Tales from Our Yellow Brick Road: Day 24: Heart

Monday, September 24, 2012

Day 24: Heart

I promise I am going to get caught up with EmHart's photo challenge!!

Today: Heart

This is the necklace that I wear every day and it represents our three losses. The heart is for our 3rd loss as we lost him/her the day after our first ultrasound where we were able to see and hear the heartbeat. I often find myself reaching up for the charms when I find myself thinking about the babies we've lost.

5 comments:

LunaSeptember 24, 2012 at 9:13 AM
It is beautiful. What a lovely way to remember.
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Just TSeptember 24, 2012 at 9:22 AM
What a special necklace.
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AnonymousSeptember 24, 2012 at 10:22 AM
how special! I love it!
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LyaSeptember 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Hi. Here from ICLW. Your necklace is absolutely beautiful! What a nice way to remember.
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Elizabeth :: Bébé SuisseSeptember 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I love the meaning behind this.
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Our TTC Timeline

4/10: Married my best friend
6/10: Bought a new house together
7/10: BCPs go into the trash
Aug and Sept 2010: AF arrives
10/10: BFP!
11/10: natural miscarriage at 8 weeks
12/10: month off
Jan 2011 - May 2011: BFN
6/11: meet with Dr. W, bloodwork done...shows I did not ovulate in May. Clomid prescribed. Waiting for AF and get a surprise BFP
7/11: natural miscarriage at 9 weeks before we get to first appt with Ob/Gyn; sent to specialist for consultation
8/11: meet with specialist Dr. M...lots of bloodwork and HSG
9/11: discover I have a Robertsonian Balanced Translocation of my 13th and 14th chromosomes...told it was okay to start trying again...get a BFP at the end of the month!
10/11: natural miscarriage at 8 weeks
Nov - Dec 2011: time off
Jan 2012 - March 2012: Unmonitored Clomid cycles BFN each month
3/12: First meeting with RE. Day 3 bloodwork and ultrasound.
4/12: Consultation with RE - told we have a 1% chance of bringing home a healthy baby due to the chromosomes and my age. Discussed options of IVF and IVF with donor eggs. After a lot of heart-to-heart conversations hubby and I decide to move forward with IVF with my eggs.
5/12: Let the IVF journey begin.
6/12: Found out I did not respond to meds as well as we had hoped so turned IVF into an IUI. BFN
7/3/12: Hysterscopy to remove polyps. Follow-up appt with Dr. A scheduled to figure out what is next. Hopefully IVF #2!
7/27/12: Start Stims; Only 5 follicles seen
8/2/12: 4 measurable follies seen - a few small ones in there too
8/4/12: 10 measurable follies seen - with a few small ones. Told to trigger that night and retrieval is scheduled for 8/6.
8/6/12: 4 eggs retrieved
8/7/12: All 4 eggs mature and all 4 fertilized with ICSI.
8/13/12: Cells from 2 embryos sent out for PGD testing. Told that the embryos "look really good".
8/24/12: Told that Embryo #1 was abnormal. XX 47 chromosomes...1 #16, 3 #17 and 3 #21. Tests on Embryo #2 were inconclusive.
8/27/12: After much thought and discussion we have decided to go forward with the transfer of Embryo #2.
9/7/12: Dr. A transfers Embryo #2
9/18/12: BFP!! Beta#1: 140; Progesterone: 37.3...anxiously excited.
9/21/12: Beta #2: 626!!
9/25/12: Beta #3: 1399!
10/2/12: First U/S...I am 6w1d and the baby measured 6w...heartbeat: 120.97...so excited!
10/10/12: 2nd U/S...Fred measured around 6w5d...heartbeat: 135...I am anxious but Dr. A said all is looking good.
10/15/12: woke up with hive-like things on my back - went in for U/S...no heartbeat.
10/20/12: natural m/c
11/12: Month off
12/4/12: Laproscopy and Hysteroscopy - removed fibroid
1/13: Spontaneous pregnancy!!
1/25/13: Early U/S - things look good
2/1/13: U/S - looking good; I am 6w2d "Cinco" measured 6w3d/4d - heartbeat 127
2/8/13: U/S - still looking good; I am 7w2d Cinco measured 7w2d/3d - heartbeat 150
3/15/13: U/S - everything looking just the way it should. Graduated from Dr. A's practice.
3-9/13: Regular appointments with Dr. W - all went well
10/2/13: Our miracle man, M, was born :)