I had my first OB appointment last week. Among other things she did a quick ultrasound and said everything looked fine. Next visit, July 7, is the ultrasound and blood work for the nuchal translucency screening. According to the paperwork they gave me, it is done between 10.5 and 13 weeks and [...]
Archive for June, 2008
IVF: First OB appointment and other stuff
Posted in IVF, tagged dairy allergy, ethyl oleate, IVF, nuchal translucency, PIO, progesterone in oil on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IVF update: more PIO allergies and embryology report
Posted in IVF, tagged allergies, cottonseed, embryology, ethyl olete, frozen embryos, IVF, PIO, progesterone in oil, sesame on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I knew it was too easy. I had developed an allergy to the progesterone in sesame oil after 3+ weeks, and the doctor switched me to cottonseed oil. And I lasted on that for 3+ weeks and the allergies came back. Welts over both injection sites and a lot of itching. [...]
Graduation
Posted in IVF, tagged IVF, PIO, progesterone in oil, ultrasound on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The June 11th ultrasound looked great per the doctor, so that was a big relief. I could see a head, forming limbs, the heart beating strongly, and yolk sak. So I have graduated to an obstetrician and my first appointment is June 25th!
I feel I’m in a sort of limbo. At only [...]
One
Posted in IVF, tagged early ultrasound, IVF on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had my first ultrasound on May 30th (25 days after 5 day transfer) and one implanted! Everything was there that they wanted to see, and I still can’t believe it. I saw the heartbeat, yolk sak, and fetal pole, and got two pictures from the technician.
Next ultrasound is the 11th, and if that one [...]
