Dealing with secondary infertility is tough. At this point we are on our second round of Femara due to the first round not working; it didn’t result in pregnancy. This past round using Femara, my guess is that we just didn’t time everything appropriately. I know I ovulated, which is obvious due to my progesterone […] Read more…
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Making baby #2: Round 1 of Femara Results
My last ‘Making baby #2’ post (read here if you missed it) introduced Femara aka Letrozole. I wonder how many people googled it and found that it was a drug used for women with breast cancer? Femara is a breast cancer drug, and after some research, it showed women were still ovulating going through breast […] Read more…
Most Commonly Used Acronyms
Below are the most commonly used acronyms when speaking about reproduction and fertility. AF– Aunt Flow BBT – Basal body temperature BD – Baby Dance BFP – Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test) BFN – Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test) CD – Cycle Day CF – Cervical Fluid CM – Cervical mucus CP – Chemical Pregnancy or Cervical Position D&C – Dilation & Curettage D&E – […] Read more…
Making Baby #2: Fun times at the doctor & Femara
There’s really nothing exciting going on with the baby making. My husband had his karyotype checked, which retuned normal. Everything with me is ‘normal’. After the most recent miscarriage our RE suggested skipping a cycle then try again, which would be my most recent cycle. Besides my period being horribly painful, it was a […] Read more…
Only a crazy person or a woman trying to conceive waits for aunt flow
Here is where I am on our journey to trying to conceive a sibling for mini me. I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, but I got busy. I finally began miscarrying on October 22, 2013, which was just a few days before the husband’s birthday. .:Womp Womp:. One week later […] Read more…