tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51752234392123670402024-03-12T18:11:21.435-07:00My Infertility Roadjustagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-67733016122313326262015-06-10T21:32:00.001-07:002015-06-10T21:32:24.009-07:00I Hate Roller CoastersYep, I am on that horrible infertility roller coaster again and it sucks! I never forgot how bad it sucked and actually it sucks even worse this time around. Probably because I know that this IS it and we will never try again this again. We love our son so much and he has brought so much joy to our lives, it hurts to think we can't have more.<br />
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So, I have done two ER at our new clinic. I won't bore anyone with all the results but out of 2 rounds we got a total of 24 eggs but only 18 mature. Last Saturday was the last ER and we ended up with 15 fertilized normally on that Sunday. I am not going to lie, I was expecting none and was blown away. They do not do a day 3 report because they don't want to disrupt the embryos because they only transfer blastocysts. I was fine with that. We should be getting a call Friday or Saturday to see if we have any survivors. Right now that is far as my brain can think because I can only take this one day at a time. I don't like to think or plan ahead. I am hoping for the best but like usual expecting the worse. Damn infertility...fuck you!!!justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-63920074554149200752015-03-01T19:24:00.001-08:002015-03-01T19:24:22.863-08:00Shots...Yep, we are really doing this. I went in for my CD3 u/s last week and I had 22 eggs. WTF and HFS how could this be?! I just hope I can get that many eggs for the ER! I am not expecting that because, well, I have never had that many eggs, not even 5 years ago. Who knows maybe the vitamin cocktail is actually working?! Both my husband and i are almost 40 and we both had way better "tests" this time around. I don't want to say it out loud but some things are too good to be true and we both just hope everything goes well next month. I really don't want to do 2 stims, that just sounds terrible but in all reality I am older and the odds are against us.<br />
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So Lupron started today, I can't believe this is really happening. ER isn't scheduled until 3/26, seems sooooooo far away yet I feel like it's right there.<br />
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I feel so weird doing this again but I feel like if we don't try one more time, well, that is one decision I will regret for the rest of my life. My new doctor likes to push the limits and I really like that, especially at my age. Here we go!justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-74753406123384245832015-01-29T20:40:00.001-08:002015-01-29T20:40:08.636-08:00The Road AheadIt is so weird going to another clinic, especially when I was and still am really happy with CCRM. Nobody will even compare to CCRM, the facilities, doctors...costs. Thankfully technology has improved over the last several years and more places are able to do chromosome testing, which is what we need.<br />
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Looks like we will begin everything in February and egg retrieval will be scheduled around March 24th. I can't even wrap my head around any of it especially since we might do two egg retrievals...UGH!!!!<br />
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We received the most amazing news, my husband's sperm is twice as better than when we did IVF before, that was my biggest worry. The swimmer's improved from 6% to 13%, still horribly abnormal but more swimmers means more/better sperm to choose from.<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-29435634317371393062015-01-21T21:07:00.003-08:002015-01-21T21:07:42.568-08:00Going back for more!?!?!?!?!So we could quite possibly doing this again. I go in Thursday for my CD3 ultrasound to see what is left on these ovaries. I am not getting any younger, which I am very happy about in my life except for the fact that you start to product less eggs, other than that I loved getting older.<br />
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So, if anyone reads this anymore and knows of anyone that is selling IVF meds please let me know. I would love to save money where I can this time around. I will find out more of what I need but I am sure gonal-f will & menopur. I know most of everyone I followed before is either pregnant (naturally) or have moved on with their babies. I know you are not supposed to buy or sell but whatever...<br />
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I leave you with some pics of my love, time moves so quickly and I wish I could just make it stop!<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-12837130906211488092014-09-17T20:36:00.003-07:002014-09-17T20:36:43.050-07:00One Last Try?!I haven't posted, commented or been around much but I do still check in now and again. I love seeing where everyone is at in this quest for baby.<br />
Well, we had our consultation with the local clinic and it went pretty well. It is weird talking to another doctor and going to another clinic. Everything just seems so small compared to CCRM. We met with the Dr. on Monday and we talked 3 hours, no joke! He took his time with us which is way different than going to CO. Again, if you are reading this. We loved CCRM, however, the traveling and money just seems like to much to handle with a toddler. We don't have any family here to help us so it's hard scheduling all that time away from Logan.<br />
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Dr. N, told us we were very lucky to get pregnant and said we should have had better results. Agreed, but it's also about timing. He likes to push the limits with stimming, that is one area I think CCRM did not do well for me. I stimmed really low and he agreed. So here is the plan, we are going to look at my ovaries on CD3 & get the sperm checked. Then if all is "OK" we are going to probably move forward with 2 stims. Basically as you all know, it's a numbers game and because we have so many things against us now, age, sperm, chromosomes...we need more eggs.<br />
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Two stims is the LAST thing we want to do BUT, if it means a better chance at having a baby, it's the right thing to do. We hope to get at least 24 eggs altogether and go from there. This process will take a while so basically the next 6 months we will be dealing with this IF stuff off & on.<br />
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I am glad I took notes on this little blog, it was really helpful in communicating with the doctor about everything.<br />
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Hope all is well with everyone...here we go again!<br />
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I finally had my WTF talk with Dr. G about two weeks ago. Not much was said, I get it, we make crappy embryos with crappy sperm. We talked about another cycle, Dr. G said I would probably get the same results, meaning 1-2 embryos. I am totally fine with that, IF that is the case. We are going to get DH's sperm tested again. Here is what went wrong with IVF #1. When we went for our ODWU in December, 2010 he had 200,000 sperm. When we did the actually ER in August, 2010, he only had 90,000. That is what messed everything up. We couldn't do IMSI and had low fertilization. Dr. G told me I shouldn't base my decision on the sperm test.</div>
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So...I am going to schedule a consultation with a local <a href="http://www.acfs2000.com/">AZ clinic</a> and then go from there. Like I said before, we are happy with CC.RM but to be honest with you. It sucks traveling and sending blood test results and ultrasounds especially with a toddler now. We both want another child more than anything. But, we are both very realistic...<br />
If we do another IVF either here or there we are thinking September.<br />
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I leave you with a pic of our amazing little boy. We are just loving every day with him and we are very grateful to be his parents.<br />
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justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-12324855482854460152014-04-07T20:18:00.002-07:002014-04-07T20:33:11.068-07:00Trying To Move OnI feel so sad all day every day. I wish I could get over it and I can't. I think I might need some professional help. Believe me I am very grateful for my sweet baby Logan, I love him so much and that is part of the reason I feel so sad. My husband and I came from rather large families, 5 kids each. I serioulsly can't help to think he will be alone. I know he won't but that is what I think. Mainly because we live by no family, no cousins, nothing.<br />
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Well, I still have yet to call CCRM to schedule a re-group. I am not sure why, I am sitting here driving myself crazy but yet I do nothing about it. I am pretty sure there will not be another IVF in our future, we are older and we only made 2 embryos last time, I don't think we will even make one this time. I am not going to just throw our money away like that. Believe me if I thought or knew we could make a baby I would do it all over in a heart beat, but the odds are against us this time. <br />
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Our last IVF we got 16 eggs only 12 mature and only 4 fertilized and only 2 made it to blasts, thankfully they were normal. Three years later, I am 38, my egg count was only 12 in December, the sperm didn't not get any better, not sure if it got worse but with only 12 eggs, I think that takes us out of the running for any embryos. I wish any of this wasn't true but these are the facts, I know I can't just hope and pray for a baby, I know it doesn't work that way. I know, I hope and prayed a lot for baby #2 and we were left with nothing.<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-32159615107736027022014-04-03T19:25:00.002-07:002014-04-03T19:25:38.433-07:00Life After A BFNLet me tell you, it's sucks. I keep thinking I should be pregnant right now but instead I am having to deal with the most heavy period ever!!!!<br />
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People tell me... it's not the end of the world, at least I have a child and that child is healthy. Well, you know what I say to that FUCK YOU!!!! I fought hard for the child we have now where most people can just have some fun sex and make babies, we CAN'T and we will NEVER be able to do that.<br />
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As you can tell I am still pretty upset by all of this. I have not had a re-group with Dr. G yet. He called to say his small piece on Monday but I need to call and schedule a re-group. I guess I am not ready to do that yet because I have not called yet to do that. I am pretty sure I will be charged for that...<br />
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Right now I want another child more than ever. I know good embryos don't always equal a child but I really wanted mine too.<br />
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We don't know where to go from here, I wish 3 years ago I would have borrowed the money to bank more embryos but we didn't. Now, if we did another cycle, I just don't know if we would get any that made it to day 5 to even get tested. That would be $$ down the drain...ugh...why is this so difficult. So right now I don't know where we will go from here. If anyone has any advice please let me know your thoughts!!!<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-50294562685889347402014-03-28T16:00:00.000-07:002014-03-28T16:00:07.654-07:00Just Another DayThank you all for you kind words. It hurts, it all hurts and we just don't understand. However, today is a new day and my mom called me this morning as she was searching the internet trying to find me answers, yes she is crazy like me! <br />
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Not that I am not happy with CCRM, we are. We love Dr. G, and I think the embryologists are the best in the country. However, my mom called me to tell me about this clinic, right here in AZ offering this...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">FREE genetic testing for ALL IVF patients...WTF???</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">BUT WAIT...they are also offering this??</span></span><br />
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<i>Half price for failed cycles at other clinics. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3a494b; font-family: PTSans, Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: PTSans-bold, Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>ACFS will offer our standard IVF at </i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: red; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>half price</i></span><i> to </i><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">any</em><i> patient that has been unsuccessful at another clinic within the last 12 months.</i></strong><i> We are committed to the success of any patient having trouble conceiving. ACFS is not saying that the IVF clinic you are at is not good; sometimes a change of venue and a different approach is all that is needed in having a successful outcome. This ACFS-IVF Perk would include all IVF charges except work-up (which should already be done), medications, ICSI, PGD/PGS and cryopreservation, if needed. By agreeing to this, you would not be eligible for </i><a href="http://www.acfs2000.com/ivfservices/ivf-guarantee-of-success.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #3d9ca8; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>ACFS-IVF guarantee</i></a><i>.</i></span></h2>
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</span>justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-70189497219714619612014-03-27T19:47:00.001-07:002014-03-27T19:47:07.254-07:00It's Official...BFN!So I got the call today and as I suspected it's a BFN.<br />
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My WTF appointment will be with Dr. G next week as he is out of town this week. I am pretty happy about that actually. I am not ready to talk about it.<br />
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I don't know where we will go from here. We don't plan on deciding today. We may do another round, we may not. I just don't know!<br />
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I know we have Logan and we love him more than anything but this is hard. Every hour I go through all 5 stages of grief.<br />
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Tonight I plan on eating burgers and drinking beer to help with the pain.<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-3657903034524597602014-03-25T10:07:00.000-07:002014-03-25T10:07:06.124-07:00No Line...I caved and tested early. I am beyond sad. No line, not even a hint of a line. Waiting until Thursday is going to kill me.<br />
I want to move on, infertility sucks!! I will no longer post here anymore 😞justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-24605028029479118302014-03-18T21:22:00.004-07:002014-03-18T21:22:59.072-07:00BedrestLet me just start off by saying...I can't believe we are here again. Everything seems so surreal! I will say actually this time I was way more nervous because I knew what to expect.<br />
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The transfer went great, my biggest fear of course was the thaw and our embryo thawed 100%, they said it didn't even look like it was even frozen. Seriously, the thought of all that blows me away.<br />
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Transfer details:<br />
Arrived at 12pm: labs were drawn<br />
12:20pm: acupuncture and Valium (highly recommended to help relax)<br />
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justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-10154969709023319312014-03-17T18:55:00.000-07:002014-03-17T18:55:57.841-07:00FET Tomorrow!We are scheduled for our transfer at 1:15pm. I am so hoping and praying everything goes well with the thaw, I will make my husband answer the phone in the morning if I see they call back a second time.<br />
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Anyways, we are finally on track with everything and we are scheduled for March 18th for our next FET!! I started my lupron shots yesterday and have been on BCPs for a week.<br />
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In Logan news, he is beyond amazing at 18months. We are so in love this little guy! I need to share a picture, I know not many people read this anymore but who doesn't like to share pictures of their little ones?! Logan is no longer a baby and we are in full toddler mode! He is super tall and already wears 2T he will be in 3T before summer begins.<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-36769599854890948842014-01-21T21:06:00.004-08:002014-01-21T21:06:45.998-08:00ODWU=FETWell...here we go again! I had my ODWU in Colorado in December. I flew there by myself this time.<br />
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Right now we are hoping for a March 11th or 14th FET. It is SO weird getting the phone calls from 303 again, I just get so nervous every time. So much fear and hope is constantly swirling through my head.<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-54007112738818880562013-10-26T12:24:00.001-07:002013-10-26T12:24:10.915-07:00How Time Flies!Wow how time flies!!! I know we all say it and go through it and we never have a minute to realize it until it's gone. We are enjoying every moment with Logan and I can't believe he is almost 15months...SERIOUSLY time flies!!!<br />
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Sorry, this is not a post where I am going to tell you surprise we are pregnant, I wish!!! That will never happen for us. We have genetic issues here. I know it has happened to so many bloggers out there. I am so happy for all of you. That is just amazing news!!<br />
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Now on to the updates, the last time I posted I was talking about how we were ready for another FET...<br />
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So...we are waiting to do another FET until late February or early March. We only have 1 more shot at this and I am totally fine waiting a little bit longer. Who knows?? We could have another baby by next Christmas!!<br />
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I turned 37 in February, so if we needed to do another egg retrieval...<br />
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We DON'T want to live in AZ forever, in fact we were going to move to CO before we started to have kids but I knew I had paid maternity leave and wanted to enjoy that benifit. Little did we know...<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-84008628455579681722013-02-28T20:30:00.002-08:002013-02-28T20:30:57.044-08:00FET Phone Consult...DONE!We had our FET phone consult with Dr. G today. <div>
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justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-67148350443003329082013-01-24T10:55:00.002-08:002013-01-24T10:56:12.903-08:00We Have A BiterI know I wanted to be done with breastfeeding in February but I never thought it would end this way. Two nights ago I was feeding Logan at 4am and he bit me, HARD! I yelled and he smiled at me. I was in shock. When I got home from work the next day I fed him and he did it again! That time he cried because I had to unlatch him with my finger. That night, I fed him again, at 4am (the kid is clockwork) and this time I got a nipple shield and ALL he did was bite. So with that, he is no longer getting the boob. I have read lots of stuff on what to do for a biter but honestly, I can't do it. I can't feed him again with the boob, the bites hurt BAD! He has 2 teeth and they are sharp. From what I read they say any baby under 9 months will not wean themselves off but I think he did. He loves the bottle because he is getting more food. Last night I woke up to feed him and pumped, he ate 7oz. When I was feeding him I would only feed him with one boob and I can't get 7oz from just one, so I really think he figured it out. With a bottle he gets what he needs. I am only sad because our last time together was not a pleasant one. I am still pumping but only for one more week. Pumping sucks, I hate pumping at work, at home and especially in the middle of the night. I never thought I would breastfeed this long any ways, it's been so easy until now.<br />
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Breastfeeding: I am still breastfeeding but that will be coming to an end soon, probably February. It's been pretty easy for us so no complaints but we want to try for baby #2 in May... so it's time to start preparing already. I think Logan is so ready for "real" food. He got mad at me last night for not feeding me when I was eating and he has been taking down 8oz bottles. I can't keep up with that. So we are going to supplement with formula. We are going to probably try this weekend. I have been so torn on what to feed him, I just need to figure it out along with finding out what formula to start using. If any of you have any suggestions, please share!!!<br />
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<br />justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-4764748774863143622012-11-17T14:11:00.002-08:002012-11-17T14:11:33.772-08:00Work, Baby, Exercise, ChildcareI started our family blog a couple weeks ago but when I went to log into it the other night to fix it up a bit, I couldn't find it anywhere. So weird!!!! I was using Wordpress so not sure what is up with that. I will figure it out soon. I really want to document Logan's life better.<br />
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justagirl-Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074086694446760413noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175223439212367040.post-74740889234394386242012-10-19T18:40:00.002-07:002012-10-19T18:40:49.894-07:00Back To Blogging!Well, Logan will be at 11 weeks on Sunday. I can’t believe I have a 3 month old (almost) and I have to go back to work in a week. I just breaks my heart. I have been terrible at posting. I totally plan on starting a family blog here very soon! I will keep you all posted. I promise I will post more. I still follow along and need to comment more. This blog helped me through some really tuff times and I want continue on now that baby is here. Also, we will be planning for another FET sometime next year!<br />
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I meant to post this pics weeks ago, this is how big I got, no wonder I only made it to 38 weeks. I was about to burst! I still have 10-15lbs to lose, I think once I stop breast feeding it will come off a lot quicker. Who knows?! Maybe not?! I didn’t start taking pics until 10 weeks, I wish I would have taken one sooner but I just couldn’t, I remember being so scared to take one at 10 weeks. </div>
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Baby Logan is 3 weeks today! Wow, time sure does fly by! It's so nice having time off from work, it will be very hard going back! We still need to figure out childcare, my husband works from home so he will bring him at least 4 times a week, roughly 5 hours a day. I will pick him up.<br />
Right now we are still figuring out how to sleep at night. This little night owl has his days/nights mixed up. I need to start reading some books. We plan on reading Baby Wise, anyone else have any suggestions for books or sleeping better at night, let me know! He sleeps great and eats great...during the day. We try to keep him up but he fall into a milk coma every time, nothing works to keep him up. We even strip him naked, which he hates but seems to settle into when he's tired.<br />
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Other than that we couldn't be more happy! We comment everyday on how amazing he is and how amazing CC.RM is! Seriously without them we wouldn't have this little guy. I just can't get over he was a frozen embryo!<br />
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I am feeling so much better and I am healing well after the c-section. I had a dr appointment the other day and I am cleared to start walking and doing light weights and cardio, no abs or course. Yesterday I went for a 30 min walk and it felt great! I am in no rush to lose the weight, have lost 18 of the 33 lbs so far. I don't own a scale and will only know my weight loss when I go to my appointments. I typically base my weight loss on how my clothes fit and right now, I only fit in dresses and yoga pants! I noticed I am more hungry now than I was when I was pregnant, so that worries me. At 6 weeks I am defiantly going to beef up my workout routine and eating plan. Easier said than done!<br />
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I have put this off way too long. Here is his birth story. It all began Friday, August 3rd at 1:45am, I guess that would technically be August 4th.</div>
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When I got home from work that day I was feeling very tired and just wanted to rest. I was having some pretty hard braxton hicks at work, at one point I even thought about laying on the floor in my office to have my belly relax a bit. When I got home from work around 4pm I kept going pee like every half hour that night and even told my husband I think I keep peeing my pants because I changed my under 3 times, they were wet. That night around 1:30pm I woke up with the urge to go #2 so I walked downstairs to the bathroom as I didn't want to wake my husband. I was peeing and heard a pop sound. I thought that seemed like a weird bone to pop. Anyways, my urge for #2 went away after I sat down. I just peed again and went to bed. As soon as I laid down, a big gush came out and I knew my water had broken. I woke up my husband at around 1:45am and let him know what had happened. We couldn't believe this was it and this is how it was happening. He was 2 weeks early! Once I stood up from bed a lot of fluid came out, just like in the movies, thank god I wasn't in public. We finished packing our bags, thankfully I didn't have much to pack, my husband on the other hand had nothing pack except for the things I had packed for him. Nothing happened after my water broke until about 3pm, then the contractions started. They started out as menstrual cramps, easy to breathe through, at that time headed to the hospital.<br />
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Triage: We arrived at 3:30am, I was hooked up to monitor me and baby. Contractions were getting stronger and closer. The sad thing was I was still only measuring 1cm, that was too be expected though because of the scar tissue. The nurse tested my fluid to make sure my water did break. The nurse also had to do an ultrasound to figure out what position he was in. That was extremely uncomfortable, laying on your back, during a contraction. She couldn't find his position so I had to wait for another nurse to come in and figure it out. He was head down, slightly crooked and sunny side up. I hated triage, they kept wanting me to lay down and I just wanted to stand up and walk around through the contractions. I finally just told them I needed to stand up and move around. I couldn't wait to move to our own room, I was sharing a bathroom with another woman and she was screaming bloody murder, I am not trying to be mean but when you are in labor and someone is screaming at the top of their lungs it was very irritating. I remember telling my husband he needed to ask to change rooms but that was about the time we were switched to L & D.<br />
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L&D: We were moved to labor and delivery after about 1 hour after triage. They hooked me up, asked me tons of questions and prepped me for an epidural. I asked about being dilated further along before the epidural but they said it was fine to have it now. Little did I know I would be in labor for 28 hours and getting that epidural so early turned out to be a mistake. Once I got the epidural it was basically hurry up and wait. Not much happened, we waited until 5am to call family and friends to let them know what happened. I was able to rest and watch some Olympics. I finally started progressing around 12pm on Saturday, August 4th. I was 4cm dilated and then 2 hours later I was 5cm. Since my water broke they only checked me every 2 hours. At that point we were thinking we would meet this little guy that evening. I think it was around 10pm that night I was finally 9 but I remained that way until 3:30am. At that point they were giving me the highest dose of pitocin to increase the contractions and the pain was so bad I had my husband get the nurse to turn off the pitocin. The nurse turned down the pitocin, but not off. The epidural was not strong enough at this point and I am not a big fan of pain. I dealt with the pain for the next 3 hours, my doctor came into to check me again and said she just doesn't think the baby can fit through the canal. At that point we decided a c-section would be the best option. I agreed, I was so exhausted and didn't even know how I would have the energy to hold him once he arrived.<br />
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C-Section: Logan Drew was finally born on August 5th at 7:37am. I was so scared to have a c-section, because of the break through pain with the epidural. I also didn't trust that they were going to numb me completely. When people say having a c-section is the easy way out, they are truly wrong. Laying in an operating room, while someone cuts you open to deliver your baby was not easy. You can hear and see everyone in the room. I couldn't even see what was happening in the lights above me. I looked a few times but turned my head and closed my eyes while my husband held my hand. When they were ready to pull him out my Dr. let me know, there was a lot of pressure and then all of a sudden a very loud screaming baby boy. It was amazing finally seeing him, my husband was still able to cut the cord and went with him to get cleaned up. I laid there until they fixed me up and I was ready for recovery. We declined the eye ointment and Hep B shot. We did get the Vitamin K shot.<br />
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Logan Drew weighed 8lbs 4oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. I am grateful he came 2 weeks early otherwise he would have been 9.5 lbs. He was so smashed in the birth canal, he came out with the biggest cone head and his nose was bruised from being pushed up against the birth canal. He also had bruises on his chest, arms, back and legs. Poor guy, wish I would have gotten the c-section sooner.<br />
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Recovery Room: Once wheeled into recovery, I was shaking like crazy, they gave me a shot of Demerol and the shakes went away. Logan was laying under a warmer with his eyes wide open. We started breastfeeding and he caught on pretty quick.<br />
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Hospital Stay: The staff was amazing, I appreciated the stay and glad they were there to help us. I was in so much pain from the surgery. Getting up to go to the restroom for the first time was pretty intense. I really never knew how much recovery there is with a c-section. We were able to spend some quality time with the lactation consultants during our stay, which helped a lot, Logan would latch on, latch off and get frustrated but they came in to help him with that and we are doing great now. Logan had jaundice so he was constantly checked and we did have to feed him some formula to help get rid of the jaundice and because his birth rate fell to 7.9lbs. After that first day of breastfeeding he would not eat for about 10 hours. I felt so bad for him. He is doing great now on his own.<br />
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We are home and I am so thankful for my husband, without him I don't know what I would have done. He has changed 99% of the diapers and even helped me change a few times. I can finally move around a lot more but try to take it easy because I want to heal quickly from this surgery. We are so grateful for this little man. He is truly amazing! Today is the day he was created in CO one year ago. I remember all the tears on that day and now I can't get over holding our little one.<br />
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