Just a quick question for anyone out there who has ever dealt with infertility... I put a poll out on the very ~bottom~ of the right column for you to answer. Thanks!
(and sorry you have to scroll through so many 'uncomfortable' pictures to get there.)
... 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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15 comments:
I answered "combination," but maybe I shouldn't have. My husband has azoospermia and I have very mild endo that was removed last year. We're using a donor, so me + the donor not getting pregnant after 7 IUIs means I should have chosen "unexplained."
I'm "other" because we know for sure that we have FF (hello endo), but DH's SAs always came back in the low end of normal ranges. Nothing to hold up an IUI, but I'm not sure what additional treatments we'd need for an IVF.
I marked combo, but really should have marked male factor. Dh has a balanced translocation. Before we knew about it I was a bit anovulatory, so was put on clomid. 2 miscarriages in 5 months on clomid kinda means they 'solved' my problem and the IVF/PGD has been for male factor.
Karen
I went with female factor, but I feel like I should get to click it twice - I have PCOS & Endo. Also have had three miscarriages, so I could have clicked that one too, I guess...but I think those are related to the PCOS. Maybe not. Who knows?
As far as we know, he is perfect, fertility-wise. His first wife got pregnant three times, each on exactly the first try.
I picked combination, but I'm not sure if we're really male factor as well or not. I know that DH's SA had some low motility, so I went with the combination. But I'm not sure if that's really an issue, like I know my PCOS is.
Kendra
I marked other. I'm going to be 44 in December so perhaps that is part of this issue, although my OB doesn't think so. I've been PG 4 times and have one son. We have been trying again for months and nothing so I'm starting a round of Clomid this month. My clock is ticking louder and louder each month.
Laura
Well I did it 2 times, I did reccurent m/c and Unexplained. I didnt see the other one at 1st stupid me. But Ive had 5 losses and I do have one son who will be 7 this month. But have been unable to carry a baby since then. I can concieve but it takes 2-3 yrs just to get prego and then I cant carry them. Ive seen 5 Obs and an RE and none of them can figure out whats wrong with me. My 1st m/c was at age 17. Has a LAP and had lots of things fixed but not sure if it worked yet as Im still waiting on AF to grace me with her presence. Had tons of tests and 2 HSGs and all is normal and they cant find any issues. So as my RE says to me "Aubrey Your just weird"
I answered "recurrent m/c", because I have been pg 5 times, but only have one living child.
Although, next month will be a whole year of TTC without one BFP, so I could have picked "unexplained", too.
Nancy- I had severe endo that damaged both tubes so bably that one barely worked and they recommended removing the bad one and doing IVF. They gave us odds with one barely functioning tube of <1% on our own. As irony would have it -IVF#1 ended in ruptured ectopic in you guessed it-the one barely functioning tube (emergency durgery and removal of tube). So, now we have no tubes and IVF was our own option!
I voted male factor, because that's what's on paper, but I fully believe that they are missing something with me. Since I can't PROVE it, though... *shrug*
I answered female factor b/c it's on my side. I'm a lesbian, and we used donor sperm, but it's not a "typical" fertility problem like low ovarian reserve, endo, or anovulation. It's not really related to my reproductive system. It's an immunological problem called alloimmunity. My body rejects others' DNA-- treats it like cancer. Most people never would have discovered it. My doc happened to have a research background in organ transplant that gave him some clues, even though I didn't have the classic repeat miscarrier profile. I often wonder if a lot of "unexplained" infertility is actually immunological.
Jeez, I put unexplained, but I had a teensy touch of minimal endo and a polyp and my thyroid is very mildly hypo. All of this apparently doesn't matter (say the docs) and I did get pregnant, albeit with an ectopic.
So who the hell knows? My docs don't seem to.
I put unexplained because technically everything checked out. But since we never made it past the clomid challenge stage I guess I'll never really know. Until maybe we get crazy & think about #2...
i answered twice! ok, so it was "unexplained" but i also marked "other" - in part becasue we dealt with "secondary" infertility, where you already have at least 1 previous pregnancy (or more) but cannot conceive the second (or third, etc.) time around. it carries with it the emotional factor of guilt - some IFers get offended becasue they see it as "you should be greatful you have a child already" but it doesn't feel that way. you deal with the emotional like "am i bad mom beacuse i want more" or "is my one child not enough". IF sucks.
- elcubana
Hey ... where did you go? I hope you're ok. xox
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