TESTIFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Putting the fun in infertility? But there is no fun in infertility. To which we respond: EXACTLY.
We are John and Jade Brookbank and thanks to testicular cancer we don't have a nut between us, which means we'll just have to procreate the old fashioned way - through the miracle of test tube babies...and if that doesn't work we'll roll the dice on a turkey baster and a prayer.
We are John and Jade Brookbank and thanks to testicular cancer we don't have a nut between us, which means we'll just have to procreate the old fashioned way - through the miracle of test tube babies...and if that doesn't work we'll roll the dice on a turkey baster and a prayer.
INFERTILITY DOES NOT DEFINE US
A FUN RECAP
March 26, 2001
An ill-fated meeting. The next four years marks a bizarre romance so sickly sweet I don't even dare to blog about it.
March 26, 2005
Tied the noose! Decided to put off having kids for a while, as we were still pretty much kids ourselves, and jump start our careers. Plus we were having too much fun languishing in our independent and irresponsible young adult life.
Early 2008
Started tentatively dropping hints to each other about it getting to be THAT time. Baby fever starts to silently creep into the psyche.
September 17, 2008
The man-child turns 26 and is diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer.
October 2008
Try quickly to conceive all natural without success but are able to bank for later.
October 24, 2008
Testicular removal and the end of all hopes of having a baby the ol' fashioned way.
October 2008 - March 2009
Cancer spreads to John's lymph nodes, heart and lungs. Get our asses handed to us with 4 very intense rounds of chemotherapy.
March 2009
John battles cancer back with a big stick and wins!!!!!!!
January 2010
Decide to strap the ol' armor back on and begin the infertility battle. Schedule 1st appointment with RE and learn that our battle plan is IVF with ICSI. Bring it on!
March 24, 2010
Begin IVF cycle
April 2010
Retrieve 33 Eggs
18 Fertilized
14 Frozen Embryos
5 Day Transfer of 2 Blastocytes
May 10, 2010
We're pregnant!!!!!!!!!!
7dpt Beta 99
9dpt Beta 270
16dpt Beta 7018
May 29, 2010
Twins!
An ill-fated meeting. The next four years marks a bizarre romance so sickly sweet I don't even dare to blog about it.
March 26, 2005
Tied the noose! Decided to put off having kids for a while, as we were still pretty much kids ourselves, and jump start our careers. Plus we were having too much fun languishing in our independent and irresponsible young adult life.
Early 2008
Started tentatively dropping hints to each other about it getting to be THAT time. Baby fever starts to silently creep into the psyche.
September 17, 2008
The man-child turns 26 and is diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer.
October 2008
Try quickly to conceive all natural without success but are able to bank for later.
October 24, 2008
Testicular removal and the end of all hopes of having a baby the ol' fashioned way.
October 2008 - March 2009
Cancer spreads to John's lymph nodes, heart and lungs. Get our asses handed to us with 4 very intense rounds of chemotherapy.
March 2009
John battles cancer back with a big stick and wins!!!!!!!
January 2010
Decide to strap the ol' armor back on and begin the infertility battle. Schedule 1st appointment with RE and learn that our battle plan is IVF with ICSI. Bring it on!
March 24, 2010
Begin IVF cycle
April 2010
Retrieve 33 Eggs
18 Fertilized
14 Frozen Embryos
5 Day Transfer of 2 Blastocytes
May 10, 2010
We're pregnant!!!!!!!!!!
7dpt Beta 99
9dpt Beta 270
16dpt Beta 7018
May 29, 2010
Twins!
3 comments:
Powerful, what an amazing journey you two have lived!
BTW: I've had some trouble posting comments on your blog, I tried to post a comment on your last post & it wouldn't go through?
I agree - and also agree with problems commenting - I tried and failed to post on last post xxx
Thanks ladies! I changed the commenting settings so hopefully that'll clear up whatever silliness is happening.
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