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Our path to parenthood was certainly not what we expected it would be- but we got here, finally, after all of the hoping and wishing and waiting...
About Me
- AP
- Started TTC Feb 2008. BFP Jun 2008 with a natural miscarriage that Aug. Then TTCAL with minor fertility issues and deployments getting in our way. Surprise BFP Aug 2009 and our first baby girl was born May 2010! Then TTCAML with bigger fertility obstacles and some really bad luck... Finally our second baby girl arrived Oct 2015, and we are complete!
Timeline
Dec '04 - Met my military husband, J
Jul '05 - We move-in together!
Feb '07 - Engaged!
Apr '07 - Elope! J leaves for our first ever long deployment :(
Nov '07 - J's home!
Feb '08 - go off BCP
Mar '08 - J's away
Apr '08 - J's home! 1st cycle TTC (funky cycle) = BFN
May '08 - 2nd cycle TTC = BFN; J has SA done due to varicocele
Jun '08 - 3rd cycle TTC = BFP
Jul '08 - 8 week u/s = no baby, just two empty sacs
Aug '08 - Natural twin m/c
Sept '08 - Recovery cycle
Oct '08 - 1st cycle TTCAL = BFN
Nov '08 - J's away
Dec '08 - J's home! 2nd cycle TTCAL = BFN
Jan '09 - Got J's SA results back = hmm, not so good. 3rd cycle TTCAL = BFN. J leaves for another long deployment :(
Feb '09 - Baseline blood work looks good and started using CBEFM
Mar '09 - "Diagnosed" as a late ovulator. Didn't know that could be an issue...
Apr '09 - 1st RE appointment
Jun '09 - HSG = right tube partially blocked; 50mg Clomid CD3-7
Jul '09 - IUI #1: Clomid + Ovidrel trigger = BFN
Aug '09 - J's home! Surprise BFP 8/19! 1st beta @ 3w6d (13dpo)= 65; 2nd beta @ 4w4d (18dpo)= 749!
Sept '09 - 1st u/s @ 8w4d and baby looks great: measuring on track with a heart rate of 160bpm!!
Oct '09 - 2nd u/s @ 11w1d and baby still looking good, even measuring a bit ahead!
Nov '09 - Heard Baby's heartbeat through the doppler: a strong and wonderful 161bpm!
Dec '09 - Find out we're having a girl!
Apr '10 - Baby is due on the 29th... will she be an April or May baby?!
May '10 - Our baby girl is born on May 5th! Hard to believe she is really here...
**Blog break**
Jan '12 - Officially start TTC again
Feb '12 - BFP 2/26
Mar '12 - Ectopic (right tube) discovered, given Methotrexate 3/10; another dose given 3/16
Apr '12 - Right tube rupture and removal
Jul '12 - RE consultation; decide to try naturally for a few cycles
Sept '12 - J deploys
May '13 - J's home!
Jul '13 - BFP 7/13. 1st beta (22dpo)= 1322, 2nd beta= 1895, 3rd beta= 4000
Aug '13 - u/s = no baby, just another empty sac; natural m/c
Jan '14 - BFP 1/16. 1st beta (15dpo)= 176, 2nd beta= 402, 3rd beta= 2603
Feb '14 - u/s @ 6w2d: saw baby in ute, heart flickering w/ 124bpm; u/s @ 8w3d = no heartbeat (due to Turner's Syndrome); D&C 2/27
Apr '14 - BFP = chemical pregnancy
Nov '14 - suspected chemical pregnancy
Jan '15 - BFP 1/27. 1st beta (14dpo)= 116, 2nd beta (17dpo)= 488
Feb '15 - u/s @ 6w0d: baby in ute, heart flickering, heart rate of 113; subchorionic hematoma and large ovarian cysts noted. u/s @ 7w6d: on track, heart rate 175; hematoma has shrunk, cysts still a danger.
Mar '15 - u/s @ 11w3d: baby looked great, heart rate at 169; hematoma still there, but cysts have become less of a danger.
Apr '15 - u/s @ 15w0d: baby looked okay, heart rate avg 160bpm; hematoma gone & cysts are shrinking! Heard heartbeat over doppler @ 15w4d!
May '15 - Big anatomy scan = baby doing great :) Looks like another girl! Cysts still present.Oct '15 - Baby girl is born Oct 5th! We are all over the moon in love with her!
The Glossary of Acronyms
2ww = the days between ovulation and menstruation
ART = assisted reproductive technologies
BCP = birth control pillsBD = baby dance (s.e.x. shhh!)
Beta = blood test for the pregnancy hormone hCG
BFN = big fat negative (pregnancy test)
BFP = big fat positive (pregnancy test)
CBEFM = Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor
CD = cycle day
D&C = dilation & curettage
DPO = days post ovulation
EDD = estimated due date
FSH = follicle stimulating hormone
FWP = F- with purpose
hCG = human chorionic gonadotropin
HPT = home pregnancy test
HSG = x-ray using a dye to visualize any blockages, etc of the fallopian tubes / uterus
IF = infertility
IUI = intrauterine insemination
Lap = laparoscopy
LH = luteinizing hormone
LP = luteal phase
m/c = miscarriage
MF = male factor
O (or O'ing, O'd) = ovulation
PG = pregnant
PGD/S = preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening
POAS = pee on a stick (like for a HPT)
RE = reproductive endocrinologist
SA/SFA = semen/seminal fluid analysis
TSH = thyroid stimulating hormone
TTC = trying to conceive
TTCAL = trying to conceive after loss
TTCAML = trying to conceive after multiple losses
u/s = ultrasound
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