Little tadpole is 2.2 mm right now. It has a strong heartbeat. We got to see and hear it! My levels are good, and I go off injection progesterone in one more week!
Grow, little tadpole, grow.......
This is my trip down my infertility. Share your story so we can walk down the path together.
About Me
- Dana
- I'm just a girl finding my way through the world. I'm a southerner by birth and heart. I love my life, my husband, my son, and more than anything, my God. I think we should treat our fellow man with dignity and respect regardless of who they are or what they have done. Jesus died for ALL of us.
Timeline
- 12/6/09 - DUE DATE
- 7/20/09 - Gender Ultrasound
- 7/7/09 - those stinking coyotes that attacked my dog are trapped and removed from my yard!
- 5/1/09 - tell in-laws they're going to be grandparents again!
- 4/24/09 - ultrasound
- 4/10/09 - ultrasound to find out how many - one tadpole! also saw and heard heartbeat
- 4/6/09 - second beta test
- 4/2/09 - pregnancy test - POSITIVE
- 3/30/09 - i'm starving all the time now!
- 3/28/09 - implantation bleed?!?!
- 3/25/09 - horrible migraine. learn I can take my shots until positive pregnancy test.
- 3/20/09 - transfer!!!
- 3/15/09 - start progesterone IM injections.
- 3/12/09 migraine meds are definitely out of the system. my head is starting to hurt almost all the time.
- 3/11/09 - scheduled ultrasound to check "nesting"
- 3/5/09 stopped taking migraine meds
- 3/1/09 - start estrace pills
- 2/27/09 - start period (on my own again, weird)
- 2/18/09 - start lupron sub q injections for FET
- 1/28/09 - start period on own for first time in two years
- 1/22/09 - all six embryos frozen for FET later. I'm too sick for a fresh transfer
- 1/20/09 - call work to take entire week off - I'm in pretty bad shape
- 1/19/09 - it's official - bad OHSS
- 1/18/09 - not feeling too well
- 1/17/09 - Retrieval day - harvested 48 eggs! tried to fertilize 8, 6 took. 33 eggs frozen
- 1/16/09 - day off from monitoring. i feel like a bullfrog about to spawn. oh wait, i am one.
- 1/12/09 - physical for retrieval. Oh, and dog attacked by coyotes. Eventful day
- 1/9/09 - spend day in tears as they treaten to end my cycle again. thankfully the estradiol levels jumped to appropriate levels - see, late bloomer
- 1/6/09 - daily monitoring begins
- 1/5/09 - Follistim/Ganirelix protocol begins
- 1/4/09 - Supression Check
- 1/3/09 - Cycle starts
- 11/1/08 - Take break to allow body to get back to "normal"
- 10/31/08 - Supression of developed follicles started
- 10/30/08 - meet with RE to discuss options. Ultrasound shows I did start to develop; I'm a late bloomer
- 10/27/08 - cycle stopped - follicles are not developing
- 10/24/08 - daily monitoring begins
- 10/23//08 - Follistim/Ganirelix protocol begins
- 10/15/08 - Supression Check and $$$ due
- 9/29/08 - RE appointment to see what it all means - IVF is ONLY option
- 9/8/08 - Dreaded HSG test to see if tubes are blocked
- 9/4/08 - Fasting bloodwork
- 8/28/08 - Husband blood and sperm tests
- 8/18/08 - Meet RE for the first time
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