About
My name is Courtney and I’m a New England transplant living in Bodega, California. I moved here with the intention of only staying for a year. Little did I know that I’d meet my future husband and make my home in Sonoma County with my Malamute Took and my stepdaughter K. After I turned 30 we decided to add to our family. After suffering four miscarriages in almost two years, it’s still a work in progress.
For those of you interested, here’s our TTC Timeline:
- February 2007 - Met the love of my life.
- August 2008 – Walked down an aisle, kissed a handsome man and became a Mrs.
- September 2009 – Turned 30. 1st miscarriage. We did not know I was pregnant and it was very very early on.
- December 2009 – this is when we actively…um…started doing the dance, so to speak.
- January 2010 – 1st BFP. Woohoo!
- February 11, 2010 - 2nd miscarriage at 7 weeks 5 days. First real heartbreak of my life.
- April 2010 – first ovarian cyst burst. Ouch.
- May-June 2010 - ovarian cysts continue to grow (and burst) and plague me with pain at every movement.
- May 2010 – BFN 2 days before expected period.
- June 2010 - BFP 2 days after expected period. Here we go!
- June 28th, 2010 – ultrasound at 7 weeks 6 days showed baby measuring 6 weeks 3 days; saw heartbeat
- July 9th, 2010 – ultrasound showed a missed miscarriage at 9 weeks 4 days. 3rd miscarriage. Heart shatters even more.
- July 10th, 2010 – D&C
- July 11th, 2010 – ovarian cyst burst. Double freaking ouch.
- September 2010 - Turned 31. Blood tests all came back mostly negative, with the exception of the MTHFR.
- December 2010 - revisited tests and discovered slight elevation in Beta 2 Glycoprotein I Igm, which is connected to antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Tests were performed again.
- May 1st, 2011 – BFP
- May 9th, 2011 – ultrasound at 5 weeks 3 days: heartbeat
- May 18th, 2011 – ultrasound at 6 weeks 5 days showed baby measuring right on target; saw heartbeat
- May 25th, 2011 – ultrasound at 7 weeks 5 days showed baby measuring 6 weeks 3 days; saw heartbeat
- June 1st, 2011 – ultrasound showed a missed miscarriage at 8 weeks 5 days. 4th miscarriage.
- June 3rd, 2011 – D&C and officially pissed-off.
- September 2011 - Turned 32.
- February 2012 – BFP
- March 19th, 2012 - ultrasound at 8 weeks 2 days, measuring right on target
- April 2nd, 2012 – ultrasound at 10 weeks 2 days, measuring AHEAD! by two days and lots of movement; heartbeat healthy
I was also featured in Too Many Fish to Fry‘s Faces of ALI Series. Check out the series here: http://jjiraffe.wordpress.com/faces-of-adoptionlossinfertility/ You can read my story here.
Contact me at bodegablissblog at gmail.com
Here from ICLW. Good luck to you. This just all sucks. It never gets easier. I’m so sorry.
So, I found you through Too Many Fish to Fry, and your story is my story. My pregnancies all start out perfect, with heartbeats and measuring right on track. Then, the growth slows down by the 7th week. Then, the heartbeat stops. My tests have also only shown one mutated MTHFR gene. (Oh, and I’m also Courtney, from New England.) The worst part about all this is that apparently my eggs are good (hence the heartbeats) but something in my body is killing them.
I just had my fourth miscarriage (chemical pregnancy) in 18 months in November, and an RE won’t see me until I have one more. I begged for the Celiac panel and it came back positive, so I’m now gluten free. We’ll see if this changes anything – fingers crossed and I’ll keep you posted. Sending you many, many positive vibes and hoping for you as much as I’m hoping for myself that we find happiness, in whatever form that may be.
xx
Wow, we live so close! I am in the East Bay. My DH grew up in Sonoma on the Russian River in Guerneville. Congrats on your BFP. Hope it goes smoothly for you.