timeline

  • August 2008: initial home study visit scheduled for 8/8/08
  • June 2008: moving on to domestic open adoption; home study application sent June 25; the paper trail begins; considering the services of a consultant/facilitator 
  • April 2008: the last BFN (FET), most likely the last medicated cycle we will try. It doesn’t look good from here.  
  • March 2008: six years since my first surgery.  FET is postponed due to thin lining (7mm). Transferred 3 embryos March 24… and now the 2ww. 
  • Feb. 2008: begin protocol for FET #1 (first and last); estimated transfer date March 19 
  • Jan. 2008: IVF #1, biggest fattest bfn ever (IVF).  so what’s next?
  • Dec. 2007 (age 38): IVF #1, our first and best chance begins and looks oh so promising… Details about this cycle can be found here
  • Nov. 2007: last bfn I can handle…
  • July-Oct. 2007: 3 failed IUIs with clomid & injectibles
  • March 2007: begin ttc again after surgery #4
  • Feb. 2007: (4th) final surgery to remove damn uterine fibroids (hysteroscopic)
  • Jan. 2007: prepare for surgery #4
  • Dec. 2006: (3rd) surgery to fix blocked tubes and pelvic adhesions (from surgery #1) (laproscopic & hysteroscopic), but unfortunately couldn’t remove fibroids so #4 still needed (crap!)…
  • Nov. 2006: 2nd consult with RE; dx = blocked tubes and fibroids (grew back in 6 months!); schedule surgery #3 
  • June 2006 (age 37): begin ttc again after surgery #2
  • April 2006: (2nd) surgery by ob/gyn to remove fibroids (hysteroscopic myomectomy)
  • Feb. 2006: lost my only pregnancy (baby boy) at 21 weeks due to preterm premature membrane rupture (PPROM); delivered while sleeping (the missing surgery); despair ensues…
  • Jan. 2006: u/s detects fibroid growth during 1st trimester… 
  • Sept. 2005: get pregnant naturally to everyone’s surprise…
  • 2005 (age 36): 3 rounds of clomid; 1st consult with RE; dx = blocked tubes and pesky fibroid serving as an IUD 
  • 2004 (age 35): begin ttc#1 in spring after healing from surgery #1 
  • 2003 (age 34): HSG detects small new uterine fibroids, scar tissue and blocked tube;  take a wait and see approach to ttc to avoid another big surgery (bad idea)…
  • 2002 (age 33): major surgery to remove massive uterine fibroid the size of a lg. grapefruit (abdominal myomectomy); told to wait to ttc
  • 2001 (age 32): diagnosed with ginormous uterine fibroid (just as I was finishing grad school)

3 Responses to “timeline”

  1. Just lost our daughter to PPROM. Hang in there, please. You’re not alone.

    Deb. said this on April 8, 2008 at 10:32 am

  2. So sorry about the loss of your best friend. She was beautiful. Again, hang in there this weekend. You’re not alone.

    deb. said this on May 9, 2008 at 3:23 pm

  3. I am also 38 and have never been pregnant. I have done 5 iui’s, 1 ivf and also 1 fet. We are unexplained. I know how you feel. I’m not sure where we will go from here because I don’t know if I can stand to get another negative and go thru the roller coaster of cycling again. I am working on coming to terms with the fact that there is a very good chance we will never have a child. It’s hard though and there are so many reminders every day. Know that I support you and we infertiles are in this together no matter how it turns out…

    mimi said this on May 28, 2008 at 6:47 am

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