I've had a hard time starting a TTC blog, not know when and where to start. The cycles simultaneoulsy seem to zoom and crawl by and the optimstic part of me kept thinking that maybe it wouldn't be worth starting a blog because what if I get pregnant this cycle? I'm not sure if it says more about my waning optimism or my embracing of spilling my guts, but I'm diving in! I thought about trying to recreate my past successed and failures in real-time since you can post-date blog posts but the mere thought of that made me want to curl in a ball, so I'm just going to give you a bullet point list. I'm sure I'll go into more detail on some of these carnival rides below in later posts, but here are the cliff notes:
Past cycles of note
• Sept 08: Clomid 9/27-10/2. IUIs 10/7 & 10/8. BFP!
Oct/Nov 08: pregnancy progressing slowly. Early Dec 08 m/c :(
• Feb/Mar 09: Gonal-F 150 (CD2-5), 300 (CD6-8), 450 (CD9-11). Planned on Ovidrel trigger. IUI. Poor response by CD13 and had to leave town on vacation, so abandoned cycle. BFN.
• Mar/April 09: Hormones screwy, not at baseline during AF, started Gonal-F 450 on CD4 anyway. Gonal-F 450 (CD4-8). CD9 14mm follie but might O naturally, so trigger CD9 pm and IUI on CD11 am. 12 million post-wash sperm count. AF-like bleeding started on CD18 and hormones supported baseline levels, only a 7-day LP, BFN no surprise.
Tests/results
• July03: DX Graves disease, hypothyroid now.
• Sept07: HSG clear, SA great.
• Feb08: Laprascopy in Feb 08, stage IV severe endometriosis removed.
• July08: Ovarian Reserve Index worst possible score of 1 out of 30.
• Sept08: Elevated prolactin. Parlodel for a month, levels back to normal.
• Oct08: Clomid > IUI = BFP!
• Dec08: Embryo stopped developing at 6w5d. M/c. D&E. :(
• Jan 09: Genetic test (DH/me) for chrom18 abnormality from m/c. Non-inherited (yay).
• Feb 09: Hysterscopy. Ten polyps and an adhesion removed.
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