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  • ball.and.chainball.and.chain member
    Is your screen name based on your name, or is there some other significance to it?
    Married my wife 8/2007 ~ TTC #1 since 7/2011
    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*

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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    @herbabymama We have had two iuis with our awesome fertility doctor, first try ended up being a chemical pregnancy and our second got us here! I was on femara plus an ovidrel trigger shot. Had laparoscopic surgery in between the two tries to get rid of an ovarian cyst that wouldn't go away. We tried at home at least 5-6 times before going to the RE and in my opinion we wasted so much money not just going straight to IUI. We have an anon donor through fairfax. I'm currently 10W1D and counting the days until second trimester!
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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    @ball.and.chain It's my first and middle name :)
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  • ATXmommasATXmommas member
    Tell us about your relationship - how long have you been together? Are you married?

    Also, from one local to another, did you use TFC? Which dr?
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  • KH826KH826 member
    How many people have you told about your pregnancy so far? Are you planning a big reveal of any sort in a few weeks when you are out of the first trimester?

    Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012

    5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN

    Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer!      *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581   *********William George born June 4, 2014*********
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  • healz413healz413 member
    how many kids would you like to have? Are you one and done? Waiting to see how the pregnancy and infancy treat you? Set on many?
    ****loss discussed*****

    We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.

    Our IUIs
    with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.

    Our IVFs:
    IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response

    IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
    BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
    2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
    BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
    1st ultrasound (3/6  6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm. 

    ***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***

    FET #1 December 2014
    Intralipid infusion on Dec 10. Transfer of 1 day 3 nine-cell embryo into my uterus on Dec. 19. (acupuncture immediately before and after)
    BFP on Dec. 27; Beta 1 Jan 2 (14dp3dt): 665, Beta 2 Jan 4 (16dp3dt): 1859, Beta 3 Jan 6 (18dp3dt): 4449, Beta 4 Jan 10 (22dp3dt): 12,251.



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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    @atxmommas We have been legally married since March 2010. :) Got married in MA which was great because that's where I'm from so the whole family could be there. We went to Austin Fertility Institute, Dr. Moghadam. He was so so amazing!
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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    edited October 2013
    @kh826 We've told close family and friends because most knew we've been trying. I plan on wearing this shirt and doing an "official" Facebook reveal the day before Halloween which will be 12 weeks. :)
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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    @healz413 As of right now I'm just thinking one. But who knows! Sort of just taking it one step at a time.
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    @wallace323 I work as a full-time nanny so luckily I work for an amazing family who will let me bring my little one to work with me! My wife is an inventory specialist with a large tech company.
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  • JazibelJazibel member
    (Ok first time on mobile Bump in a while - hope this works ;-)

    Do you have a name(s) picked out yet? Are you going to share or wait until baby is born?
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  • summerhollissummerhollis member
    @jazibel for a girl it'll be Remy Jude and boy either Oliver Edward or Jude Edward. :) The names aren't set in stone, but I'm pretty sure those are the ones!
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  • ATXmommasATXmommas member
    I love Jude. I've already had Z commit that we can name our next boy (assuming we have another boy) Jude since we're going with her pick for this one. Love it for a girl too!
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