Oct 15th approaching

I have the baby finally here forever but cannot and dont want to forget the ones who i lost along the way. It was a dark time for me and changes me in ways for the better and not so much.

M/c # 1- “ryder” i have no ultrasound pics are anything to hold on to the memory of you but when you died, the innocence of pregnancy faded for me.

M/c #2 “daytona baby” we were so sure lightning wouldnt strike twice. I have 3 pics from one ultrasound. Chromosonal analysis told us you were a precious little girl.

M/c #3 Third times the charm for some but not us. You made it the longest out of the 3 angels but you were just to perfect for this world i suppose. I remember the dr crying with me with the news you werent going to survive. I do have ultrasound photos from my anniversary where you were strong and growing and thriving beautifully. Thats what i want to remember of you.

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Just found my old blog and wow.

Crazy to think that my last post was so long ago. I felt so defeated and i never want to go back there, yet it is an awakening reminder of all i went thru to have Cooper. Yup! I ended up pregnant on our own within a month of my laparascopy to diagnose endometriosis (stage 2-3). Pregancy was full of complications and was put on bed rest twice but none of that matters because we delivered Cooper on Dec 7, 2010. 1 year and 2 days after my last post about giving up. He is perfect and takes the sting off of everything before him. Scars will always remain and remind you of the battles but without the battle, that painful induring fight, the victory could never feel as sweet.

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It has been quite a while…

Sept. of 08 was my last post here. Geesh. I need to refocus this blog and refocus some things in my life. I am currently taking a break form all the infertility crap, well you can’t really tab from it all the way in reality but I am currently unmedicated. I am unsure of the future, as is everyone else in the universe, and I am actually ok with it. I am going with the flow.

In the last year since my last post, I started injectibles (gonal-F) with IUI and successfully became pregnant my first cycle, in Feb. 09. I had seen the heartbeat on the ultrasound and truly thought that all would be well. Not  so. A week after seeing the heartbeat, the baby had stopped growing and the heart had stopped. I had another d&c that day- March30. The  pathology and chromosomal analysis came back normal. It was a baby girl.

I took the next cycle off as recommended and started back with the injectibles with TI. To my suprise I got pregnant again. Yay! Finally, I’ll have my baby. All is going well. Weekly u/s shows healthy growing baby. Strong heartbeat seen. Taking baby aspirin, fish oil, prenatal, b-vitamin, estrodiol, injectable progesterone, lovenox. What could go wrong? Rigggggght… I’m sure you see where this is going? Another m/c. I opted to m/c naturally this time. It was terrible. Wish I would have had another d&c. I still feel traumatized from it.

Desperately tried the next few cycles to get pregnant but it hadn’t happened. I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS- I am not at all surprised by this, it makes perfect sense. I am on metformin and it is the devil but my cycles seem to be regulating themselves and I have lost some weight. Thats good, I guess. As for the rest,  I have decided there must be some kind of reason for all of this. Even if I cannot see it now, there has to be a greater purpose…. I am leaving it up to the stars for now.  Que Sera, Sera….

That is where I was and who knows where I will go… Only time will tell.

Busy Cycle. Tough Cycle.

So, this cycle has consisted of 50mg of clomid cd3-7. An ultrasound on Sept3 to check follicle sizes and only one was decent and it was only 14. There were many more in the range of 5-8. The us tech also noted that my lining was about 5mm instead of at least 7-8. She also asked if anyone had ever mentioned pcos in regards to my ovaries. I told her no, my old doc actually disregarded it when I brought up the possibility before.
Nurse comes in to discuss what happens next and mentions the possibility of injectables for next cycle and wanted to know how we felt about iui’s. She said while dh’s SA came back overall normal there were a few things in it to note. Apparently, dh’s sperm motility goes from fast to slow-possibly a result from his allergy meds which dries up the semen so the sperm cant swim as well. His semen ph is also elevated at 9.
So the doc should be calling anytime now to discuss what our next steps should be for this cycle. We can either take the 1 follie and run w/ it or forget that one any try to get some of the others to grow more
The only positive note is that my weight has decreased by about 10 lbs since my last appointment! Yay for that, I guess….

I went for another u/s on sept 5 and u/s showed the follie was mature and my lining grew from 5 to 10 in 2 days!!! I got my HCG trigger! They also want dh to take 1t of robitussin 1/2 hour before intercourse. And to bd that night and the following. I also have 3 scripts to start taking as of Sunday to keep me pregnant should the egg get fertilized- prometrium-200mg at 2pm, estradiol2mg twice per day, and progesterone suppositories-200mg twice per day (my progesterone was only 1 last time they checked after O). And beta/progesterone check in 15 days(9-22) !!!

Welp, progesterone suppositories suck terribly. They are messy. I call deal with those. Its the prometrium that gets me. It makes me dizzy as all else. So bad actually, that my vision gets blurry, my works slur a bit and I feel out of it. The docs office said I can swap my second suppository (usually taken at night) with the 2pm prometrium and see if that helps. I just want 9-22 to get here.

My Hysterosalpingogram (Hsg)

All my labs on cd 3 were normal as was dh’s sa. Dr did a beta and LH on cd 39- beta was negative as expected (I haven’t O’d this cycle) and I was told my other levels were up but “flat” so we will do the hsg soon instead of waiting til cd 7,8,9 next cycle since I am nowhere near O’ing anyhow.

Yes, it was painful but not as bad as I thought so that was good. My left tube wasn’t filling so doc pushed a little more fluid thru and that flushed it all out. So all is clear and good to go now!! Yayay!

I started provera as I was like cycle day 17million now (ok more like 45 but whatever) w/ no O in sight. I start Clomid once again this next cycle. I my doc!

I have 2 provera pills left then the wait is on for AF…… I am sick of this cycle. Seriousy, I am on cd 53 today. UUUgggh!

I found this on a website and it just hit home and instantly brought tears to my eyes.

“Every soul that comes into this world comes here with a very specific mission. When that mission is completed, the soul can leave. The holiest of souls need so little time here in this world that some never even make it outside the womb, others only need their heart to beat once, others not even that.”

Still not pregnant But now have a plan:

Well, my new doc, dr. holden, seems confident it will be an easy fix to get me and keep me pg. That is great news. The man is such a character, too!! He said he was originally going to school to be a neurosurgeon but when his wife and he were ttc they struggled to get and stay pg. He was drawn from there to be like “santa claus” and give people the baby they longed for.

Anyways, my plan:
Call on cd 1 (or by monday if af doesn’t show) If no af, then beta will be done.
~If + then Progesterone and Estrogen levels checked ASAP as he suspects this is why I m/c’ed in December.
~If – then I will take provera for 10 days to induce period
CD2 (or 3) bloodwork: AM+fasting
Cd7,8,or 9 he wants an HSG check and check for clear tubes and uterus

All dh has to do is insert his “lil men” into a cup for a SA. (Dr. doesn’t think he is the problem but still wants it ruled out).

Once we have the results back, we go from there. Doc thinks it will be an easy fix as both my girls were conceived after going off the pill and he said that sends a strong signal to the ovaries and can actually lead to multiples. (thats why dr’s recommend waited 3 months before ttc after the pill). He thinks some hormone levels need a little tweaking to convince my body I am ready to be pg again. He also categorized me as suffering from Secondary Infertility. (I knew this but still hate hearing it. I’d rather stay blissfully unaware of the title)

If you read all this, bless ya!!  I’m excited to have a plan and a confident doc!!

everything you never wanted to know about sperm…..

* Average volume of semen per ejaculation: 1-2 teaspoons
* Average number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200
* Average total amount of lifetime ejaculate: 18 quarts
* Average speed of ejaculation: 28 miles per hour
* Its muscle drives nature’s only known rotary-joint. The tail SCREWS, not whips. (no pun)
* Average number of calories in a teaspoon of semen: 7
* Average duration of orgasm: 4 seconds
* Average number of sperm cells in the ejaculate of a healthy man: 200 to 600 million
* Distance sperm travels to fertilize an egg: 3-4 inches
* Sperm lifespan: 2.5 months from development to ejaculation

and more:

For the “average” man, the ejaculate contains over 80 million sperm. In addition to the little wiggly things, semen contains (taken from several web sites):
* water
* ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
* blood-group antigens
* calcium (yes, just like milk!)
* chlorine (add your own little contribution to cleanliness!)
* cholesterol (Is this the “bad cholesterol” or “good cholesterol”?)
* citric acid, creatine, deoxyribonucleic acid, fructose, glutathione, hyaluronidase, inositol, lactic acid, magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (what do you know, these are good for fertilization too!)
* prostaglandins (fatty acids that, while not a hormone, perform hormone-like functions)
* purine, pyrimidine, pyruvic acid
* sodium (good to have, especially if you’ve been sweating a lot)
sorbitol, spermidine, spermine
* vitamin B12 and zinc (you would think it’s a multivitamin)

(all according to the Research Guide to Bodily Fluids (Paul Spinard, 1994)….

’bout time.

Finally on cd20 I believe I am ovulating! Thank you clomid!! It is so crazy that one can get so excited about this. I never had to go thru any measures w/ my girls. I don’t get it at all. I’ve heard it said that it will happen in it’s time but I don’t buy that crap for a minute. I had it, it died and I want it back.

Wow, thats the first time I’ve acknowledged that really. It is soooooo much easier “pretending” I was never pregnant, never lost it, never had a d&c. I’m doing alright but I’ll never forget the emotions, tears, angst I felt no matter how hard I try. It happened. It forever changed me. It’s about time I start being honest with myself.

totally random randomness:

Swans are the only birds with penises.

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I’m sure that is one fact you did not know, nor did you want to know. Hey, I am here to educate…..

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