I’m a Chicago city-dweller transplanted to East Tennessee. After five years of “trying,” including one IUI and six IVFs, our first child was born in February ’09. This blog tells the story of our infertility and what comes after.
Timeline
February 5, 2009: Daniel Stanton arrives. 6.0 lbs., 19 inches, by emergency C-section.
September 25, 2008: It's a boy! 20-week ultrasound looks fine (and I'm STILL nauseated).
June 23 and 30, 2008: heartbeat seen and then measured.
June 16, 2008: One gestational sac, in the uterus: a singleton.
June 2008: BFP. First beta 500, second beta 1495
May 27, 2008: IVF #6 (FET).
January 2008: IVF #5 (FET). Negative.
November 2007: First ultrasound shows one fetal sac in fallopian tube. Ectopic pregnancy. Surgery.
November 2007: Positive HPTs. First beta 227. Second beta 612.
October 2007: IVF #4. 21 eggs retrieved. 18 fertilized. No PGD. 2 transferred, 9 frozen, all at blastocyst stage.
May 2007: IVF #3: (FET). Negative.
March 31, 2007: Briefly positive HPTs, beta of 10. Chemical pregnancy.
March 2007: IVF #2. 13 eggs retrieved. 11 fertilized. 7 determined "abnormal" via PGD. 2 transferred; 2 frozen.
January 31, 2007: Biopsy results: Benign.
January 2007: Bad mammogram! Biopsy! Cycle postponed.
October 2006: We realized our Blue Cross was maxed.. Decided to switch insurance and had to wait til January.
November 2005: IVF #1. Five eggs retrieved, one fertilized and made it to 3-day transfer. BFN.
Winter, Spring, Summer 2005: Spiritual and ethical agonizing over IVF. Almost everyone we know got pregnant, had a baby or had another baby.
February 2005: Fertile friend asked for fertility monitor back, got pregnant immediately.
Spring 2004: Borrowed fertility monitor from fertile 39-year old friend. Naively continued trying with perfect timing.
January 2004: Saw first RE. FSH under 10, tubes clear. Naively agreed to take Clomid. Had first hormonal depression. IUI#1 failed.
July 2003: Married! Naively began TTC the old-fashioned way.Categories
- adventures in textese
- Aftermath
- Baby
- Baby #2?
- Book Reviews
- Cancer Scare
- Depression
- Ectopic
- Faith
- Fat
- Hilarious
- How I Started
- IVF #2 Feb 07
- IVF #4
- IVF #6: FET
- IVF #7
- IVF 3: FET
- IVF#5: FET
- Making it all about me
- May You Live In Interesting Times
- Midlife Mom
- Music
- On birthing
- PPD
- Pregnant
- Product Placement
- Rants
- Recovering
- Song du jour
- Tennessee
- The Long Goodbye
- The Rest of My Life
- Travel
- Uncategorized
- Whining
- You think you've got problems
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The Other Shoe
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September 21, 2010 at 10:36 am
I’ve asked before, but I’ll ask one more time – could you send me your new password? My e-mail is sue.hunter@duke.edu. If I don’t hear back from you, I’ll just wish you the best of luck with whatever comes next for you.