Justamere IVF: 1st Birthday

Finally, we got some of the pictures from Lexi's first birthday...

Birthday Girl

All these people are here for moi?

Our family

The Cake

It was atomic

The Smash Cake (plain yellow)

Singing Happy Birthday

Blow out the candle!

You want me to do what?

EAT it? No way!

I'll SMASH it!

I like this!

Look! My hand is PINK!

I like making a mess!

Here Daddy...you eat it!

Yummy!

Ha Ha!

Messy Girl!

I should note that she ate maybe one bite of the cake...the rest she played with.

Our Journey

Married in 2005, but TTC#1 since 2004

IVF#1 April 2007 - BFN

IVF#2 August 2008

ER - August 13, 2008. 22 eggs retrieved, 17 mature, 4 fertilized

ET - August 16, 2008 (transferred 1 8cell embie. Our lone survivor)

Beta - August 28, 2008 - BFP! Hcg 137

Follow up Beta - Sept 2, 2008 Hcg 1,777

Third beta - Sept 4, 2008 - Hcg 4,080

First u/s - Sept 11, 2008 - baby measuring 2mm...heart rate 100bpm

Second u/s - Sept 22, 2008 - all is well...heart rate 150bpm First OB appt - Oct 8, 2008

December 31, 2008 - IT'S A GIRL!

April 10, 2009 - Alexis Marie is born. 6lbs 18.5 inches

August 12, 2010 - Return to RE to talk about TTC#2

September 1, 2010 - Saline Ultrasound

September 29, 2010 - Retrieval (25 eggs retrieved, 19 mature...2 fertilized)

October 2, 2010 - Transfer 2 8 celled embryos (our only 2)

October 11, 2010 - Positive HPT

October 14, 2010 - Beta 93.9 BFP!

October 18, 2010 - 2nd Beta - 221

October 20, 2010 - 3rd Beta - 377...it's not doubling

October 21, 2010 - no sac seen in Ultrasound

October 25, 2010 - 4th Beta - 1725! 6mm sac seen!

October 27, 2010 - 7.1mm sac seen with yolk sac!

November 3, 2010 - No heartbeat seen

November 8, 2010 - Still no heartbeat. Stop meds

November 10, 2010 - OB confirms pg not viable. Fetal pole already gone

November 12, 2010 - D&C performed

August 2011 - Start to think about trying again

August 2011 - Find out my RE doesn't take my new insurance...start hunt for new RE

September 6, 2011 - Meet with new GYN to get referral to new RE

September 20, 2011 - First meeting with new RE.

September 22, 2011 - Get approved by WIN fertility for IVF

October 1, 2011 - AF arrived

October 3, 2011 - start bcp

October 13, 2011 - Saline Ultrasound

October 18, 2011 - Cycle cancelled because my TSH was above 5.5

October 21, 2011 - Get in to see Endo for TSH...told most likely have Hashimoto's

October 22, 2011 - my 35th birthday

October 25, 2011 - Go for ultrasound of Thyroid

November 1, 2011 - Back to see Endo. TSH at 2.3

December 12, 2011 - Approved for January cycle

December 14, 2011 - Husband loses his job and the insurance for our IVF. Decide to pay one month of COBRA.

December 26, 2011 - Start Lupron, having been on active bcp since early December

December 31, 2011 - last bcp

January 9, 2012 - Back to see Endo. TSH at 1.23!!

January 11, 2012 - Baseline ultrasound and bloodwork.

January 26, 2012 - ER (13 eggs retrieved)

January 27, 2012 - it's all over. Nothing fertilized. No embryos.

October 2013 - missed period that was supposed to arrive October 10th.

October 28, 2013 -Go for a blood test after AF still hasn't arrived and 4 negative HPTs.

October 30, 2013 - Results show negative

November 12, 2013 - Gyn appointment as AF still hasn't arrived...now missed 2 cycles. RESCHEDULED.

November 14, 2013 - Gyn appointment as AF still hasn't arrived and now I've missed 2 cycles.

Justamere IVF

Monday, May 3, 2010

1st Birthday - Pictures

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