Our TTC Timeline

Our TTC Timeline
April 2006 - Stop taking birth control, not actively preventing.
Summer 2006 - Timing conception to coincide with the school year calendar.
Fall 2006 - Use OPK's.
April 2007 - Visit OBGyn to talk about options and why not yet?
April-July 2007 - Chart BBT religiously.
July 2007-February 2008 - Take Clomid in ever increasing amounts up to 200 mg to increase luteal phase length. SA's come back ok, but morphology at 21%- Urologist and OBGyn not overly concerned. Add Prometrium, 200 mg.
February 2008 - Endometrial biopsy comes back fine, HSG comes back fine. Trying OV Watch.

March 2008 - Initial RE appointment to begin process.
April 2008 - Complete initial BW.
May 2008 - Complete Krueger's SA and meet with RE, 0% morphology makes RE's only recommendation IVF with ICSI.
May 2008 - April 2009 Pop lots of herbs and vitamins in hopes of achieving a super miracle. Search for a way to afford IVF with ICSI since our insurance covers nothing.
April 2009 - Refinance house to get enough $!
May 11 and 17, 2009 - Complete initial b/w for IVF cycle.
May 21st - Initial meds delivered: $2,013.
May 22nd - Start acupuncture
June-July 2009 IVF with ICSI
June 4th - Injection teaching, sign consent forms, start Norethindrone, 5 mg. lining: 8.9
June 6th - Begin Lupron injections, 5 units.
June 17th - U/S: lining at 5.5 and B/W: E2:124, i.e. too high Increase Lupron to 20 units, twice a day
June 19th - E2 B/W: 169- still too high, continue 40 units of Lupron
June 21st - Celebrate 6th anniversary.
June 22nd - recheck E2 B/W: 104. Still too high, but dropping
June 24th - recheck E2 B/W AGAIN: 30.2 (<40)>

June 26th - After 2 days of stims: u/s: 10 follicles approx. 4 mm in size, lining at 6, E2 at 73.4 Follistim and Lupron stay the same
June 28th - After 4 days of stims: u/s: 16 follicles (6 on left, 10 on right) ranging from 7-11 mm, lining at 8.9 and E2 b/w at 195, Follistim and Lupron stay the same- so everything must be right on track!
June 30th - After 6 days of stims: u/s: lots of follicles at around 14 mm, lining at 10.5 and b/w E2 at 450
July 2nd - After 8 days of stims: u/s: lots of follicles at around 18 mm, lining at 12 and b/w E2 at 1711, Progesterone at 1.49, last Follistim and Lupron injections today!!!
July 3rd - HCG trigger shot!
July 5th - Egg retrieval- 22 eggs retrieved, 18 mature, 6 fertilized
July 6th - Begin PIO injections, 1/2 cc daily
July 10th - Embryo transfer- transferred 3 (one grade 4AA blast)
July 11th - Begin PIO injections 2ccs daily (my nemesis)begin Estrace 2mg 2x a day.
July 16th - Progesterone and E2 b/w check- both fine med amounts stay the same
July 18th - Positive HPT!
July 20th - Beta #1 204 at 10dp5dt
July 22nd - Beta #2 432 at 12dp5dt
July 24th - Beta #3 1,015 at 14dp5dt
August 7th - First u/s- TWO amazing heartbeats! Both babies measuring at almost the same size and right on track for 6 weeks, 5 days.
August 21st - Second u/s at 8 weeks, 5 days. Sweet Pea measuring 1.7 cm, heart rate at 164 bpm. Little Bean measuring at 1.8 cm, heart rate 170 bpm.

September 3rd - 3rd u/s at 10w5d

October 29th - Find out genders!- one precious little girl and boy!

March 9, 2010 - Samuel Jacob and Annabel Marie were born!