Making The Vanns: From US to YOU...

Our Infertility Journey Thus Far

-Oct 3rd- 1st u/s w/ 1 perfect heartbeat
-Sep 19th Beta #1 207!!!
-Sep 10th- Transfered 2 perfect blasts
-Sep 6th- 16 eggs fertilized, 16 embryos growing
-Sep 5th- Egg Retrival- 24 Eggs!!
-Aug 22- Started Stims
-Aug 14th- Started Lupron
-Started IVF in Aug!!!
-July 08- 2nd Laparoscopy Surgery- tubes ligated
-June 08- HSG
-May 08- 1st meeting with RE, IVF consult
-May 08- Laparoscopy Surgery- DX: both tubes blocked, only option IVF
-Mar 08- 2nd SA for Jimmy- Normal!
-Mar 08- CD 3 & 21 Bloodwork (FSH & Progesterone) all normal
-Feb 08- 1st SA for Jimmy- Slightly Abnormal
-Jan 08- Started using OPK's
-Dec 07- Started Charting temp
-Sep 07- Started Casually TTC

Infertility Lingo

2WW = 2 Week Wait (the two weeks after ovulation and before AF arrives)
AF = Aunt Flo (menstruation/period)
B/W = Bloodwork
BCP = Birth Control Pills
Beta = Blood pregnancy test
BFN = Big Fat Negative (negative pg test)
BFP = Big Fat Positive (positive pg test)
CD = Cycle Day
DH = Dear/Darling Husband
DPO = Days Past Ovulation
E2 = Estradiol (Estrogen)
ER = Egg Retrieval
ET = Embryo Transfer
FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer
FMU = First Morning Urine
FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone
HCG = Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
HSG = Hysterosalpingogram
ICSI = Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF = Infertility
IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
M/C = Miscarriage
MFI = Male Factor Infertility (ex, low sperm count)
O = Ovulation
OHSS = Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
PG = Pregnant
POAS = Pee on a Stick (ex, take a pregnancy test)
RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist (Infertility Specialist)
S/A = Sperm/Semen Analysis
TTC = Trying to Conceive
TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
U/S = Ultrasound