ICLW

Welcome!  I haven't done ICLW in awhile....but I have been reading new blogs and commenting like crazy lately so I thought I might as well join in the fun!  Here's a quick synopsis of our journey so far:

We tried naturally for a year, saw an RE and were diagnosed with severe male factor infertility.  There has never been a cause found, just very low counts, motility and morphology.  We were blessedly successful with our first IVF/ICSI cycle in April 2011 and have a 19 month old daughter.  I am at the very beginning of starting our 2nd IVF cycle, am currently on bcp and aspirin, start Lupron next week. Last week at my sonohysterogram a uterine polyp was found and must be removed before proceeding.

Surgery (hysteroscopy and polypectomy under general anesthesia) is tentatively scheduled for Friday.  This is approx. 2 1/2 weeks before our estimated retrieval which the dr says is fine.  I am not exactly pleased about this road bump but have settled down tremendously thanks to all the reassurance here.  Thanks ladies!

ICLW October

Wow I haven't done an ICLW in forevs. I've been reading a lot of blogs lately so it seemed as good a time as any!!

Quick recap of our story:
Tried naturally for a year with no luck.

Diagnosed with severe male factor infertility in April 2010.

Debated IVF vs donor IUI ad nauseum.

Moved forward with IVF in April 2011 and were blessedly successful. Did note a borderline high FSH (11.something) which has me worried for the future.

Our daughter Pipsqueak was born via emergency c-section at 35 weeks. Pregnancy included pre-eclampsia and bed rest for the last 5 weeks. Fun!! All worth it of course.

She is now 10 1/2 months old. We are still breastfeeding and still struggling with all of us getting enough sleep. Discussions are going on regarding trying for a second (no frozen embies so we will need to start over) I plan on writing about all of these topics in the coming week.

Ok back to work now. I hate working on Sundays!! Miss the football games!