by Kathy on April 18, 2007 · 4 comments
in Bob, Eggs, Embryos, ER, ET, Friends, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO, Sean
We got a call this morning (about an hour earlier than the earliest we expected to hear) from the lab to let us know the fertilization report. Of the 11 eggs they retrieved yesterday, 7 were mature. Of the 7 mature eggs, ALL 7 FERTILIZED!!! 🙂 We were ecstatic to hear the news! We know […]
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by Kathy on April 16, 2007 · 2 comments
in Bob, Doxycycline, Eggs, ER, Estridol Patches, ET, Follistim (FSH), Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO, Sean, Trigger Shots
To quote one of my favorite musicals Les Miserables, we have “one day more” until our aspiration/egg retrieval (ER)! The trigger shot went well last night. It took me a little while to get the needle in, as it didn’t slide in effortlessly as the Follistim pen ones had and hurt a bit when I […]
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by Kathy on April 15, 2007 · 0 comments
in Bob, Endo Lining, ER, ET, Follicle Checks, IVF, IVF #1, Ovaries, Ovidrel (hCG), Trigger Shots, TV Shows, Ultrasounds, Uterine Lining
I am back from this morning’s bright and early appt. and it went very well! There were 8 measurable (over 10mm) follicles: 25mm, 22mm, 20mm, 18mm, 16.5mm, 16mm, 15mm & 13mm! They grew as follows: 25/22, 22/18, 20/16, 18/15, 16.5/14.5, 16/14, 15/13 & then we got the new 13 which must have been below 10 […]
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by Kathy on April 10, 2007 · 3 comments
in Assisted Hatching, Background, Blessed, Bob, C-Section, Ectopic, EDD, ET, Friends, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, IVF, IVF #1, Life, Loss, Marriage, Miscarriage, OB/GYN, Optimism, Ovaries, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, RE, Sean, The Future, TTC
Though I am sure most of you already know this… I just wanted to give a little background to our trying to conceive (TTC) story. Bob and I met in college at the University of Illinois through mutual friends on September 2, 1996. We started dating a month later and got engaged on March 15, […]
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