Fri, 15 June 2007  Still busily coordinating my own medical care. IVIg is still up in the air but hopefully will come together soon. It seems like things are falling into place for this cycle. TSH under control--check. Endometriosis removed and lupr0n-ed--check! Immune system getting ready to be suppressed--hopefully. This is my last podcast before I head out on my trip. Entertain yourself for the next two weeks by listening to my older podcasts and laugh at my newbie-ness. Comments[1] |
Fri, 8 June 2007  Another busy week. Gearing up for my next lupr0n shot and my birthday (somehow, I'm dreading both equally as much). And sad news from friends: one is miscarrying and the other one had the birth mother of her adopted daughter decide she wanted her baby back. Makes you wonder why people dealing with IF keep getting swift kicks in the nuts time after time. To keep me sane, I try and listen to music. This week I've given you a sampling of songs I think are actually about dealing with IF. Comments[1] |
Fri, 1 June 2007  Off to another baseball game tonight (hence the baseball pic). This was a somewhat exciting week. Had a good visit with the in-laws. Also had a great appointment with the RE. I have a schedule!!! Stims start on 7/7/07 (can't get luckier than that) and ER should be around 7/21 with ET on 7/24. No need for BCP or microdose lupron. I get to start right with stims (since I'm busily suppressing myself these past 2 months). I can't wait to start. But in the meantime I have a birthday to celebrate (ugh, those are no fun when you are wishing you could stop time from trampling on your ovaries) and trip to Scandinavia to prepare for.  Comments[0] |
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About me:
TTC since March 2005
- Irregular and long cycles after 15 years of the pill
- DH has 1-5% morphology
- I have a short LP and low progesterone
- Cl0mid doesn't help much (did 3 rounds, all with 10-11 day LPs)
- Stim like a grandma despite very low FSH. 1st injects cycle cancelled due to drop in E2. 2nd cycle they upped me too quickly, stimmed too fast, and couldn't do IUI due to travel.
- Change doctors/clinics
- Lap or IVF? Decide to go to IVF.
- First IVF cycle (June 2006), stim like a grandma again and E2 drops. Proceed anyway. Get 14 eggs and 10 embryos. Put back 3 grade A's on day 3, none to freeze. Start AF early as per usual. BFN.
- RE does some immune/recurrent pg loss testing because he doesn't think I should stim like a grandma. Come back with APAs and ATAs. He thinks I have some autoimmune reactions against stims. We add steroids.
- Second IVF cycle (October 2006), stim worlds better. In fact, I slightly overstim and have to coast. Don't get AF early. Still BFN. But 4 make it to freeze.
- Consult Reproductive Immunologist and find out more autoimmune issues: NK cells and Anti-ovarian antibodies, which explain my problems stimming.
- Consult endocrinologist about ATAs. Diagnosed with Hashimoto's. Found nodule on thyroid. Ultrasound reveals that it's big and needs to be biopsied.
- First FET cycle (January 2007), easy cycle. Not expecting much.
- Thyroid biopsy comes back as possibly cancerous. Need to have surgery.
- BFP on HPT at 13dpo on FET. Beta only 30 at 14dpo. HPTs don't get much darker. Beta < 5 at 18dpo.
- Break for thyroid surgery (not cancer).
- Period and O pain gets worse each month after each IVF. Demand a lap.
- Lap (March 2007) reveals Stage 3 endo all over everything and both tubes are now blocked.
- 2 months of lupr0n dep0t.
- Third IVF cycle-Part 1 (started on lucky 7/7/07). RE put me on a dose of stims that was way too high. I stimmed too quickly and was cancelled.
- Third IVF cycle-Part 2. Going on now. Hoping for a slower stim and a lot of good embryos (don't we all?). Amazingly, IVF#3 gave me a BFP.
- Betas:
- Beta at 14dpo: 180
- Beta at 17dpo: 527 (DT 46.5 hours). Progesterone up to 48.
- Beta at 19dpo: 902 (DT 62 hours)
Progesterone at 60. - Beta 21dpo: 1677 (DT 54 hours)
Progesterone still at 60. - Beta 23dpo: 3420 (DT 47 hours)
Progesterone dropped to 16. Back on PIO. - Progesterone 25dpo: 40.
- Ultrasounds:
- U/S at 5w5d: 2 babies with 2 HBs
- Bleeding at 7w: U/S still shows 2 babies
- U/S at 7w5d: SCH found (cause of bleeding) and babies still with HBs. One measuring 7w4d and 1 at 7w1d.
- U/S at 9w (and first OB appt): SCH gone and got to see babies squiggling around. Both had hearts beating away.
- U/S at 9w5d (release from RE): Babies look good with HBs but still measuring slightly behind (9w1d and 9w0d).
- NT scan at 11w5d: Risk of genetic abnormalities is only 1:990 for each baby. Yay! NT scan took forever to do because the babies were moving around so much.
- 13w appt with OB: Uneventful, quick scan of babies. Both hearts still beating away.
- 17w appt with OB: Another uneventful appointment. Quick scan of babies. Tried to see genders but they weren't cooperating.
- 18w level II u/s: Everything looks great. We're having a boy and a girl!
- 24w Viability! never thought I'd get here. Still have a long way to go but very excited to be here. Had an u/s but didn't get a lot of good shots. Baby boy is 1lb12oz (67%tile) and baby girl is 1lb6oz (39%tile). Doc not worried about girl being smaller. Good news is my cervix is 60mm long! A world record. :) Glucose, Iron, and TSH all normal at this visit.
- 28: Great u/s today. Both babies are measuring in the 50th%tile. Boy is 3lbs and girl is 2lbs 14 oz. Cervix still holding strong at 45mm. Babies are definitely getting cuter and chubbier.
- 32w: Another growth u/s. Both babies are about 4.5 lbs. Getting big and cute!
- 34w: Diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. Spilling protein and BP is up. Doc puts me in the hospital for monitoring. I am there for 6 days, released for 1 day, and then readmitted.
- 35w2d: Start contracting regularly at 10am. By 10PM, more contractions and water breaks.
- 35w3d: Q (5 llbs 11oz) and S (5 lbs 6 oz) arrive via breech extraction. No c-section and no NICU time.