I can’t believe it – really! I feel so lucky and incredibly grateful, but am still afraid that this could all be whisked away in the blink of an eye. I’m not worried, exactly, but I guess I’m cautious – still. I can’t get over the fact that I have baby furniture sitting in my garage, that I’m wearing maternity clothes, and that people are buying me baby presents. The whole thing is kind of surreal, and so normal. I for some reason assumed that if I was lucky enough to get pregnant via IVF, that I’d have a difficult pregnancy with all kinds of complications and scares. So far, things have been frighteningly normal. It’s good – fantastic, really – just kind of hard to believe. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed!
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History
2014
May: BFP for baby #2, due January 2015
2013
July: Our daughter is born!
2012
November: Still pregnant. Fingers crossed! EDD 7/5/13
October: retrieval 10/12; 5dt 10/17; BFP!!! 10/25-hcg=70; 10/29-hcg=391
September-October: IVF, microdose lupron flare protocol
June-July-August: approved! dealing with scheduling issues and most likely starting IVF in September
May: waiting for insurance approval to start treatment
April: laparoscopic surgery to remove endometrioma on left ovary; diagnosed with stage 3 endo
March: RE finds cyst - suspects endometrioma; also high FSH, low AMH
February: consult with RE; bloodwork, hsg
2011
January-February: Acupuncture once per week, vitex and natural progesterone after ovulation; back to charting bbt
March-April: end of ttc
May:diagnosed with severe cervical dysplasia (CIN III)
July-August: L.E.E.P. procedure and recovery
2010
December: Start acupuncture
May-November: Not actively trying/on a break/enjoying life
April: Not actively trying, still waiting for insurance coverage for injectables
January-March: still waiting to start injectables
2009
December 09-March 10: On a break while waiting to start injectables
November 2009: 50 mg Clomid CD 5-9; BFN
October 2009: All tests normal; Take 50 mg Clomid CD 5-9; BFN
July 2009: Ob/gyn asks for bbt chart, S/A, CD3 b/w; plan tbd.
April/May 2009: Switch from OPKs to the Clearblue Fertility Monitor
March/April 2009: Start using OPKs and bbt
2007-2008
Sept/Oct 2008: Stop preventing; 'if it happens, it happens'
Summer 2008: Stop BCPs; using bbt chart to prevent pregnancy
May 2007: Married again! husband #2; no plans for children
Previous Life
Fall 2005: Divorced
Summer 2005: See RE; more b/w, clomid challenge test, sonohysterogram; 2 Clomid IUI cycles - BFN; male factor discovered (he now has a child with wife #2)
Spring 2003: See ob/gyn for IF, get b/w and HSG; All results normal; Husband #1 gets S/A, which he says is normal; results never sent to ob/gyn
Spring 2002: Stop BCPs, begin ttc and charting bbt
Oct 2000: Married to husband #1
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March 1, 2013 at 8:47 am
sams
I feel the same way – happy and excited but also afraid that it could end before we get to take our babies home. Keeping my fingers crossed for the both of us!
March 3, 2013 at 11:29 am
Shelley
I know you worry, but I’m so glad that this whole process has gone so smoothly for you.