April | 2009 | birds and squirrels

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

birds and squirrels

Archive for April, 2009

way too many pee sticks

how in the hell did this happen?

An Easter miracle?

infertility hurts everyone

sleeping is much better than being awake

the conversation in which my husband compares my uterus to football

what did you do today?

could femara possibly be my new friend?

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