Clocks & Rhythms: 2012.01

January 26, 2012

the most expensive sex I never had

As realistic as I tried to be about attempt #1, and even though I was still weaning off SSRI, the BFN was a let down...

cycling with the moon

I am always pleased when I cycle with the moon, but this month it is especially gratifying. I plan my first insemination for the full moon, which is technically at 2:30 am EST tonight!

new year's eve bash & crash!

If, as I like to believe, how you spend new year's eve foreshadows the year to come, I am not sure what to make of my 2012...

SMC Timeline

2012-Nov-13 -- healthy baby boy born
2012-Aug-06 -- 24wk checkup
2012-Jul-11 -- 20wk checkup
2012-Jun-21 -- 17wk level 2 ultrasound at MFM
2012-Jun-13 -- 16wk checkup & AFP screen
2012-May-16 -- 12wk N/T u/s & "ultra" screen
2012-Apr-18 -- 8wk ultrasound; last visit with RE
2012-Apr-04 -- consult with midwives re home birth
2012-Mar-26 -- beta=1,425 at 19 dpo
2012-Mar-22 -- beta=343 at 15 dpo
2012-Mar-21 -- BFP with HPT!!!
2012-Mar-07 -- attempt #3; in-clinic IUI; donor A
2012-Feb-22 -- LMP (last menstrual period)
2012-Feb-08 -- attempt #2; at-home ICI; donor B; BFN
2012-Jan-09 -- attempt #1; at-home ICI; donor A; BFN
2012-Jan-05 -- donor vials arrive at local cryobank for storage!
2011-Dec-16 -- order 6 vials of donor sperm at TSBC; 3 each of 2 donors, A & B
2011-Dec-15 -- consult with OBGYN
2011-Nov-30 -- consult with RE & PCP; insurance infertility (IF) enrollment denied; recently turned 37
2011-Nov -- decide to start trying to conceive (TTC); begin looking for donor & tapering off SSRI
2010-Oct -- begin thinking; research fertility statistics; "tick tock!"; about to turn 36 in Nov

Clocks & Rhythms

About Me

January 26, 2012

the most expensive sex I never had

January 8, 2012

cycling with the moon

January 3, 2012

new year's eve bash & crash!