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Best IVF doctor!!!!!

Timeline

01/06 IUI #1 injections = BFN


04/06 IUI#2 injections = BFN


08/07 IVF #1 Lupron /Follistim ET 3 embies Aug = BFN


11/07 IVF #2 Lupron / Follistim / Menopur ET 4 embies (2 snowbabies) - 8/29/08 Its a girl! 8:14 am 8 lbs 10 oz 20 1/2 inches long = BFP


06/11 IVF #3 Lupron/follistim/menopur ET 4 embies - None made it to freeze = BFN


11/11 IVF#4 (FET) - Starting acupuncture again
11/28/11 (2) 5 day blasts snowbabies survived thaw & transferred
12/09/11 Beta #1 - (18.1) = BFP low but cautiously optimistic
12/12/11 Beta #2 - (14) = Losing the pregnancy
12/19/11 Miscarried at 5 weeks 5 days :(


2012
IVF #5 Next and FINAL attempt to grow our family We are out of money :(
2/17/12 Start all meds
2/29/12 Possible egg retrieval
3/3/12 Possible embryo transfer
3/14/12 Beta

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Biopsy results in

Well got the call from Dr. Werlin on the long awaited biopsy results lol! He said everything was perfect! He always says when you are perfect you are perfect:) Always positive, so the good news is I have been given the green light to move forward with my frozen embryo transfer immediately! Woooo hooooo! Yay!

On another note, I have been thinking a lot about my sister. She is amazing and doing so well her triplet pregnancy. She just had a real big scare recently. Yes another scare:( She went in for the anatomy scan which was going to be a long 2 hour appointment. Good news was all babies are healthy, no heart defects. Bad news was her blood count was dangerously low. So low that she had to have a blood transfusion. So after an overnight stay at the hospital and 3 liters of blood later she was released and is now on iron 4 times a day. Hey ladies if you are taking a prenatal vitamin especially the gummy ones please check for the iron. My sister recently discovered that her gummy prenatals were missing iron. Who would have ever guessed that? Anyway her shower is a week and half away! Yikes I have a lot to do. Can't wait for those babies to be here!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Biopsy details ( I survived )

Okay so here are the steps in having a mock fet cycle biopsy. Would this scare you? There is a reason why you don't know much before going in to have this done:)

1) Place the speculum
2) Clean everything out with iodine
3) Pulling on the uterus
4) Giving 3 injections of novacane in the uterus
5) Putting a clamp on the uterus
6) Cut a small piece out for the biopsy
7) Take off the clamp
8) Cauterize the bleeding with silver nitrate
9) Take out the speculum
10) Expect bleeding for the next couple of days

Okay so I was totally a wreck wondering what was going to happen, wondering how bad it was going to hurt. I get to my appointment and Dr. Werlin can clearly see that I am so very nervous. So he turns down The Stones for a minute and explains in detail the above. Then I really freak out! I have been getting injections for quite a while now, but thinking about getting them in my uterus sent me over the edge. He told me to breathe, and I started talking to him, yes it was a little uncomfortable but he then said okay I am finished! I was like what??????? Oh wow that was a piece of cake:) He said now didn't I tell you the truth? He then said he knew that I was so nervous and said sometimes when that happens and you have been laying down for a while once you get up you could pass out. So he insisted that I continue to lay down for at least one song, so I did and of course it was one of my favorites "waiting on a friend"
 He is so awesome! Seriously I wish that I could have this man to be my permanent doctor for everything. I just love him! Also today in the office they were celebrating his birthday. They had it all decorated and they gave each patient a little party hat card to write your own little message to him and tape it to his door. Sweetest most caring Doctor out there, can you tell I love him?!?!? Can't brag enough about him! LOL!

Should have the biopsy results on Monday!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Anxiety Attack (Biopsy is tomorrow morning)

Right now I am full of anxiety and I have no idea what to expect tomorrow morning. All I know is Dr. Werlin told me to take 4 motrin one hour before the procedure. So obviously it can't be that bad. I am a pro at fresh cycles but stick me in this FET and I am freaking out with nervousness! I mean come on cutting out a piece of your uterine lining while you are awake with no local. LOL! Doesn't sound too pleasant:( I get two shots tonight, and one more early in the morning before I leave. I just want this over with so I can begin my real frozen embryo transfer. Dr. Werlins birthday is Saturday 10-8 the same as my dads, I wanted to make him some cupcakes to take in tomorrow but its been pouring all day so I haven't made it to the market:( Should have picked them up yesterday while I was out.