June/July IVF Cycle

5/23 ... Start BCP
6/19 ... Last BCP

6/22 ... Baseline u/s and bloodwork
6/24 ... start 75 units of Repronex and 150 units of Follistim 2x/day (am & pm)
6/26 ... u/s and bloodwork. No cysts. E2 = 70. Meds bumped to 150 units each of Repronex and Follistim 2x/day (am & pm) and continue throughout

6/28 ... u/s and bloodwork. Not much going on in there. E2 = 71.
6/30 ... u/s and bloodwork. Still not much going on in there. Told we would be lucky to get 3. E2 = 165

7/2 ... u/s and bloodwork. 3 follies if we are lucky. E2 = 587. Started ganirrelex
7/4 ... u/s and bloodwork. 4-6 follies. E2 = 931
7/5 ... u/s and bloodwork. 3 follies only. Triggered in PM
7/6 ... u/s and bloodwork. 3 follies only.
7/7 ... ER went smoothly. Retrieved 7 eggs. Started PIO (pm)
7/8 ... Fertilization report: 4 were immature only 3 fertilized
7/10 ... Embryo Report: 1 Good and 2 poor. We transferred all 3 plus thawed the remaining embryo from our first cycle. Transferred 4 embryo's total. Our thawed embryo was quite sticky and didn't want to leave the catheter so it had to be reloaded twice. Other then that the transfer went smoothly.

7/15 ... CD 1, full flow. 7 day luteal phase.
7/24 ... negative beta

Feb/March IVF Cycle

2/13 ... Initial appointment showed no ovulation
2/16 ... blood draw confirmed ovulation
2/17 ... begin 10 units of lupron/day (am)
2/25 ... cd 1

3/2 ... Baseline u/s and bloodwork
3/3 ... drop down to 5 units of lupron/day (am) and continue through trigger
3/4 ... start 150 units each of follistim and repronex (pm) and continue through trigger

3/6 ... u/s and bloodwork. No cysts
3/8 ... u/s and bloodwork. Showed 5 - 6 follies
3/10 ... u/s and bloodwork. Showed 3 - 5 follies. Told to come back tomorrow and that we wold likely trigger the following evening.

3/11 ... u/s and bloodwork. Showed 3 follies only. Trigger would happen the following day because the doctor wanted us on a full weeks worth of meds.

3/12 ... u/s and bloodwork. Showed 3 follies only. Triggered 10 pm
3/13 ... u/s and bloodwork. Showed 3 - 5 follies
3/14 ... ER. 5 eggs retrieved. ER went smoothly. Start PIO shots (pm)
3/15 ... Fertilization report: 4 of the 5 eggs fertilized
3/17 ... Embryo Report: 1 ok, 2 fair and 1 poor. We decided to transfer the best three. Embry Transfer went smoothly.

3/26 ... cd 1: 11 day luteal phase

3/29 ... negative beta

Two failed IVF's

Failed in March and failed in July ...

The Road to Number Two

This a reminder to myself what we have done over the last few years in our attempt to conceive #2.

Mar 2003 - supplements/ICI (negative)
Apr 2003 - supplements/ICI (negative)
Aug 2003 - Clomid/ICI (negative)
Oct 2004 - Femara/ICI (negative)
Nov 2004 - Femara/ICI (negative)
Mar 2005 - Femara/Injectable/IUI (negative)
Apr 2005 - Clomid/Injectable/IUI (negative)

A Long Road

We've been on this road for many many years. Since September 24, 1996 to be exact. We did have a 2 year reprieve with the conception of our daughter and her first year where breast feeding made it impossible to 'try'. The road has changed drastically over the years, sometimes being narrow, bumpy and slow going and other times like a 6 lane highway where we speed right along destination unknown.