To all of you ladies!! I know that it's been a rough year for all of us. I wish each and every one of you a blessed and prosperous year!!
Miracles and Blessings!!!
I try to be hopeful this New Year despite the pain. Wish you all more strength and faith. Keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for all of us. Cheers!
Same to you! I am going to strive to leave the suffering of this year behind and step into the new year with the lessons I've taken from those experiences, and a positive and grateful spirit.
My friend shared a powerful quote with me today. She is also an infertility and baby loss mom.
Happy new year, ladies! 2013 has been filled with more heartache than I ever could have imagined. For that reason, I am happy to see it go. However, 2013 was also filled with more love than I ever could have imagined. The first 4 months were the most incredible months of my life watching those babies grow in my belly and eventually getting to meet them. Getting to hold each of them for the first time was terrifying but I also felt such a tremendous love that can only be felt when one becomes a parent. I hate to leave those moments behind but here's to a new year that is filled with less heartache and even more love, growth, remembrance, joy and hope. This next year I hope to let go of the anger and embrace the family that we have; we are parents to a beautiful boy we get to watch grow daily and a sweet girl who gets to help us all grow daily. I am cautiously optimistic that this next year just has to be better.
Re: Happy New Year
My friend shared a powerful quote with me today. She is also an infertility and baby loss mom.
"Leave the ashes, take the fire."
It's from a book that she read this year. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1570758492/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1388513505&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40)
TTC since 2008
Dh:34, no issues. Me:31, Endo, slightly hypothyroid, deformed ovary, paracentric inversion.
4 Gonal-F, Cetrotide, HcG, Crinone +TI cycles= all BFN
Lap in 2012 to remove large unresolving cyst discovered endo and double lobed ovary.
6 Gonal-F, Cetrotide, HcG, Crinone IUI cycles= All BFN,
1st IVF w/ICSI- June '13 Antagonist: Gonal-F, Menopur, Ganirelix, HcG, Estradiol, Crinone= 7 retrieved, 4 mature, 1 unfertilized, 2 abnormally fertilized, 1 normally fertilized. 2DT of only embryo and our miracle BFP.
Our beloved baby boy was born sleeping Oct. 13, 2013 due to pROM/IC/Uterine infection.
2nd IVF w/ICSI- Feb. '14 EPP/lupron/antagonist: Estrace, lupron, HGH, Gonal-F, Menopur, HcG, PIO, lovenox, doxy/dex.=21 retrieved, 16 mature, 15 fertilized!! 5dt of 1 blast/ 6 frozen. BFP! Beta 1 9dp5dt:83.9 Beta 2: 11dp5dt: 145.2 Beta 3 14dp5dt: 497 Please be our sticky rainbow baby!
What we held only in our wombs this year, we will carry forever in our hearts.
Married August 20th, 2005 to the love of my life.
1st BFP August 6th, 2010. Missed MC discovered at 13 weeks.
2nd BFP January 5th, 2011. Beautiful Harper born September 28th, 2011.
3rd BFP March 15th, 2013. Treated with methotrexate for ectopic pg at 7 weeks.
4th BFP August 2nd, 2013. Sweet Micah born sleeping at 21 weeks with full T13. 5th BFP July 1st, 2014. Praying for a healthy, full term rainbow!
No resolutions for me this year. I'm only hoping that 2014 isn't as bad as 2013.... That is enough for me to consider it a good year
NTNP 2009-2012 TTC since 2012:
Jack has handpicked his sibling up there
My blog about IF and loss ... Kate's IF Blog
Brooke Elizabeth born Feb 17, 2013 grew wings May 9, 2013 @ 11 weeks & 4 days old from SIDS