I’m watching Tiny Furniture and loving it. Lena Dunham is a genius and lovely. I love that she made the movie without makeup and with makeup and in ill-fitting clothes and uncomfortable conversations and irrational reactions. I can’t wait to start watching Girls on HBO. It’s going to be like S&TC, but better. And realistic [...]
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IVF #2, 3dp3dt
Posted by eighteenyears on April 20, 2012
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/ivf-2-3dp3dt/
Cycle 20, CD 17, 3 (or 4) DPO, 5 DPT
My birthday is coming up this weekend. I’ll be the big 34, and that puts me one year closer to the sacred (or profane, perhaps) 35, when my fertility will be officially declining. I’m trying not to think about that too much. Plus, two of the blogs I follow just got a BFP (Yolk and [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on March 23, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/cycle-20-cd-17-3-dpo-5-dpt/
Cycle 20, CD 9, Day 2 of FSH (Bravelle)
So, I’m almost done with all these medications and thankfully think that I have made it through with very little to report in the way of problems or side effects. Giving allergy shots for 3 years made me pretty much a pro at the Bravelle, though I was a little nervous, for no reason at [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on March 15, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/cycle-20-cd-9-day-2-of-fsh-bravelle/
Cycle 20, CD 7, Day 5 of Clomid
So, all-in-all Clomid has not been bad. I got all weepy Friday night, but that happens without the medication too, so… I give this protocol a thumbs up so far. My headaches are still occuring each morning, but nothing a little Tylenol can’t fix. My psoriasis is doing so great. I don’t know why, other [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on March 13, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/cycle-20-cd-7-day-5-of-clomid/
Cycle 20, CD 4, Day 2 of Clomid
So far, Clomid is treating me fine. I don’t think I’m having any side effects… but then again I’ve only taken 1 pill. Emotionally, though, I think I’m waging a battle inside of myself. I keep thinking that there’s no reason to really get my hopes up this time, since it’s not like this time [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on March 10, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/cycle-20-cd-4-day-2-of-clomid/
Cycle 20, CD 1 (or 2)
So, woah, that was a quick one. I went from 9 days of spotting and 12 days of gut wrenching pain in Cycle 18 to one day of spotting, one heavier day of spotting with red stuff to BAM!! full on period. So, here I am at CD 1 (or 2) in Cycle 20. I’m [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on March 7, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/cycle-20-cd-1-or-2/
Cycle 19, CD 11
Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day! I’ve gotta a beautiful feeling, everything’s going my way! Well, not really, but it certainly is a beautiful day, and I’m taking the entire day, if I want to, to enjoy every single minute of it. Right now, I have all the blinds up, sunshine [...]
Posted by eighteenyears on February 27, 2011
http://eighteenyears.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/cycle-19-cd-11/
IComLeavWe
Faces of ALI
Cycle Countup
The Baby CountUp
Age 17 or 18: Because of the medicine I took for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, thought I would never be able to have children.
Age 25: On new meds -- possibility of kids!
Age 29: Met DH
Age 32: DH and I decide to get married and have kids
Age 32: (Nov 2009) Stopped BC. Expect to get pregnant immediately
Age 33: (Jan 2011) Started seeing RE. Bunch of tests. SA for DH is great. I have blocked left tube because of a dermoid cyst removed when I was 22.
Age 34:
March 2011: First cycle of Clomid, Bravelle, Ovidrel + timed intercourse = BFN
April 2011: Second cycle of Clomid, Bravelle, Ovidrel + timed intercourse = BFN
May 2011: Third cycle of Clomid, Bravelle, Ovidrel + timed intercourse = BFN
June and July 2011: Off ART until IVF in August
August 2011: IVF/ICSI, 9 follicles, 5 eggs, 4 fertilized, 3 transferred on Aug 20. BFN
Sept 2011 - Oct 2011: Figuring out what's wrong with me.
Oct 2011: Dx with MTHFR (heterozygous) and blood clotting disorders. Set for 2nd IVF in Jan or Mar, depending on when I make up my mind to do it.
Dec 2011: OB/GYN says homocysteine levels are fine, but Vitamin D is low.
Feb 2012: Start taking BCP for the 2nd IVF in March.
Age 35: Now
March- April 2012: IVF/ICSI, 6 follicles, 3 mature eggs (5 eggs retrieved), 3 fertilized, 3 transferred BFNDecide no more ART.
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