The Best of the Adoption/Loss/Infertility Blogs of 2009

Me: 44, DH: 43. No reason that anyone can find why the TTC thing didn't work.

Bulgarian Adoption Timeline

November, 2009 - FBI fingerprints, USCIS fingerprints, got guardianship affidavit. Pretty much just waiting for all the pieces now.

October, 2009 - Filed I-800. Filed again because I forgot to sign the first one. :-(

September, 2009 - Home study finalized. Begin work on I-800A and dossier

August, 2009 - Application put and accepted in with placing agency.

May, 2009 - Began home study and chose placing agency.


IF timeline
IUI #1 - August 7, 2007. Clomid. Error in timing I'm sure - BFN

IUI #2 - September 4, 2007. Clomid. - BFN

Missed month due to cysts.

IUI #3 - October 25, 2007. Follistim. HCG Trigger.
YAY! It worked....but growth was always slow and we miscarried at 10weeks (embryo was 7w2d)

IUI #4 - February 5, 2008. Follistim. HCG Trigger.Chemical Pregnancy/miscarried

IUI #5 - March 4, 2008. Un-medicated cycle due to cysts...HCG trigger. BFN

IUI #6A & 6B - March 28 and 29, 2008. Follistim. HCG trigger and progesterone

IUI #7 - May 20, 2008. Follistim, ovidrel, progesterone. BFN

IVF #1 - Lots of follistim, antagon, HCG, progesterone. Retrieval on June 14, 2008. 11 eggs. 6 fertilized. 5 day transfer set for June 19. 3 blasts (3BC, 2BC, 2BC) and one morula transferred. - 9dp5dt beta = 15. Chemical Pregnancy.

IUI #8 - November 21, 2008. Lots and lots and lots of Repronex. Progesterone shots, delestrogen, progesterone pills. 14 follicles and HCG trigger. chemical pregnancy.

IUI #9 - January 29/30 (back-to-back). Even more Repronex, this time with prednisone, heparin, baby aspirin, and the usual folic acid/prenatal vitamin regime. 18 follicles. and HCG trigger. Delestrogen and progesterone shots and pills later......BFN

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