5%
Happy birthday to me..................?
Labels: aging
the frantic (in)fertility odyssey of a woman of 41 42 43 to get knocked up

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Working on it:
Confessions of an Infertile
Desperate to Multiply
Infertility Sucks...
Our IVF Journey
Out, damned egg! Out I say!
Pamplemousse
Square Peg, Round Whole
Other paths:
Fertile Soul
Holding Pattern
Hummingbird Chronicles
LAF
My Eggs Are Cooked
Try Whistling This
TTC Journey
Torrefaction
Velvet Cage
Success:
Adventures in Baby Making
Barren Albion
Barren Mare
Bindweed Heights
Dead Bug
Due Dates
Fertility Shmertility
Fisher Queen
Flotsam
Great Good Fortune
Healing Arts
Hopeful Mother
IF & the City
The Infertility Times
It Only Takes One Egg
Manana Banana
Me the Bumblebee
(Non)Conception Confessions
Ornery Lotus Blossom
Waiting for Baby Orange
Barefoot and...
It's So Not About You
...and Black Coffee Blues
Jenny From the Infertility Block
Prop Your Hips
Smarshy Boy
Stella and/or Ben
Thin Pink Line
Tinkering with the Works
TKO, More or Less
Twisted Ovaries
UtRus
When Eggs Go Bad...
Other Good Reads:
Dr. Licciardi's Infertility Blog
Mainely Madge
Pale Frog
Pharyngula
This Und That
Mc Gill Reproductive Centre - Montreal
Georgia Reproductive Specialists
Jinemed Hospital - Turkey
Labels: aging
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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post a commentWell for your birthday I'm wishing you a beat-the-odds outcome. Someone's gotta be in the 5%, right?
I agree with PJ--you can be in that 5%!
Im sorry its not the best birthday news...but I do hope you have a happy day!
Ow sweetie, happy birthday anyways and maybe you can do something nice for yourself that will make you put aside that number from your head for a bit!
HUGS to you :)
XXX
It's your birthday regardless of IF!
I wish you at least a few moments of only thinking about your birthday. IF can hold its' horses and creep back later.
Happy Birthday. Even though you are a bit down right now, I still hope you got to enjoy your birthday. Best Wishes.
Hope you have a great German birthday.
Good to see you back, L. Missed hearing about you. Just know that there are people out there, like me, who feel really connected to you because of you blog, like you, and wish you the best. Forget the statistics, just know that it only takes one and it can still happen to you. And whether it does or not, one more birthday means you have made it this far in life - maybe a bit scratched but in one piece - which means that you are a survivor and a fighter in human race and that is always something to be proud of! We are proud of you and are here with you in spirit! ~xo~ Sheba in SF (blu_leaf@yahoo.com)
Here's to beating the odds! Your 5% is still 5%!
Pax,
MLO
I hope you still managed to have a nice birthday. Easier said than done, I know.