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After an 8 year battle with infertility and countless struggles, our family is finally complete. This blog chronicles the journey it took for us to start and build the family we always wanted. Background on the blog (started in 2012, just days before I found out the embryo transfer for our son worked).... I decided to start a blog after realizing I have only been able to make it through my TWW's (two week waits) with the help of Google and with the openness of other women suffering from infertility sharing their own stories and giving others hope. I have time and time again found my exact symptoms on other women's blogs and felt an overwhelming sense of calmness they provided me. I thought it was time to pay it forward and hopefully provide this same thing to other women on their own journeys.

Monday, May 23, 2011

IUI #3

(My blog started on 1/25/2012, but I have gone back and added our entire journey up until that point.)

Sperm parameters pre-wash:
  • volume: 3 milliliter
  • count: 28 million
  • % motility: 20%
Sperm parameters post-wash:
  • volume: 0.35 milliliter
  • count: 1 million
  • % motility: 60%

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Mike's bloodwork is normal

(My blog started on 1/25/2012, but I have gone back and added our entire journey up until that point.)

Mike had bloodwork to determine if there may have been anything else going on and it came back normal.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Semen analysis

(My blog started on 1/25/2012, but I have gone back and added our entire journey up until that point.)

Mike's analysis shows:
  • 7.9% motile (normal 50-100%)
  • 17.3% normal form (normal 30-100%)
  • 47% live (normal 50-100%)