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About Me
- G$
- What does not kill you, makes you stronger... Right? On November 7th, 2007, I turned to my husband from my hospital bed and said it. We both looked at each other, hoping that there would be something besides pain and grief coming out of our experience. Our son, William was stillborn November 7th, 2007 at 26 weeks. After more infertility drama than I care to think about, we are expecting our second son in July. Hopefully.
BabyQuest
- EDD - July 20th, 2010 - Boy. Fully foster licensed, home placement on hold.
- Dec 17 - 9 weeks, 2 days 165 bpm, graduated from the RE. Wow.
- Dec 4 - 1 Heartbeat, 127bpm. Hang on little guy.
- Nov/Dec 2009 - HCG check to make sure it's going down. Nope, 5900, two sacs found, nothing in one, fetal pole in other, no HB in either - 10 days after I was told to stop all meds.
- Nov 2009 - IVF#3 transferred 1 good, two fair embryos. Beta#1 = 171, beta 2 = 149, beta 3 = 237, beta 4 (24 hrs) 221. Stop all meds.
- Nov 2009 - Foster/Adopt Home Study complete. License expected beg-mid Dec
- Aug 2009 - FET transferred 3 "good" embryos, beta 1 = 18, beta 2 = 8, chemical pregnancy
- July 2009 - Foster Training
- May 2009 - IVF #2, 28 eggs retrieved, 20 Fertilized, 2 transferred (AB, BB grade), 5 Frozen (good, fair)... Beta #1 40, Beta#2 39 - Chemical Pregnancy
- April 2009 - Foster Parent Orientation
- Mar 26, 2009 - IVF #1 confirmed failure
- Mar 2009 - Egg retrieval 3/11, 18 retrieved, 15 ICSI'd, 14 fertilized. Transfer 3/16 - two beautiful blasts. 10 left to watch. None made it to freeze, 3 bad quality, the rest stopped growing :(
- Feb 2009 - Start inj for IVF - Stims start - 2/27, slow response, meds increased at Day 5, ER - 3/11
- Jan 2009 - Right Hydro Tube removed via Laproscopic Surgery. Onto IVF in Feb-ish
- Dec 2008 - HSG shows completely blocked left tube, hydrosalphynx tube on the right side. Next up: tubal removal and then IVF. I think.
- Oct 2008 - IUI w/ femara+acupuncture for lining= BFP and good betas! but oops, possible tubal. Methotrexate shot.
- June-Sept 2008 - struggle with lining, IUI/travel timing, clom00d to femara...
- May 2008 (late) - TTC, Cl.omid, u/s monitoring, IUI - full blood panel... abyss of failure. Not tracking anymore.
- April 2008 - Followup = septum gone! Left tube blocked with scarring :(
- March 5, 2008 - Uterine Septum removed!
- Jan 18th, 2008 - 3rd and final D&C, finally no more POC
- Jan 4, 2008 - 2nd D&C, mass found and left (biopsy normal, POC)
- December 20th, 2007 - MRI to confirm Uterine Septum diagnosis. Products of conception (POC) remaining
- November 7 - 1st D&C for placenta removal
- November 7, 2007 - William born still, 1lb 15 oz, 13.75 inches long.
- November 6, 2007 - Regular OB appt, heartbeat found. Ultrasound later in day "No Heartbeat" Baby stuck behind Septum, probably IUGR.
- June-October 2007 - Perfect ultrasounds, great pregnancy. It's a boy.
- June 2007 - Scary ultrasounds, worried about ectopic. Then, Uterine Septum found. Baby perfect.
- May 2007 - Met new RE, brought all records. Told to try IUI first. In fact, lets start this cycle. Got pregnant!
- 2005/06 - Went to RE, diagnosed with PCOS and possible tubal filling defect, uterus rotated to the right (HSG). Clomid and natural attempts for over a year. Told IVF was probably our only option
- May 2004 - Got serious about trying to have a baby
- May 2000 - Married, never really used BCP
Informative Links
Blogs I read (list not updated enough, Go.ogleRead.er ftw)
- A Charmed Life
- A Mending Heart
- Afterwords
- Antigone Lost
- Awful but Functioning
- Bridges - an Awareness blog
- Busted Babymaker
- Confessions of a grieving mother
- Dead Baby Jokes
- Ferdinand's Gifts
- Ferdinand's Gifts
- Flotsam
- Give me back my heart
- Glow in the Woods
- Her very own
- It's a strange world
- Letters to babies that lived
- Life without Caden
- Little bit lost
- Looking for an open window
- Missing Micah
- Mommy wants vodka
- Mrs. Spit Spouts off
- My Resurfacing
- No matter how small
- On the wrong side of statistics
- Once in a lifetime
- Our Little Penguin
- Our own creation
- Paw Prints on My Heart
- PostSecret
- Relaxing doesn't make babies
- She almost made it
- So Dear and yet so far
- Sweet | Salty
- This is not what I had planned
- Time is a Tease
- Unlucky 20 %
- Uterus Divided
- Where to go from here?
- Won't Fear Love
- Wrong Side of the Stats
- Yummy sushi pajamas
Disclaimer
44 comments:
Congratulations! He's adorable :)
What a beautiful little boy! So many congratulations and happy tears! So wonderful.
He is gorgeous! Welcome Hank! Congrats to you all! Now you can finally breathe, right?
YAY!!!! Welcome Hank! What a lovely, big boy.
Exhaling mightily. It's rather surreal when it works out, isn't it.
He is gorgeous! And I am remembering the early posts of Hank's existence and I admit, tearing up. What an amazing little man. Xo
Hurrah!
Congrats! I'm glad things went well, he is a cutie :)
He is beautiful!! So glad he is here, safe and sound. So happy for you!
YAY! Congratulations and welcome to the world, little one :)
What a cutie! Congratulations! Wonderful, wonderful news.
Beautiful!!
He's gorgeous!! So over the friggin' moon for you guys!!
wow congrats! I have popped in and out for a while here, so glad to see your happy ending :)
Oh sweetie, I'm crying tears of joy for you right now!! Hank is absolutely beautiful, he looks so perfect!
I hope you're feeling well. Your emotions may be all over the place in the next few days (hell, the next few years)...just take them as they come. Most of all, just enjoy the moment. It all goes by so fast.
SOOOOO freakin' happy for you!!!! EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
OMG, G, I'm over the moon for you. Welcome Hank. Welcome sweet boy. XO.
You must be over the moon! It's been a long time getting here, enjoy every minute of it, my friend. You've got a beautiful boy on your hands! Congrats!
I couldn't wait to get home so I could see the pic and get all the rest of the details. What an absolutely perfect big boy you have there!
I get chills remembering how sweet this first night together is. You caught your rainbow G., he's here.
Exhaling through my tears for you.
xxoo
Can't tell you how happy I am for you both. Welcome to the world little man x x x
What a cutie! Congrats!
LOVE! JOY! FREAKING AWESOMENESS!
XOXOXOXO
so handsome!
He's perfect! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! He is so beautiful and I am so glad things went well! So so happy for you!
OH, I am so so so happy for you!!!!
This is wonderful news! Sending you giant hugs across the internet!
OMG! YAY YAY YAY! I am sooo happy to see Hank's picture on my first day back blogging! It's made it worth it!
I am so happy for you guys, G. And he looks like a bruiser!
Welcome, sweet boy!!
So, so happy for you.
Oh he's gorgeous! Congratulations!
Congratulations!!
oh how wonderful...what a miraculous pregnancy from begining to end. I'm so pleased for you all
long time lurker, first time poster. But just had to tell you how thrilled I am for you
Fantastic stuff so so so very pleased. What a long tough journey but look at that little guy. So damm fine!
Can't believe you didn't name him "Aunt Becky."
I AM kidding ;)
And YAY! Congrats, love! He's gorgeous.
Adorable! Congrats!!!!!
HOORAY!!!! He's adorable!! Congratulations!
SO, SO glad to hear this! YAY! Congratulations!
Welcome home HANK!!!!!
CONGRATS! So very happy for you guys!
Yipeee! He is so beautiful. Couldn't be any happier for such a great person. :) Good work, mama!
Oh, my freaking GOD! He is beautiful! I'm so very happy for you! Sending you big huge happy, bouncy hugs!
I'm so sorry I haven't kept up with you lately, but SO thrilled that this is the post I "walked" in on!
Congratulations a thousand times over on your gorgeous, gorgeous boy!
Oh G, this just brought tears to my eyes. I could not possibly be more thrilled to hear of his safe arrival.
So much love to you and little Hank, what an absolute treasure.
xxx
Hooray!! So happy for you. Hank is precious!
Just catching up-- I related so much to your last entry.
Congrats again!
Catching up on my blog reading & commenting, post-vacation. Yay!!! Congratulations!! : )
Welcome to the world little Hank. You are in store for a great life with your wonderful mommy and daddy. Congrats G$. I finally got a chance to pop on your site and was so glad to see him. :-)
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