forcing seeds: river stone 4

Thursday, January 20, 2011

river stone 4

fingers, winter dry
catch laundry, the smooth sheet
the cleansed shirts

the day is cold but bright
we hang sheets to catch sun
my daughter laughing
at the cloth over her head

how each thing steams
how we catch ourselves
watching our breath
how the inside becomes outside

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Lynne ReesJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM
I love 'how the inside becomes outside.
Nice to find you in the river of stones.
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Our Timeline (read bottom to top for proper chronology)

November 5, 2009- Acorn is born, in water at a birthcenter, after a rather too quick labor. Home safe that night.
March 2009- BFP!!! EDD 11-08-09 (hoping for a sticky baby)
Jan.-Feb 2009- Ivf/ICSI #2- bcp's, lupron in Jan. start stims 2/4.(hope and dream and pray like crazy)
Sept. 2008- miscarry at 6w5d.
August FET- delestrogen, baby aspirin, PIO. feel hopeless, but... BFP on 8/26- amazing first and second betas!!! Hear heartbeart and see one baby at 6wks.
May 2008- ivf/icsi- get 14 eggs, transfer 2 blasts, 2 make it to freeze, BFN
detail on IVF /ICSI #1-
5/13 b/w and u/s start 150 iu gonal-f and 75 iu luveris. Lupron reduced to 5. Estr. 34.
5/16- stim check and u/s- 5 follies at 9-12 mm, lining 62mm. Estr. 169.
5/18- 15 follies, 10 over 10 mm. lining 85 mm. Estr. 344.
5/20 stim check and u/s. lining at 11mm. Estr. 1157. 15 follies, most around 13-15mm.
5/21 20 follies, 5 at 15-16mm. Estr. 1348, lining 13mm.
5/22- 21 follies, 4 around 20, 4 around 17, lots more smaller. Estr. 1900/ Trigger!
5/24 Egg Retrieval 14 eggs use ICSI & natural fert.
5/25 -8 had ICSI and 7 are growing, 6 had natural fert and 1 is growing.
5/27- all 7 embies are 8 or more celled
5/29 Transfer 2 blasts- grades 2AA and 2 AB 2 embies frozen
6/8 beta-negative
March 2008- we get into clinical study for ivf(yay) pay and get ready.
Jan. 2008- I turn 36, and we reach 2 yrs ttc, sad.
Nov. 2007 Mr. S gets varicocele repair.(last chance to improve before ivf)
Oct. Last clomid IUI- BFN
July- clomid IUI- 800,000 post wash- BFN RE says, "now we know for sure it isn't you." whoopee.
June 2007- take and pass clomid challenge, RE says I have 4 yrs before I need to worry.
June 2007 unmedicated IUI- 5 mil. post wash bfn.
Feb. 2007- Mr. S on clomid
Dec. 2006- find out Mr. S’s Dad and brother had “issues” why didn’t anyone tell us earlier?
Nov. 2006 2nd SA- BAD 2 million total. Told we have a in 250 chance of getting pregnant without ivf.icsi. Decide to keep trying, Mr. S changes diet, etc.
Sept. 2006 –hsg- all clear
July 2006- get my hormones checked- fsh, etc good.
May 2006- ask Mr. S to get SA- it comes back not good low count(19mill), very low morph.(turns out it was best count he ever had)
Jan 2006- start trying(expect to get pregnant immediately, as my mom did)
April 2005- get married

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

river stone 4

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