Happy one year of blogging to me:) When I started this blog I was a complete mess. I couldn't make it a single day without a complete breakdown over our IF diagnosis. I honestly questioned how I would make it through this at all, almost everyday. And honestly, I think this blog, my blogger buddies, and the TTTC message board have saved my sanity.
I am constantly amazed at what a supportive community we have in the IF world. Not only is it great to have a community of women who 'get it', but also have people to ask questions to, who make you not feel so alone. Women who go far beyond anything most of my IRL friends have done. Freaking donating THOUSANDS of dollars worth of meds so that we have a chance at this cycle. Amazed. Who send cards, gifts, and emails of sympathy. Appreciated, more than you know. You may just be online, but I consider all of you great friends.
So, happy one year to me, and a million thanks to all of you:)
IVF update-stim day 3, monitoring tomorrow am. Looking at a June 12th ER date.....
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
Blog Archive
IF Success Stories
- Busted Babymaker
- Caroline-From Infertility to Baby
- Conceive This!
- Infertility Journey to Motherhood
- IVF on the Down Low
- Little Bluebirds Fly
- Make it Grand
- My Infertile World
- No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven
- Not How I Planned
- Pieces of My Life
- Someday, Someway!
- Swimming Against the Tide
- There's a baby at the end of this, right?
Multiples
Infertility Blogs
Loss
Non-IF blogs I like
Money Spent on IF
- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
14 comments:
Congratulations! I know exactly how you feel...and am so glad to have discovered this community. :-)
Happy Blog-Aversary! I know exactly what you mean... I'm new to the bloggin though! Hope you have a good check up tomorrow!
Happy Blogaversary! It's amazing to look back at where things were a year ago for me too... And I totally agree that there is such an amazing community of women out there.
Happy Blog-Aversary!!
GL with this cycle, praying you get your sticky BFP!!
WoooHooo! Happy blogoversary to you, woman!
Happy blogaversary!! Your blog was one of the first MFI blogs I discovered and I totally appreciated it :) Thank you!
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Happy Blogaversary!
woot woot!! June 12th is SO CLOSE!!! Keeping you in my thoughts!
Happy anniversary! Blogging is a great outlet and you are totally right about the support system in blogland for us IF girls.
happy blogaversary! :) i am also so happy to have found this community that is so supportive and giving.
still sending you positive vibes for next week :)
happy blogaversary! :) i am also so happy to have found this community that is so supportive and giving.
still sending you positive vibes for next week :)
HAPPY ONE YEAR!!! Congratulations!
I feel the same way!! My blog has saved me!!! I am starting stims for my second IVF on Saturday. Looks like I'll be a week behind you!! Good Luck!!!!
Happy Blog-Aversary!
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