Through the Looking Glass: So Thankful

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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!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

So Thankful

Today I am thankful for:

A happy, healthy baby whose diaper rash seems to be clearing up--yay!

A wonderful husband who makes taking care of said baby so much easier (my two parents combined cannot equal the awesome parental powers of AC)

Spending the holiday with the aforementioned baby, husband, and parental units (as well as one of my mom's graduate students)

A gorgeous, warm day and a lovely stroll with baby, husband, and mother

Yummy and healthy vegetarian food

My mom's amazing homemade, from scratch pumpkin pies (she makes them from real pumpkin, not the canned stuff--yes, it is a lot more work!) and polish apple pie (Szarlotka)

My health (amazingly it's holding up so far despite the sleep deprivation)

Happy Thanksgiving! May today be filled with good food, family, friends, and festivities!

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So Thankful

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