Through the Looking Glass: And so it begins...

Down the Rabbit Hole

June 17, 06 - Married.
June 07 - Begin BBT charting and TTC.
July-Nov. 08 - All testing normal.
Dec. 19, 08 - Consultation with MFM.
Dec. 22, 08 - Period begins.
Dec. 23, 08 - Deposit semen sample for analysis.
Jan. 13, 09 - First meeting with REI. B/W and U/S. Start Lupron injections (10 units).
Jan. 19, 09 - Freeze back-up semen specimen. Period begins.
Jan. 23, 09 - Start Armour Thyroid (60 mg.).
Jan. 27, 09 - B/W and U/S. IVF timeline set.
Feb. 2, 09 - Start Follistim (200 IU) and Doxycycline (100 mg 2 X day). Reduce Lupron to 5 units.
Feb. 5, 09 - B/W and U/S.
Feb. 7, 09 - B/W and U/S. Increase Armour Thyroid to 90 mg.
Feb. 9, 09 - B/W and U/S. Decrease Follistim to 100 IU.
Feb. 10, 09 - B/W and U/S. Discontonue Follistim and Lupron. Ovudrel injection at 10:00pm.
Feb. 12, 09 - ER (12 eggs retrieved, 11 fertilized). Discontinue Doxycycline.
Feb. 13, 09 - Start 0.1 mg. Estraderm patches (misunderstood directions and applied 1 patch instead of 2!) and baby aspirin (81 mg.). Accidentally started Endometrin vaginal inserts (100 mg. progesterone 3 X day) a day early (supposed to start 2/14).
Feb. 17, 09 - 7 embryos made it to Blastocyst stage. 5 Day SET. 6 embryos frozen. 1 Estraderm patch added.
Feb. 27, 09 - HPT = BFP!
Feb. 28, 09 - Blood serum pregnancy test BFP! Beta hCG = 165. Progesterone = 11.
March 02, 09 - B/W. Beta hCG = 416! Progesterone = 9.5. Switched from Endometrin to progesterone supp. (60 mg. 3 X day).
March 04, 09 - B/W. Beta hCG = 1100! Progesterone = 14!
March 05, 09 - Start PIO.
March 10, 09 - B/W and U/S. Beta hCG = 6933! Progesterone = 33.3! Yolk sac visible.
March 17, 09 - B/W and U/S. Progesterone = 37.7! Saw baby and heart beating :) Discontinue estrogen patches.
March 18, 09 - Cramping/bleeding. U/S showed baby is fine! Discontinue baby aspirin.
March 20, 09 - B/W and U/S. Progesterone = 38.4!
March 27, 09 - B/W and U/S. Progesterone normal. Heard heartbeat!
April 2, 09 - B/W and U/S. Week 9 appt (final with REI).
April 16, 09 - B/W and U/S. Week 11 appt (first with MFM).
April 18, 09 - Final PIO injection.
April 27, 09 - B/W. Progesterone above 90!
May 01, 09 - Discontinue progesterone suppositories.
May 21, 09 - B/W. Week 16 appt. HR = 168.
June 18, 09 - Week 20 U/S. Baby is a boy! HR = 153. Weight = 12 oz. Measuring 20 weeks, 2 days.
July 23, 09 - Week 25 appt. HR = 155. Glucose screen = 105.
August 20, 09 - Week 29 appt.
Sep. 3, 09 - Week 31 U/S. Baby is 3.5 lbs!
Sep. 15, 09 - First appt. with new MFM in CA.
Sep. 22, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Sep. 29, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Oct. 06, 09 - NST.
Oct. 13, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Oct. 20, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Oct. 24, 09 - Admitted to L & D for 24 hrs. of monitoring after spiking a fever of 101.4.
Oct. 27, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Nov. 03, 09 - MFM appt and NST.
Nov. 08, 09 - Induction scheduled.
Nov. 09, 09 - Baby is born!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

And so it begins...

Today's the day! My appointment with Dr. M is at 11am. My dad and I will be leaving in a little over half an hour to walk across the park to his office. I'm a tad nervous but also excited and eager to get the ball rolling on all this IVF stuff. I hope to have lots to report following my appointment--until then, wish me luck!

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ABOUT XIN LEI said...: wow...big day ahead! I'll be thinking of you!; January 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM

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