ER May Not Be on Monday

April 12, 2007

I left a voice message for the nurses at my RE’s office this morning, as last night I did the math on how much Follistim was left in the vials I have and realized that if I don’t do the trigger shot on Saturday night, and the amount of IUs isn’t lowered from 300 between […]

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It’s Looking Like We May Have 3 to 5.

April 11, 2007

Good afternoon! I can’t believe that it is the middle of April and actually snowing here in Chicago today! I had my 2nd follicle check this morning and blood work done. The u/s tech was able to measure 5 follicles on my left side, however she still was unable to find my right ovary. She […]

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Getting Up to Date on this First IVF Cycle

April 10, 2007

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

April 10, 2007

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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Welcome!

April 10, 2007

Welcome to our Benson Family blog! I decided to start this in part to update our family and friends who have shown us, through your love and support, that you want to share in our journey trying to expand our family. I may also add other tidbits about our life and experiences as time goes […]

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