May this year be the one for those still waiting and in pain.
May it bring peace to those who have come to terms with their journey.
May it bring happiness to you and yours.
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IF CV
August 2011-Now, for variety, a blighted ovum. Geesh.
May 2011-Chemical pregnancy. First pee stick positive ever.
Oct 2009-Induced at 37 weeks but give birth to healthy boy after easy labor.
May 2009-Find out we're having a boy.
April 2009-Become a completely boring pregnant lady with a due date of Oct. 22, 2009.
March 2009-Surprise! Twins with heartbeats.
Ah, whoops. Make that one.
January/February 2009-Next "scientific" cycle. Good ol' injects/IUI, with 8 or so follicles. BFP.
Beta 1=88
Beta 2=242
December 2008-cycle au natural?
October-November 2008-Twiddling my thumbs as my hCG drops...
July-September 2008-IUI + Follistim. 8 (!?!) follicles mature. Pregnant, but with AF-like bleeding and weird beta wildness suggesting an ectopic pregnancy. Treated medically (methotrexate).
April-July 2008-taking a break from medical treatment, just to see what happens/recover some sanity/write a lot on my dis /train for a triathlon.
March 2008- hysteroscopy and lap. Three polyps removed, a tiny amount of endo lasered, otherwise, "Everything looks good in there." Evil spots banished, it seems.
Feb. 2008- Saline sonogram; Dx: polyps!
Feb. 2008- 50 mg Clomid, days 3-7. Good response, but no dice.
Jan. 2008- First RE appointment.
Sept. 2007- Acupuncturist discontinues herbs, my cycles remain good though with occasional spotting some months.
April 2007- HSG: All clear.
March 2007- ultrasound and progesterone blood test confirm ovulation.
December 2006- TSH=4.5; Dx: Mild hypothyroidism. Begin thyroid hormone replacement. All other tests normal.
November 2006- begin weekly acupuncture, soon add herbs. Spotting gradually improves.
October 2006- Husband's S/A great.
September 2006- Flip out, husband makes obgyn appointment, now that I finally have health insurance.
September 2005- Start charting. Amazingly textbook cycles, but with disturbing luteal phase spotting.
June 2005- No prevention, but not really "trying" per se...
May 2011-Chemical pregnancy. First pee stick positive ever.
Oct 2009-Induced at 37 weeks but give birth to healthy boy after easy labor.
May 2009-Find out we're having a boy.
April 2009-Become a completely boring pregnant lady with a due date of Oct. 22, 2009.
March 2009-Surprise! Twins with heartbeats.
Ah, whoops. Make that one.
January/February 2009-Next "scientific" cycle. Good ol' injects/IUI, with 8 or so follicles. BFP.
Beta 1=88
Beta 2=242
December 2008-cycle au natural?
October-November 2008-Twiddling my thumbs as my hCG drops...
July-September 2008-IUI + Follistim. 8 (!?!) follicles mature. Pregnant, but with AF-like bleeding and weird beta wildness suggesting an ectopic pregnancy. Treated medically (methotrexate).
April-July 2008-taking a break from medical treatment, just to see what happens/recover some sanity/write a lot on my dis /train for a triathlon.
March 2008- hysteroscopy and lap. Three polyps removed, a tiny amount of endo lasered, otherwise, "Everything looks good in there." Evil spots banished, it seems.
Feb. 2008- Saline sonogram; Dx: polyps!
Feb. 2008- 50 mg Clomid, days 3-7. Good response, but no dice.
Jan. 2008- First RE appointment.
Sept. 2007- Acupuncturist discontinues herbs, my cycles remain good though with occasional spotting some months.
April 2007- HSG: All clear.
March 2007- ultrasound and progesterone blood test confirm ovulation.
December 2006- TSH=4.5; Dx: Mild hypothyroidism. Begin thyroid hormone replacement. All other tests normal.
November 2006- begin weekly acupuncture, soon add herbs. Spotting gradually improves.
October 2006- Husband's S/A great.
September 2006- Flip out, husband makes obgyn appointment, now that I finally have health insurance.
September 2005- Start charting. Amazingly textbook cycles, but with disturbing luteal phase spotting.
June 2005- No prevention, but not really "trying" per se...
My Comrades in IF
- 1000 easy steps
- A Woman My Age
- Adventures in Life
- Alicia (IF with a strong dose of good food and funky interiors)
- Apron Strings for Emily
- Are we there yet?
- Baby Incredible
- Baby smiling in back seat
- Batty Nurse
- Bee in the Bonnet
- Bottoms off and on the table
- Chasing a Child
- Coming 2 Terms
- Concieve This!
- Creative Girl
- Do Without Doing
- Frustrated Musings of a Lovely Gal (my title, not hers)
- Geeks in Rome
- How to get 0 to pregnant in 365 easy steps
- Indyness
- Infertility on the Brain
- Infertility Rocks!
- ISO the golden egg
- It's Either Sadness or Euphoria
- Life From Here
- Little Bit o' Something
- Long Distance Infertility
- Lost in Taipei
- Makes You Stronger
- Mixing it up: my new reality
- Mrs. Spit Spouts
- Nancy: Infertile, Sarcastic, and Cool as Hell
- Nuts in May
- Project Kjetil
- Quest for a Lifetime
- Reproductively Challenged
- Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters
- The Art of Being Infertile
- The Baby Chase
- The Great Space Baby Coaster
- The Misfit
- The Road Less Travelled
- The Young and the Infertile
- Two Hot Mamas
- Uppercase Woman
- We Are What We Repeatedly Do
- When you gotta glow
- Who Shot My Stork?
- Working on it
For Distraction, Apply Within
- Cake Wrecks
- Crummy Church Signs
- Cute Things with Douche Bags
- failblog
- Go Fug Yourself
- Grist.org: for all your green musings
- Horrible License Plates
- It's Lovely, I'll Take It!
- Judge a Book by its Cover
- Passive Aggressive Notes
- Photoshop Disasters
- Picture is Unrelated
- Small Town Misfit
- STFU, Parents
- The Anti-Cute Overload
- The RE's eye view of IF
- Things I Learned from Wikipedia
- You Suck at Craig's List
8 comments:
Happy new year, Shinejil! : )
Thanks so much Shinejil.
I wish many, many blessings to you and your family!
This is very sweet. Best wishes to you and yours for the new year!
P.S. your blog won't let me comment with my wordpress account. Just thougth I'd mentiont it! :)
Happy New Year!
Well said. :)
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you!
Ditto that!
Happy 2010 to you too!
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