Good morning ladies! Hope everyone is having a good week!
(((HUGS))) to those that need them and good luck to all the ladies moving on to 2nd Tri! Wishing you ladies all the best - @Milagros315, @Puzzlefuz, @Lady2010, @Amyou06 and anyone else I may have missed (sorry if I did!).
A warm welcome and congratulations to everyone that has made it to this check-in! If there are any newcomers, please come on in and join us! I looked through last week's check in and tried to add everyone, but please send me a PM and include your EDD and how many beans you have cooking if I accidentally missed adding you to the list!
Check-ins are on Thursdays, feel free to post your updates here up until the 14th week.
Check In Leader - @jaytee16
January
@dp21 ~ 1/8/15 ~ 1 bean
@RebeccasMama ~ 1/12/15 ~ 1 bean
@rlk2 ~ 1/12/15 ~ 2 beans
@calindi ~ 1/13/15 ~ 1 bean
@Wolfette139 ~ 1/13/15 ~ 1 baby girl
@MkateG ~ 1/14/15 ~ 2 beans
@Sophistikitty ~ 1/14/15 ~ 1 bean
@ltlavac ~ 1/14/15 ~ 1 bean
@Milagros315 ~ 1/17/15 ~ 1 bean
@Puzzlefuz ~ 1/19/15 ~ 1 bean
@mrsrichey11 ~ 1/20/15 ~ 2 beans
@SKLH ~ 1/20/15 ~ 1 bean
@LindsayF24 ~ 1/21/15 ~ 1 bean
@tarala ~ 1/23/15 ~ 1 bean
@Lady2010 ~ 1/24/15 ~ 1 bean
@Amyou06 ~ 1/24/15 ~ 1 bean
@Kacelets ~ 1/28/15 ~ 1 bean
@penad5 ~ 1/29/15 ~ 1 bean
@mdiblasi10 ~ 1/30/15 ~ 1 baby girl
February
@ksgsmu ~ 2/2/15 ~ 2 beans
@WA1215 ~ 2/2/15 ~ 1 bean
@Robeano ~ 2/3/15 ~ 1 bean
@jaztaz1 ~ 2/7/15 ~ 1 bean
@cls78 ~ 2/8/15 ~ 2 beans
@MissEm15 ~ 2/10/15 ~ 2 beans
@chickyclg ~ 2/12/15 ~ 2 beans
@RammerJammer ~ 2/13/15 ~ 1 bean
@spring78 ~ 2/14/15 ~ 1 bean
@weansworld09 ~ 2/16/15 ~ 1 bean
@Hernsy ~ 2/18/15 ~ 1 bean
@pmpknbride ~ 2/18/15 ~ 1 bean
@Neesey ~ 2/18/15 ~ 1 bean
@BellaLux ~ 2/19/15 ~ 1 bean
@jaytee16 ~ 2/19/15 ~ 2 beans
@runawaylaurel ~ 2/22/15 ~ 1 bean
@geordie314 ~ ? EDD ~ ? bean(s)
@Ducky719 ~ ? EDD ~ ? bean(s)
@babys2014 ~ ? EDD ~ ? bean(s)
@pumpkinlove09 ~ ? EDD ~ ? bean(s)
Re: *~*~1st Tri Check In (7/24)~*~*
QOTW: our last trip was to disney, which is where out next vacation is in about 8 weeks. Can't wait to go back. It's just so magical and happy there.
TTC Since 12/2008; DH: 32, Azoospermia me: 33, DX during IVF #4: Low AMH (Normal FSH) / SER due
to IVF Meds (causing failure to fertilize) Recent DX: Hashimoto's, Lupus Anticoagulant, White Blood Cell Disorder
High ANA, ATA, & APA, PAI-1 Heterozygous= blood clotting disorder; connective tissue disorder
IVF w/ ICSI #1 2/2011 IVF w/ ICSI #2 5/2011 IVF w/ ICSI #3 12/2012 *New RE* IVF w/ ICSI #4 5/2013
IVF w/ ICSI #5 8/2013 (Natural Cycle- No drugs)- One follicle->one blast. CCS normal. FET 9/10- 6BB blast. m/c @ 5w
IUI #1 12/23- BFN IUI #2 Cancelled (ovulated during AF) Prep:CoQ10 (300 mg); DHEA (25 mg); Melatonin (3 mg), Folgard 2.2, Metformin 500 2x, Levothyroxine 50mcg, Aspirin 81mg w/ calcium, B12, Vit. D 4000 & Prenate Elite Daily; Cabergoline 1/2 pill 2x week- Cycling: Estrace Priming; Prednisone 10mg, Lovenox 40mg 2x, Femera & Menopur
IUI #2.1 6/30 & 7/1. 1st Beta: 90 (7/15); 2nd Beta: 226 (7/17); 3rd Beta: 766 EDD: 3/23/2015
Team Purple!!!!
QOTW: our last vacation was Hawaii at the end of April, just before my FET. It was one of the best vacations I've ever been on. It was a big group of my family in a rented house on the beach and we all had such a great time.
TTC #2
Team Purple!!!!
TTC #2
We had our first tri and NT scan and both babies look terrific! They were so much bigger and wiggling around so much! Hearing those sweet little heartbeats made me cry big time! My nausea is a bit better but the exhaustion and headaches are worse... sooo tired all the time!
QOTW:
We just got back from Spain a couple of weeks ago! it was fantastic!
Me:36 DH:38 TTC#1 since 4/2012
Me DX: Hashimotos,Hypothyroid, DOR, MTHFR, DH: normal
IUI #1-#4 BFNs and a few cancelled cycles in the mix.
- poor responder
***Suprise BFP on 6/13/13. Natural MC @6wks 3days
IVF#1 and 2- Cancelled due to no response on max stimms
FET 5/20- BFP
1st Beta- 641
2nd beta- 2166
Sono- TWINS!!!!
Two Boys! Born January 2015 @36 weeks. Healthy and no NICU! So blessed!
Team Purple!!!!
1/7/2015 Twins born @ 34 weeks
Only one embryo took the bait and hung around. EDD 3/17/15.
QOTW: We went on a cruise. I had a m/c and immediately booked it, just 3 weeks in advance! So glad we did that. But now I'm ready for another vacation!
My BLOG: www.ivfbabyquest.wordpress.com -Update - old blog.
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
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!
Got my first tri bloodwork results back today and was 1 in 10,000 for trisomy 18 & Down syndrome. Very happy with these results!
I hope you all have an easy first tri! See you all on the second tri board!
Ella Rose
1/17/15 born via IVF w/ ICSI
Spontaneous Twins!
Due January 2016
Follow our Journey
12 weeks now! It's going so fast it seems. Had my last RE on Tuesday. Baby looked awesome, HB of 164. It was wiggling around like crazy, I love watching baby on the screen. Get to stop taking my metformin. But then my midwife prescribed baby asprin cuz I had high blood pressure last time. I'm starting to feel less gross, which is a huge relief!
QOTW: we went to Cape Cod at the end of May. It was awesome! And it was there that we started suspecting we were pregnant, so that's a great memory.
Oct 2011~Second round clomid 50 mg; BFN
Nov 2011~Third round clomid 50 mg: BFP
Dec 11- Beta #1 91;Dec 13- Beta #2 186.2
Dec 27- third miscarriage
May 25th- Beta #1 369;May 27th- Beta #2 798
Baby girl born Jan 23, 9lbs 3oz, 21 1/2" long
May 27th-Beta #1 80; May 29th- Beta #2 304; May 31st- Beta #3 860
Hi Ladies!
Doing well over here.. three more weeks to go until my next OB apt (boo). I'm feeling somewhat better, but the headaches are terrible if I don't drink enough water. We are announcing to grandparents and friends this weekend! I'm nervous, but excited.
QOTW: We went to my family's lakehouse at the end of May. I got to see my 8 mo. old neice at the time & my sister & BFF. It was perfect. Then a week later, found out we were pregnant!
@mdiblasi10 I'm so sorry you had such a rough week!
@chickyclg Congrats on graduating!!
@jaytee16 & @mdiblasi10We HM'd in Hawaii too. Before we left we were asking locals how to get jobs. I can't wait to go back!! It's my favorite place. We went to the north shore on Oahu & Maui!
@tarala If you don't mind sharing.. what blood tests did you have done to test for the trisomies? I am researching right now. Thanks!
****siggy warning****
Me 29/ DH 28
DH- MFI (low count, 2-3% morph)
IUI #1 January - Clomid, Ovidrel: BFN
IUI #2 February - Letrozole, Follistim, Ovidrel: BFP 1st beta-25, 2nd beta-56, 3rd beta-45, miscarriage
IUI #3 April - CD3 U/S 4-10. Letrozole, Follistim, Ovidrel CD11 - Cancelled.. TI w/5 follicles-BFN
IUI #3.1 May - CD3 U/S 5-6, Follistim start 5-11 thru 5-17, u/s 5-18 3 mature w/ a close 4th, IUI 5-20 - BFP!
Beta #1 12dpo - 164 & progesterone - 89!, Beta #2 16 dpo - 1189, 5w3d - u/s shows TWINS!
6/19- u/s showed heartbeats! Baby A 111 & Baby B 118, both measuring 6w1d
7/3- Baby A hb 170, Baby B hb 166 - both measuring perfect.
7/18 - Baby A 165, Baby B 171 - both measuring right on track & moving all around!
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
Last get away was a road trip down south to the Smokey Mountains in NC, TN, and VA. Beautiful!
IVF FET - BFP, due April 2017
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
***Siggy Warning***
Me: 35 DH: 34
TTC since May 2012
Unexplained Infertility
IUI#1 October 2013- 58m post wash - BFN
IUI#2 November 2013- 39m post wash - BFN
IUI#3 January 2014- 33m post wash - BFN
IVF #1 March 2014- 23R/18F/ZERO Frosties - BFN
IVF #2 May 2014 - 17R/14F/1 frozen pea (2-8 cell 10% fragmentation day 3) BFP
Beta #1 77.7 (13dp3dt)
Beta #2 307 (17dp3dt)
Beta #3 695 (19dp3dt)
Beta #4 2232 (23dp3dt)
1 Beautiful Baby - EDD 1/28/15
So cool to see the heartbeat!