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IVF Stats

IVF #1:
June 2008
Long Lupron
Canceled due to poor response to protocol

IVF #2:
July 2008
Microdose Lupron
Canceled due to poor response to protocol

IVF #3:
June 2009
Antagonist
Estrogen Priming
DHEA supplements
4 embies frozen

**what I did different for IVF #3: 75 mg/day of DHEA & 7 wheatgrass pills/day (for at least 4 months prior)

FET: March 2010
2/17/10: Start estrogen patches
3/2/10: lining check (lining at 9)
3/5/10: transferred 3 embryos (B+ grade, 6, 7, & 8 cell)
3/13/10: + HPT (8dp3dt)
3/16/10: Beta #1 282 (11dp3dt)
3/18/10: Beta #2 817 (13dp3dt)
4/5/10: u/s: not 1, not 2, but 3 babies

What does that mean?!

5dt = 5 day transfer
3dt = 3 day transfer
AF = Aunt flow (period)
B/W = bloodwork
BCP = Birth Control Pills
BFN = Big Fat Negative (aka: Not Pregnant)
BFP = Big Fat Postive (aka: Pregnant!)
BIL= Brother-in-law
DE- Donor Eggs
DOR= Diminished ovarian reserve
DPO = Days Past Ovulation
E2= estrodial (estrogen)
ER = Egg Retreival
ET = Egg Transfer
FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer
FIL= Father-in-law
IF = Infertility
IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
IVF = In-vitro Fertilization
M/C = Miscarriage
MFI = Male factor Infertility
MIL= Mother-in-law
O = Ovulation
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
PIO = Progesterone in Oil
POF= premature ovarian failure
SIL = Sister- in-law
Stims = Follicle Stimulating Drugs
TTC = Trying to Conceive
TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
U/S = Ultrasound

Monday, February 1, 2010

Come out, Come out, wherever you are...

I notice my number of visitors on this blog and am amazed, yet I don't get many comments. Please, if only this one time, comment and tell me who you are, where you're from, and how you found my blog.

Can't wait to hear from you!!

17 comments:

Peppermint Patty: Hi Meghan!
That little map gadget is cool that shows all the places of people who have visited your blog. :)

You already know me and "my deal." I can't remember which blog lead me to your blog, but I suffered with infertility for 6 years before I had my miracle baby (one and only). He'll be 16 this March. :)

I praise God every day for giving me my son. The doctors could no longer help us and to find out I was pregnant was indeed a miracle from above.; February 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Infertile Myrtle: Hi there! I am not sure how I found your blog--maybe through the TTTC board? I added your blog to my Google Reader and have followed along with your updates. :); February 1, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Fran: Hi Meghan, i found your blog a while ago through my first ICLW week I think! I so admire your courage and how you tackle the difficulties in your life. Then I sort of lost link to the blog and I couldn't remember either the title or your name!! i know you have left comments on my blog too but then we lost touch for a while. I was so happy when you posted me message again and I thought it was time to do things properly and become a follower! So here I am. Love, Fran; February 1, 2010 at 2:42 PM
My thoughts, my rants, my life: I have been lurking here for a while, I found you via Bella's blog. I have 2 adopted daughters from China and I also live in Colorado.
Your spirit and strength have me rooting and praying for you.
Linda; February 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Bella: Hello, I am a lurker and stalk you on this blog, your other blog, Skype, and on FB. ;)

No, seriously, though, it's cool to see all the readers you have on the map. I know you are an inspiration to so many of us!!; February 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Caz: Hi,
I'm Caragh a blogger friend of bellas.
I have had you on my blog roll for ages, because i loved how honest you were..
I have been following your journey through TTC for probably almost a year now?
I am 23 and from Australia.. and I always felt so weird commenting.. coz u didnt really know who I was..
But hi!

I have a blogger.. but I don't update it much anymore...

Nice to meet you :); February 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Anonymous: Hi Meghan,

I just started visiting your blog. Probably from Mo and Will's. My son is an IVF baby (almost 12 years now) so I understand a bit. I am also a breast cancer survivor.

I am Jacky from Maryland.; February 1, 2010 at 9:25 PM
JDG2007: I can't remember when I would have first linked to your blog, perhaps thru TTTC or someone elses blog.

Lilke Michele, I have you linked on my RSS feeder so I know when you update your blog.

I too admire your strength and wish you all the best.

My name is Jennifer and I live in Toronto.

Keep up the good fight sister :-); February 1, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Deanna: Hey... I'll bite.... I don't have a clue how I found you!

I am just interested in peoples stories...

I write a blog, and sometimes I get comments... sometimes not... although my life is absolutely boring... which is all good really.. somehow peoples stories just connect... even if they don't write about them; February 1, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Anonymous: Just visited your blog today! :D Found your blog through another blog site, which was " Conceive This!". Sending healthy vibes your way.; February 1, 2010 at 11:19 PM
AP: Hi there!
I don't remember exactly, but I probably stumbled upon your blog from someone else's and I'm glad I did :o)
Take care! Amy, currently living in GA; February 2, 2010 at 12:10 AM
Kristina: Hi! I'm Kristy from Las Vegas and I started reading your blog(s) when I was on TTTC with you (screen name kristinamh6). You are on my Google Reader, so I catch up whenever you post updates. I'm rooting for you and hoping it's finally your turn!; February 2, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Kate: I haven't been to this blog of yours in a while and I totally missed that you have scheduled your FET. So exciting. Now that I am back at work I might have a few minutes to catch up on blogs. GL!!!

Kate; February 3, 2010 at 6:18 AM
Leeselou: Hi Meghan!
I cant remember exactly how I got to your blog but I do remember it was the weekend after we were told we would need to go the DE route. I found you being a very possitive light for me with all you have been through! You are such a strong woman I wish you much luck with everything! I have often wanted to tell you that you are an inspiration to me just never seemed right until now!; February 3, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Heather: Hi - I am Heather from Kansas :) I stumbled across your blog when I read one of your posts on the Infertility forum. My screen name is "bubbas-mama"!

I enjoy reading your blog & am wishing you all the best on the upcoming road ahead. I hope you are blessed with a little one real soon!

T & P - Heather :); February 7, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Suzanne Incognito: Hello!

I just found your blog and wanted to let you know that I'm sending you positive, happy and healing thoughts!

Wishing and hoping for the very, very best. :)

-Suzanne; February 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM
elaine: Hi Meghan,

I found your blog from... I'm not even sure where but I did a lot of blog surfing when I was on maternity leave and yours touched me so much I've been following it for probably about a year now. Good luck on your IVF cycle!!; February 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM

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"Thoughts on Becoming a Mother"

There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books, but because I have struggled and toiled for this child. I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed. I have endured and planned over and over again. Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.

I will notice everything about my child. I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover. I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life. I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child that my friends will not see. Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love. I will be a better mother for all that I have endured. I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain. I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body, I have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, I stood tall. I have prevailed. I have succeeded. I have won.

So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort. I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs. I listen. And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely. I have learned the immerse power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard. I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.I have learned to appreciate life.Yes, I will be a wonderful mother."

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