by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments
in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing
For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]
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by Kathy on January 20, 2013 · 17 comments
in Bereavement, Gratitude, Hope, Infertility, Life, Loss, Memories, Molly, RE, Sadness
Today I received a letter in the mail from the Fertility Centers of Illinois, the clinic that we worked with during our Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) cycles in 2007. I was surprised to see the return address and joked with Bob as to what it might be about. As I slid the two page letter […]
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by Kathy on June 6, 2007 · 5 comments
in Adoption, Beta Blood Tests, Bob, Books, Diversions, Endo Lining, Estridol Level (E2), Follicle Checks, Follistim (FSH), Hope, Injections, Inspiration, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lutenizing Hormone (LH), Ovaries, Progesterone Level, RE, Repronex, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds
My 1st monitoring appointment for this cycle, since I began the stimulation meds on Monday, was this morning and it went well. The tech found 12 follicles that were under 10mm, so in those cases they don’t report measurements for each follicle, only if there were any over 9-10mm. There will likely be some measurable […]
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by Kathy on June 1, 2007 · 0 comments
in Blood Work, Eggs, ER, Family, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Planning, Protocols, RE, Sean, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds
I still haven’t got my period yet, but I spoke with one of the nurses this afternoon and as long as I get it between now and Sunday, I will go in for an ultrasound and blood work on Monday at 10:00 a.m. (while Sean will be at his Summer Arts Camp, for two hours, […]
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by Kathy on May 25, 2007 · 0 comments
in Bob, Diversions, Faith, Family, Follistim (FSH), Injections, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, Menopur, Movies, PIO, Planning, RE, Repronex, Running, Sean, Vacations
This week has been one of getting ready… I started my Lupron injections on Tuesday and received my new box of medications getting ready for this 2nd IVF cycle. It was interesting to review everything for this cycle (oral, injectable and topical (patches) medications and corresponding supplies). It was also a bit surprising to find […]
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by Kathy on May 12, 2007 · 0 comments
in Baby Aspirin, Beta Blood Tests, Blastocysts, Blood Work, Eggs, Embryos, Endo Lining, ER, ET, FET, Follistim (FSH), Frozen Embryos, Hope, HPTs, ICSI, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, Lutenizing Hormone (LH), Menopur, Odds, Ovaries, Ovulation, PIO, Protocols, RE, RE Consultations, Sperm, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds, Uterine Lining, Vacations
We had our follow up appointment yesterday (Friday) with our RE. We were very impressed with him, the thoughts he shared about our 1st IVF cycle failing, what he learned from the cycle and what he recommends for our new protocol to be! 🙂 In terms of our 1st IVF cycle, he thinks the main […]
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