Another 40 days gone by

Sunday, February 26, 2012

I have been having a minor emotional breakdown the last few days. I am on Day 43 and still have no signs of AF. I called my ob this morning to be induced. I am so frustrated because the last few cycles I have gotten naturally. I am just getting so frustrated with my body not cooperating. I am so thankful for my friend Amber who has been through far more than I can even imagine and never once has had a negative attitude about it. I am so blessed. She is truly a great friend and she is so strong! In talking with my OB's office, they would like to start Clo.mid/Ovi.dryl in my April cycle. This will mean that we have officially started "fertility treatments." I just would have never imagined being here, but who is? As I said before and I will say again. I am so blessed. I am thankful beyond measure for the blessing it is to have Emily. This situation makes me even more thankful!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Another 40 days gone by

So now it is February and this morning I had a BFN. I have now been on the Metformin for over 3 months. I am planning on calling the OB's office to see if I can start treatments on my next cycle which if it lands as every other month has at 39/40 day cycle should be April 3 unless I get a BFP this next month. I just hope and pray in the next month my body will be able with the help of God conceive without medication. If I do get pregnant in the next 40 days it will be a December baby. Hubby swears that this is bound to happen as it would just be our luck (my husband, daughter and I already have birthdays in December one week apart!) We will see!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

First post...little info

I went to see the perientorologist on January 12 after being prompted by my OB. He is basically a high risk doctor who would be treating me when/or if I get pregnant. he went over all the statistics of having the HELP syndrome again and my chances of having toxemia, and the issues that PCOS can have on a pregnancy. It was a good meeting and I felt like I got a lot of info. In my discussion with him he said that with the diagnosis of PCOS I should be able to start on fertility treatments even before 1 year (which is April) I spoke with my OB's office today and she said that NOTHING is covered until April. She said that I could do one unmonitored clomid cycle. The problem with not being monitored is that A. Polysistic ovaries with clomid can have cysts that burst which can be dangerous and B. Clomid unmonitored can give you the risk of multiples. She did say that if I called back say beginning of March they may be able to refer me for an appointment with Dr J. the fertility specialist for April.

Update

Received a call from the OB's office that they will likely not get any results back until Thursday or Friday of this week. Seems a bit ridiculous to me...I will let you all know when I hear something.

Update

Update

Please pray! I received a call from the docs office that my bloodwork showed abnormalities. I have an anti-Kell antibody. I have not been given much info but prognosis can tend to be questionable... it is very rare. I found this definition:

Hemolytic disease of the newborn (anti-Kell1) is the second most common cause of severe hemolytic diseases of newborns (HDN) after Rh disease. Anti-Kell1 is becoming relatively more important as prevention of Rh disease is also becoming more effective.

Hemolytic disease of the newborn (anti-Kell1 is caused by a mismatch between the Kell antigens of the mother and fetus. About 91% of the population are Kell1 negative and about 9% are Kell1 positive. A fraction of a percentage are homozygous for Kell 1. Therefore, about 4.5% of babies of a Kell1 negative mother are Kell1 positive.

The disease results when maternal antibodies to Kell1 are transferred to the fetus across the placental barrier. These antibodies can cause severe anemia by interfering with the early proliferation of red blood cells as well as causing alloimmune hemolysis. Very severe disease can occur as early as 20 weeks gestation. Hydrops fetalis can also occur early. The finding of anti-Kell antibodies in an antenatal screening blood test (indirect Coombs test) is an indication for early referral to a specialist service for assessment, management and treatment.


Rich's results have not come in yet, and they are anticipating it being sometime early in the week before we hear.

I am so angry at doctors I can't even breathe. Yesterday when my OB's office called she said she didn't have much information, and that she has never seen this antibody disorder. She told me to call the High Risk doctor and ask them to explain it to me. The nurse called today and refused to talk to me. She told me she didn't have any information, and it would be late next week before she would call me back. I told her that I am their patient, and that I needed someone to answer my questions. She repeatedly told me that even if she did get my chart today, they wouldn't call till late next week. I am so mad. My OBs office should be calling with Rich's results today, I am going to let them know how rude the high risk doc office was, and that someone needs to answer my questions. This is ridiculous.

Please pray

Please pray! I received a call from the docs office that my bloodwork showed abnormalities. I have an anti cal antibody. I have not been given much info but prognosis can tend to be questionable... it is very rare. I found this definition:This anti-c antibody in your blood can cross the placenta and attack the red blood cells of the fetus. The result in anemia in the fetus that can cause jaundice or stillbirth. That is the definition for anti C and I have no information on if that is the same as anti cal or Kal (I don't even know how it is spelled.)

Rich is getting his blood tested as we speak. If it is positive, more immediate action will be required and prognosis could be not as great. If it is negative all the doc said is that my chances go from high to about half. Please pray with us!!! I am currently awaiting a return call from the high risk doc for more information. We will hopefully hear from him tomorrow, and should have the test results sometime tomorrow as well.

New blog!

So happy that my time at this blog has been short and sweet. Thank you all for praying for us, and for being such great support. I am happy to announce that I have started a blog for the baby. I will no longer be updating this site, and will update this one instead. Thank you for your continued prayers for a healthy, growing baby and an uneventful pregnancy!

http://ittybittybush.blogspot.com/

Introducing...Emily's baby brother/sister

Stats:

Heartbeat at 138
EDD of March 16, 2010

Doctor said everything looks great. I am supposed to do a 24 hour urine test this weekend. The nurse is scheduling my appointment with the high risk doctor, and will let me know. My next appointment with my OB is August 14th. So excited and relieved that all is well! Just praying for continued growth and strength!

6 HOURS....

So in 6 hours we will finally get to have our first peak at our lovely baby #2. I am beyond words nervous and excited for our appointment. I just continue to pray that all goes well, and that both me and the baby are doing awesome. In fact, I am believing it. Please believe with me in prayer today. I will be sure to update this blog after our appointment.

Does a body good

I am wondering if it is unhealthy that I have single handedly drank a whole gallon of ff milk in 3 days. I have no shortage of calcium!

Man am I struggling! We have our first sono in 8 days and I just CANNOT wait. It seems like eternity! I am trying to not think too much about it. How can I not though? I am continually praying that we see a strong heartbeat and healthy baby at next weeks appointment. That is all I can do!

Emily's Reaction

Following the last blog entry, I wanted to post Emily's reaction when we told her. Please ignore the bed head, guess I neglected to comb my hair.

I was wrong afterall!

Last Sunday evening I was pretty sure I started my cycle. On Monday I was to get a blood test and I almost didn't go. Around 3:30 Monday I got a call from the nurse, "congratulations, you are pregnant! But it is very early!" My hcg level was only 29. I kept saying, I thought I wasn't! The nurse said the bleeding must have been implantation. I was in complete shock, and still am! Praise the Lord that my first round of fertility treatments worked!! I had two follow up betas and everything was looking great! I have my first ultrasound on Tuesday, July 28. Please continue to pray for this little one we have hoped for as obviously we are not out of the woods yet! Thank you!!!!!

Waiting for Monday

I have a beta (blood pregnancy test) scheduled for Monday morning. I gotta be honest with you and say that I am not very optimistic. Not sure why...I don't have any signs or symptoms. If it does end up negative, I will stop the progesterone and should be able to start the process over again in another week (ultrasound). I am still believing something could change, I just am not going to get my hopes up! I need to remember this cycle almost got cancelled anyway. Prayers for Monday!

YIPEE! Better late than never!

I have been TRIGGERED! I went in today for my ultrasound and she saw not one but two follicles! (the one is smaller). The sizes were 16 and 19! So the trigger will release the egg from the follicle in approx. 36 hours. So hubs and I will be doing some Baby dancing (lovely I know) at 24/36/48 hours. I will be put on progesterone as a precaution on Wednesday (due to the problems I had with Em early on). Two weeks and a couple days till we find out if anything happened!

I went in for my appointment on Friday, and she said that I have one at 15mm! So I will be going back tomorrow (Monday) to see if we are ready to trigger ovulation! Better late that never I suppose!

Ok maybe not....

I am confused...

Got a phone call this afternoon from the doctors office. Guess she talked to the doctor and the doctor wants to do one more scan on Friday evening. I am a bit surprised as she told me it would be canceled and would see me at my next cycle. Guess the doctor wants to check it out. That would be day 21 of my cycle (which would be way late to ovulate...keep in mind the average cycle is 28 days) but I guess stranger things have happened. Come on follie!

Cancelled

Nothin...this month is a bust. The nurse was like, "ok well we will see you back after you get your next cycle." I said, "well thats just it, I won't get my cycle because I won't ovulate (obviously). So she is going to talk to the doc on Wednesday and see when they are comfortable triggering my cycle again. Chances are they will wait till at least 28 days, do a pregnancy test, then trigger. Keep in mind it takes 20 days to trigger. Looks like we won't be trying again till end of July beggining of August. Blah.

Follie check #1

Not quite sure what this month will bring. I went today at day 13 for a follie check and I had one that was at 10 mm and one at 8.3 mm. They have to be 18-22 before you can trigger ovulation (which releases the egg). Obviously my follicles aren't quite following the rules as they are a bit smaller than they like to see on day 13 (most people ovulate on day 14). I will go back on Monday to see what size the one is and if we are good to trigger. If it has not even gotten close, this cycle will be a bust. The unfortunate thing is that my body doesn't go from month to month. This means if it is a bust, it would be another month and a half before I would be doing anything. (I have to have my cycle triggered, etc.) Here is to hoping Mondays check is good!

All clear!

I had the (HSG) this morning and it went well! The tubes are clear! When I got in there they got me prepped and had the radiologist come in and explained the procedure. They basically got me prepared like an annual appointment and then they cleaned my cervix with a iodine solution. Then they stuck the catheter up into my uterus and blew up a balloon. It was uncomfortable to have the speculum and the balloon, but that was about it. We got to watch on the screen as the dye was pushed through and it filled up my cervix (which is way tinier than I thought it would be!) and then it started through my tubes, and man those things are very tiny! It spilled out into my abdomen which meant that they were clear. The radiologist said that all looked well, and the chances increase a bit after this procedure is done as it kind of cleanses all the reproductive parts. Now if my ovaries will just cooperate on Thursday! I am gonna chill out today, as I am way crampy now (pretty much just like bad menstral cramps).

Next Monday I will be having a procedure.

What is a Hysterosalpingogram?

A hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is an X-ray test that looks at the inside of the uterus and fallopian tubes and the area around them. It often is done for women who are having a hard time becoming pregnant (infertile).

During a hysterosalpingogram, a dye (contrast material) is put through a thin tube that is put through the vagina and into the uterus. Because the uterus and the fallopian tubes are hooked together, the dye will flow into the fallopian tubes. Pictures are taken using a steady beam of X-ray (fluoroscopy) as the dye passes through the uterus and fallopian tubes. The pictures can show problems such as an injury or abnormal structure of the uterus or fallopian tubes, or a blockage that would prevent an egg moving through a fallopian tube to the uterus. A blockage also could prevent sperm from moving into a fallopian tube and joining (fertilizing) an egg. A hysterosalpingogram also may find problems on the inside of the uterus that prevent a fertilized egg from attaching (implanting) to the uterine wall. See a picture of a hysterosalpingogram.

Why It Is Done

A hysterosalpingogram is done to:

• Find a blocked fallopian tube. The test often is done for a woman who is having a hard time becoming pregnant. An infection may cause severe scarring of the fallopian tubes and block the tubes, preventing pregnancy. Occasionally the dye used during a hysterosalpingogram will push through and open a blocked tube.
• Find problems in the uterus, such as an abnormal shape or structure, an injury, polyps, fibroids, adhesions, or a foreign object in the uterus. These types of problems may cause painful menstrual periods or repeated miscarriages.