... 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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September
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- Can I buy narcotics on ebay? (and I'm going to L.A.!)
- This "infertility test" has me all pissed off!
- My pictures from the paper
- My heart is melting
- If you are interested in ~me~
- Costumes are easy around Halloween
- I figured out my dance ...
- In an effort
- Forgive me, I'm pissed off.
- It's raining, it's pouring, no, it's actually snow...
- Thanks for your suggestions!
- i need help!
- A little ~too~ well done.
- Some now, more later.
- I've ran out of things to do.
- I'm rockin it.
- No one puts baby in the corner.
- 25 Firsts
- Thou Shall Not Kill
- IVF in Colorado Springs? (or Albuquerque?)
- Video killed the radio star ...
- guilty pleasures.
- Really? How is "KU" not irritating to everyone else?
- Burlesque!
- Questions 1-4 wrap up (and my answers)
- The Care Bears
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23 comments:
I think there are some of each.... Tenderheart-boy
Grumpy- boy
Secret- girl
Friendship-girl
bedtime- boy
Funshine- Girl.
Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head
I've always assumed that the pinks/purples were girls and the blues/greens were boys. The yellows... well, that's anyone's guess.
Good question!
I would also have to agree that it depends on the bear...
Now, what I want to know is what on earth made you ask that question...???
Oh wow... thats a good question... I'd go with some of the pp, pink/purples girls and green/blue boys... yellows to be determined (maybe they are like frogs and can change sex(i think its frogs that can do that))
Uh, I think it's time to step up the job search...
How's that going, btw?
I think there are some of each - but who knows what gender the yellow and light green ones are!!
I also think there are some of each, but have no clue for the life of me which are which!
Aren't they sort of unisex, like those freakish Teletubbies? I would think that the pink ones are girls though but who knows.
I don't know about Care Bears, but smurfs are asexual, according to Donnie Darko (one of my favorite dark humor comedies). :)
"First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?"
Hmmm, the bigger question is:
What the heck made you ask that question? LOL :)
I used to love the Care Bears. That is my childhood confession of the day. Oh, and I thought the Smurfs totally rocked as well!
A mixture I think!
I always assumed a mix of each but maybe their uni-sex?? I'm trying to remember episodes and I don't remember them referring to each other as he or she. It was always by name.
both
I know nothing about the Care Bears, sorry- no help from me! Just curious, what the hell made you ask that? :)
They're freaky-ass asexual things...
Uhhmmm interesting question. I guess they really don't say do they. I going out on a limb here and say there is some boys and some girls.
Can I ask why you are wondering? Or is is the girls that are asking you?
they all sound like boys when they talk.
Heh. To answer the oh-so-popular question of why I asked it ...
I was coloring with Allison today and she gave me the care bear coloring book. She colored her bear pink and then called her a "she".
Well, when she said "she", it sounded strange to me, as I guess I figured all care bears were boys. And then I tried to remember their voices from one of the bajillion times the girls watched their movies. And I still couldn't remember if there were boys and girls.
I'm thinking they are all asexual!
Too hilarious!! Why must we assign gender to cartoon characters? Why do we think pink is girl and blue is boy? Where HAVE these things come from?
care bears are like frogs... they are whatever gender is needed for reproduction.
I think some are boys and some are girls, but I have no logic or proof to back that up.
I think there are some of each, too.
You and your weird questions :-P
Both
The grumpy ones are of course the boys...
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