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CageyMack
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So relieved! NT thickness resolved!
CageyMack
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Well, some of you may recall that when we went and had our nuchal transparency scan that our result was over the normal limits at 3.6mm. We were lucky to get a Harmony test done at 10 weeks, and all the trisomies came back negative, but the NT scan was still alarming.
The test result was part of what has kept me really quiet. I've done so much research over the last 5 weeks and I couldn't proceed forward well until I knew what this scan said. I learned of folks who had high scans but days later numbers that were half of what they had been originally. Yes, some go on to have health issues, but many do not. I understand, of course, that it isn't a diagnosis, but an indicator. I also know that it is scary as hell to worry that something is wrong with your baby. At this point, I was most concerned about heart defects as IVF has an increased rate (since I had confidence in the Harmony test), and with the high NT number, that was a further indicator of potential heart issues.
Well, yesterday at 16w5d we got our "20 week" anatomy scan and every thing is GREAT! Our little girl has a nuchal fold (what would still be big if it was big) of only 3.2, even though she is way, way bigger! The limit at her gestational age is 6mm, so we are way in the clear! Whoop! All her organs look great, her spine looks good, and she even spent a good deal of time crossing her little ankles, which we feel is especially dear since her brother W spends almost all of his high-chair and stroller time with little ankles crossed.
We are over the moon! Well, I am. My DW let me know on the way out that she actually forgot about the high NT regularly, for days and days at a time. She is a really amazing person who can just put aside an alarming fear like that, since it isn't actually "real" yet. If the problem came to pass, she would deal with it then. So I think for her it was just an acknowledgement that everything was fine!
She will continue to be monitored and will go in for a fetal echocardiogram since she has had these high readings, and because she was conceived via IVF, but I am convinced she is fine. I mean, I always knew she was, but it sure is nice to have a good ultrasound to confirm it.
Well, little girl is growing away, has some major muscles, and weighs in at 6oz.
I'm so smitten.
The test result was part of what has kept me really quiet. I've done so much research over the last 5 weeks and I couldn't proceed forward well until I knew what this scan said. I learned of folks who had high scans but days later numbers that were half of what they had been originally. Yes, some go on to have health issues, but many do not. I understand, of course, that it isn't a diagnosis, but an indicator. I also know that it is scary as hell to worry that something is wrong with your baby. At this point, I was most concerned about heart defects as IVF has an increased rate (since I had confidence in the Harmony test), and with the high NT number, that was a further indicator of potential heart issues.
Well, yesterday at 16w5d we got our "20 week" anatomy scan and every thing is GREAT! Our little girl has a nuchal fold (what would still be big if it was big) of only 3.2, even though she is way, way bigger! The limit at her gestational age is 6mm, so we are way in the clear! Whoop! All her organs look great, her spine looks good, and she even spent a good deal of time crossing her little ankles, which we feel is especially dear since her brother W spends almost all of his high-chair and stroller time with little ankles crossed.
We are over the moon! Well, I am. My DW let me know on the way out that she actually forgot about the high NT regularly, for days and days at a time. She is a really amazing person who can just put aside an alarming fear like that, since it isn't actually "real" yet. If the problem came to pass, she would deal with it then. So I think for her it was just an acknowledgement that everything was fine!
She will continue to be monitored and will go in for a fetal echocardiogram since she has had these high readings, and because she was conceived via IVF, but I am convinced she is fine. I mean, I always knew she was, but it sure is nice to have a good ultrasound to confirm it.
Well, little girl is growing away, has some major muscles, and weighs in at 6oz.
I'm so smitten.
CageyMack
37, married to my favorite person in the world, DW! One darling surfer-girl (12) and one darling, sweet boy born 3/16/13.
5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered. All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd. 4 fertilized. Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853. Yay!
"Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place.” ― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
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Re: So relieved! NT thickness resolved!
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
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*********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*
Married to my amazing wife 6/12/10
TTC since 6/11
Unmedicated IUI #1 - 6/28/11 - BFN
Unmedicated IUI #2 - 7/25/11 - BFN
Robotic Myomectomy (Fibroid Surgery) - 11/15/11
Unmedicated IUI #3 - 4/24/12 - BFN
Progesterone Supported Leuteal Phase IUI #4 - 6/21/12 - BFP!!
Baby Boy G Born 3/24/13
On to #2, are we crazy?
IUI #1 - 11/28/14 - BFP! Beta #1 (11DPO) 34, Beta #2 (13DPO) 101, Beta #3 (20DPO) 3043
Ultrasound at 6w4d shows a single, fluttering heartbeat. Say hello to Sticky Ricki!
CageyMack
37, married to my favorite person in the world, DW! One darling surfer-girl (12) and one darling, sweet boy born 3/16/13.
5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered. All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd. 4 fertilized. Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853. Yay!
"Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place.” ― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing