Infertility

GTKY: Thanksgiving Style

FishyMomFishyMom member
edited November 2013 in Infertility
Hello ladies!! So it is the time of year to give thanks. I know we all have struggles, but I am sure we all have things to be thankful for soooo go....

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I will start: I am so thankful for my wonderful husband and the support he provides to me all the time (IF wise or not). I am thankful for the support of my family and friends. I feel very blessed to have stumbled on this board, and that everyone of you are here to support and provide all of the encouragement you girls give, I am thankful for you all.

IF wise I am very thankful for my company and the fact that they provide wonderful insurance for IVF. I am also thankful for the moment I got this year to tell DH that we were pregnant, and the short few weeks I got to be pregnant. I will be very thankful when AF comes and we can get our first FET under way.

Special thanks to all of you again, not sure where I would be without you all.

Ok girls!! Let's hear them....
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I'm 29 and DH is 32 we have a MFI (low count) 
IVF #1 starting in August. ER 9/5/13 23 eggs we are fertilizing 15. 9 frozen
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
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FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
FET #2 - 3/3/14 - 5AB Blast -- Beta #1 3/12 - 152 -- Beta #2 3/14 - 358
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FET #3 06/09/16 - 5AB Blast - Beta #1 6/18- 245 -- Beta #2 06/20 - 600
 PAIF/SAIF/PAL/SAL welcome!

Re: GTKY: Thanksgiving Style

  • ViasatalyteViasatalyte member
    edited November 2013
    I am thankful that DH and I still have both of our parents and they are of good health. I am thankful that he and I are also healthy, have good careers and a solid relationship. I am thankful for every day God has given me because they are not promised. Finally, I am thankful for you ladies who have made this infertility journey a little easier and less lonely.

    Three ectopic preganacies in left tube in 1999, 2003 and 2004. HSG in 2010 concluded left tube blockage. IUI with femara in 2012 BFN. IVF #1 June 2013, 20 retreived, 14 mature, 12 fertilized via ICSI, one transferred, four frozen, BFN.  FET in September 2013 - BFN:( FET #2 April 2014 - BFP!!!!

    Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God,the Maker of all things. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />

    Ecclesiastes 11 4:5  

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  • I am thankful for my DH and all the support he gives to me. He is my best friend and I'm so lucky to have him. I'm very thankful for our family and friends near and far. I couldn't go a day without my furbabies, Ivey and Layla and am so thankful to always have them by myside...or in my lap like they are now. Last but not least, very thankful for this board and all of you ladies. So happy I stumbled upon it right after receiving my BFN. I'm very lucky to have "met" you all and for all your kind words, support, advice, knowledge and just the simple fact that yall "get it." Thank you again, yall are wonderful! Happy thanksgiving to everyone! Xoxoxo
    2013- 2 IVF cycles with PGD to prevent genetic disorder from being passed on. Both BFFN :(
    2/2014 pregnant!  EDD 10/17/2014

    All always welcome! :)
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  • I am grateful for all of you ladies who help fill me with knowledge, support, and hope when I come here. I am more than appreciative of my in laws for helping us buy our new home, and for my parents for paying for me to get into a shared risk program. We could never have done eith without them. Lastly but mos importantly, I than god for DH. He is what my life is all about and I will love him always and forever. We can get through this and anything else god sends our way. Happy thanksgiving to all!
    Me- 35 Dx endo; DH- 33 no probs.
    BFP#1 (totally a wonderful surprise)- 3/10/11. IUFD 6/25/11. 
    TTC since 8/2011.
    BFP#2- 11/1/11. EDD 7/6/12. Blighted ovum 12/1/11.

    New OBGYN 12/2012- CD3 labs, SA, HSG normal. 
    First RE appt 1/16/2013. Unexplained infertility. Lap planned. 

    12/2012- Clomid 50mg + TI= BFN 
    1/2013- Clomid 50mg + TI= BFN.

     Lap 2/11/2013- Removed endo. 

    3/2013- Clomid + IUI= BFN
    4/2013- Clomid + IUI= BFN
    5/2013- Clomid + IUI= BFN

    June 2013- Time for a new RE!

    July 2013- We're in Shared Risk! Love my new RE!
    August 2013- IVF#1- 14 R, 11F, transferred 1 perfect blast, 5 day 5 frosties= BFN.
    Sept 2013- Let's get ready for FET October 7th ish!< transfer 2 embies 10/11/13.......BFP 10/18/13!!!!/div>

    PAIF/SAIF and everyone is welcome. If I can make even one person's journey less painful, I will consider my experience here successful. Thank you to all for sharing their stories, the intimate details of their lives, their knowledge, and their hearts. I hope this experience changes me, always for the better.
  • Wow- even as I'm thinking about writing this I'm realizing how much of my life is absorbed by IF.
    I'm thankful for my husband, he is supportive and I know I don't make things easy for him. We had some really crappy shit happen this year, and when things were bad, he supported me- no questions asked. While the journey sucks, I'm glad he's on my team. 
    And I am thankful ever so much for everyone here. DH can't even handle half of the support I need to get the strength to keep trying. Everyone here is amazing and I really feel like you are my friends. Especially at work, I don't know how I could make the whole day sometimes without popping in at lunch and either getting great advice, listening to others and feeling hopeful, or being able to help someone else so I feel needed. 
    And lastly, I'm thankful that I still have hope. My RE gives me hope and I know he tries to give me as much hope as possible while still being realistic. My therapist helps me find hope when things are crashing down, and once again you all give me hope and encourage me, support me, and cheer me on when I try again.
    ***WARNING***

    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

       **ALL WELCOME**                                    My Blog 
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  • I'm thankful for my husband, and best friend.  I'm grateful to have a job where I make a difference and where I know my efforts matter.  I'm grateful for our house and the friends I've made through this board and others here at the bump.  To be able to "talk" with others, find support, hope, and inspiration, while also sharing knowledge, experience, and the struggle of IF with you all,...makes the burden a little less.  I have been blessed know there is Science that can help us all achieve our goal when a century ago this all would not be possible. 

     

    Most importantly, I'm thankful for God.  If he brings me to it, He'll get me through it!  :)  There really is truth to knowing people for a season....and I'm glad you are all here in this season of my life! 

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    Married August 2012 -- Me (40 yrs old) My husband (45 yrs. old) 

    RE referral from ObGYN in late Jan. 2013 -- Testing Confirms Unexplained IF 

    IUI #"s1 - 3 (Femara + IUI) April - June 2013 - all BFN

      Decided to do IVF... Began stimming on September 10th!  Egg Retrieval 9/20/13.  19 eggs: 6 to mature to freeze after 6 fertilized with ICSI

     3 morula stage embryos transferred on 9/25/13.....Beta #1 on 10/4/13/ = 7.5  Beta #2 on 10/6/13 =  negative

      IVF#2 - Lupron plan  (set to begin on 10/28/13)  (Planning on thawing and fertilizing our 6 eggs with ICSI as well as all of the mature eggs they retrieve with this fresh cycle.)

     Late October 2013 - ectopic pregnancy - methotrexate injection....benched 3 months

    CD1 - 12/5/13...Lupron set to start on 12/26/13; CD1 - 1/2/14....Baseline 1/3/14....begin follistim tonight and continue with lupron.  (Got my calendar today!  IVF#2 is a go!)

    ER = 1/14/14  (11 eggs....9 were mature. 9 fertilized.  Of the 6 mature eggs we thawed, only 4 fertilized.  At this time, we have 13 eggs fertilized and growing.  Waiting for news about a 3-day or 5-day transfer.)

    ET = 1/19/14  (5dt).....3 blastocysts transferred!   (All nine embryos didn't make it to freeze.  =(  )

    Beta #1 = 1/28/14   (2 weeks after ER)  BFP! 209 (9dp5dt)   EDD 10/7/14

    Beta #2 - 1/30/14  (11 dp5dt) 302

    Beta #3 - 2/3/14  (15 dp5dt)  1222 

    Ultrasound set for 2/17/14......TWINS!        Twin A - HR 124 bpm; Twin B - HR 126 bpm

    Final Ultrasound with RE 3/10/14 - Twin A - HR 176 bpm; Twin B - HR 177 bpm.

     PAIF/SAIF Welcome! 

     

     

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