From the beginning....

OK, where to start...I guess it's time to tell the sad story. It really is one, too. A few months ago, I read through my medical records as I was changing doctors (going from an ob/gyn to a reproductive endocrinologist), and I seriously thought to myself...this is the saddest story I've ever read. If I'd only known it would get more depressing...

But I digress....

How about the short version for now and when the mood strikes I will elaborate on the various "incidents".

We've been trying to conceive (hereon referred to as TTC) since February 2004. I have long cycles...which sucks. So eventually they put me on Clomid (a fertility drug in pill form), and one the third cycle, I got pregnant in February of 2005. Turns out the pregnancy was ectopic (in the tubes) After surgery and the discovery of mild endometriosis, my tube was saved and we went on our merry way. Only to find out a week later there was a second embryo in the uterus...and then discover that one had miscarried as well at 9.5 weeks (stopped growing at 6.5 weeks). They would have been twins...

So then we found out I have a uterine septum...great big piece of nonvascularized tissue dividing my uterus in half...BIG problem, definitely caused the ectopic and the miscarriage. I had it removed in July 2005.

Our first try after surgery, I was pregnant again....but miscarried a few days later in the middle of Hurricane Rita (Sept 2005). The very next cycle, we threw caution to the wind and tried again...and got pregnant again. Everything was textbook...until we got to our 8w ultrasound only to find out that she stopped growing at 6.5 weeks and her heart wasn't beating anymore (November 2005).

Chromosome testing was normal...she was a perfect 46XX. My thrombophilia panel showed that I'm an MTHFR compound heterozygote though. It may or may not have caused this last miscarriage. So now we're trying again on a new medication regimen per Dr. Mac (my fertility specialist's) recommendation, we're combining medication with a holistic approach!*Prenatal vitamin*Extra 3mg folic acid*Metformin 500mg*Baby aspirin*L-arginine*Garlic*Grape seed extract

We shall see where we go from here....