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Secondary Infertility Stories: Just One More…

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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Here We Go Again!

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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Getting Up to Date on this First IVF Cycle

by Kathy on April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

in Assisted Hatching, BCP, Blood Work, Cysts, ER, Estridol Level (E2), ET, Follicle Checks, Follistim (FSH), Hope, ICSI, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, Lupron, Odds, Optimism, Ovaries, Ovidrel (hCG), PIO, RE, RE Consultations, Sean, TTC, Ultrasounds

These are highlights from notes I have kept or posts I have made in some of my online “buddy groups” since we began this 1st IVF cycle. From here on out I will make separate posts as I have updates to share: Monday, February 26 at 9:24 p.m. We had our follow-up w/ our RE […]

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Background

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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