Trying Again: A Journey of Love

Creating a family isn't always easy. We had years of unexplained infertility, went through fertility treatments, had a beautiful daughter, conceived naturally, had an early miscarriage, conceived naturally again, had a second trimester miscarriage, conceived naturally again only to lose the baby at 9 weeks. We moved on to fertility treatments again and got pregnant but miscarried due to a blighted ovum. Pregnant again with fertility treatments and blessed with our rainbow baby boy in May 2012.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

So Far So Good

I got my second beta blood work results today and things are looking really good!

1st Beta 9/14/2010 - 11 DPO:
HCG = 44.5
Progesterone = 25.5

2nd Beta 9/21/2010 - 18 DPO:
HCG = 857.8
Progesterone = 34.6

Doubling time = 39.67 hours

They like to see the HCG double every 48 hours and the progesterone needs to be at at least a 10 to support a healthy pregnancy.

Needless to say, we are thrilled right now! I know all too well that things could still go wrong, but this is one major hurdle crossed. I go back next Wednesday for another blood draw. Today I feel good and hopeful. It just feels like things are going to turn out well for us this time around. I hope that's not just wishful thinking.

I'm already exhausted and I'm getting waves of nausea. The funny thing is, I'm mostly excited and happy about those things because they are a good sign that the pregnancy is going well! Tomorrow I will be exactly 5 weeks pregnant. I wish I could just skip ahead to about 25 weeks pregnant and have all of the big tests out of the way. I'm hoping the next 15-20 weeks go by quickly with as little stress as possible.

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A Short Summary

Had our first daughter in 2008 after 8 years TTC. Clomid/HCG Trigger shot/IUI. Diagnosis: Irregular ovulation, possible PCOS.
Got pregnant and lost the baby in January 2010, no fertility treatment. Ended quickly as a chemical pregnancy.
Got pregnant the following cycle, in March 2010, no fertility treatment. All seemed to be going well until we got a 1 in 10 chance for Down syndrome with the quad screen. At an ultrasound at 17 weeks, we found out our son had died in utero. We lost him in July 2010, most likely due to confirmed Down syndrome.
Got pregnant again without fertility treatment in September 2010. Things were going well, great betas, strong heartbeat. Then at 9week5days we found out we lost that baby too. After testing, it was confirmed she was a girl with Turners syndrome.
Lots of testing revealed I have PAI-1 4G/4G with normal levels, a blood clotting disorder. Alone it shouldn't cause any problems, but paired with another blood clotting disorder it could be a problem.
Back to my RE and started Clomid, I got pregnant right away in February 2011. Things didn't look good from the beginning, and in April at around 10 weeks I needed a D&C for a blighted ovum.
We got pregnant again on Clomid/HCG Trigger shot, and added our beautiful son to our family in May 2012.