Jen's First Post 1/25/07

Good morning all and welcome to my blog--The Quest for a Miracle Baby. I created this blog as a way for all of you too keep up to date as Mike and I progress through our treatments and such in our journey to conception and birth.

Let me give you some background information. I'm 25 and Mike is 27. We started trying for a family in November of 2005, without success. After a few tests with an OBGYN, Mike was diagnosed with severe oligospermia--low sperm count and low motility. The cause is still unclear, but it means that we need some help to get pregnant. So, we got our referral to the reproductive endocrinologist (RE) that we're now seeing and love to death!!!!

The RE told us that she can definitely get us pregnant using a technique called IVF with ICSI. You've probably heard of IVF, but you might be saying "ICSI??? What in the world is that?" Well, it stands for Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, a procedure in which the lab technicians take the best looking sperm and inject one into each egg retrieved during that cycle. Then they wait to see how many eggs fertilize, let them mature a little, and put some back in. sounds a lot simpler than it is!!!!

Tomorrow we go to see the RE to have an antral follicle count performed and one last hormone level check. Hopefully, they will say that we can start the Birth control pills to begin our first cycle! So, keep checking back to hear how things are going.

In dog news, Toby is waiting for a match in the Feb graduating class and should be a guide soon. Alex is still on Stud Watch, waiting to determine if he will be a breeding dog or go into training. Roger is having a good time with our newest puppy Sawyer, who is soo cute it should be a crime!!!

See you all tomorrow!