Heard a heartbeat

I bought a doppler on amazon. I thought maybe since my fundus (top of the uterus) has been above my pubic bone since about the day of my BFP (ok, not quite, but like 6 weeks) maybe I’d be able to hear it before 10 weeks. Usually you can’t hear it earlier than that because [...]

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Trying not to let myself go there…

Before our IVF cycle, I thought a lot about what it would be like to have twins, which room I’d use for a new baby, whether we’d be able to fit 3 carseats in our car, etc etc etc. I’m trying not to go there this time. The more hope I feel, the more confident [...]

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Compound hetero

When I got back the MTHFR results, I asked the nurse if this could be the reason we’re not getting/staying pregnant. She said probably not. Poking around a bit, I wonder if I don’t need to ask more questions. She told me if I had two copies of the same gene (homo) it would be [...]

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Mother F—er!

Those of you in the know on infertility matters will know what this means because it’s a common nickname. For the rest of you, here’s an explanation. MTHFR (thus its nickname) is a genetic mutation that causes problems with the absorption of folic acid. Folic acid is the reason they have you take pre-natal vitamins [...]

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The 2nd shortest pregnancy of all time

There’s this term “chemical pregnancy” that you see around the fertility boards. My midwife and RE have just said miscarriage. It’s a really early miscarriage and technically defined as a pregnancy that never gets far enough to see on an ultrasound (around 5.5 weeks, probably). This is my second. I made it about a week [...]

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