one hundred sixty two beats per minute. will post more later.
birds and squirrels
Our journey dealing with PCOS, crappy morphology, pregnancy and parenting after infertility
Our ttc history:
- March 2008 - August 2008 - 7 failed rounds of Clomid. Ovulated during the first 5 cycles, but all BFN.
- August 2008 - find out we have male factor (low morphology ~ 4%)
- September 2008 - First RE appointment. Plan is to try 3 more Clomid and IUI cycles.
- October 2008- Increased dose of clomid fails again. On to injectables.
- November 2008 - First follistim/IUI cycle. BFP on 15dpo! Oh wait- low beta, falling. Early miscarriage.
- December 2008 - Moving on to second follistim/IUI cycle. IUI # 2 on 12/27. BFN.
- January 2009 - Cycle canceled due to cysts.
- February 2009 - 3rd Follistim/IUI cycle. IUI on 3/3. Yet another failure.
- March/April - RE recommends moving on to IVF w/ICSI. I ask to try Femara for the hell of it. Not optimistic that it will even make me ovulate, but whatever.
- 4/12 - BFP 9dpo. Holy shit!
- 4/15 - 1st beta: 79 at 12 dpo
- 4/17 - 2nd beta: 250 at 14 dpo
- 5/1 - 6w0d ultrasound shows one baby with a heartbeat! Still in complete shock.
- 5/18 - 8w3d ultrasound shows everything is still going well. Released to ob/gyn.
- 6/2 - 10w3d ultrasound. The baby is still alive, and it has grown appropriately.
- 6/12 - 12 weeks. NT scan shows growing, wiggling baby. Holy shit, this might actually be happening.
- 7/24 - 18 weeks. Baby is still alive with a great heartbeat.
- 8/11 - 20w4d anatomy scan looks good. 80% chance it's a girl.
- 9/5 - 24 weeks!
- 10/16 - 30 weeks! Confirmation that baby bird is a girl!
- 12/4 - 37 weeks. Full term. Still in complete shock.
- 12/23 - baby Bird is born by c-section!
- November 2011 - surprise bfp with baby #2
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HOORAY! I was thinking about you all weekend.
By: celia on November 21, 2011
at 6:26 pm
YES!!!
By: Stacey on November 21, 2011
at 6:37 pm
Whoo hoo! I’ve been watching for an update and hoping for the best. (BTW: I don’t comment very often, but I’m a longtime reader). This is wonderful news!
By: Rachael (The Second Act) on November 21, 2011
at 6:47 pm
Excellent! Yay!
By: Amanda on November 21, 2011
at 6:48 pm
LOVE!
By: Alyssa on November 21, 2011
at 8:32 pm
oh my goodness!! hooray!!! congratulations!
By: katery on November 21, 2011
at 8:35 pm
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: Melissa on November 21, 2011
at 8:45 pm
Congrats! That is just amazing!
By: amanda on November 21, 2011
at 10:49 pm
Amazing, what a huge relief ; )
By: melissa on November 21, 2011
at 11:50 pm
I saw a comment you left on another blog (impatient kate) and started reading yours. I am so glad that your worries were unfounded! Congrats! Here’s to a very uneventful pregnancy!
By: Lisa on November 22, 2011
at 2:23 am
oh!! excellent news!!
By: life and love in the petri dish on November 22, 2011
at 3:40 am
Yay! That’s wonderful!!
I clicked over from LFCA and am so happy to see this good news!! I have PCOS as well and my LO (product of IUI #3) is 5 months old, so I really look forward to following along with you now as you prep for #2!!!
By: nobabyruth on November 22, 2011
at 10:23 am
I’m so pleased for you!
By: Tio on November 22, 2011
at 12:47 pm