Hi Everyone,
I was active on this board a a couple of years ago. I have a 7 year old DS and I have a 7 month old DS that we were blessed with due to my Best Friend who carried him for us. Well after two losses and multiple years of infertility it was determined that I needed a hysterectomy. Well I had the hysterectomy in June and I am now starting to feel very emotional about it. Although I have two DS that are my life, I feel like something has been taken away from me that I will never get back. Unfortunately this is something that no one I know has gone through and it is hard for someone to understand. It still stings when I hear that other people are pregnant. I would love another child, but unless we come into some money (having a gestational carrier was very expensive) So I guess my question is, does anyone know if there is a board for this? Or, does anyone know someone who has dealt with this? How did they get through it?
Thanks
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I am very sorry that you are in this position. My heart goes out to you for everything you've been through. I wish I had advice as to where you could go for support, but unfortunately I don't personally know anyone else who has been through this. This is a long shot, but maybe try the secondary infertility board? I know it's not even close to the same situation, but many of the women there deal with infertility after having children and it's difficult for them. Another option might be "Success after Infertility" even though that also isn't a sure-fire fit.
You're welcome to post here. This board is for people who have used third party reproduction and are on any part of the journey - and you used a GC and are on the parenting part of it.
The last thing I can think of is the possibility of finding a counselor who specializes in infertility issues. There is so much to sort out, that sometimes it's just too much to do on our owns. Many of us have talked to someone about it, and most of us have found it very helpful.
Hugs to you - I hope you are able to find some peace.
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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
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Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!
Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers
Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
Stopped BCP 4/2010.
Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN
IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.
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