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What is with the Pineapple reference?

The reason this baby is referred to as our little "Pineapple" is because of the nickname Bob gave me after we started IVF. Bob said because I had endured so much, and was so strong I was like a "pineapple". The outer shell of a pineapple is strong, stubborn, hard headed, but once you peel back those layers it's just a mushy, sweet fruit inside. So immediately when we found out we were pregnant the ladies on my board started calling the baby our like Pineapple. So there you have it, how the nick name Pineapple and TTP (Teeny Tiny Pineapple) came to be.

Why a blog?

I wanted to share our Journey of IVF and TTTC with others. It is and was a long difficult road, and I feel that if I can help even one woman find comfort, give suppport, and make a difference even just woman who is going thru infertility or IVF than I have done something wonderful. I've brought a sense of understanding and comfort to someone else. To my fellow TTTCR's I pray for us all, and we will have our babies.....

Our Dream

Some dream of big houses
Or shiny new cars,
Ours is to someday
Hold a baby that’s ours
Some dream of more money
To hoard and to keep,
Mine is to someday
Rock my baby to sleep.
Some dream of careers
In buildings so tall,
His is to someday
Toss his kid a baseball.
Some dream of great power
To be strong and tough,
Ours is to someday
Have a child to love.
Some dream of things
Such as silver and gold
Ours is of the day
Our child we’ll hold.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Our Angel

It is with a very heavy, and sad heart we report that we have an angel. Our miracle baby is now our guardian angel. My HCG levels were increasing in a week all looked well at first however my blood work on Friday showed a significant drop from 185 to 90...this miracle will not make it.

Once implantation occurs, the pregnancy hormone HCG will develop and begin to rise. This is the hormone that signals on a pregnancy test that you are pregnant. HCG can be detected through one of 2 different types of blood test or through a urine test. A quantitative blood test measures the exact amount of HCG in the blood and a qualitative HCG blood test gives a simple yes or no answer to whether you are pregnant or not.

Doctors will often use the quantitative test if they are closely monitoring the development of a pregnancy. After implantation occurs, the hormone will begin to rise and should increase every 48-72 hours for the next several weeks.


My stats were:
12/1 Beta #1 70
12/3 Beta # 2 119 70% Increase
12/5 Beta # 3 185 55% Increase
12/7 Beta # 4 90 Decrease the pregnancy will not continue to thrive, miscarriage is inevitable.


We are going to get thru this the best we know how, and we realize in the end we will be stronger a loss of child is unbearable, it's not a blessing as some may see it to be, and to us this child was meant to be. Thank you to our friends who have been a huge help by keeping me company, and taking my mind off things, letting us be sad, and for just being there.

Thank you all for your words of support and kindness, it is truly appreciated, and words can and will never express how much!
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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Christmas Miracle

We had our First Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) on 11/23/07. We transferred two beautiful blastocysts. Well everyone...it's finally happened...our third attempt with....has been a success!! Our Christmas miracle has been given to us early....today we found out for sure that we are pregnant!

Baby Heck is on way his/her way and the estimated due date is 8/10/08 =0)

It's been a crazy, emotional, hard, enduring roller coaster, but has been so worth it!!! We thank you all for your support, love, prayers, and look forward to sharing this wonderful journey with you all =0) My level today is 70, so now we just look for it to double, and increase as it should.
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