A Good Doctor Does
Here are the walk through papers our doctor filled out while speaking to us. Remember she was across the desk from us so she drew that perfect uterus upside down!
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Where to start? I abandoned this blog at the same time I abandoned my life and my hope. I went to a very dark place. This place was lonely and sad. My husband went to his own dark place. We almost lost each other. That was 2006. New Year’s Eve 2007 I said “goodbye 2006, 2007 has to be better!” 6 days later my Dad had a heart attack. This is how the rest of the year went: My husband lost his job (through his own fault not bad luck) My father had triple by-pass heart surgery My husband and I, with a marriage on the rocks for the first time in 7 blissful, though...
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Cycle and Semen Analysis History Semen Analysis: Date Volume Total Count Motility Morphology Antibodies 4/6 5.6 78.4 million 26% 4% suspected due to agglutination 4/27 58.2 million 18% 3% 37% IgG an IgA head and tail binding Intrauterine Insemintation IUI # Days of Stims Insemination date Pre-wash count (millions) Pre-wash motility Post-wash count (millions) Post-wash motility Post-wash total motile count (millions) Result 1 9 5/23 45.6 58% 9.5 57% 5.4 BFN 2(dbl) 9 7/11 140.6 23% 2.3 53% 1.2 2 (dbl) 7/12 93 31% 2.2 56% 1.2 BFN 4 5 (clomid...
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2WW 2 Week Wait (from transfer until pg test) ACA Anti-cardiolipin Antibody ACTH Adrenal Corticotropic Hormone AF Aunt Flo, After Flow, Period, or Menstrual cycle AH Assisted Hatching AI Artificial Insemination ANA Anti-nuclear Antibodies APA Anti-phospholipid Antibodies APTT Activated Partial Thrombo Time ART Assisted Reproductive Technology ASA Anti-sperm Antibody ASRM American Society of Reproductive Medicine ATA Anti-thyroid Antibody BA Baby Aspirin BBT Basal Body Temperature BCP Birth Control Pills BD Baby Dance (sex) Beta HCG pregnancy...
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Infertility In Remission Infertility. No one thinks it will happen to them. In reality, fertility – something we take for granted – is a miraculously coordinated orchestra of hormones and timing. In couples suffering from infertility (IF) a part (or parts) of the orchestra are not playing in key. Just one wrong note makes the seemingly simple task of procreation extremely difficult. For 9 years I was a mother without a baby. Now, I’m transitioning into the wonderful world of parenthood with a dose of “parenting after infertility.” I am a new mother like any...
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