Part 5: My First Pregnancy

Our third transfer...worked. Against all odds, but also after a lot of hard work, it worked.

LOOK AT THAT PERFECT LITTLE CUTIE.

LOOK AT THOSE PERFECT LITTLE LINES.

One thing to remember: When the embryo transfer happens, the embryo is already 5 days old, which means you're already about 3 weeks pregnant. The numbers on the tests above are the number of days after the transfer, so the top test is 4 weeks along.

I had a problem with my progesterone injections. We switched to a new type of oil and I had a bad reaction in my hip, so my clinic told me to switch to my thigh. Then this happened:

Ok it's kind of hard to see, but I got a huge lump in my leg MUSCLE and I couldn't walk for like 4 days.

We went to get an ultrasound at 5 weeks & 4 days along. It was perfect and magical and amazing. Still too early to see a heartbeat, but we had a SAC and GROWTH!

Two days after this ultrasound was done, I had a huge blood clot. We jumped in the car and headed down to the ER. I called my RE on the way and asked what we should do, and they confirmed that we should go to the ER. 

I was 5w6d.

They got the bleeding under control, and then did another ultrasound.

We saw the heartbeat. It was perfect. Then they gave me this paper.

They told me I had a subchorionic hematoma, but it was at the bottom of the uterus so it would likely continue to bleed and then resolve on its own. SCHs are common in IVF pregnancies, but I was very unprepared for the amount of blood.

They told me that as long as I didn't have any pain, it was probably fine.

I had no pain. A lot of bleeding, but no pain.

A week later, I went in to my RE for a follow-up ultrasound. There was no sac. No growth. He was already gone.

I miscarried my baby without even realizing it.