Third-Party Reproduction
Bean386
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Hello - newbie here :)
Bean386
member
Hello , I'm new to this community and I am so grateful that I found people I can talk and relate to that understand the roller coaster IF is full of ups and downs full of questions and concerns.
Here is a little about me and this very long road I have gone thru;
I am 32 years old married for 7 years to the love of my life , we found out he has unexplained azoospermia about 6 years ago , it was the most devastating news ever he felt like he wasn't man enough , so we have worked on that went to a male infertility specialist in Gainesville, FL that gave us hope , he said he could fix him and get his little swimmers to come out , so he went for the surgery while they where there sperm was taken out and stored , doctor told us that there was no way to fix his problem and the sperm he was producing was immature he told us we could try IVF with the samples he collected so we did with no success , then he told us we should try a fresh IVF cycle that meant when I wold go for ER they will open him up and get a fresh sample of sperm , so we did a fresh cycle with no success , we were very frustrated and looking still for some answers at this point they said I was young and healthy with no issues in whatsoever.
Our next step was a second opinion with one of the best clinics in USA in Jacksonville, FL ( FIRM ) we had one little frozen embryo left that we transfer and again no success , doctor suggested DS at this point the idea of not having children with my husbands genes was just not an option for us , so I came across EA and luckily our clinic offered that option so we did the process picked a set of beautiful embryos had them transferred , we did that twice with no success in between ET and IVFs I had all kind of test being done with no answers on why a healthy young me could not conceive. at this point I was so exhausted my body was tortured so badly that I needed a break in that break my DH and I talked about DS and doing IUI since it's not as invasive as all the treatments I have done so far so we had 3 IUIs done with no success.
A friend told us about a great clinic in Orlando, Fl so we went there looking for answers , doctor said I had endometriosis and I had to have a laparascopy / hysteroscopy done and that will fix the problem so I went for the surgery they found mild endo and a few polyps some scar tissue , we took a month break after that then we did 3 IUIs with all different medications , with no success.
Where am I at this point? I have to given up the dream of having a human grow in my womb , I want to be a mother so badly that I'm willing to do anything to achieve this dream so we went back to FIRM ( jacksonville ) I just picked out our adopted embryos (3 beautiful blast ) and Monday we have the appointment with our RE hopefully by my next menstrual cycle we can get the ball rolling.
At fist the stress of getting some answers and the dream of building a family had us go thru my husbands 401k , my mother in-law is supper supportive she has lend us some money we have tap into our savings , now we are at the point that money is becoming an issue , I have insurance but zero fertility coverage so all this time everything has been paid out of pocket , it is such a shame that people like us that have this MEDICAL issues the MEDICAL insurance I spend so much money on pays absolutely nothing , and leave us with not only the stress of conceiving we have to stress about where all this money to build a family will come from.
Anyways that is my story , thank you for reading and I hope my journey can help someone in here that is looking for answers and support
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Re: Hello - newbie here :)
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
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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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All of this and welcome!
Me: AMA, DOR, undetectable AMH, carrier of SMA, MTHFR homozygous C677T, high cytokines, low IGg B cells, Factor XIII V34l mutation, High Anti-Phosphatidylethanolmine, borderline hypothyroid and mildly insulin resistant.
MH: No known issues, aside from MTHFR.
Recommendations from RI: LIT, Humira, IVIG, Lovenox, Baby Aspirin, Folic Acid, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
Currently taking: Pre-Natal vitamins, Foltanx, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
When cycling also taking: Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, Humira and IVIG.
TTC since 7/11/09..with medical intervention starting in 2010, including 4 failed IVF's and 6 failed IUI's...only "success" was a chemical pregnancy in 11/2012 (credited to use of DE).
FET #1 (11th cycle) on 8/23/13 = BFN.
FET #2 (12th cycle) Transfer of last two (day 6) donor egg blasts on 1/22/14 = BFP, EDD = 10/10/14 (please stick little BOY!)
My favorite breed:
***PAIF/SAIF always welcome***