you can move on to FET!
I'm glad that this one went in your favor! I hope that they're able to figure out what your perfect protocol is with the mock cycle!!!!!
This comment should really go on your post from April 9th but I thought I would leave it here instead. I find it fascinating that having one(?) child you want another one as badly as I want just one. I don't mean this in a bad way so keep reading before deleting! I think it says alot about our desires to be moms and have children. I had a friend who was pregnant with her second and worried that she wouldn't love it as much as her first because she her love for her child was so great she couldn't imagine it being any greater. And then a friend of hers told her that God doesn't shrink the love in your heart when you have more kids in order to create room, he expands the love you have and your ability to love. Your blog isn't the only one I've read of women who have children but who want more as desperately as I want one. And now I think I might be starting to understand why.
I'm so glad to see you moving forward! Barely still counts!
I was on the track team for shotput & discus- running was never my strong point & running with enough coordination to jump over hurdles was impossible for me.
Yet I seem to do okay with the real life hurdles- I may be slow, but I eventually get over them- which is better than I ever did on the track team! About that shotput though- I made it to the all state championships- guess I'm better at throwing things ;o)
I hope the FET goes as planned right on schedule and that it yields fabulous results!
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