Non Sequitur Chica: Annual Pretty Princess Day

12.10.2015

Annual Pretty Princess Day

Happy annual pretty princess day to me! (Calling my birthday my Pretty Princess Day as a joke annoyed CP a few years ago so it has now stuck.) Today I am 37 which puts me a year closer to the big 4-0.

It will likely be a boring birthday as CP is out of town yet again (North Carolina- hey it's better than last year when he was in China!). Izzy and I will probably go out to dinner tonight and hopefully I will get the best belated birthday present of all with a good ultrasound tomorrow!

Whatever happens, Izzy made my day this morning by singing me "Happy Birthday." I hope to get another rendition out of her tonight. :-)

9 comments:

Lollipop Goldstein said...: Happy birthday! Hope that tonight is fun, but that you get the best birthday present tomorrow.; December 10, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Cristy said...: Happy birthday!; December 10, 2015 at 11:53 AM
Alice said...: Ha! A very happy Pretty Princess Day to you :); December 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM
Ginger said...: Happy Pretty Princess Day!; December 10, 2015 at 1:46 PM
KelBel said...: Happy Happy Birthday!!; December 10, 2015 at 1:52 PM
Feisty Harriet said...: Happy Happy Birthday!!! I think that on Pretty Pretty Princess Day you can demand as many renditions of "Happy Birthday" as your heart desires. It's in The Rules.

xox; December 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM
Jess said...: Happy birthday/Pretty Princess Day! I think you should get as many songs as you'd like on this day! :); December 10, 2015 at 6:38 PM
Amber said...: Happy birthday to you! Hope Izzy was accommodating and sang to you again! I'm sure it's the most adorable birthday song you've ever heard. Hoping for great news tomorrow with the best belated birthday gift ever!!!; December 10, 2015 at 10:42 PM
jAllen said...: happy birthday! Hope the best present is coming your way!; December 11, 2015 at 9:05 AM

Infertility Timeline

Trying for Baby #1

May 2010- Stop taking birth control. Figure that it might take 6-10 months to get pregnant. Do not tell friends or family that we are going to start trying to get pregnant.

October 2010- I start charting and taking my temperature every day.

February 2011- Nine months into trying to conceive with no results, I head to my GYN and discuss our next steps.

March 2011- I have a Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) test which came up negative for any problems.

April 2011- CP has a sperm analysis which indicates a lower percentage of "good sperm" than normal.

May 2011- CP heads to the urologist where they don't find anything and has another sperm analysis which indicates an even lower percentage of "good sperm". After a year of trying we are officially infertile.

August 2011- We have our first meeting with a fertility doctor and SURPRISE I have a big fibroid in my uterus. At the end of the month I was injected with a three-month shot of Lupron to shut down my ovaries/drop my estrogen levels to shrink the fibroid before surgery. Three months of hot flashes and headaches start.

November 2011- I have surgery to remove my fibroid and SURPRISE the doctor also found endometriosis and a cyst. He removes everything and tells us that we must wait three months before trying to have kids.

February 2012- Still waiting for my period to come back- the three-month dose of Lupron in August really messed with my system. Doctor prescribes Provera (a progesterone) to jump start my cycle again. I take 10 days of Provera and then on the 11th day I get my period!

April 2012- IUI #1- Negative despite great sample from CP.

May 2012- IUI #2- Negative despite great sample from CP. This month makes it two years of TTC.

June 2012- IUI #3- Negative despite great sample from CP. Consult with doctor before move to Chicago and decide to pursue IVF using the ICSI technique. TTC put on hold as we are living in two different states for most of the summer.

October 2012- First consult with new doctor in IL. Ultrasound reveals two new fibroids in my uterus. Bloodwork comes back normal.

November 2012- Saline sonogram shows a normal uterus. Surgery to remove fibroids was cancelled.

December 2012- Find out at IVF consult that my CT clinic never told me that my FSH and AMH numbers are showing possible poor egg quality.

January 2013- One-month Lupron shot in preparation for IVF #1.

February 2013- After two weeks on birth control, I start daily Lupron shots for IVF #1.

March 2013- IVF #1 results in 11 eggs retrieved. Fertilization report shows 6 eggs were mature enough for ICSI, only 3 fertilize. Transfer 1 perfect blastocyst and freeze another. Find out on March 26th that I am actually PREGNANT!!

First Trimester Recap

Bump pictures through Week 19

Second Trimester Recap

Bump pictures from Week 20-28

Third Trimester Recap

Bump pictures from Week 28-39

November 29, 2013- Our beautiful daughter was born!

Our Quest to Complete our Family with Baby #2

December 2014- Saline sonogram shows a normal uterus. On the 31st I start daily Lupron shots prior to FET #1.

February 12, 2015- Transfer a BB frozen embryo from our first IVF cycle.

February 22, 2015- BFP! First beta the following day- 55. Next beta- 132. Third beta- 249.

March 6, 2015- First ultrasound didn't go well; gestational sac measuring four days behind. A week later it was confirmed that I had a non-viable pregnancy. That day I took Misoprostol.

Sept 2015- After waiting for an OK to resume treatment after a CMV infection, I start injections after a few months of birth control. I am slow to respond and only have two mature follicles.

Oct 9 & 10, 2015- Cycle has been transferred to an IUI and I am inseminated. BFN.

Nov 2015- I start the flare or "Schoyer" protocol with Minivelle patches and Ganerelix shots. I head into my RE's office on Day 39 to figure out why I don't have my period and the ultrasound tech says that I have either a cyst or a gestational sac! A home pregnancy test confirms that I am pregnant naturally!

First Trimester Recap

First Trimester Bump Pictures

Second Trimester Recap

Second Trimester Bump Pictures

Third Trimester Recap

Third Trimester Bump Pictures

July 15, 2016- Our handsome son was born and our family is now complete!