{Our IF Journey}

Jordan and I got married on June 4, 2005. I went on birth control about a month before the wedding and hated it! Around August, I started talking to J about coming off of birth control. In October, 2005, we decided to go off BCP and start trying. We just had fun the first six months. After that, I started using OPKs. I detected my surge each and every month like clockwork. When October, 2006, rolled around, we started to think something was up. I was too scared to go to the doctor, so I put it off!
In January, 2007, I made an appointment with my obgyn to talk about everything. She did CD3 bloodwork and had J do a SA. The SA came back with very low count and borderline low everything else :( She recommended that we go to the RE. Once again, we were scared--and shocked, honestly--and didn't make an appointment with the RE until May. He did another SA (same results) and then told us IVF would probably be our only option. He wanted to do some bloodwork on J whenever we were ready. Once again, we waited...

Shortly after that appointment, my mom told me about a news story she saw on the local news channel about "The Conception Kit." A kit sold from Canada where you have sex normally, collect the semen in a "condom," put it all into a collection cup, and put the cup up next to the cervix for the night. It was only $300, so we thought it was worth a shot. It came with a 3-month supply-August-BFN, September-BFN, October-BFN...

So, in November I finally called the doctor back and we got the b/w done. Our doctor gave us a 1-2% chance of getting pregnant on our own or with IUI and strongly suggested IVF w/ ICSI. We started the IVF process in February 2008.

Schedule for IVF #1:
Feb 17-Start BCP
Feb 25-TOT & SIS
March 5-Start lupron
March 11-Start Follistim & menopur
March 19-Trigger
March 21-ER; start PIO (15 embryos!)
March 26-ET (2 blasts transferred, 7 made it to freeze)
April 1-BFP!!
April 4-Beta-210
April 7-Beta-179 (they suspected twins and I was losing one)
April 9-Beta-153 (everyone still hopeful...but me)
April 14-Beta-12 (it's official-chemical pregnancy)
April 28- Follow up appointment--no reason for m/c other than "it happens;"
scheduled to do FET #1 in June

Schedule for FET #1:
May 28- Start Estrace
June 14- Start PIO 2x a day
June 20- ET (2 blasts transferred)
July 2- Beta-BFN :(

Schedule for FET #2:
September 5-9: Estrace 1mg twice daily
September 10-13: Estrace 2mg twice daily
September 14-16: Estrace 2mg three times daily
September 17: Estradiol and progesterone levels drawn, u/s
If cleared : Progesterone injection 1cc in the am
Dexamethasone .5mg at bedtime
Doxycycline 100mg twice daily
Estrace 2mg three times daily
Prenatal vitamins and Baby Aspirin
September 18-23: Progesterone injection 1cc in the am and pm
All other meds stay the same
September 26: ET (2 blasts transferred)
Continue Estrace three times daily
Take the last Dexamethasone and Doxycycline
Progesterone injection 1cc in the am
Prometrium 200mg vaginally at bedtime
Continue prenatal vitamin and baby aspirin
October 9:Beta BFN

Schedule for FET#3:
January 5-9: Start Estrace 1mg twice daily
January 10-13: Estrace 2mg twice daily
January 14-16: Estrace 2mg three times daily
January 16: Estradiol and progesterone levels drawn, u/s (lining good, transfer in 1 week)
          Progesterone injection 1cc in the am and pm
          Dexamethasone .5mg at bedtime
          Doxycycline 100mg twice daily
          Estrace 2mg three times daily
          Prenatal vitamins and Baby Aspirin
January 23: ET (3 blasts transferred)
          Continue Estrace 3 times daily
          Take the last Dexamethasone and Doxycycline
          Progesterone injection 1cc in the am
          Prometrium 200 mg vaginally at bedtime
          Continue prenatal vitamin and baby aspirin
January 29: BFP!!! Positive pregnancy test at home (Click here for a list of my symptoms)
February 2: Beta #1 382
February 4: Beta #2 624
February 6: Beta #2 1100
February 11: First u/s-1 sac
February 18: Second u/s-Saw fetal pole, yolk sac, good growth, possible heartbeat
February 25: Third u/s- Heartbeat 155 bpm
And the rest is history...but you can find any other updates in my archives if you want.