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Matilda's birth story w PIP! (BzeetyD's team green turned team pink)
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Hello all - so sorry I fell off the face of the earth and little someone fell into my arms! Thanks for the well wishes and kind thoughts. Here's our story - a short version and a long long one - and some pics of course. Our sweet Tilly will already be 2 weeks old tomorrow!
Our Birth Story - short and sweet:
Matilda Mary D was born at 40w3d and arrived at 10:43pm on Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 via semi-emergency c-section due to her not tolerating labor well and my spiking a fever. She was 7lbs 8oz and 19.75 inches long, with a head of dark brown hair.
She was born a strong girl and scored an 8 on her APGARs. We both recovered from the fever immediately after birth. She spent 48 hours in the NICU receiving antibiotics, as a guard against my fever and I also received antibiotics during that time.
We all went home together on Sunday, February 23rd.
WAY way Longer:
Our EDD was 2/16/14. I had been progressing during my cervical checks, losing multiple mucus plugs daily (seriously, where WAS all this stuff?), and having some menstrual type cramps and backaches of and on for a week or so. Our OB didn’t want us to get to 41w due to my age, and our struggles to get to this baby, so we’d talked about doing an induction on 2/21 if the baby wasn’t here by then.
On Wednesday (2/19/14) (three days post EDD) I met my parents for lunch and when I got up to greet them I felt more than a trickle (but less than a gush) of fluid in my undercarriage. I thought it seemed strange and new but when I went to the bathroom it looked more like really watery mucus and not what I imagined amniotic fluid to look like, so I shrugged it off as something that was part of the end of pregnancy, having read stories of women going in and being sent home. However... it kept happening! Little trickles and gushes all afternoon. I called my OB’s office around 3:30pm because I finally suspected that my water had broken. They confirmed it was their suspicion too and it was time to head to the hospital. I called Mister D, who was at work, to come home and get our gear packed into the car.
I started to have some light contractions as I finished packing our daily items, but I didn’t think they were timeable as my backache never let up and my cramps seemed to come and go without a pattern.
We arrived at 6:30pm. We got checked in and our nurse checked to see that my water had broken, she confirmed it but needed the lab to confirm. She took my blood pressure and it was a bit high for me, she also took my temp which was normal, but I am usually on the cooler side of normal. She set up external monitors for contractions and the baby.
We got set up in our room. Confirmed that my water broke. I sent texts to my family and close friends. She set up an IV for antibiotics (I was GBS+) and the monitoring continued. Contractions were happening about every 5 minutes. They were manageable at this point. She was concerned about the baby’s high heart rate (170s) so she had me change positions from side to side (ending up on my right) and also did a saline flush through my IV which seemed to help the baby, temporarily.
Unfortunately my fever rose every time she checked. After being on antibiotics for the required time, she checked my cervix and declared that I was less progressed than my OB had thought and said it would be most definitely Thursday or Friday until the baby was here.
A bit later my fever jumped even more and the baby’s heart rate was high once again and was not tolerating contractions well. They had me use an oxygen mask to get the baby more oxygen, which was fine but felt suddenly claustrophobic for me and limited me. Now I was in bed, on my right side, with an IV and holding/wearing the oxygen mask as well as the monitors.
She called our on call OB who said to start Pitocin to jump start labor to get baby here sooner, with less stress and that she was on her way. Our nurse did just that and the contractions ramped up significantly. I immediately threw up, massively. The contractions were very strong but I was breathing through them well but the oxygen mask and throwing up didn’t mesh well, as one might imagine, re-breathing in vomit-mouth was not awesome. I was also told to lay only on my right side which made any movement for management of the pain difficult and impossible. Moving around was not an option now with the baby’s heart rate needing to stay stable with me on my right, my IV and the oxygen mask.
The nurse called the doctor again, when I was throwing up and the oxygen was no longer helping our bean very much and my fever was 102.5. Our OB arrived and said to prep for a c-section, especially after all we’d been through to get to this point, she didn’t want to push it.
I was totally 1000% cool with that. I speed agreed through my contractions, to all the risks and warnings “your bowels could be lacerated, you could wind up uterus-less, we might take your vag entirely” Yep. Yep. Yep. Cool. Do it.
I was truly not worried or scared. I just wanted our baby safe. Doc said the whole thing from start to finish would take an hour. OKAY. Let’s roll.
I kissed Mister D as they wheeled me into the OR and prepped me for the spinal. I had no time to think about it being painful and it wasn’t. The hardest part was staying still. My fever was so high and I had the chills so badly, my OB and a tech held me tight. The anesthesiologist was great and got it in very quickly and correctly. When the spinal set in I started shivering uncontrollably and my teeth chattered so much that I couldn’t talk (which happened during many of my egg retrievals and/or surgeries). They strapped me down, Jesus style, onto the table. My hands also started to cramp up into useless lobster-boy appendages. I’d had that happen before too. Such a strange feeling and equally so strange looking!
We’d left our room at 10:20 and Mister D joined us around 10:35 or so. He sat by my head and talked reassuringly to me. He said I was pretty chill and matter of fact and didn’t seem rattled.
Our bean was born at 10:43, they asked Mister D to stand up and call it. And he did. He said, “It’s Matilda Mary!” and we both wept and wept. He said how beautiful she was and we heard her cry. He took some AMAZING shots with our good camera.
I told him to go to her and be with her.
She came out strong and scored an 8 on her APGAR. The cause of my fever was unknown, suspected Chorioamnionitis, so she had to spend 48 hours in the NICU receiving antibiotics but was otherwise robust and healthy. I got to hold and kiss her briefly in the OR but I was shaking/shivering/hand cramping so badly from the anesthesia, I couldn’t do much else. My lame lobster hands tried to pet her and console her but it was really hard. She went with Mister D to the NICU while they stitched and cleaned me up - that part took the longest and was sort of lonely. When I asked, one of the nurses or techs was nice enough to hold my hand until the surgery was done.
Mister D went to the NICU and watched her get an IV. He was so in love with her and so smitten immediately, he kept coming to tell me little reports. My spinal wasn’t wearing off fast enough so he had to feed her and we chose donor milk over formula (so thankful for donors!) and he also changed her first diaper. I was proud of him and so happy that he jumped into his role immediately, not that I expected differently but the whole thing happened so quickly - I don’t know that he was mentally prepared to just do it, but he did and he did an incredible job!
I needed 48 hours of antibiotics to guard against my fever but could go up to see her once my spinal had worn off. Somehow my fever receded immediately after her birth, so the docs were unsure as to why it happened, some “people spike fevers” they said. At 5am I finally went up to see her, hold her for real, and have some skin-to-skin time to breastfeed her. SO IN LOVE! It was a bit weird to maneuver through our IVs and her monitoring cords, but we got it figured out and we got it to work perfectly! I couldn’t believe it. It was so moving I couldn’t believe my body and her body were cooperating. She’s been a great eater since then.
She came to be roomies with us on Friday, mid-day and everything went amazingly well. We were released on Sunday the 23rd and it’s been nice to be home with her.
She’s such a good baby and we’ve really lucked out. She’s mellow but not boring, she sleeps well, eats well and is a snuggler but doesn’t need to always be held. We’re SO in love. So utterly in love with her.
It sounds impossible but really, truly, if I knew that she would be the result, I would go through everything we did, all these 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, to get her here again, in a heartbeat.
I can’t believe that I’m a mother and I love her SO much.
And now photos:
Our Birth Story - short and sweet:
Matilda Mary D was born at 40w3d and arrived at 10:43pm on Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 via semi-emergency c-section due to her not tolerating labor well and my spiking a fever. She was 7lbs 8oz and 19.75 inches long, with a head of dark brown hair.
She was born a strong girl and scored an 8 on her APGARs. We both recovered from the fever immediately after birth. She spent 48 hours in the NICU receiving antibiotics, as a guard against my fever and I also received antibiotics during that time.
We all went home together on Sunday, February 23rd.
WAY way Longer:
Our EDD was 2/16/14. I had been progressing during my cervical checks, losing multiple mucus plugs daily (seriously, where WAS all this stuff?), and having some menstrual type cramps and backaches of and on for a week or so. Our OB didn’t want us to get to 41w due to my age, and our struggles to get to this baby, so we’d talked about doing an induction on 2/21 if the baby wasn’t here by then.
On Wednesday (2/19/14) (three days post EDD) I met my parents for lunch and when I got up to greet them I felt more than a trickle (but less than a gush) of fluid in my undercarriage. I thought it seemed strange and new but when I went to the bathroom it looked more like really watery mucus and not what I imagined amniotic fluid to look like, so I shrugged it off as something that was part of the end of pregnancy, having read stories of women going in and being sent home. However... it kept happening! Little trickles and gushes all afternoon. I called my OB’s office around 3:30pm because I finally suspected that my water had broken. They confirmed it was their suspicion too and it was time to head to the hospital. I called Mister D, who was at work, to come home and get our gear packed into the car.
I started to have some light contractions as I finished packing our daily items, but I didn’t think they were timeable as my backache never let up and my cramps seemed to come and go without a pattern.
We arrived at 6:30pm. We got checked in and our nurse checked to see that my water had broken, she confirmed it but needed the lab to confirm. She took my blood pressure and it was a bit high for me, she also took my temp which was normal, but I am usually on the cooler side of normal. She set up external monitors for contractions and the baby.
We got set up in our room. Confirmed that my water broke. I sent texts to my family and close friends. She set up an IV for antibiotics (I was GBS+) and the monitoring continued. Contractions were happening about every 5 minutes. They were manageable at this point. She was concerned about the baby’s high heart rate (170s) so she had me change positions from side to side (ending up on my right) and also did a saline flush through my IV which seemed to help the baby, temporarily.
Unfortunately my fever rose every time she checked. After being on antibiotics for the required time, she checked my cervix and declared that I was less progressed than my OB had thought and said it would be most definitely Thursday or Friday until the baby was here.
A bit later my fever jumped even more and the baby’s heart rate was high once again and was not tolerating contractions well. They had me use an oxygen mask to get the baby more oxygen, which was fine but felt suddenly claustrophobic for me and limited me. Now I was in bed, on my right side, with an IV and holding/wearing the oxygen mask as well as the monitors.
She called our on call OB who said to start Pitocin to jump start labor to get baby here sooner, with less stress and that she was on her way. Our nurse did just that and the contractions ramped up significantly. I immediately threw up, massively. The contractions were very strong but I was breathing through them well but the oxygen mask and throwing up didn’t mesh well, as one might imagine, re-breathing in vomit-mouth was not awesome. I was also told to lay only on my right side which made any movement for management of the pain difficult and impossible. Moving around was not an option now with the baby’s heart rate needing to stay stable with me on my right, my IV and the oxygen mask.
The nurse called the doctor again, when I was throwing up and the oxygen was no longer helping our bean very much and my fever was 102.5. Our OB arrived and said to prep for a c-section, especially after all we’d been through to get to this point, she didn’t want to push it.
I was totally 1000% cool with that. I speed agreed through my contractions, to all the risks and warnings “your bowels could be lacerated, you could wind up uterus-less, we might take your vag entirely” Yep. Yep. Yep. Cool. Do it.
I was truly not worried or scared. I just wanted our baby safe. Doc said the whole thing from start to finish would take an hour. OKAY. Let’s roll.
I kissed Mister D as they wheeled me into the OR and prepped me for the spinal. I had no time to think about it being painful and it wasn’t. The hardest part was staying still. My fever was so high and I had the chills so badly, my OB and a tech held me tight. The anesthesiologist was great and got it in very quickly and correctly. When the spinal set in I started shivering uncontrollably and my teeth chattered so much that I couldn’t talk (which happened during many of my egg retrievals and/or surgeries). They strapped me down, Jesus style, onto the table. My hands also started to cramp up into useless lobster-boy appendages. I’d had that happen before too. Such a strange feeling and equally so strange looking!
We’d left our room at 10:20 and Mister D joined us around 10:35 or so. He sat by my head and talked reassuringly to me. He said I was pretty chill and matter of fact and didn’t seem rattled.
Our bean was born at 10:43, they asked Mister D to stand up and call it. And he did. He said, “It’s Matilda Mary!” and we both wept and wept. He said how beautiful she was and we heard her cry. He took some AMAZING shots with our good camera.
I told him to go to her and be with her.
She came out strong and scored an 8 on her APGAR. The cause of my fever was unknown, suspected Chorioamnionitis, so she had to spend 48 hours in the NICU receiving antibiotics but was otherwise robust and healthy. I got to hold and kiss her briefly in the OR but I was shaking/shivering/hand cramping so badly from the anesthesia, I couldn’t do much else. My lame lobster hands tried to pet her and console her but it was really hard. She went with Mister D to the NICU while they stitched and cleaned me up - that part took the longest and was sort of lonely. When I asked, one of the nurses or techs was nice enough to hold my hand until the surgery was done.
Mister D went to the NICU and watched her get an IV. He was so in love with her and so smitten immediately, he kept coming to tell me little reports. My spinal wasn’t wearing off fast enough so he had to feed her and we chose donor milk over formula (so thankful for donors!) and he also changed her first diaper. I was proud of him and so happy that he jumped into his role immediately, not that I expected differently but the whole thing happened so quickly - I don’t know that he was mentally prepared to just do it, but he did and he did an incredible job!
I needed 48 hours of antibiotics to guard against my fever but could go up to see her once my spinal had worn off. Somehow my fever receded immediately after her birth, so the docs were unsure as to why it happened, some “people spike fevers” they said. At 5am I finally went up to see her, hold her for real, and have some skin-to-skin time to breastfeed her. SO IN LOVE! It was a bit weird to maneuver through our IVs and her monitoring cords, but we got it figured out and we got it to work perfectly! I couldn’t believe it. It was so moving I couldn’t believe my body and her body were cooperating. She’s been a great eater since then.
She came to be roomies with us on Friday, mid-day and everything went amazingly well. We were released on Sunday the 23rd and it’s been nice to be home with her.
She’s such a good baby and we’ve really lucked out. She’s mellow but not boring, she sleeps well, eats well and is a snuggler but doesn’t need to always be held. We’re SO in love. So utterly in love with her.
It sounds impossible but really, truly, if I knew that she would be the result, I would go through everything we did, all these 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, to get her here again, in a heartbeat.
I can’t believe that I’m a mother and I love her SO much.
And now photos:
BzeetyD = 38, Mr. BzeetyD = 44 together 12/02 married 9/08
TTC #1 since 1/10
DX: Unexplained/??? MFI issues
Our lil' lost sparks:
5w3d loss 7/30/10 - EDD March 2011
8w loss 4/15/11 - EDD November 2011
8w3d loss 8/2/12 - EDD March 2013
4w c/p loss 10/29/12 - EDD July 2013
Long story: trying on our own + testing testing testing with 6 rounds of Clomid, more testing, injectables + TI, laparoscopy - one tube blocked, 2 IUIs with Follistim...BFNs.
RPL testing all normal, Karyotyping normal
Moving on to IVF.
IVF #1 April 2012 = BFN, IVF #2 June 2012 = BFP. U/S 7/23 = saw heartbeat but measuring behind. Follow up U/S on 7/30 - no heartbeat. D&C 8/2. Trisomy 12. IVF #3 Oct 2012 = Chemical Pregnancy
Phone consult with CCRM on 12/12/12 - ODWU 1/4/13 - both tubes clear(!) - AFC 24, AMH 3.2, FSH 9.6, LH 5.4, E2 25. DH has high frag rate but improved!
IVF #4 March 2013 CCRM. EP protocol w/ Menopur, Gonal-F & Dexamethasone. ER 3/29 & IMSI, PICSI. 43R 13M 10F 6blasts bio'd. CCS testing reveals 3 normals!!!
FET 5/31/13 of 1 4AA blast - thawed and expanded. 4dp5dt BFP.
Beta 9dp5dt = 181, 11dp5dt = 427. 1st u/s showed a healthy heartbeat! EDD 2/16/14
After 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, our sweet little bean was born on 2/19/14
We are so in love with her.
"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
Everybody is welcome!!!
TTC #1 since 1/10
DX: Unexplained/??? MFI issues
Our lil' lost sparks:
5w3d loss 7/30/10 - EDD March 2011
8w loss 4/15/11 - EDD November 2011
8w3d loss 8/2/12 - EDD March 2013
4w c/p loss 10/29/12 - EDD July 2013
Long story: trying on our own + testing testing testing with 6 rounds of Clomid, more testing, injectables + TI, laparoscopy - one tube blocked, 2 IUIs with Follistim...BFNs.
RPL testing all normal, Karyotyping normal
Moving on to IVF.
IVF #1 April 2012 = BFN, IVF #2 June 2012 = BFP. U/S 7/23 = saw heartbeat but measuring behind. Follow up U/S on 7/30 - no heartbeat. D&C 8/2. Trisomy 12. IVF #3 Oct 2012 = Chemical Pregnancy
Phone consult with CCRM on 12/12/12 - ODWU 1/4/13 - both tubes clear(!) - AFC 24, AMH 3.2, FSH 9.6, LH 5.4, E2 25. DH has high frag rate but improved!
IVF #4 March 2013 CCRM. EP protocol w/ Menopur, Gonal-F & Dexamethasone. ER 3/29 & IMSI, PICSI. 43R 13M 10F 6blasts bio'd. CCS testing reveals 3 normals!!!
FET 5/31/13 of 1 4AA blast - thawed and expanded. 4dp5dt BFP.
Beta 9dp5dt = 181, 11dp5dt = 427. 1st u/s showed a healthy heartbeat! EDD 2/16/14
After 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, our sweet little bean was born on 2/19/14
We are so in love with her.
"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
Everybody is welcome!!!
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Re: Matilda's birth story w PIP! (BzeetyD's team green turned team pink)
Me:29 DH:29 TTC since 1/11 Dx: unexplained IF/early DOR/immune issues
8/30IVF#1 Antagonist protocol- ER 9/11-8R, 7M, 5F.
IVF#2 Antagonist protocol plus baby aspirin- ER 12/5-16R, 12M, 8F!
ET 12/10 5dt! 1 fully expanded blast & 1 early blast. No frosties. BFN
3/13 hysteroscopy & polypectomy, Consulted w Dr. Kwak-Kim.
ER 7/19 14R, 11M, 9F(4 natural fert, 5 with ICSI)
ET 5dt 7/24 2 fully expanded blasts. SURPRISE 3 FROSTIES!!!
Beta #1 8/2 335!!!! Beta #2 829!!! 1st u/s 8/14 showed TWINS!!!!!
3/21/14-L&W born at 37w via csection
Here Comes the Sun Blog
PAIF/SAIF welcome!
TTC since Sept 2011, Unexplained IF
Oct 12 - Jan 14: 3 clomid/TI cycles, 2 hysteroscopies, 2 IUIs, 1 BFP (MMC @ 12w), 2 more IUIs
Feb 14: Gonal-f + IUI #5 = BFP! (EDD 11/4/14)
Baby boy arrived 11/13/14!
Me(26)PCOS, Hypothyroidism & Incompetent Cervix DH(28)Azoospermia
4/11 Off BCPs -- Cycle 1-3 (6months) - No ovulation, Provera
Cycle 4-6 - Provera, Clomid 50mg, CD23BW - All BFN (HSG-all clear)
Dec 2011 DH S/A shows zero count - dx Azoo
TESE 4/13/12 - Sperm found!! 5 viles frozen
IVF ICSI #1- (Lupron protocol) 5R 2F 2dt- 2DP & 4CF - BFFN
IVF ICSI #2- (Antagonist protocol) Started stims 7/26
ER 8/8 11R 9F 3dt - 9BF & 7BF (+HPT 8dp3dt)TWINS! EDD 5/1/13
LAP Transabdominal Cerclage - 4/15/13 only possibility of carrying my children to term
IVF#3 - June 2013 - canceled.
IVF ICSI #3.2- (Antagonist Protocol) 7/26 start stims (same day, a year later from J & Z's stim start date!)
9/11/13 - U/S shows 1 baby HR 135bpm! EDD: 4/30/13
It's a BOY!!
2/9/14 - DX Gestational Diabetes
C-section scheduled for 4/7/14 (36w5d)
Colin Joseph - 1:07pm 6lbs 14oz - 8 days in the NICU
Everyone Welcome!
************** Siggy Warning************
Married August 2012 -- Me (40 yrs old) My husband (45 yrs. old)
RE referral from ObGYN in late Jan. 2013 -- Testing Confirms Unexplained IF
IUI #"s1 - 3 (Femara + IUI) April - June 2013 - all BFN
Decided to do IVF... Began stimming on September 10th! Egg Retrieval 9/20/13. 19 eggs: 6 to mature to freeze after 6 fertilized with ICSI
3 morula stage embryos transferred on 9/25/13.....Beta #1 on 10/4/13/ = 7.5 Beta #2 on 10/6/13 = negative
IVF#2 - Lupron plan (set to begin on 10/28/13) (Planning on thawing and fertilizing our 6 eggs with ICSI as well as all of the mature eggs they retrieve with this fresh cycle.)
Late October 2013 - ectopic pregnancy - methotrexate injection....benched 3 months
CD1 - 12/5/13...Lupron set to start on 12/26/13; CD1 - 1/2/14....Baseline 1/3/14....begin follistim tonight and continue with lupron. (Got my calendar today! IVF#2 is a go!)
ER = 1/14/14 (11 eggs....9 were mature. 9 fertilized. Of the 6 mature eggs we thawed, only 4 fertilized. At this time, we have 13 eggs fertilized and growing. Waiting for news about a 3-day or 5-day transfer.)
ET = 1/19/14 (5dt).....3 blastocysts transferred! (All nine embryos didn't make it to freeze. =( )
Beta #1 = 1/28/14 (2 weeks after ER) BFP! 209 (9dp5dt) EDD 10/7/14
Beta #2 - 1/30/14 (11 dp5dt) 302
Beta #3 - 2/3/14 (15 dp5dt) 1222
Ultrasound set for 2/17/14......TWINS! Twin A - HR 124 bpm; Twin B - HR 126 bpm
Final Ultrasound with RE 3/10/14 - Twin A - HR 176 bpm; Twin B - HR 177 bpm.
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
Age: 35 TTC since 2005, MFI & DOR
IVF #1 Sep '11 - canceled poor response
IVF #2 Nov '11 8R/8M/4F 3dt x2 - chemical
IVF #3 April '12 11R/6M/4F 3dt x2 - m/c
FET #1 Aug 2012 3dt x2 - BFN
**new RE**
IVF #4 Jan '13 BFN 11R/6M/6F 5dt x2 - BFN
IVF #5 July '13 16R/10M/10F 5dt x2 + 1 frostie
9dp5dt Beta 1 = 344!! 16dp5dt. Beta 2 = 4822 7wk u/s= 2 heartbeats!
Twin girls! 3/6/14
Jan-March '13 3 IUIs Clomid + Trigger = BFN
He's Here! Arrived 4/15/14!!!!
September 2015 - FET with remaining embryos
Twins! EDD: 6/14/15
PAIF/SAIF Everyone welcome!
***SIGGY/TICKER WARNING***
TTC since September 2012 ~ DH(32): Non-obstructive azoospermia, Me(32): Normal
10/13 - TESE found sperm!! ~ 11/13 - IVF w/ ICSI #1 ~ ER 11/23/13 ~ 10 R, 9 M, 8 F
ET 11/29/13 ~ Transferred 2 beautiful hatching blasts, 5 frosties
12/5/13 - BFP!!! Beta #1 (12/7/13) - 189 Beta #2 (12/9/13) - 401 Beta #3 5871
12/16/13 U/S #1 - TWINS!! EDD - August 16, 2014 ~ 7/19/14 - Our beautiful baby girls joined the world!
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
#1 BFP 1/10/11; missed m/c discovered 7w5d
IF Dx: Endo, hetero MTHFR mutation, poor morphology
#1 IUI: 1/18/12 = BFN
#1 IVF/ICSI 4/2/12 = 2 x 7-cell and 1 x 5-cell transferred (3dt) = BFP!!
H was born at 41w2d on 12/29/12 - be still my heart!
#2 IVF/ICSI 1/19/14 = 2 x 8 cells transferred (3dt) = BFP!! EDD 10/09/14
M&W born at 37 weeks on 9/18/14 - I am the momma of 3 boys!!!
Hysteroscopy 3/2011 2 Polyps removed 4/2011
DH on Clomid / Arimidex to address hormonal issues - Sperm found July 2011!
IVF #1 September 2011 - ER 9/8/2011- 8R, 5M - icsi - 1 made it to transfer - BFFN :-(
IVF #2 Lucky November 2011 - ER 11/25/2011 - 15 eggs!, 13 mature, 10 fertilized with isci - 7 made it to transfer! Transferred 1 - 8 cell and 2 - 7 cell. BFP!!!!
1st U/S - Twins! 2nd U/S - 3 heartbeats!!! - HOLY COW!!!
Prayers for our take home babies!
2 babies born on 3/27/12 and lost. Last baby born on 3/29/12 and lost at 20 weeks.
My angels grew wings shortly after birth.
Ahava Raisel, Matisyahu Nissim & Zev Chaim - Mommy and Daddy will always love you.
IVF #3 July 2012 - ER 7/17/2012 - 10 R. 5 F. 4 made it to ET
Transferred 2 on 7/20/2012 no snow babies :-(
Beta on 7/31/2012 = BFMFN
A miracle gift expected to come to us through adoption around 9/2012
Baby girl adopted - Birth Mother changed her mind and took the baby back
IVF #4 October 2012 - New RE. Doing PGD Testing. 8 R, 7F, 2 made it to 5 day blast for PDG testing. Both Normal (Thank you G-d!!!) 1 boy and 1 girl
transferred one beautiful 5day blast (girl)
Please G-d the almighty one - let this be our take home baby!
Beta #1 158, Beta #2 318, 1 Absolutely magnificent HB at 175! Thank you G-d!!!
Baby Girl born August 5th. Thank you G-d for our precious miracle.
AMA. PAIF & SAIF always welcome - I need all the prayers I can get!
Beta #1 3/4/14- 105. Beta #2 3/7/13- 397 EDD-11/11/14. 1st u/s 3/20- 6w2d lil' bean with 120hb. 7w0d- lil bean's hb was 144. Graduated from RE 3/25/14.
First Time: DD born 3/2011 after trying for two years, LAP, and two IUIs w/ Femera + Ovidrel
This Time: 4/12 Femera IUI #1 BFN, 5/12 Femera + TI BFN, 6/12 Femera + IUI #2 BFN, 7/12 Femera + IUI #3 BFN, 8/12 Follistim IUI #4 BFN
IVF #1: ER 11/5/12 : 17 eggs retrieved/6 fertilized, ET 11/10/12 : 5dt of 2 embies/0 frosties BFN
IVF #2: ER 1/28/13 : 12 eggs retrieved/9 fertilized, ET 2/2/13 : 5dt of 2 embies/0 frosties BFN
IVF #3: ER 4/15/13 : 13 eggs retrieved/7 fertilized, ET 4/18/13 : 3dt of 3 embies/0 frosties BFN
Laparoscopy 5/24/13 : Stage 2 Endo, Scaring, and Both tubes Blocked but successfully Opened
IVF #4 (Clinical Trial): ER 7/22/13 : 15 eggs/8 fertilized, ET 7/25/13 : 3dt of 3 embies/0 frosties BFN
IVF #5: ER 11/4/13 : 13 eggs/12 fertilized, ET 11/9/13 : 5dt of 2 embies/0 frosties BFP!!! Beta 11/20/13 = 447 1 Beautiful Baby! EDD: July 28, 2014
What a beautiful description of your little miracle!!!
DS born Jan 2010
TTC#2 since Nov 2010 with breaks for DH cancer tx (remission!)
Tube with hydro removed Feb 2013
BFP 11/11/13 IUI#2 clomid+trigger+prometrium
Beta #1 14dpIUI=106; Beta #2 16dpIUI=287; Beta #3 20dpIUI=1158
5w6d 1 hb 109 and 2nd smaller sac; 7w0d 1 hb 125 and confirmed vanishing twin
IVF/FET #1 - BFP!!
DX - PCOS 2004
FET #2 - scheduled for 11/24/15
Siggy warning...
Me:23 (PCOS) DH:29 (everything looks good)
9/2012: Lost my baby 6w2d
12/2012: 50mg Clomid= no response
02/2013: 100mg Clomid and Metformin=no response
05/2013:150mg Clomid and Metformin=no response
05/2013:Consult with RE
07/2013: Bravelle=Follicles started growing, BFN
08/2013: Time off
11/2013: IVF #1, POAS: BFP!! Beta 11/25
Twins!!! Due August 2014!!!
Matthew&Mary MMSchu 07.21.12
TTC since July 2011
BFP #1: 2/15/12-Ectopic/Mtx at 6 wks
BFP #2: 10/12/12-m/c at 5 wks.
Me: MTHFR, Low AMH (1.1), High NK cells and Antiphospholipid Antibodies.
IVF with ICSI in August 2013 brought us our babies. ER-9R, 7M, 4F w/ICSI ET of 2-Grade 2 blasts.
Dx shortened cervix, PTL, and preeclampsia during pregnancy. Lots of medications and 13 weeks of bedrest, babies were born healthy at 34w4d!
Began TTC #1 in Sept. 2010. I was 33, DH was 36.. Dx with DOR and slight MFI (8/4/11).
Test results (after first RE visit 6/21/11): 7DPO b/w: Progesterone = 11.3; CD3 b/w: FSH = 10.1 mUnits/mL, E2= 52.0 pg/mL, AFC: 6; SIS Ultrasound: Uterus great, tubes clear! AMH: 0.3
IUI#1 June 2012 (Follistim/HCG trigger): BFN
IUI#2 July 2012 (Follistim/HCG trigger): BFN
IUI#3 August 2012 (Follistim/HCG trigger): CP (Beta #1: 4.61, Beta #2: 1.0)
IUI#4 October 2012 (Follistim, ovulated before trigger, missed IUI, converted to TI): BFN
Jan. 2013 New RE
IVF #1 June 2013 MDL Protocol. Converted to IUI#4.1. (High E2 and 3+ mature follicles at first monitoring.) BFFN
IVF #1.2 August 2013 Stop Lupron Protocol with Human Growth Hormone added. 17R, 14M, 9F (with ICSI), 2 embryos (decent quality - grade 2) transferred on day 3, 2 blasts made it to freeze. Beta 8/26. BFFN
FET #1 December 2013 Last try! Transferred 2 blasts -- graded 3AB and 4BB. Beta #1 (12/27/13) 530. Beta #2 (12/30/13) 1876. BFP! One bean. EDD 9/3/2014!
We welcomed the most beautiful baby girl into the world on September 11, 2014!
TTC summer 2008
Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
Mental health break for 10 months
IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
7 fertilized transferred 3
Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl!
TTC#2 No birth control since DD was born. Getting ready to jump back in the saddle. Weaning this month. RE
appt scheduled 5/8. Here we go again!
11/13 beta #1 924!!! 2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430. First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,
June- Femara 7.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN August- Lap & Hysteroscopy = Blocked & Partially Blocked Tubes
September- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN October- 100mg Clomid + Trigger + TI = BFN
IVF # 1: Stims 11/30 ER 12/12/12! (10R, 10M, 8F, 2T, 6 F) :: Beta #1- 176 c/p @ 4w4d
FET #1 February 26th :: Lost 4 to Thaw, Transferred 2 = BFFN
IVF # 2 Stims 5/10 ER 5/21 (15R, 13M, 13F, 2T, 7F- 6d3 & 1d5) :: Beta # 1- 15 c/p @ 4w
FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16 EDD 4/1/17
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
6 rounds of clomid = no luck
IVF w/ ICSI & AZH #1 - Jan/2011 = ET cancelled OHSS
FET #1 & #2 - March/2011 & June/2011 = Chemical Preg.
IVF w/ Half ICSI #2 New RE - May/2012 = BFN!
May '12 - Sep '13 - Took A Break
Dec '13 IVF w/ Half ICSI #3!!!!! Switched RE
Protocol - Lupron trigger/Follistim/Ganirelix/Estrace/Vivelle/Crinone
6/27/14 - Emergency C/S @ 30w2d - Baby A 2lb 14oz, Baby B 2lb 11 oz
Me: 42. DH: 46.
1st Pregnancy: MC, 11/19/00.
2nd Pregnancy: DS born 04/10/06.
3rd Pregnancy: CP, 03/11.
4th Pregnancy: MMC, D&C 11/30/11, Genetic testing revealed Trisomy 4.
5th Pregnancy: Ectopic, 2 doses of Methotrexate unsuccessful, surgery 4/10/12, right tube removed.
Tried Letrozole January 2013-July 2013 (including 2 IUIs), all BFN. After 2 1/2 years of trying for child #2, decided to "give up" after July cycle, based on AMA.
August 16, 2013: BFP our first month of "not trying!" Still in shock. Beta #1 (14dpo): 183. Beta #2 (17dpo): 611. Ultrasound 8/30/13: baby measured 6 weeks, 1 day, heart rate of 118 bpm!
Ultrasound 9/13/13: 8 weeks, heart rate of 176!
Baby is due 4/26/14
Me (34)- no issues found MH (36)- MFI due to Vericocele. Straight to IVF w/ICSI 9/12, Antagonist. 9R, 7M, 5F = BFN c/p, New RE for IVF #2- 1/13., Long Lupron. ER on 1/22 -10R, 9M, 9F. Transfer on hold due to overstimming. FET in Feb. 2 frozen blasts. Another BFN & another c/p. RPL testing all negative besides MTHFR gene, vericocle repair surgery 4/12/13-Bilateral Grade 3 Vericocele found & fixed, IVF #3 with PGS 4/13- 11R, 9M, 9F. Transferred 2 normal=BFN, 3 normal on ice. CCRM-here we come! ODWU-All test results normal. EPP in August. 21R, 20M, 19F. 12 blasts biopsied & frozen for CCS testing. Results showed 11 normal! FET Oct. 30. 2 5d 4AA blasts transferred. First ever BFP!!! Beta 1=216, Beta 2=870 1st U/S=It's TWINS!!! It's a BOY and a GIRL!! Everyone Welcome!!!
8/15 FET #1 - transferred 1 thawed embryo - Pregnant with Baby C, it's a girl! Due April 2016.
************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
DH: Severe MFI
12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN
8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
My ovaries are just for decoration
12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts.
2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.
6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!
9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d.
11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522 Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373
6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!
Snowflake baby is a girl!
Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!
My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
Me: 33, HSG & b/w normal; partial septate uterus DH: 33, SA good but low morphology (3%)
Started trying to make a baby Apr'12 Aug'13 DX: Unexplained Infertility
Sept'13: 50mg Clomid + IUI #1 (13m + 11m post wash) CDs 11&12 + 200mg progesterone 3x daily = BFP! Beta 16dpIUI = 391 EDD 6.14.14 Delivered 6.13.14
**Siggy/Ticker Warning**
TTC #1 since May 2012
May 2013: First R.E. appointment
DH: SA is good
May 2013: CD3 Blood work-normal
June 2013: Hsg-Right tube blocked
July 26, 2013: Starting Follistim for IVF #1
August 2013: IVF #1 Cancelled- Abnormal embryos
October/November 2013: IVF #2 w/ICSI
November 8, 2013: Transferred two early blasts (no frosties)
November 18, 2013: First EVER BFP!
Beta#1: 91 Beta#2: 288
1st U/S- 5w2d Saw yolk sac!
3rd U/S- 7w4d HB of 157bpm!
TEAM BLUE!
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