Beta #3 was 1,366 and the nurse said that was great. They also gave me the okay to go ahead and do the suppositories since my progesterone was 196! I started them today and have to admit I am not liking them. I like that the whole left side my body from the waist down is feeling better, but that is about it:)
This week has been a rough one at work b/c I have no motivation at all to do any work. All I want to do is look at baby stuff. I know, it's terrible. Me, the girl who said she didn't even think she would want a baby shower, is spending hours looking a bib sewing patterns and cribs. I have lost it.
I am counting down the days to our ultrasound, and not very patiently.
I hope everyone has a good holiday weekend!
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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
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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
12 comments:
Amazing!! I hope you have a great weekend too!
congrats on a third great beta and yay for switching over to suppositories....which i do too so i know they can be yucky but i am guesssing better than the shots! praying for you!
WOOO HOO!
I've probably said that on your last five posts, but I am just so excited for you!
I hope you're feeling well. Have a wonderful weekend!
Have you checked out http://www.betabase.info ? You can compare your betas with others to see if you have one or multiples! It's not 100%, but fun to check out anyway. :)
I bet you're SO excited for the ultrasound. That first peek at your little one(s) is so emotional...something you'll always remember.
xoxo
yay!! i'm so excited for you. the suppositories get better :) (or maybe you just get used to them?)
anyway, congrats!!! try to enjoy yourself this weekend!!! xoxo
Congratulations! Have a great weekend.
Great numbers, congrats! Our numbers have been almost identical, so I'll be interested to see how many you have in there seeing as how I have to wait until the 15th for my first u/s. Good luck!!!
THat's awesome!! The suppositories are sick but easy. :) i used to do them in the afternoon so that i could take a nap after ward. :)
Great beta results! Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
yay!!! SOOOO happy for you! I know how you feel - I started looking and shopping right away!
Can't wait to see the u/s pics! I'm so excited for you!
Woooo hooo... this is awesome. Congrats!!
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