Second beta
March 9, 2009 9:29pm
I had my second round of blood tests today to see if my beta was going in the right direction. In four days, it went from 63 to 358 - …
Goal Completed on Mar 7, 09
JaimeTB 
5:38pm, September 27, 2009
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About Me
JaimeTB
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About Me
I am an Environmental Scientist living in Farmington Hills, Michigan. My husband and I were high school sweethearts. We have been together for seven years, married for one and half. We have been through hell and back again together and I love him more every day that I spend with him. He had brain surgery in July of 2006 to remove a cerebral AVM. After the surgery, his brain swelled so much that he didn't know who I was (we were engaged at the time). I am thankful every day that they caught it soon enough and he survived the surgery. It's been two and a half years and I still cry every time I think about it. Now that he is finally most of the way healed and back to where he was before, we are SO ready to have a baby. We have so much love for each other and can't wait to share it with a child. He was involved in an accident years ag, which left him with only one testicle and damaged the rest of the 'equipment'. Subsequently, a semen analysis has revealed a very low sperm count and other problems with the semen. We got pregnant on our honeymoon, but I miscarried just a few weeks in and we have been trying to get pregnant again since then. I have PCOS and stopped ovulating about a month after the miscarriage. We are now in our seventh cycle of clomid. So far, I have gotten positive ovulation tests every other cycle since going on the clomid, but have not been able to get pregnant. We recently transferred from my OB/GYN to an RE. He suspects that I am not actually ovulating even when I get a pos. OPK. If I have any good follicles this cycle, we are going to do IUI with a trigger shot. I am excited to move on to something new, but nervous about having my heart broken by yet another negative pregnancy test. I had an HSG last month and my tubes are open, so our RE really thinks this might be the key for us. I hope so....
I am an Environmental Scientist living in Farmington Hills, Michigan. My husband and I were high school sweethearts. We have been together for seven years, married for one and half. We have been through hell and back again together and I love him more every day that I spend with him. He had brain surgery in July of 2006 to remove a cerebral AVM. After the surgery, his brain swelled so much that he didn't know who I was (we were engaged at the time). I am thankful every day that they caught it soon
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Interests
The environment, music, animals.
The environment, music, animals.
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Goal Update
March 7, 2009 8:09am
I had totally forgot to update this goal. I really just can't believe I get to. We've been actively trying to get pregnant since …
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14dpo - BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 5, 2009 10:03pm
I can't believe it. My first positive test EVER!!!!
My blood test results:
beta: 63
estrogen: 1,002
progesterone: 53
I am …
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12 dpo
March 3, 2009 5:40pm
12 dpo. Today is CD 29. So far, no sign of af. Here's hoping it stays away.
Only one more morning to resist the temptation …
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11dpo
March 2, 2009 10:37pm
It's the evening of day 11. Two morning mornings to get through and I can finally take a test!! It's killing me. I want to …
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I was just thinking about you, and I am able to sit at the computer for a minute. Hope all is going well. This is the very end for you and I hope everything goes very smoothly.
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I am glad that you are doing well... except for the house and work. I am feeling pretty well. I have a lot of trouble sleeping because I can not get into a good position so I toss and turn all night. It is well worth it though. They are going very well and I was told that if I can make it to 35 weeks that I will be able to deliver at my home hospital instead of Buffalo NY. I am very excited at that thought. As you can see with my pictures I am as big as a house. I finally gained a few pounds and I thought that my dr. was going to kiss me. I think he was just thinking that I am 6 months pregnant and had not gained a single pound and that was not good. It seems it is very good.
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I am not working the husband and the dr. put the hammer down and said no more. It was time; I am as big as a house. I still have not gained a single pound though. I am feeling very well and I am 22 weeks tomorrow. I rest a few times a day and that seems to really help. I am hoping that I don't have to go on complete bed rest until 30-32 weeks that would be nice.
How are you doing? Gaining, loosing , sleeping, crying, apologizing for threatening to kill him in his sleep for some crazy thing... oh sorry that's me. Although living with the in-laws.... someone is bound to blow-up at some point. You are a saint, I hate to be in the same room asmine!!! -
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My in-laws are so strange that I don't know what they are thinking. My husband and I have been argueing abou this for the last week, and he just thinks that he should let them do whatever to keep the peace. Not peace with me, peace with them. I don't think it is worth it to let them think that their crazy behavior is acceptable. Other than that everything is going well for me.
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OMG I would kill myself if I had to live with my in-laws. I don't care for them when I am not pregnant and I have less good things to say about then now than when I am not pregnant.They are the ones that can not find time for him or I. My mother-in law is planning a shower that we are not going to be invited to? She said that she would just have the shower and then bring the gifts to us. I told my husband that if they have a shower without us they can keep everything that they get because that crap is not going into my house. And I mean it!!!!!!
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Close Infertility
Type: Ovarian IssuesDH and I have been together for 7 years, married for 1 1/2. We knew we were likely to have trouble conceiving, since he was involved in an accident in high school that left him with one testicle and no idea if the vas deferens was in tact. We have been off contraception since July 2006 and actively TTC since Oct. 2007 (18 months this month). I have PCOS and he has a very low sperm count and other problems with his semen. We are on our seventh cycle of clomid and hope to start IUI this cycle.
Treatments
- Artificial Insemination Considering
- Basal Thermometer Working / Worked
- Tried it for a while, but it was hard, because I wasn't sleeping on a regular schedule.
- Clomid Working / Worked
- Seven cycles so far - ovulated three of them. I have horrible hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, headaches, breat pain, and acne.
- HSG (Hysterosalpingography) Working / Worked
- Not so bad - some cramping and a couple days of bleeding.
- Ovulation Predictor Kit Working / Worked
- I HATE them - so hard to read!!!
- Progesterone Working / Worked
- No real side effects. Has produces a period each cycle for about a year.
Close Pregnancy After Loss/Infertility
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