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Sunday, May 07, 2006

3DP3DT: Luteal Day 7

Warning: Graphic Post
Implantation can happen anytime from today to day 12...so I'm just waiting, on pins and needles for something, anything, to happen.

I've been having cramping on and off since yesterday, but it is likely just the progesterone making its presense known. But I ignore this simple possibility and, instead, imagine that my little embies are boring their way into my uterus, little trophoblast feelers sticking into the lining, draining my blood like little vampires.

I'm still riding the couch for the most part. I put a poll on Fertile Thoughts in the pregnancy section to see what women did after their transfer, if they indeed got pregnant, and an overwhelming number of women said that they stayed put and didn't do anything for days on end. Dr. Moustache may say that there's no data to show that staying still helps, but my informal poll shows that most respondants that got pregnant stayed put and rode the couch for days on end. So I'm going with what I've found. I'm feeling totally lazy, but I want those little guys to have every tiny little advantage that I can give them.

The worst part of this 2WW is that I'm scared to death to fart or crap. Everytime I go to the bathroom I shudder to think that they've possibly slid out with the waxy progestrone pussy pop stuff. My spotting is gone...I told Dr. Moustache that seeing it made me worry that the embies would somehow slide out with it. He reassured me that it wasn't coming form the uterus, but from the 18G or so needles that they used for the ER procedure. He kindly gave me a sterile rinsing out on the table in the OR (in front of J no less), transferred the embies, and then confirmed that the cathetar was totally clean, no uterine lining residue on it. I haven't seen a smidge of spotting since then so I guess he was right. I'm glad he gave me the rinse because I would surely be freaking out if I was seeing bits and pieces of tissue at the point in the game.

I think I should have nabbed some of those valiums they were handing out in the OR on ET day.

Back to the couch for me. There's a Jane Fonda special on this morning and Barbarella has already started. Classic!!

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Blogger Donna said ... (12:17 PM) : 

I think some couch time is definitely in order. Our friends have the picture of their son as an 8-celled flower as their screensaver -- he turns 5 next month.

 

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Ultrasound of a 9 week old fetus

Diagnosis:
elevated NKs, NKUs, 3 +APAs (2 borderline), heterozygous for MTHFR A1298C. Slightly low thyroid.

dq-α:
me: 1.1, 4.1
dh: 1.2, 3.1

Low LADs were treated in Mexico and elsewhere with LIT.
Anti-sperm antibodies
Article: LIT and the FDA

No: ANAs, normal TH1/TH2 Cytokine ratio, or x-DNA/Histones.

IF Treatments:
-Clomid #1: Sept 2005
-Clomid #2: Sept 2005
-HSG: Oct 2005
-Lap/Chromo: Oct 2005
-Nat'l IUI: Nov 2005
-IVF #1: Jan 2006, β1=2.0, β2=0.9
-IVF #2: May 2006, β1=<1.0
-Myomectomy (5), salpingectomy (both), & endo removed via lap on 6.6.6
-LIT#1 in Nogales: 6.16.6
-LIT#2: July 2006
-FET #1: Sept 2006, β1=2.48, β2=<2.0
-Dr. Hungarian Dx Oct 2006
-Dr. Hungarian Tx Dec 2006-Mar 2007
-IVF#3: Mar 2007 Canceled myself right before retrieval
-IVF#4: April/May 2007 Canceled due to dominant follicle
-IVF#4: August 2007, β1<2.0
-IVF#5: December 2007

Pre-ET
Feng Shui'd the House
500mg Zithromax starting with stims
4 LIT Treatments
17 Weeks of Humira or Enbrel
30g IVIg CD5 of IVF cycle (day 2 or 3 of stims)
30g IVIg 2 days before transfer
1mg Dexamethazone starting with stims
30mg Lovenox, 2X's/Day
0.0375mg Synthroid
Lexapro
Prenatal
Folguard 2.2 2x's/day
Extra 1g C (Stop at ET)
Extra 1g Calcium
Extra 400mg E (Stop at ET)
Nettle Tea & Capsules
2g Bromelain
Extra D3
Keep BMI<24
4-6g Fish Oil/Day
Baby Aspirin
Eating Loads of Protein!
Nettle Caplets
Femoral Massage (Stop at ET)
Acupuncture (Stop at ET)
TCM Diet: No cold or slippery foods
Immune Friendly Diet: No non-sprouted wheat, sugar, starches. Little fruit.
No nightshades
No caffeine
No coffee, not even decaf
No soy when in cycle
10 days Doxycycline

Day of Transfer
Light activity

Post ET Changes
Visualization
200mg progesterone capsules
Take it easy days 2&3
No sex til beta#1
Cut out egg yolks (contains immunogenic acid)






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