Well, the last update was about 6 weeks ago so I guess it’s time for another one.

I figured since it’s been about 6 weeks, it’s time for another update. I’m now 25 weeks, which is considered 6 months.

Last night my hubby and I walked home from our friends’ house following a very fun joint birthday celebration for my husband and friend.

It’s been about 6 weeks since my last update, which is how long I’ve had to wait for another check-up at the OB’s office. In those six weeks…

After my last post, y’all made it pretty clear you wanted me to keep on blogging, so here we are. In two days I’ll be at 13 weeks — the last week of the first trimester. It’s pretty wild to say (write) that — I didn’t ever think I’d make it this far.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’ve graduated from my fertility clinic to a regular OB-GYN office!

My last blog post was mid-November when I was prepping for the transfer. Surprisingly, everything worked as it should — my lining was the right thickness at the check and the transfer went as planned on Dec. 9. Then it was a 10-day wait to the first blood test on Monday, Dec. 19.

It’s a bit hard to believe it’s been just under three years since our last transfer prep, and yet here we are.

Two months ago we were still in a holding pattern, trying to find a donor that felt “right” to us. In early October, we finally found one.

I’ve had a few people reach out to ask me what came of the exception request related to being eligible for the fertility clinic’s “baby guarantee,” so I figure it’s time for another update.

It’s been more than two years since my last blog update because there’s been nothing to talk about fertility-wise. In April 2020 I had a telehealth appointment with a third doctor (whom I liked)…

My last blog post at the end of January was after the transfer of our second (and last) donor egg embryo had failed. We were mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted. We had NO IDEA what was coming.

I’ve spent the month of January either prepping for the transfer or doing post-transfer medications to make it stick (and trying unsuccessfully to remain calm, cool, and collected). This morning my husband and I went to the local hospital so I could get the blood test done

The holidays are behind us, which means that it’s time to let all our livers recover, and it’s time for a blog update. As planned, I called the nurse when I got my period in December and finalized the timeline to prep for the transfer.

It’s been a month, so I should probably post an update. The ERA biopsy I did last month actually worked (it’s about time), and the results showed that I need to be on the progesterone medicines — the ones that start after a lining check following two weeks of estrogen and before the transfer — one extra day.

About 6 weeks ago, I posted a blog explaining that the ERA biopsy failed — the lab said there wasn’t enough tissue so I’d have to do it all over again. I waited the month for my next period, and then began the now-familiar routine of 3 estrogen pills in the morning and evening for 13 days …

Remember when I said my next post wouldn’t be until mid-October unless something super weird happened with my ERA biopsy results? Well, something weird happened.

On Monday, after three extra days on estrogen pills, my lining was finally deemed thick enough to proceed with the next steps in the mock transfer. That meant starting this past Tuesday, I added in the twice daily progesterone suppositories and the every-other-day progesterone shot (once again with circles drawn in sharpies on my butt so my husband had a target for the needle).

When last I left you (unless you’ve talked to me in the past week), I had learned that the biopsy sample from my hysteroscopy didn’t contain enough tissue to rule out endometritis through pathology.

I’m not even sure where to start with this update. Two weeks ago I had a hysteroscopy in Jacksonville. This was an outpatient procedure whereby I was sedated with general anesthesia, they put a scope up into my uterus, looked around to make sure everything was kosher, pulled tissue to send out to pathology to make sure there’s no evidence of endometritis (not endometriosis — that’s something different), and also removed any polyps or growths seen while they’re in there.