At the imaging center when I was checking in for my ultrasound, I peeked at the chart, and I saw the above written in big letters. I had to grin. "Abby someone. Abby Normal." That's me!
Just now, I asked Erich, "Why do I have to be the one with an abnormal uterus?"
His answer, with his signature dimple and eye-sparkle: "Because I don't have a uterus!"
Love that man.
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We are a young couple eager to start a family. 2008 brought a miscarriage, a diagnosis of uterine septum, a septum resection surgery, and another miscarriage. We are now cautiously expecting our firstborn in January, 2010.
Our Timeline
9/22/07 - Married
1/05/08 - BFP
1/22/08 - First appointment
1/24/08 - First u/s for dating. Baby measured 9w1d
2/10/08 - Minor spotting begins
2/13/08 - Emergency u/s reveals no heartbeat. Baby measured 9w0d
2/18/08 - D&C, septum or bicornuate uterus suspected
4/02/08 - First AF after m/c
4/10/08 - HSG shows unicornuate uterus
4/17/08 - Pelvic u/s shows possibly bicornuate uterus
5/13/08 - First appointment with RE
6/23/08 - Hysterosonogram shows uterine septum
6/27/08 - Septum resected
7/11/08 - CD1, TTC resumes
11/13/08 - BFP
12/17/08 - First appointment, all is well
12/19/08 - Diagnosed with low progesterone (8.72 @ 8w4d)
12/22/08 - Miscarriage #2 confirmed: blighted ovum
12/23/08 - D&C
2/18/09 - After 57 days, CD1
4/30/09 - BFP
5/7/09 - Diagnosed with low progesterone (11.2 @ 17DPO), on supplements
5/9/09 - hCG doubling
5/28/09 - First appt & u/s, baby measured 7w1d, heartbeat seen and heard
6/25/09 - Second appt, heartbeat heard
6/28/09 - Off progesterone, all is well
8/15/09 - Big u/s: It's a girl!
9/18/09 - 1-hour glucose screening: FAIL
9/25/09 - 3-hour glucose tolerance: PASS!
12/23/09 - L&D for high BP
1/7/10 - Induced for PIH
1/8/10 - Lily born via c-section
1/05/08 - BFP
1/22/08 - First appointment
1/24/08 - First u/s for dating. Baby measured 9w1d
2/10/08 - Minor spotting begins
2/13/08 - Emergency u/s reveals no heartbeat. Baby measured 9w0d
2/18/08 - D&C, septum or bicornuate uterus suspected
4/02/08 - First AF after m/c
4/10/08 - HSG shows unicornuate uterus
4/17/08 - Pelvic u/s shows possibly bicornuate uterus
5/13/08 - First appointment with RE
6/23/08 - Hysterosonogram shows uterine septum
6/27/08 - Septum resected
7/11/08 - CD1, TTC resumes
11/13/08 - BFP
12/17/08 - First appointment, all is well
12/19/08 - Diagnosed with low progesterone (8.72 @ 8w4d)
12/22/08 - Miscarriage #2 confirmed: blighted ovum
12/23/08 - D&C
2/18/09 - After 57 days, CD1
4/30/09 - BFP
5/7/09 - Diagnosed with low progesterone (11.2 @ 17DPO), on supplements
5/9/09 - hCG doubling
5/28/09 - First appt & u/s, baby measured 7w1d, heartbeat seen and heard
6/25/09 - Second appt, heartbeat heard
6/28/09 - Off progesterone, all is well
8/15/09 - Big u/s: It's a girl!
9/18/09 - 1-hour glucose screening: FAIL
9/25/09 - 3-hour glucose tolerance: PASS!
12/23/09 - L&D for high BP
1/7/10 - Induced for PIH
1/8/10 - Lily born via c-section
Glossary
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
BC - Birth Control
BFN - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)
CD - Cycle Day
D&C - Dilation and Curettage
DH - Dear Husband
DPO - Days Past Ovulation
EDD - Estimated Due Date
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HSC - Hysteroscopy
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram
IC - Incompetent Cervix
IRL - In real life (not online)
LAP - Laparoscopy
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
MA - Müllerian Anomaly
M/C - Miscarriage
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
PNV - Prenatal Vitamin
POAS - Pee on a Stick
PTL - Preterm Labor
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
TMI - Too Much Information
TTC - Trying to Conceive
U/S - Ultrasound
BC - Birth Control
BFN - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)
CD - Cycle Day
D&C - Dilation and Curettage
DH - Dear Husband
DPO - Days Past Ovulation
EDD - Estimated Due Date
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HSC - Hysteroscopy
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram
IC - Incompetent Cervix
IRL - In real life (not online)
LAP - Laparoscopy
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
MA - Müllerian Anomaly
M/C - Miscarriage
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
PNV - Prenatal Vitamin
POAS - Pee on a Stick
PTL - Preterm Labor
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
TMI - Too Much Information
TTC - Trying to Conceive
U/S - Ultrasound
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5 comments:
Aw. Husbands are silly:)
Think what your mom would say if you were little. (Maybe not your mom, but my mom for sure.)
"Your uterus isn't abnormal-it's unique!"
Big letters, huh? They really know how to charm a girl.
Yeah, the big letters and the misspelling helped push it from sad to pretty funny. :)
As Evan M. would have said a few months back, "Erich is noofy!"
Erich wins funny points! We all how men are. They couldn't possibly endure having anything reproductive being "abnormol"!
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