My husband and I tried for a year before finding out we would have to overcome MFI. 6 months later we started our first <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a> which resulted in an early miscarriage. We did 3 more IUIs but they all failed. 8 months after starting the fertility treatments we switched doctors since ours was going on maternity leave because we were ready to start <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a>. We retrieved 11 mature eggs... 8 fertilized but only 3 made it. Our fresh transfer resulted in our second early miscarriage which led to more testing to eliminate what could be causing it but one test came back abnormal. My beta 2 glycoprotein was slightly elevated which could indicate blood clot disorder... a retest a month later showed an even higher number meaning I will likely be considered high risk and have to see a maternal and fetal medicine specialist. I have to take aspirin for the first trimester, maybe longer.

On 12/14 we did a 5/6 day FET with our last 2 eggs... a 4BB and a 4BC. At least one took! At 6dp5dt I got a very clear second line on a FRER. My blood test wasn’t til 13dp5dt (12/27/17) and I got a strong Progesterone level and my beta was 2372! This was exactly 2 1/2 years from when we started TTC. Retested two days later and still had a strong Progesterone level and my beta was 5477 so it was doubling every 39-40 hours.

On 1/1 I woke up to bleeding... it was most brown but definitely had hints of red in it however there was no cramping so I waited til the next day to call my doctor. That morning prior to my call I passed stringy brown clots and immediately freaked. Doctor said not to worry unless I have severe pain or bright red bleeding that was more than spotting and to wait for my ultrasound on the 12th. Well it all happened again on 1/9 which again made me worry especially since all my symptoms except minor cramps were gone. I had to wait for my ultrasound today.

Going in to today my husband and I were nervous wrecks. We feared things didn’t work due to all the bleeding and that we just lost the last two embryos we had. To our surprise though, both embryos stuck and measured on track. We saw both heartbeats... one was 136 but didn’t catch the other one either because of all the shock or it wasn’t mentioned since we couldn’t hear the heartbeats.

We go back Thursday (because of my previous early miscarriages and suspected blood clot issue) to see the babies again and maybe even hear their heartbeats. I can’t wait. I love that I’ve seen my babies grow from 2 1/2 weeks (FET day) to now 7 weeks.

To those struggling with infertility, my prayers are with you. It takes a strong couple to fight this battle so continue to support and talk to each other because this journey can eat you alive and above all never give up.

Transfer Day... Babies’ First Picture

7 weeks