January 2005 – Met in the Marching Lumberjacks.
September 2005 – Started dating
December 1, 2007 – Darrell proposed at the Turtle Rocks Inn in Trinidad, CA
May 30, 2009 – Our Wedding Day
June 8, 2009 – Moved to Texas
September 2009 – Started trying for kids
January 2011 – Diagnosed with Male Factor Infertility
March 8, 2011 – First visit with Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE)
April 2011 – Darrell Diagnosed with Homogeneous Klinefelter’s Syndrome – Donor is our only option
June 2011 – IUI #1 – clomid only – BFN
July/August 2011 – IUI #2 – clomid & Follistim – no response, canceled cycle
July 2011 – Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
November 2011 – IUI #3 – clomid & Menopur
— 4 follicles: 20, 18, 18, 12. Sperm: 41 million. Beta on 12/2
December 1, 2011 – BFP(++) on HPT
1st beta (12/2) – 205
2nd beta (12/5) – 701
3rd beta (12/12) -4,055
December 22, 2011 – Ultrasound: Twins! Baby A – no hearbeat but measuring 6w3d, Baby B – hb 129, measuring 6w5d
January 3, 2012 – Baby A: miscarried; Baby B hb 174 measuring 8w4d
April 4, 2012 – Level II ultrasound – baby uncooperative, but everything looks good
May 30, 2012 – No heartbeat at 29w5d
May 31, 2012 – Delivered our son, Pixel Ross. Death due to Amniotic Band on the Umbilical Cord. Encephalocele was found as well.
September 2012 – IUI #4 – clomid & Menopur – exact same protocol as IUI #3
— 5 follicles: 19, 16, 16, 15, 13. Sperm: 25 million. Beta on 9/25.
1st Beta (9/25) – 83
2nd Beta (9/27) – 266 🙂
3rd Beta (10/4) – 3306
October 15, 2012 – Ultrasound: 1 baby, right spot, heartbeat 129
October 29, 2012 – Ultrasound: Sprout measuring on target, heartbeat 174. Released to OB.
November 29, 2012 – NT Scan: Very low chance of any of the trisomies. Everything looks great, no neural tube defects. heartbeat 167
January 2, 2013 – Level II Ultrasound
March 23, 2013 – Moved to Seattle, WA
June 2, 2013 – Edward arrives at 8:27am weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces.
Trying for Baby #3
June 5, 2014 – Initial appointment with new RE
August 2014 – IUI #1 – clomid & Menopur – BFN
October 2014 – IUI #2 – clomid & Menopur – BFN
November 2014 – IUI #3 – clomid & Menopur – overstim, switched to IVF
— 11 retrieved, 9 mature, 7 fertilized – 3 fair, 4 poor by day 3 transfer – transferred 2 – none made it to freeze – BFN
Need to pay off IVF and save up, will be putting off attempting again until sometime late next year 🙁
January 2016 – IUI #4 – clomid & Menopur
— 5 follicles: 20, 17, 16, 14, 13. Sperm: 15 million. Beta on 2/5
1st Beta (2/5) – 76.3
2nd Beta (2/8) – 458.4
February 26, 2016 – Ultrasound: 1 baby, right spot, heartbeat 138
April 1, 2016 – NT Scan: Low chance of trisomies and no neural tube defects spotted. Heartbeat 138
May 23, 2016 – Level II ultrasound: Looks good. It’s a boy! Heartbeat 137.
October 21, 2016 – Morgan arrives at 8:32pm weighing 10 pounds 3.5 ounces
Trying for Baby #4
December 18, 2018 – Initial appointment with RE
December 2018 – IUI #1 – clomid & Menopur – Cancelled due to overstim
January 2019 – IUI #2 – clomid & Menopur – BFN
March 2019 – IUI #3 – clomid & Menopur – BFN
April 2019 – IUI #4 – climid & Menopur –