Pregnant after 35
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Hello :) (Kinda' lengthy.)
cheshyrecatt
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Hello, ladies. I am still discovering things about this app and found the 35 and up board. I am hoping maybe people aren't as snotty and judgmental here as they are in the other group I was in. I may be a bit thin-skinned right now. Aren't most pregnant women? I just don't get mean/witchy. I get all butt-hurt, though I try to keep in mind I am talking to people who don't know me at all. At least I know this about myself.
(I had given a bit of advice that got me accused of being manipulative/conniving, when I was only saying to be persuasive/coaxing. Big difference, I promise.)
I wanted to say, "hello", and all. I am 35 (36 in early February), and am 18 weeks along now with my 4th. I actually wonder if it's not 4th & 5th, but, as it looks like I need to wait 2 more weeks before an ultrasound will be done, it is only a suspicion. I look about 6 months pregnant. It has been 7 weeks since my last appointment, so when they measure me today, perhaps they will mention if they suspect anything other than a normal, singleton pregnancy. (I started out a little overweight, and have gained 15 lbs already, but I still feel that I am much larger than I should be.)
When I have tried to measure my fundal height, it's about 3-4 cm more than I expected. Go figure.
Well, that's about all the relevant information I can think of at the moment. I hope you all have a great day!
(I had given a bit of advice that got me accused of being manipulative/conniving, when I was only saying to be persuasive/coaxing. Big difference, I promise.)
I wanted to say, "hello", and all. I am 35 (36 in early February), and am 18 weeks along now with my 4th. I actually wonder if it's not 4th & 5th, but, as it looks like I need to wait 2 more weeks before an ultrasound will be done, it is only a suspicion. I look about 6 months pregnant. It has been 7 weeks since my last appointment, so when they measure me today, perhaps they will mention if they suspect anything other than a normal, singleton pregnancy. (I started out a little overweight, and have gained 15 lbs already, but I still feel that I am much larger than I should be.)
When I have tried to measure my fundal height, it's about 3-4 cm more than I expected. Go figure.
Well, that's about all the relevant information I can think of at the moment. I hope you all have a great day!
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Re: Hello :) (Kinda' lengthy.)
I think you found the right place. Were you in the April board? I hide here most of the time also.
I found with this pregnancy I'm much bigger than my last one. I'm at 20 weeks and I've gained over 15lbs and look huge, but there is definitely only one in there. Did you do a first trimester screen? Did they check then?
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!
I think you'll find that the wonderful ladies on this board are exceptionally kind and will most certainly treat you as you treat them.
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Me: 42, Hubby: 35, TTC since Jan 2010. Dx: DOR due to advanced maternal age. Also: Hypothyroidism (100mcg Levothyroxin). Positive for MTHFR (hetero-C677T), Factor V Leiden, and Fragile X (on DH side). Taking pre-natal vitamins.
First natural PG 9/27/11; mc: 1/20/12
First RE visit: 8/8/12, Saline Sonogram: 8/28/12, IVF injection class: 10/11/12, add FaBB Tab for FVL, +Vitamin D.
IVF #1: 10/17/12 Baseline: FSH- 9.4, E2- 24, LH- 3.7, Prog- 0.3 The u/s showed 6 follicles in my right & 9 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle & 150 Menopur SQ nightly. 10/21/12: Add Ganirelix SQ every morning.
ER 10/28/12: 13 Retreived. 7 Mature. 6 Fertilized. 5 Made it to PGS. ET 11/2/12: CANCELED. All 5 came back from PGS as having "severe abnormalities."
IVF #2: 1/7/13 Baseline: FSH- 8.8, 4 follicles in my right & 6 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle & 150 Menopur SQ nightly. 1/11/13: Add Ganirelix SQ every morning. hCG Trigger 1/16/13
ER 1/18/13: 9 Retrieved. 5 Mature. 5 Fertilized. 2 Made it to PGS. ET 1/23/13: CANCELED. All embryos (he even sent the ones not growing) came back from PGS as having "multiple severe abnormalities."
IVF #3: NEW RE! 3/1/13 Baseline: FSH- 9.6, E2- 61, Prog- 0.94, 3 follicles in my right & 4 in my left. Rx: 150 Bravelle& 150 Menopur SQ in PM. 3/7/13: Add Ganirelix SQ in AM. hCG Trigger 3/9/13 SQ.
ER 3/11/13: 6R, 2M, 2F. Day 3: one 8 cell, grade 0. Five day ET 3/16/13: one early blast, grade Fair. 3/24/13 AF came a day before beta. BFN
IVF #4: (Added acupuncture to this cycle.) 3/25/13 WTF & Baseline: FSH-11.8, E2- 56, Prog- 0.84 3/26/13 Start stims. 3/30/13 u/s: 5 follicles in my right & 4 in my left. Rx: 225 Bravelle& 225 Menopur SQ in PM. 3/31/13 Add Ganirelix SQ in AM.hCG Trigger 4/3/13 SQ.
ER 4/5/13: 5R, 3M, 3F naturally. Day 3: two 8 cell, grade 0, one 8 cell, grade 2 (Scale 0-best to 3-worst). Five day ET 4/10/13: two blastocysts (the 3rd stopped growing.) Beta 4/18/13: 2.5 BFFN. RE recommends we stop trying and focus on living childless, due to the extremely poor quality of my eggs.
***Decided to stop trying and live CFNBC. I couldn't adjust. So, six months later...
IVF #5: Changed RE. Going to one of the big name clinics now. OWDU: 10/29/13. Update: HORRIBLE experience. Disgusted and distraught at their complete unprofessionalism and how much money and precious time they cost us. Sickening. Have now changed RE again. New Patient appt. 1/30/14.
BFP! Out of nowhere, I got KU the old fashioned way! POAS 1/26/14 - Positive! FDLM 12/30/13. Beta #1 16dpo= 373. Beta #2 18dpo= 801. EDD 10/6/14
2/4/14 1st U/S revealed a 5wk2day sac but no fetal pole. Started 200mgs of progesterone suppositories daily
2/11/14 2nd U/S revealed a perfect 6wk1day "diamond ring" embryo with a beating heart! 138bpm! Add 1mg folic acid and 40mg Lovenox
2/25/14 3rd U/S: perfect 8w1d embryo, 178bpm. 3/6 start spotting. 3/11 10w1d U/S shows no heartbeat. Scheduling D&C. The Stork has forsaken me again.
IVF #5.2: New in-state RE. Supplement priming for 1.5 cycles prior to start of cycle, including DHEA 50mg (stopped 5/15), CoQ10 200mg 2x/day, L-Arginine- 1000mg 2x/day (stopped 6/5 due to cold sore!), myo-inositol- 2g 2x/day, melatonin- 3mg, and Neevo (prenatal for MTHFR).
5/16/14 Day 2 bw cycle prior: FSH- 12.22, E2- 38.37, Prog- 1.35, LH- 9.46. 6/2/14 Day 19 bw: Prog- 23
6/12/14 Baseline: E2- 122.7, Prog- 0.4. 5 follicles in left, 4 follicles in right. Start stims: 375IU Follistim & 150IU Menopur. 6/19 Increase Follistim to 425IU, Menopur still 150IU. 6/18 add Ganirelix. 6/23 Ovidrel trigger SQ. 6/25 ER: 8R, 8M, 5F naturally. Start Medrol & Doxy. 6/26 Start Endometrin. 7/2 Start Lovenox.
7/8/14 Beta= 137.4 BFP!!! (My first from IVF!) E2- 1109, Prog- >60. Stop CoQ10, myo-inositol, and melatonin. 7/9 2nd Beta= 281.4. TSH- 2.70. Increasing Synthroid to 100mcg daily. 7/24 6w3d u/s measured 6w3d, hb: 121bmp! 8/5 8w1d u/s measured 8w3d, hb: 164bpm! Graduated from RE to OB. Now I just need to find an OB!
EDD 3/18/15!
I hoped that age/maturity would help people be calmer here. I am glad to hear this is the case. Plus, with 3 daughters, I get enough drama as it is. (I homeschool all 3, as well, so no break for me.)
As for my appointment yesterday, they are sending me to the Maternal Feral Medicine area, due to complications with a previous pregnancy and my "advanced years" - I busted out laughing when they said that last part - , and I will hopefully have an ultrasound in a couple of weeks. The doctor did say I looked farther along, but with 4th pregnancies women often do. Only one heartbeat, but didn't look/listen for more than one. One is good, though.
ME: 38, DH: 42, stopped BCPS 1/2013, TTC #1 2/2013, AMH 0.4, started acupuncture: 7/2013,
BFP: 10/07/2013; MC 10/15/2013 @ 7 wks (natural), focused on health issues for 7 months.
TTC again: 6/2014, 2nd round Letrozole, BFP 7/7/2014!!! --- EDD 3/18/2015!!!