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*

Re: Health and Wellness Check In
C and I have committed to going to the gym tonight, and I'm going to try very hard not to let this progesterone rule my appetite. I feel much like I do when I have severe PMS. I'm exhausted and I just want to eat EVERYTHING. I know it's because of the rise in hormones. I really need to find a way to keep in control. Any tips?
QOTW: Anything chocolate. I would always get SUPER disappointed when I'd get Smarties or Jolly Ranchers. Gross!
Thanks @Melissa61788! I need to get back to measuring.
To give you an idea of how crazy progesterone makes me: I am obsessing over a craving for pepperoni pan pizza, covered in nacho cheese sauce. It's 10:30 am.
Someone please slap me.
I got in a long walk in the woods over the weekend in Maine, and did the bike at the gym yesterday. I've kind of slipped on my PT exercises, and my hip has been acting up...I am skipping PT this week but I'm going to take the next week to try to figure out exactly which activities aggravate my hip and which ones do not, so my PT will be able to help me more next week.
My foot is doing well!
QOTW: I'm also a Reese's fan, but I won't turn down a Kit-Kat or a Twix. In the new(ish) candy category, I really like Reese's Fast Break, which is kind of like a Reese's-Twix mash-up, and Fast Break, which has pretzels in it.
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*
@ball.and.chain - That's a great weight loss!
I lost 0.8 this week. I want to start exercising again and just haven't made it happen. That is on my agenda for this coming week. Since I weigh in at WW on Wednesdays, I count my week from one Wednesday to the next. My goal is to get the treadmill out of one of our extra bedrooms and into the living room by Sunday. I would have done this a while ago if I didn't need to take it apart to move it. When we set it up in the bedroom, I remember thinking that I hoped I never wanted to move it because it probably wouldn't fit out of the door in one piece...I was correct! A friend has offered to help us take it apart, move it and reassemble.
QOTW: I love twix bars! Kit Kats are a close second. I recently saw that there is a twix ice cream cake. I told C I want one for my 30th birthday.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
@Melissa61788 - thanks! I'm still a lot heavier than I want to be (30 lbs) but I don't think I should be actively losing weight while hopefully pregnant. But I have hit goal (and Lifetime) on WW before and it is a great feeling! You can totally do it!
@StacyLH24 - nice work! Down is always good. I will have some Twix cake too!
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*
Eating has been better overall except for the fact that we have had a lot of halloween candy around and we've been eating it. Mmm...
I was just reading about the very impressive study that found that a high protein/low carb diet can significantly increase quality embryos. I don't know if I really have enough time left to take full advantage of the benefits. But I figure I might as well try, right?
What do you all think? Have you read the reports? Here's one: https://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2013/High_Protein_Low_Carb_Diets_Greatly_Improve_Fertility
Have any of you tried it? Do you think I should try to significantly reduce all carbs or just the simple and gluten-based carbs? (I'm thinking about it being squash and sweet potato season as well as my love of fruit ...)
QOTW: reese's peanut butter cups for me!
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
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*
So, I tried it, and I was totally miserable and only stuck with it a week before going back to eating what I wanted within moderation. I am no stranger to diets, but low carb is not one that I had tried before. I don't typically eat many refined carbs like bread and pasta anyway... most of my carbs come from fruit, yogurt, oatmeal and sometimes a granola bar. I tried to cut down to 60g of carbs a day (which is not really even that low if you look at different low carb diets), and it was HARD. I couldn't eat hardly anything that I would typically eat. I also found that I was having a hard time getting enough calories while restricting my carbs. A few days I was under 1,000 cals a day while restricting my carbs, and while that was fine for me in my extreme weight loss days, I didn't think that was a great idea when trying to make a baby.
So, long story short, after a week of torture, I decided to give up. For the 3 weeks leading up to my cycle, and throughout stim, and during my TWW I ate what I wanted within moderation. I had some splurge days, but about 5 days a week I kept to about 1200-1600 cals a day and just made sure I had lots of fruits and veggies.
I also did not have any known reason to believe that my egg quality needed help, and when I asked my IVF nurse about the low/carb high protein diet, she laughed at me and said "sure, if it makes you feel better"... at the time that response annoyed me, but now I think she thought I didn't need it but if it made me feel more in control I could try whatever floated my boat. Turns out my boat doesn't float well without carbs...
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*********I think as long as I steer mostly clear of grains and sugars, I should be ok to eat fruits and starchy vegetables.
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