Category: The Infertility Process

Last Wednesday was supposed to be my due date. Thinking of all the things that might have and should have been was rough. Andrew and I have chosen names for our two babies who had heartbeats for a brief time.  We thought it would honor their life.  Jeffrey and Amelia. We lost Jeffrey in 2015… Continue reading Jeffrey and Amelia

Telling everyone. I’ve told people I’ve been closed to when I’ve been pregnant in the past so I guess this isn’t too foreign.  But I will miss being able to tell everyone I know that Andrew and I will be having a baby, to put it on Facebook, and to get all the congratulations. Feeling… Continue reading The Things I Will Miss

Shortly after our miscarriage in August 2018, we had a foster child placed with us (more on that later).  There wasn’t a whole lot of time to grieve our loss and to grieve the loss of hope for having our own children.  Our feelings had to be put on hold to care for the little… Continue reading Sharing Parents

First of all, let me say that this blog post has been the hardest of them all.  I’ve been avoiding writing this one because it’s difficult to think about how hopeful we were only to face more heartbreak.  I will also admit I haven't reread this post for typos or grammatical errors.  I can't.  So… Continue reading Embryo Transfer Number Three

After my D&C in February, my fertility doctor wanted to give my body a small break so we scheduled the next embryo transfer for the end of April.   I’ve been thinking about how I can make this story interesting or funny.  I haven’t been able to come up with a single thing. Basically, we… Continue reading The 2nd Embryo Transfer

To recap...my first embryo transfer was on January 16 and we transferred 2 embryos. I had to continue the progesterone shots (the one in the butt) every night and my estrogen patches until I reach 12 weeks or the doctor says to stop.   My first pregnancy test was on January 26 - let me clarify:… Continue reading Embryo Transfer #1 – Part 2

After 3 egg retrievals and all the stimulating hormones, we were very much looking forward to our first embryo transfer.  We scheduled the date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018. We got our medication calendar and while I had to take more hormones via patches and injections, they weren’t meant to stimulate follicle production and so I… Continue reading Embryo Transfer #1

Before I go into my experiences with my embryo transfers, I wanted to talk about surrogacy and why we chose not to use one.   What is surrogacy?  I am sure many of you know what surrogacy is but on the off chance someone doesn’t...it is where a woman carries a pregnancy for the parents… Continue reading Surrogacy and Our Other Options

After looking around at the other local IVF clinics, we decided to go back to California IVF.  A: Their statistics were at the national average or better and B. They knew us already. We also decided to add acupuncture which can be successful in helping with hormone regulation (read more about that experience here).  So,… Continue reading 2nd and 3rd Egg Retrieval

Because our first egg retrieval was such a failure and we got a loan to cover the next round of IVF treatments, we decided to optimize our chance by adding acupuncture.  I’ve heard numerous women’s stories of how acupuncture helped them get pregnant so I thought it was worth a shot. Thankfully, there are local… Continue reading Starting Acupuncture