VERSION 1.0
November 2006: Decide we are ready to get ready to start ttc. Charting and research commence.
November 2007: Try #1: At-home ICI with frozen, BFN
December 2007: Try #2: At-home ICI with frozen, BFN
February 2008: Try #3: At-home ICI with frozen, BFN
March 2008: Try #4: IUI, BFN
April 2008: Try #5: IUI, BFN
May 2008: Try #6: IUI with clomid, BFN
Break for summer and for sanity
September 2008: Try #7: IUI with clomid, BFN
October 2008: Try #8: IUI with clomid, BFN
October/November 2008: Break due to cyst from clomid, approach KD
December 2008: Ditch version 1.0. Have KD tested, sign contract. Commence version 2.0 with KD
VERSION 2.0
December 2008: Try #9: At-home ICI w/ KD, BFN
January 2009: Try #10: At-home ICI w/ KD, BFN
February 2009: Try #11: At-home ICI w/ KD, BFN
April 2009: Try #12: At-home ICI w/ KD and clomid and hsg, BFN
June 2009: Try #13: At-home ICI w/ KD, BFN
July 2009: Try #14: At-home ICI w/ KD, BFN
VERSION 3.0
September 2009: IVF
Just kidding. IVF canceled due to poor response (3 follicles, only 2 mature). Converted to IUI
October 2009: Try #15: IUI w/ injectibles, BFP!!!! Two doubling betas followed by a dropping beta, bleeding, spotting, a beta that rose again, a suspected ectopic, three rounds of methotrexate shots, and repeat beta hell to get back to 0 lasting over 10 weeks until Jan. 4 2010.
April 2010: Try # 16: IVF with microdose lupron protocol. 7 eggs retrieved. 1 fertilized after a delay maturation in vitro via icsi. 3dt of 7 cell embryo. BFN Diminished ovarian reserve confirmed. End of trying to conceive using tbean’s eggs.
VERSION 4.0
June 2010: Try#17: S. donates eggs to tbean in IVF 3. Antagonist protocol with lupron trigger. 17 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 12 fertilized. 5-day transfer of 2 blasts (1 grade 2AB and one “almost” blast). 1 more blast cryopreserved on day 7. BFP!!!!