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Day to day struggles, complaints, observations while trying to build a family despite infertility (Primary and Secondary and now with donor eggs), have a career, and live a meaningful life.
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About Me
- Peeveme
- married, mother to a toddler after infertility, step-parent to teenager who lives with us, trying to have baby #2 with an astounding lack of success. Finally successful once we tried donor eggs. Currently trying to balance complaining and appreciation.
I Capture
Perfect Moments.
TTC History and current status
Trying since Jan 2004 when I was 33. I have one Daughter who is 2. Trying for another baby for over a year. One m.c and 2 IVF's later we are preparing for IVF#3 with Donor eggs. . I am 38.
Diagnosis= unexplained..but what that really means is poor egg quality.
FSH
April 2008: 11.8
March 2008: 10.7
November 2007: 6
November 2004: 3.9
Considered a poor responder but I have gotten OHSS on inject/iui cycles. Go figure!
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IVF #3. Donor eggs. Success. Healthy baby girl born Aug 19, 2009. 7 frozen blasts.
IVF #2no BCP...Antagonist protocol with a little estrogen priming . Gonal-f and Menopur. Maximum medication. 7 egg retrieved. 5 mature. 6 fertalized. ET 3 embys: 2-8celled, 1-6 cell. BFN
IVF #1 April/May 08 On max meds...produced 4 mature eggs and a bunch of smaller ones which did not grow fast enough..2 survived to ET (1-8 celled, 1-5celled)...BFN.
Oct 07-Jan 08- 4 iui's on lots of Gonal-F. Most times I had 3-4 mature follicles..BFN. Oh and I got OHSS twice.
April 07- Inject /iui BFP! Not to last very long. At 7 week u/s we were measuring behind. HCG not doubling as it should Waited for over a month to m/c naturally. Had to wait most of the summer for HCG to go down. Increased my wine intake from "moderate" to "heavy". I don't want to complain about that Summer but let's just say I wont be making any custom T-shirts with Summer 2007! emblazoned on them.
March 07- 1st inject/iui for baby #2. BFN
Feb 07- Stopped breast feeding to start trying for baby #2. I loved breastfeeding and hated to stop but I felt I needed to get a move on with baby #2.
Aug 06- Healthy-live baby!
Jan 05-Oct 05- 7 clomid/iui cycles and 2 inject/iui cycles BFP on 2nd inject cycle
Jan 04-Jan 05- Natural cycles with Charting..actual sex
Diagnosis= unexplained..but what that really means is poor egg quality.
FSH
April 2008: 11.8
March 2008: 10.7
November 2007: 6
November 2004: 3.9
Considered a poor responder but I have gotten OHSS on inject/iui cycles. Go figure!
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IVF #3. Donor eggs. Success. Healthy baby girl born Aug 19, 2009. 7 frozen blasts.
IVF #2no BCP...Antagonist protocol with a little estrogen priming . Gonal-f and Menopur. Maximum medication. 7 egg retrieved. 5 mature. 6 fertalized. ET 3 embys: 2-8celled, 1-6 cell. BFN
IVF #1 April/May 08 On max meds...produced 4 mature eggs and a bunch of smaller ones which did not grow fast enough..2 survived to ET (1-8 celled, 1-5celled)...BFN.
Oct 07-Jan 08- 4 iui's on lots of Gonal-F. Most times I had 3-4 mature follicles..BFN. Oh and I got OHSS twice.
April 07- Inject /iui BFP! Not to last very long. At 7 week u/s we were measuring behind. HCG not doubling as it should Waited for over a month to m/c naturally. Had to wait most of the summer for HCG to go down. Increased my wine intake from "moderate" to "heavy". I don't want to complain about that Summer but let's just say I wont be making any custom T-shirts with Summer 2007! emblazoned on them.
March 07- 1st inject/iui for baby #2. BFN
Feb 07- Stopped breast feeding to start trying for baby #2. I loved breastfeeding and hated to stop but I felt I needed to get a move on with baby #2.
Aug 06- Healthy-live baby!
Jan 05-Oct 05- 7 clomid/iui cycles and 2 inject/iui cycles BFP on 2nd inject cycle
Jan 04-Jan 05- Natural cycles with Charting..actual sex
I Capture
Perfect Moments.
13 comments:
I just made a horrified face.
Marie says "Please, God, Please don't let me get those."
Ouch. I think not. What's wrong with Preparation H, or Tucks, or something?
OW! Getting those scares the crap out of me
Fortunately never had a run in with "those things"! AND hoping that I don't!
Ive just tried good old cream
I dunno about an ice pack, per se - sounds a little harsh. Maybe a very cold compress and I used Preparation H years ago, which was wonnnnnderful.
Good luck.
Dude. As a serious sufferer of butthole related issues (starting with the 'roids years ago), I can say that the best thing would be a cream that contains pramoxine, but I don't know if you can use that during pregnancy or when TTC. Other than that, a sitz bath (or a regular bath) of warm water can sometimes help with the itching or pain. But it really depends on what the issue is. Sometimes hemorrhoids get really bad because the anal sphincter spasms too tightly and restricts blood flow, in which case, ice will only make your problem worse, whereas warm water will make it better. BUT, if the problem is swollen blood vessels in absence of sphincter constriction, then warm water will only serve to further dilate those blood vessels, and ice would serve to constrict them (which would reduce the inflammation).
In my vast experience, the best thing to do is to use wet wipes when you wipe your bum, use some sort of hemorrhoid cream (esp one with pramoxine, if you can find it and if it's safe), and if there's pain associated, then try a warm bath (again, if it's safe for you to do so). That's my advice.
Wow Kate, you could write a Wiki entry about this. You have far superior knowledge than I. I just use a cream when it's a problem which has not been often (knock on wood).
how hilarious, i currently have two tabs open in my browser one, your post, two, a goodle search entilted "pregnancy hemorrhoids". nice timing. my friend is 27 weeks pregnant and in terrible "roid rage". i've been trying to help her out with some doctor google love.. who knew all i'd need was to check my daily blogroll!
I thought WTH when I read that. I'd have to pass on that one.
Ugh! How awful! Thankfully I haven't experienced that, in fact, I've been the opposite this entire pregnancy... Hope they get better soon!
I've never tried that, but I've heard of it. That being said...it sounds painful!
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