My Infertility Journey

March 2005 - Stopped bcp to make a baby

March-June 2005 - No af

July 2005 - Induced af with Provera

August 2005 - Met with Ob/Gyn to discuss anovulation; Induce af with Provera and planned to start clomid

September 2005 - Clomid #1 (50mg cd5-9; unmonitored) - No O!

November 2005 - Clomid #2 (100mg cd 5-9; unmonitored) - started bleeding on cd23 - Unsure of O?

December 2005 - Clomid #3 (150mg cd 5-9; unmonitored) - BFN!

Early January 2006 - Clomid #4 (150mg cd 5-9; unmonitored) - No O!

Late January 2006 - Clomid # 5 (200mg cd5-9; unmonitored) - No O!

February 2006 - Clomid #6 (150mg cd5-9; unmonitored) - No O!

March 2006 - Consult with local women's clinic "Infertility Specialist" (an ob/gyn who dabbles in infertility) - Dx: Atypical PCOS (anovulatory)

April 2006 - Monitored Clomid #7 (25mg cd 3-10) - No O! - Dx: Clomid resistant

May & June 2006 - BCP to "quiet ovaries"

July 2006 - Minimal Stim = Clomid+Repronex = BFP!!

Early August 2006 - 1 bean with strong h/b

Late September 2006 - Miscarriage #1 = No h/b @ 12wks - D & C

October 2006 - Moved on to RE - Put on Metformin

November 2006 - Hysteroscopy to remove "retained products of conception”

Late December 2006 - Femara #1 – BFN

Jan/Feb 2007 - Femara #2 – BFN

March 2007 - Femara #3 - BFP (Beta = 8) - Miscarriage #2

April 2007 - Fired old RE, hired new RE & on to IVF

July 2007 - IVF #1 - 19 eggs retrieved; 16 eggs fert; 8 high-quality blasts (all frozen); cancelled transfer due to thin lining

August 14, 2007 - FET #1 - 2 Grade A/A blasts transferred

August 24, 2007 - BFP!! 1st beta = 179; EDD = May 1, 2008

September 10, 2007 - 1 bean with a strong heartbeat

January 21, 2008 - Myles was born @ 26wks gestation via emergency c-section due to severe preeclampsia/HELLP

February 16, 2008 - Myles' died due to pneumonia and our hearts broke :(

July 2008 - FET #2 - 2 Grade A/B blasts transferred - BFP! (Beta = 19) - Miscarriage #3

September 2008 - FET #3 - BFP! (doubling numbers that dropped at 4th beta) - Miscarriage #4

November 2008 - On to surrogacy