10/9/2015 – 1st meeting with RE
11/4/2015 – Semen analysis – all good results
12/4/2015 – Hysteroscopy & Laparoscopy done, found and removed endometriosis
12/14/2015 – Follow up with RE – 2 options, IUI (8-10% chance of success) IVF (30-35% chance of success)
1/12/2016 – 1st IUI – Negative result (1/26/2016)
2/10/2016 – 2nd IUI – Negative result (2/26/2016)
3/9/2016 – 3rd IUI – Negative result (3/24/2016)
4/25/2016 – Prep cycle for IVF#1
5/31/2016 – Egg Retrieval – 7 eggs – 2 made it to be fertilized and transferred (Little did I know that exactly one year from this date we transferred the embryo that is now our son!)
6/3/2016 – Transfer Day – 2 embryos transferred
6/16/2016 – Beta Day – Beta is Negative
6/20/2016 – IVF #2 Begins
7/26/2016 – Egg Retrieval – 15 eggs – 8 made it to be fertilized – 3 made it to be transferred and frozen
7/31/2016 – Transfer Day – 2 embryos transferred
8/10/2016 – Beta Day – Beta is 16
10/4/2016 – Transfer Day – 1 embryo transferred
10/14/2016 – Beta Day – Beta is Negative
12/7/2016 – Meeting at new RE Clinic
1/14/2017 – IVF #3 – with PGS testing
1/25/2017 – Egg Retrieval Day – 12 retrieved
1/26/2017 – 5 embryos made it to biopsy
2/5/2017 – 3 normal embryos (2 boys and 1 girl)
2/21/2017 – Transfer Day – 1 boy
3/2/3017 – Beta Day – Beta result is 70 (At the next check my beta decreased.)
5/31/2017 – Transfer Day – 1 boy
6/9/2017 – Beta Day – Beta Result 172!!
6/13/2017 – Beta #2 – 826
6/20/2017 – Beta #3 – >10,000
6/27/2017 – 1st Ultrasound – 6 weeks 4 days
7/5/2017 – 2nd Ultrasound – 7 weeks 5 days – Graduated from RE’s office
7/12/2017 – 3rd Ultrasound with my OB-GYN – HR 160
I was due 2/16/2018, but Thomas had other plans and was born on January 9th, 2018 at 34 weeks 4 days.