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.

Monday, May 7, 2012

May 3, 2012

He's Here! I will write a much more detailed post in the days to come, but I wanted to let everyone know that our beautiful rainbow baby decided May 3, 2012 would be a good birth day. He arrived at 37 weeks 5 days, at 6:11 PM, weighing 7 lbs. 8.8oz., 19.5" and is the most beautiful little baby boy in the world. We are home now and everyone is doing great. I'm looking forward to finding the time to share all the details on his arrival and on big sister's reaction soon.

4 comments:

BeckyT said...: CONGRATULATIONS. Wishing mum and baby well. Hope you are recovering well and I can't wait to hear more about little man. Well done and all the very best for the future. x; May 8, 2012 at 2:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Yayyy!! Big congrats to you guys! I'm sooo soo happy for you! Much love to your family!; May 8, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Coreena said...: Congrats!! I'm so happy he's here and healthy! Can't wait to hear all about him and big sister's reaction!; May 8, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Good Timing said...: Wonderful news!!! Can't wait to hear more:)5; May 10, 2012 at 11:38 AM

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.