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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.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

FET #4 - Frozen Embryo Transfer - Protocol, Transfer, and Symptoms


02/21/2015 - CD 17 semi-dark OPK
02/25/2015 - PAP: Normal
02/25/2015 - TSH: 0.767

SP = Self prescribed

Protocol
03/15/2015 - CD  1, Start 3 patches every other day
03/18/2015 - CD  4, Start vaginal estrace AM/PM (SP)
03/20/2015 - CD  6, Start medrol 8mg/day (SP)
03/21/2015 - CD  7, Switch to 10mg prenisone/day (SP)
03/24/2015 - CD 10, TSH: 1.370
03/26/2015 - CD 12, Endometrium = 11.06mm
03/28/2015 - CD 14, Increase prednisone to 20mg/day (SP)
................... Start progesterone 1cc
................... Start doxy 1 this day, 2/day til gone
03/30/2015 - CD 16, Last vaginal estrace (SP)
03/31/2015 - CD 17, TSH: 1.450 (Synthroid upped to 150)
04/01/2015 - CD 18, Start 10mg claritin/day (SP)
................... Start 20mg pepcid AM/PM (SP)
04/03/2015 - CD 20, Transfer (2 attempts)


Our "cookies" according to Victor

Symptom Watch
04/03/2015 - 0DP5DT: 
No symptoms

04/04/2015 - 1DP5DT: 
Kinda nauseous after eating PM

04/05/2015 - 2DP5DT: 
Bloated, cried, tiny cramps in evening

04/06/2015 - 3DP5DT: 
No symptomscried, lower back tweak

04/07/2015 - 4DP5DT: 
Bloated, yellow CM, depressed, veiny? (nope)

04/08/2015 - 5DP5DT: 
Left boob pinches 15 sec afternoon, tiny cramps PM, right boob pinches PM, nipples burning middle of the night

04/09/2015 - 6DP5DT: 
No symptoms AM, super bloated after lunch, dull cramping and lots of bloating after dinner, a few uterine pulls when moving just before bed (minimal), a few uterine pinches middle of the night (minimal)

04/10/2015 - 7DP5DT:  
Sore nips when I woke up, gone shortly after.  No symptoms mid morning other than bloat.  Slight cramping after lunch.  Feeling pretty normal come evening.  :(   Major meltdown.  Feel like it didn't work.


TTC #2

sticky vibes!

Lucky Coins

Superwoman socks and notes from fellow infertile friends.

Transfer #6.


2 comments:

  1. Praying your embryos stick! They are beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so so much Jill!!! This TWW is killing me!

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