by HawkeyeGirl16 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:37 pm
Great idea, Maddy!
DH and I started TTC #1 in July 2009. After no luck on Clomid or Femara alone, we tried a combo cycle of femara and follistim. I went in for my follicle tracking U/s and couldn't find anything that was responding. I did three more days of Repronex, but again was told there was no response and my cycle was cancelled. My RE was baffled and told me to come back for a WTF appointment the next week. To everyone's surprise, I ovulated on my own around CD 22 and got pregnant. At 6w3d I went in for an u/s and saw our baby. The next week, we saw the baby and a heartbeat! Sadly, the following week, our baby no longer had a heartbeat and I was sent home with cytotec to help move things along.
We waited a few months for betas to drop and to get AF, then tried again with femara, repronex, and ovidrel. My beta at 14dpo looked great, but sadly they started dropping and I miscarried again. I had RPL testing done that came back essentially normal except for slightly elevated anticardiolipin IgM antibodies.
My next cycle, we tried the same combination of meds and to our surprise conceived triplets! I had a textbook perfect triplet pregnancy until I started spotting at 19 weeks. An ultrasound revealed I had incompetent cervix and after hospital bed rest and a failed cerclage, my son and daughters were born too soon at 19w4d on January 7, 2011.
My husband and I were devastated, but started trying again a few months later. In May, I had a chemical pregnancy. I had faint lines for a few days and AF was late, but it ended yet again. We decided to try one more month before taking a long break to regain some sanity and focus on our relationship.
That last cycle, I used femara, follistim, and ovidrel. I had just one mature follicle and that's all it took to get pregnant again. At 12 weeks, I had a Shirodkar cerclage placed and started 17p around 18 weeks. My miracle baby was born at 39 weeks gestation on February 22, 2012!
There were so many times that I wondered just how much more we could take and thought about giving up. Just when I thought we had reached our breaking point, we were blessed with our son. Never give up on your dreams!
Me: 28 DH: 30
We're TTC a little brother or sister for Mason! (Shh FB friends)
My blog:
http://ttcwithpcosrpl.blogspot.com PCOS, adenomyosis, RPL, & IC
7/09-8/10: Multiple cycles of IF medications
4/26/10

8w3d
7/26/10

5w0d
RPL testing: elevated anticardiolipin IgM
1/7/11: Triplet angels 19w4d due to IC Cadyn

Adalyn

Mikayla
5/24/11:

4w3d
6/21/11:

#5 Shirodkar cerclage & 17p

Our miracle baby Mason arrived safely 2/22/12

October 2013: BF?