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Newb Intro - Embryo Adoption
BananaLettuce
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Hi! My husband and I are hoping to start the embryo adoption process soon. I'll be lurking for the most part and won't really start posting until we are further into the process, but I wanted to give a quick intro in case you see my icon pop up on a "love it."
So...Hello!
So...Hello!
Started adoption process in Jan. 2011.
3 failed matches in 2012.Surprise pregnancy in Aug. 2012.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Began researching EA in 2014.
No longer pursuing EA due to fibroid complications.
Officially on the adoption home study wait list.
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Re: Newb Intro - Embryo Adoption
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!
TTC #1 since May 2010
OE IVF #1 9/2/13 Cancelled- poor response
DE IVF #1 3/12/14- BFP 3/17/14- ectopic, right tube removed 4/11/14 @ 7 weeks
DE FET #1 7/3/14-Transferred 2 5AA 6 day embryos Beta 7/13/14 BFN
DE FET #2 9/5/14-Transferred 2 4BB 5 day embryos Beta 9/15/14 BFN
DE FET #3 in December- Cancelled, didn't respond to meds
DE FET #3 (2nd try) 2/13/15- Transferred 1 4BB and 1 4BA 5 day embryos Beta 2/23/15 BFN again (CP)
DE FET #4 - last 2 frosties....5/22/15- Transferred 1 4BA embryo...only one frostie thawed properly. Beta scheduled for 6/1- BFN (beta 2, 2.81, 6, 23, 49.4) 6/15/15 Discovered ectopic in left tube. Methotrexate given. Moving on to a new donor. Hoping to transfer by the end of the year.
Cant find a donor that is healthy and available. Looking at being happy with just the two of us.
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI (TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Repeat SHG 6/14-normal / Endometrial Receptivity Array biopsy 7/14-Receptive Uterus
New RE, additional testing reveals elevated NK Cells
FET of 1 day 5 blast (RE recommends transferring 1 due to elevated NK cells) with lovenox, steroids & intralipids in October
TTC #1 since 8/2011
Dx: Endometriosis(2000) & Uterine Fibroids
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
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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
I'm pretty much right where you are! We have decided to go with NEDC. I've heard really good things about them, and they are close enough that we could drive to the appointments.
I'm in ute test mode right now. I had an ultrasound and an MRI done on a pretty large fibroid I have to try and determine if it can be removed without causing too much damage to my uterus (hoping for hysteroscopy!). They didn't get a good enough look at it with the MRI, so now I'm going for a saline ultrasound at the end of August. My OB is really trying to determine if I'll be a good candidate for EA. She was really positive the last time we talked.
I will eventually have to have my uterus removed (before age 35) and my ovaries removed later due to a genetic disorder I have that predisposes me to certain types of cancer. I have also elected to have a prophylactic double mastectomy (also before age 35), so we are in a bit of a time crunch with EA.
Sorry, that was a lot of info.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.
Just found out the fibroid is intramural and cannot be removed hysteroscopically. I can't have laparoscopy done either because of the cancer risks. We'll know more after the saline ultrasound, but I'm a little bummed today.
Precious baby boy "HC" born May 2013.