A rainbow baby is a term for a child born to a family that has previously lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or death during infancy... The term "rainbow" is symbolic of the hope brought by the child after the storm of the previous loss. (Wikipedia)
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Happy Ending... Happy Beginning
Happy 100 days young my dear baby J!
Before you were born, mummy took 249 clexane jabs and countless pills (4 types of medicine in first trimester) to keep you alive. You would have 2 elder siblings if they haven’t gone to be little angels.
Daddy and mummy wish you will grow up to be a healthy and happy boy. We will always love you!
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Monday, 6 November 2017
Miscarriage #2
I wish I'm sharing about my pregnancy progress, but instead, I'm posting about my miscarriage that happened almost 2 weeks ago. This is a quick summary of what happened.
20 Oct (Fri)
Went to see Dr Lisa Chin because I was having very minor spotting since Monday. Had a scan, doctor commented that the sac is a little low. Told to continue with duphaston thrice a day. Up folic acid dose to thrice a day after I told doctor I have MTHFR gene mutation. Given 1 week of HL to rest at home.
21 Oct (Sat)
Woke up at about 5.30 am because I feel a blood clot coming out. Rushed to KKH 24-hour O&G, had a scan, requested for progesterone in oil jab.
23 Oct (Mon)
Bleeding got worse in the morning. Joined the peak hour traffic, got back to KKH 24-hour O&G and had another scan. Sent for a detailed scan in the Diagnostic Imaging department. Doctor in 24-hour O&G reviewed the detailed scan and comment the sac is in a low position. Requested for crinone (because I cannot get another progesterone jab). Went toilet before leaving KKH and a big ball of blood clot came out. Went back to 24-hour O&G, had yet another scan, this time doctor said the sac had gone down even further and miscarriage is inevitable. Opted to stay in hospital to collect pregnancy tissue sample for karotyping.
24 Oct (Tue)
No tissue passed out yet. Went for another detailed scan.
25 Oct (Wed)
Given tablets to speed things up. After 2 hours, the bleeding started to get heavier. Few hours later, after passing out many blood clots, I finally passed out a tiny piece of tissue. (Someone wrote about her experience at NUH which is quite similar to mine.)
Now, it's just waiting for the karotyping result to be out.
Despite being on many medication to manage the sticky blood issue, I still couldn't maintain the pregnancy beyond week 6. I don't know if the doctors can help me anymore.
20 Oct (Fri)
Went to see Dr Lisa Chin because I was having very minor spotting since Monday. Had a scan, doctor commented that the sac is a little low. Told to continue with duphaston thrice a day. Up folic acid dose to thrice a day after I told doctor I have MTHFR gene mutation. Given 1 week of HL to rest at home.
21 Oct (Sat)
Woke up at about 5.30 am because I feel a blood clot coming out. Rushed to KKH 24-hour O&G, had a scan, requested for progesterone in oil jab.
23 Oct (Mon)
Bleeding got worse in the morning. Joined the peak hour traffic, got back to KKH 24-hour O&G and had another scan. Sent for a detailed scan in the Diagnostic Imaging department. Doctor in 24-hour O&G reviewed the detailed scan and comment the sac is in a low position. Requested for crinone (because I cannot get another progesterone jab). Went toilet before leaving KKH and a big ball of blood clot came out. Went back to 24-hour O&G, had yet another scan, this time doctor said the sac had gone down even further and miscarriage is inevitable. Opted to stay in hospital to collect pregnancy tissue sample for karotyping.
24 Oct (Tue)
No tissue passed out yet. Went for another detailed scan.
25 Oct (Wed)
Given tablets to speed things up. After 2 hours, the bleeding started to get heavier. Few hours later, after passing out many blood clots, I finally passed out a tiny piece of tissue. (Someone wrote about her experience at NUH which is quite similar to mine.)
Now, it's just waiting for the karotyping result to be out.
Despite being on many medication to manage the sticky blood issue, I still couldn't maintain the pregnancy beyond week 6. I don't know if the doctors can help me anymore.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Friday, 29 September 2017
IVF Frozen #5 Day 24
It was long while since my last consultation with Dr Sadhana. Between then and today, DH and I met Dr Sheila Vasoo who figured out that I have sticky blood due to MTHFR genes mutation. She drew up a plan for me to start aspirin, vitamin D and folic acid right away. Few days before ET, I am to add prednisolone and clexane on top of the usual FET medication (progynova).
This is what I have to deal with every morning until hCG BT.
As for the nights, I have to take another 1000IU vitamin D from day one and start injecting myself with clexane from CD19 (5 days before ET). The very first self-injection already gave me small bruise on my tummy. Oh yes, the jab is painful! Not unbearably painful; kind of like the same level of pain as the orgalutran jabs.
My 4-week supply of clexane that costed $490.
Today, DH and I reached KKIVF at 8.30 am as instructed. Unfortunately, my blastie didn't survive the thaw and the embryologist had to spend another 3 hours thawing another blastie.
Here's my little blastie. My darling, please grow well. Mummy hopes to see a bigger you and see your flickering heartbeat in 4 weeks' time!
My 5th frozen cycle timeline:
This is what I have to deal with every morning until hCG BT.
As for the nights, I have to take another 1000IU vitamin D from day one and start injecting myself with clexane from CD19 (5 days before ET). The very first self-injection already gave me small bruise on my tummy. Oh yes, the jab is painful! Not unbearably painful; kind of like the same level of pain as the orgalutran jabs.
My 4-week supply of clexane that costed $490.
Today, DH and I reached KKIVF at 8.30 am as instructed. Unfortunately, my blastie didn't survive the thaw and the embryologist had to spend another 3 hours thawing another blastie.
Here's my little blastie. My darling, please grow well. Mummy hopes to see a bigger you and see your flickering heartbeat in 4 weeks' time!
My 5th frozen cycle timeline:
| CD1 | Call KKIVF |
| CD4 | 4 mg progynova daily for 5 days |
| CD9 | 6 mg progynova daily for 5 days |
| CD13 | Visit KKIVF for scan. Uterine lining 6.9 mm |
| CD14 | 8 mg progynova daily for 3 days |
| CD17 | Visit KKIVF for scan. Uterine lining 9.0 mm Continue with 8 mg progynova daily for 4 days |
| CD19 | Crinone gel inserts twice daily until BT 0.2 ml Clexane injections once daily until BT |
| CD21 | 6 mg progynova daily until BT 10 mg prednisolone daily until BT |
| CD24 / 0dp5dt | ET. 1 blastocyst transferred. TWW begins! |
| CD38 / 14dp5dt | BT |
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