project baby: Maternity Photos

Monday, August 1, 2011

Maternity Photos

I apologize for not posting photos of myself until now -- I'm generally not a big fan of having my picture taken. However, Tracy and Dave were extremely generous and patient with us and offered to do a maternity photo shoot a couple of weeks ago. I'm really happy with the photos. Thank you guys so much!!

Here are a few of my favorites:

Everything continues to go well. I'm off work this week and enjoying my last few days of relaxation. I'll update again on Thursday with the final stats before my induction later than evening (!!).

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SAugust 2, 2011 at 7:39 PM
You look beautiful!
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The Timeline So Far...

January '09 -- Our journey begins.
July '09 -- First pregnancy.
August '09 -- 7 week ultrasound showed a tiny embryo with a heartbeat, but the sac around it was very small. I miscarried a week later.
October '09 -- After months of charting my cycles, I realized that I had a Luteal Phase Defect (the time between ovulation and my period was too short). Asked my OB for a referral to a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE).
November '09 -- Second pregnancy.
December '09 -- 6 week ultrasound again showed an abnormal sac. My RE scheduled a D & C for the following week. The day before the surgery, the baby had a heartbeat, so we cancelled the D & C.
January '10 -- Miscarried at 10 weeks.
March '10 -- Fertility testing revealed I have a high FSH level of 12.8. RE recommended ovarian stimulation injections and either IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) or IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization). We chose IUI and I wound up with a chemical pregnancy.
May '10 -- Second IUI, second chemical pregnancy.
June '10 -- Operative hysteroscopy to remove a fibroid.
July '10 -- Fifth pregnancy (natural).
August '10 -- Consecutive ultrasounds showed nothing. Ectopic suspected, so I was given methotrexate and miscarried at 8 weeks.
September '10 -- New RE and recurrent pregnancy loss testing. Discovered I have anticardiolipin antibodies and will need to be on blood thinners while pregnant.
October '10 -- Operative hysteroscopy & removed another fibroid and polyp. Started birth control pills in preparation for IVF.
November '10 -- First IVF cycle: antagonist protocol. I only produced 3 eggs on maximum stimulation. We transferred two 5 day embryos on the 29th.
December '10 -- Found out I was pregnant with twins! But only 1 heartbeat at 6 weeks 5 days.
January '11 -- Lost the second twin, but the first is doing great.
February '11 -- It's a boy!
August '11 -- Eli Anderle was born on August 5th, 2011
July '12 -- Begin TTC for #2
Oct '12 -- IUI and positive pregnancy test
Jan '13 -- Never saw anything on the ultrasound, assumed ectopic pregnancy. Finally ended early in the month.
Feb '13 -- high dose Follistim IUI. I produced 4 eggs, but didn't get pregnant.
May '13 -- Surprise natural BFP!
Oct '13 - Lucas Alexander born still on October 4th, 2013 at 24 weeks. We will miss him forever. :-(

Monday, August 1, 2011

Maternity Photos

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