Quest for Wisebaby: Relaxing a touch

Friday, November 16, 2012

Relaxing a touch

I'm relaxing a touch now that we've gotten through both blood tests, and my HCG levels are rising appropriately. I cannot wait to see the Wisebaby(ies) via ultrasound on December 5, but I guess I will have to.

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The Quest for Wisebaby Timeline

April 2009--Quit birth control
May 2010--Actively started TTC
November 7, 2010--Positive pregnancy test
November 17, 2010--Miscarriage
June 2011--OB/GYN visit regarding our struggles TTC, referral to RE
June 2011--Blood tests for Wiselady, normal
June 2011--Sperm analysis for Wisehubby, abnormal morphology
June 2011--HSG for Wiselady, normal
July 2011--Meeting with RE, discuss IUI and IVF with ICSI
August 2011--Second sperm analysis, low-count, low motility, and low morphology, Meeting with RE, IUI ruled out, IVF with ICSI plan developed
August 2011--Office hysteroscopy for Wiselady, normal
August 2011--Transvaginal sonogram for Wiselady, normal
September 2011--Mock transfer for Wiselady, normal
October 3, 2011-November 9, 2011--IVF w/ICSI #1, two blasts transferred, no frosties, failed
November 28, 2011--WTF appointment with RE, no real answers
December 19, 2011--Follow-up with the urologist, decided to do varicocele repair surgery on Wisehubby, seven vials of blood drawn to check Wiselady for autoimmune disorders
December 28, 2011--Varicocele repair for Wisehubby
February 22, 2012--Wiselady diagnosed with Factor V clotting disorder
April 10, 2012--Holding pattern starts bc of slow recovery from varicocele repair.

September 18, 2012--Mock transfer with cervical dilation

September 26, 2012--FSH blood test and official start of IVF #2 with birth control/blood thinner cocktail

October 8, 2012--lupron start with ultrasound

October 21, 2012--stimulation start

October 31, 2012--Egg retrieval, 19 eggs fertilized with ICSI

November 5, 2012--2 Blastocysts transferred

November 14, 2012--BFP!

December 5, 2012--Confirmed single pregnancy with sono

January 16, 2013--Heard heartbeat for the first time

February 27, 2013--It's a boy! Sono at 19 weeks shows normal anatomy.

July 3, 2013--Full term, waiting for delivery

July 8, 2013--Delivered a healthy baby boy a week before my induction date

June 16, 2014--Planning appointment for FET

July 2, 2014--FSH blood test, normal

July 7, 2014--Hysteroscopy, normal

July 21, 2014--Mock transfer for FET

July 28, 2014--Start FET cycle with estradiol and lovenox

August 15, 2014--FET Transfer

August 20, 2014--BFP Home Pregnancy Test

September 2, 2014--BFP HSG Blood Test, good levels

September 4, 2014--HSG Blood Test, levels not rising fast enough

September 8, 2014--HSG Blood Test, levels not rising fast enough

September 10, 2014--Sono shows a slow growing gestational sack

September 24, 2014--Sono shows a fetus with no heart beat

September 29, 2014--Began to miscarry

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A Brief Guide to Code Names and Acronyms

Code Names
Wiselady--me
Wisehubby or DH--my dear husband
Wisebaby--our dream babies-to-be
Wise_____--Just look at what follows and that's the person's relationship to me
Dear friend--a dear friend going through almost the exact same problems
The female/lady Dr. B--my gynecologist
The male Dr. B--my reproductive endocrinologist
Dr. B(alls)--Wisehubby's urologist
Ms. B--our infertility marriage counselor

Infertile Warrior Friend--a friend who has been battling infertility for longer than I have been married

Acronyms
IVF=Invitro fertilization
ICSI=Basically, injecting individual sperm into individual eggs in a lab setting
RE= Reproductive endocrinologist, a gynecologist who specializes in fertility
TTC=Trying to conceive
IF=Infertility
DH=Dear husband
BFP=Big, fat positive (on a pregnancy test)
BFN=Big, fat negative (on a pregnancy test)
POAS=Pee on a stick (take a pregnancy test)
HPT=Home pregnancy test

IWF=Infertile Warrior Friend (see above)