baby, interrupted: my funny valentine

Monday, February 14, 2011

my funny valentine

To my funny, feisty, wiggly, diaper-blowout-y, gassy, giggly, nap-challenged, squeal-y, bottle-refusing (there's a story for another post), often exasperating and yet delightful daughter:

You are the best Valentine ever.

Love,
Mommy

2 comments:

tireegal68February 14, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Look how she has her head up! Looks like she is ready to crawl! Love her hair color! Sweetest valentine ever!
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finchFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:15 AM
Awwww. What a sweetie!
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our interrupted story

2004 - In the Beginning

We got married in November 04, followed by a year of the Festival of Sex. Decide to wait a year before even discussing pregnancy because, surely, babies will come in the blink of an eye after that. Right?

2005 - Huh.

November 2005 - throw out birth control pills. Purchase pregnancy tests. A year goes by. No baby. Huh.

2006 - Huh?

Remain in denial. Periods are always on time; no reason to suspect problem. Make appointment with local RE, then discover no insurance coverage for fertility. Put off appointment.

2007 - Oh.

Husband tested; find 3% normal morphology. RE tells us IVF is only hope. Cry. In September, get job offer in new, bigger city. Take job while husband remains in Old City, to complete his job and sell house. Odds of pregnancy now even lower, as living 300 miles apart. For fun, find new RE as now have new insurance plan with some fertility coverage. Discover stage 4 endometriosis. Not so much fun.

2008 - Drugs. Lots of drugs.

Sell house, husband moves to New City, move all our stuff. Exhausted. Have laparoscopy in September, followed by 2 unsuccessful IUI's. Decide that Percocet is work of devil. And decide to move to IVF.

2009 - Pregnant for 48 hours

March - transfer 2 great-looking embryos. Positive pregnancy test! Followed by abnormally-rising betas, turns out to be ectopic pregnancy. This happens in 1% of IVF patients. Consider buying lottery ticket but then decide would probably get hit by car on the way into lottery store. Take much-needed break throughout summer.

2010 - The Year of the Baby. Really. I MEAN IT THIS TIME.

January 2010 - IVF #2 is off and running!

Luteal Antagonist Protocol:

1/15 - suppression check, first Cetrotide shot (3 mg)

1/22 - start meds (450 Gonal-F; 75 Menopur)

1/28 - add Cetrotide (.25 mg)

2/4 - retrieval: 10 eggs

2/5 - report: 8 fertilized (ICSI), 7 developing

2/9 - 5-day transfer of 2 blasts, one frozen

2/19 - beta #1 - 343. Pregnant!

2/22 - beta #2 - 1039!

March - October 2010 - Pregnant! Vomit. A lot. A. LOT.

October 30, 2010 - our daughter is born.