TTC Timeline

December 2008

• Diagnosed with mild endometriosis
• Surgery to remove what was there, found no relief from pain
• Lupron - let's not ever go there again
  • Moodiness so awful I physically felt crabby
  • Lost 20% of my hair three months before my wedding
  • Very bad acne (again, right before my wedding)
  • Cut pain by maybe a third at best
  • Dear Husband Married me in the midst of this....he's AMAZING! (doubt I would have married myself during that time)
• Birth control pills and diet changes FINALLY brought some relief
• Eating healthier and NO caffeine!

June 2009

• Got Married!!

January 2010

• Finish last pack of birth control

March 2010

• Start trying
  • BBT, etc.
• Primary OB/GYN tells me I *get* to go to the fertility clinic if not pregnant after three cycles

July 2010

• Met with Dr. RE
• HSG clear
• My labs came back good
• Later discovered FSH of 11 is NOT so good...
• Husband's labs came back very good

August 2010

• Clomid and Ovidrel
  • BFN

September 2010

• Clomid and Ovidrel
  • BFN

October 2010

• Clomid, Ovidrel, and IUI
  • IUI was HORRIBLE
    • Took 45 minutes
    • First a nurse tried
    • Then Dr. RE tried
    • Then Dr. RE tried with u/s guidance
    • Then Dr. RE tried with u/s guidance and guidewire
    • Ended up being closer to an ICI instead
    • Dr. RE suggests having a full bladder for the next one since my uterus likes to tip over or something along that line...
  • Adding insult to injury.....BFN

November 2010

• Femara, Ovidrel, IUI
  • Amazing what a full bladder and pain meds will do!
  • BFN

December 2010

• Femara, Ovidrel, IUI
  • Another crappy IUI
    • Drank a ton of water prior to appointment
    • Kidneys decided not to filter said water
    • Had to drink another gallon worth at the office
    • 2 1/2 hours later, IUI finally completed
    • Starting to think Dr. RE doesn't like me as a patient....
  • BFN

January 2011

• Finally give in to Dr. RE's IVF recommendation
• January 9 BCP started
• Labwork for me and Hubby

February 2011

• Backup semen sample frozen
• February 7 Start Lupron 10 units
• February 12 Last day of BCP
• February 18 Start stims
• February 21 E2 75, up stim dose
• February 24 Cycle canceled, only 2 follicles growing

March 2011

• Phone consult with SIRM
• WTF appointment with Dr. RE
• Horrible Post IVF Period (a week late!)
• Start BCP for IVF #2

April 2011

• April 25 Last day of BCP
• April 29 Start Stims

May 2011

• Stimmed for 2 weeks @ 600 ius
• May 13 7 Follicles, retrieved 3 eggs, only 1 fertilized
• May 16 Tranfer one perfect embryo
• May 27 First beta - 2
• May 29 Second beta - 1 Chemical Pregnancy

June 2011

• Move out of state for husband's work

December 2011

• New Dr. Endo - endometriosis specialist
• FSH 5.5 E2 66 AFC 12

January 2012

• FSH 18.1 E2 32 AFC 12

February 2012

• February 3 Laser removal of endometriosis
• Find left tube is completely blocked by endo, 1 1/2 years ago both tubes were open

 May 2013

• IVF #3
• AFC 18, FSH 15.7, E2 41
• Mini IVF Cycle
• Clomid 50mg, Gonal F 150iu x3 doses, Lupron trigger, Ibuprofen, Provera
• 11 Follicles: 9 decent sized, 2 smaller
• 7 Eggs Retrieved - all mature and fertilized!
• 4 Blasts Frozen on day six
• two: 4CC (fully expanded, poor quality)
• one: 4BC (fully expanded, ok/poor quality)
• one: 4BB (fully expanded, ok quality)

June/July 2013 

• Two month break

August 2013  

• IVF #4
• AFC 17, FSH 8.5, E2 61
• Mini IVF Cycle
• Clomid 25mg Day 3-9, Lupron trigger, Ibuprofen, Provera
• 3 Follicles, 2 decent sized, 1 smaller, several less than 12
• 4 Eggs Retrieved - one immature, the other three fertilized
• 2 Blasts Frozen on day five
• one: 4AA (fully expanded, perfect!)
• one: 4AB (fully expanded, almost perfect!)

September 2013

• One month break 

 October 2013

• IVF #5
• AFC 17, FSH 25.7, E2
• Natural IVF Cycle
•   No Stimulation meds!!
• Transferred 2 beautiful blasts. 5AA (fresh) and 4AA (frozen)
• Beta #1: 7
• Beta #2: 3
• Another Chemical Pregnancy - said goodbye first week in November

November 2013

• IVF #6
• Natural Frozen Embryo Transfer
• Canceled due to huge jump in E2 - 2500!! and early rise of progesterone

December 2013

• Break Cycle

January 2014

• Break Cycle
• Grieving loss of my grandmother

February 2014

• IVF #7 
• AFC