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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Our Little Pumpkin!

Halloween at the McLaughlin house was pretty much a non-event, but Sean did dress up as an adorable little pumpkin, and we got some wonderful pictures of him.

Enjoy!

A little about me

This is my journey through infertility, pregnancy and motherhood with my loving husband and best friend.

I am 26 years old(DH is 29), and have been trying to conceive a baby since June 2006. We were blessed with a pregnancy in July 2007, unfortunately that ended in a blighted ovum miscarriage in late August 2007. Since then we have been working with a fertility specialist, been diagnosed with unexplained infertility and have had two failed IUI's.

On our third IUI, we got a BFP!!! Unfortunately, the pregnancy hasn't been all easy, I was diagnosed with a 2cm kidney stone at 22 weeks. I was put on driving restrictions at that point, and had a lot more doctors appointments. The stone will be removed after our little boy arrives.

Sean Patrick arrived October 5, 2008. He was 7lb 15oz and 19 inches at birth. He is our perfect little miracle, and we are so in love with him.

Acronym Lingo

AF - Aunt flo (menstruation)
B/W - bloodwork
BCP - Birth control pill
BFN - Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Postive (pregnancy test result)
CD - Cycle Day
D&C - Dilation & Curretage
D&E - Dilation & Evacuation
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
DPO - days past ovulation
E2 - Estradiol
ER - Egg Retreival
ET - Embryo Transfer
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FSH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HSG - hysterosalpingogram
ICSI - intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IF - infertility
IUI - intrauterine insemination
IVF - in-vitro fertilization
LH - luteinizing hormone
M/C - miscarriage
O - ovulation
OPK - ovulation predictor kit
PG - pregnant
PNV - Prenatal vitamin
POAS - Pee On A Stick
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist (Infertility Dr.)
TTC - trying to conceive
TTTC - trouble trying to conceive
U/S - Ultrasound

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Our Little Pumpkin!

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A little about me

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