Tag: in vitro fertilization

  • The Recovery

    The Recovery

    Learn about our first few days with Rowan in the postpartum room!

  • Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 2

    Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 2

    The tampon-like medicine I mentioned in Pt. 1 was called Cervidil, and I had it in for 12 hours before it got me to the correct dilation. In the labor timeline, this puts us a little before mid-morning on Saturday, April 20.  Once I reached 3 cm, it was time to insert the dilation balloon. …

  • Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 1

    Rowan’s Birth Story, Pt. 1

    It’s been a minute since my last post, which leads into this week’s blog. Look back here. When I arrived at the hospital, I took the nurse’s suggestion and asked the greeter for a wheelchair. I felt a bit silly, honestly; I felt fine. But my nurse recommended it, and who was I to question…

  • The Unexpected

    The Unexpected

    On Friday, April 19, I went in for a non-stress test. I’d been going in for those tests twice weekly for the previous few weeks, and they’d all been textbook up until this point.  And this test was also textbook… until the very end. The nurse took my blood pressure, and it was a little…

  • Quick Update

    Quick Update

    It’s been quite a while since my last post, and there’s a very good reason for that. I had plenty of topics to talk about, but I’ve found myself not having a lot of time lately to write about those things. On Sunday, April 14, we had our baby shower — which I will still…

  • The Non-Stress Tests

    The Non-Stress Tests

    After my gestational diabetes diagnosis, I was given time to see if diet and exercise could manage my blood sugar levels. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough. I kept having slightly high fasting readings in the morning.  Because of that, the maternal fetal medicine docs decided to put me on insulin at bedtime.  A week or…

  • The Growth Scan

    The Growth Scan

    While there was at least one doctor’s appointment between the EKG and the growth scan, it was fairly routine and not much to write about. Usually at these in-between appointments, they’ll measure my belly and then use the doppler to hear Rowan’s heartbeat.  It would’ve been my 28-week appointment, and my belly was measuring at…

  • The Glucose Test

    The Glucose Test

    While I was at the EKG appointment, I asked the doctor when I’d need to be tested for gestational diabetes. It’s something all pregnant women have to be tested for, and I’d honestly been worried about it most of the pregnancy.  My sister experienced it in her second pregnancy and said it wasn’t fun. Hers…

  • Rowan’s EKG

    Rowan’s EKG

    It feels like lately I’m starting off every blog with an apology about missing a week, and I am sorry I missed last week. It was a little busy at work, and then after that, I managed to pick up a nasty chest cold.  Anyway, it’s finally time to get back on track and keep…

  • Unintended Consequences

    Unintended Consequences

    Before I get started with today’s blog, a few disclaimers:  If you follow the news regularly, you’ve likely heard about a recent state supreme court ruling in Alabama that has had major consequences in the world of IVF. For now, it’s limited to one state, but the precedent it sets could have implications nationwide.  The…