Braving IVF

It's been nearly 2 years since I posted. C is five and a half, and R is two and a half. We now have a daughter, T, who was born in January! As I mentioned in the last post, we did a third donor...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2018/05/and-then-there-were-3.html

My last post was when R was born. His first birthday was two weeks ago - time flies! He's doing great - started walking at 10.5 months (had to keep up with big brother C, who turns 4 in December)...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2016/11/r-turns-1.html

Apologies for the two week delay... Baby R was born on Thursday, October 15! Our surrogate had a midwife appointment on Wednesday, October 14 and she was 3cm dilated and her bag of waters was...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2015/10/sorry-its-taken-so-long-hes-here.html

Our surrogate is 38 weeks today. Crazy! Her midwife thinks 39 weeks is more likely than 40. Her body is definitely getting ready. It's a little stressful knowing we could get a call at any time...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2015/10/38-weeks.html

Not many people read this blog anymore, but a few do (hi, J!) so I wanted to update... Even though I don't believe it's accurate to say 20 weeks is halfway through a pregnancy (since transfer i...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2015/06/half-way.html

If you read my last update  in November, you might remember the "however"... Yesterday, DH and I drove two hours to the office of an ob I'd never met before to see an ultrasound of a perfect ...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2015/02/empathy.html

I've wanted to do this post since 2012 when we found our egg donor and I started collecting children's books about egg donation.  I have a similar post with books about surrogacy in the works, a...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2015/01/books-about-egg-donation.html

The last time I blogged was right after our miscarriage in the spring - the second since we started trying for a sibling for C, and the end of our chances of having a girl - all our remaining emb...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/11/im-still-here.html

I thought only lightning strikes twice. I was wrong. Yesterday afternoon I had what felt like a tummyache. I went to the bathroom and felt constipated, and when I wiped, there was fresh blood. ...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/04/not-only-lightning-strikes-twice.html

Beta on Wednesday was 4157, which floored me. Our doubling time is about 26-27 hours. We didn't get the number until Thursday morning, so I was awfully curious what I'd see at the Thursday ultras...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/04/quick-update-55-weeks.html

We're pregnant! Beta #2 was today. It tripled from 211 on Friday (10dp6dt) to 644 today (12dp6dt).  She implanted quickly - I didn't feel implantation but started having symptoms within 48 hour...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/04/whoa-nelly.html

A quick update... We transferred our last XX embryo today. It was only a 3BC when the clinic graded it this morning, but two hours later at transfer time it had expanded to a 5BB (5 measures it...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/04/starting-another-2ww.html

(Subject is a reference to my last post, Back on the Horse .) Sorry for the delay. The last FET didn't work - BFN (beta was 2, so annoyingly my RE had me do a second beta to make sure it didn't...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/03/not-that-horse.html

As the title suggests, we're back in the process of fighting to have a second child. We transferred a 6AB embryo on Sunday. It feels very abstract. I think I try to stay removed from the 2ww to p...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2014/02/back-on-horse.html

The ultrasound yesterday was not good. The tsunami of clots on Sunday apparently swept away the gestational sac as well. The hematoma is gone, but there's no visible sac and no visible heartbeat....

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/11/bereft.html

I had my first ultrasound last Tuesday (11/12), and measured exactly on target (6w2d) with a good heartbeat! However. (If you're squeamish, you may want to skip the next part. TMI warning.) I...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/11/on-track-but.html

And our FET worked! I'm pregnant! I tested on Monday morning, the day before the 10dp6dt beta, with a digital test, and got a positive. The first beta came back at 78, which was half what my so...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/11/2.html

So C turned 9 months old last week. He's amazing. Super mobile - pulls himself up to standing with ease all day long (and sits down so carefully, it cracks me up). We suspect he'll be walking pre...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/09/9-months-and-planning-ahead.html

My son is 6 months old as of yesterday. That's crazy! It goes so fast. He's been so much fun for the past 3 months. Increasingly active and aware and capable of playing with objects and with ...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/06/6-months.html

C turned 3 months on Monday - how time flies! I've been a terrible blogger, but I'm trying to stay at least a little present on twitter. C is doing great. He continues to be 50% percentile on...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/03/3-months.html

We're doing really well. At his 2 week pediatrician appointment he weighed 8 lbs 4 oz (vs birth weight of 8 lbs 5 oz) so we were given the all clear to no longer wake him up every 3 hours at nigh...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2013/01/almost-3-weeks-in.html

Baby C was born Tuesday, December 18, at 9:54pm about 48 hours after we started the induction process. He weighed 8lbs 5oz, 20.75 inches long. He's perfect and even the doctors and nurses admitte...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2012/12/hes-here.html

Neglected to post on Saturday, when I actually hit 38 weeks... So a few exciting things happened since my 37 week post. I had an ob appointment last Wednesday for monitoring. The non-stress t...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2012/12/38-weeks-plus.html

What a huge milestone! Officially full term. And only 2 weeks to go until we're at least being induced - crazy! Today was the last day I had something scheduled that I really wanted to get done...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2012/12/37-weeks.html

I mentioned in my 32 weeks post that my baby was still frank breech (head up, feet up by his face). At 33 weeks I started doing everything I could do get him turned. Acupuncture, moxibustion (b...

http://bravingivf.blogspot.com/2012/11/breech-update.html