Late Term and Child Loss
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Hi ladies, I wanted to post this so that those mamas TTCAL are able to check in! If anyone would like to take over the check in, let me know.
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Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
QOTW: Do you use FF or any other tracker?
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
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Welcome to TTCAL CheckIn!
I hope I can find you all well and positive this week! Please don't be shy in asking the PGAL/PAL ladies questions if you have them.
Where are you in your TTCAL journey?Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?
QOTW: Do you use FF or any other tracker?
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?
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Re: TTCAL check in
Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Not really. I do have several appointments set up with my doctor for manipulation. I guess I've got all sorts of vertebrae and pelvic bones and stuff that are all out of whack. Hey maybe it will have good side effects
QOTW: Do you use FF or any other tracker? I used paper charts before, but now am using FF.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I've been pretty sad and weepy in general. Today our son would be 10 months. It just seems unreal that so much time has passed. So I've been realizing that his birthday is coming soon, then the anniversary of his death. That makes me sad. But also because I think I had hoped to be pregnant by then (as in publicly obviously pregnant) but it gets less and less likely that I will be pregnant at all by then. I think I had hoped that maybe I would be surprised this time and it wouldn't take as long to get pregnant. So it has been really disappointing, especially now that I am on Cycle 5 (even though I know it really hasn't been that long yet). I'm kind of feeling like everyone is pregnant but me.
(Sorry for being so whiney today!)
thanks shand for continuing on with the check-in!
Where are you in your ttcal journey? just started bcp to get ready for an IVF cycle...I can not believe that this is my life.
QOTW: we always got pregnant super easy before so we never needed to chart...now we have been monitored and now I am doing IVF so no tracking here.
Open Topic:just floored that things have gotten to this point...to have a late loss then have two miscarriages then get the news that your ovarian reserve sucks and IVF is your best option....it has just been a crazy ride. I'm just scared we will never get to parent a child.
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On Monday we had our first meeting with the fertility clinic since our loss. Our current plan is to do an FET in November or December. We have one day 3 embryo in the freezer. We are also planning for a fresh IVF cycle because we know the chances of pregnancy and a take home and grow up baby from our one embryo are not particularly high. @Manada's insurance, which I'm also covered under, is changing Sept 1 and she will likely no longer have fertility drug coverage. We got our RE to prescribe the drugs for our future cycle so we could get them covered.
I've started on birth control pills to keep my endo at bay. I've also started taking a low dose thyroid medication.
Any upcoming appointments? I had a saline sonogram today to check for polyps. I've had polyps removed twice in the past but didn't have any this time so no hysteroscopy needed! As a result, our next appointment probably won't be until November unless soemthing in my bloodwork causes concern.
QOTW: because we do the fertility clinic I don't track anything other than periods and I just use simple app for that.
Open topic: we are now closer to the babies' due date (their singleton due date) than we are to their loss date (10 wks vs 9 wks). I've been thinking about that a lot this week. It seems sad to 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
Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Not quite yet.
QOTW: Do you use FF or any other tracker? When we started TTC 5 years ago, I read TCOYF and thought getting pg was a slam dunk based on my lovely FF charts. It didn't quite work out that way, but I learned a lot about my body via charting.
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? We were headed out to dinner last night and DH randomly said, " I know I don't talk about the boys often (or at all), but I want you to know that I think about them every day and I miss them." He said he had a dream and one of his buddies wives was complaining about something pg related; he said he got so upset defending what I/we have been through it woke him up.
TTC since 10/2010
IUIs # 1-5 = BFFN
IVF # 1(July 2012) = BFN
IVF # 2 (November 2012) = BFP (MIssed MC D&C @ 8w3d on 1/10/13)
How infuriating about the clinic error! There was a clinic error our very first IUI (long ago) and @Manada and I still feel like we have to second guess ad double check everything they do. We know we can't actually control most of it but we are afraid to just trust them to do it right.
I'm so sorry about your BFN. Sending hugs your way.
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
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
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
@Maybe Joleisa Sorry about the BFN...they are so hard.
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**All AL Welcome**
Where are you in your TTCAL journey? Cycle 1, CD2
Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Nope
QOTW: Do you use FF or any other tracker? I use FF
Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? It has been a tough week with Colton's birthday yesterday. I am glad to be past it, which is sad, but true. We are anxious about officially being TTCAL - anxious about how long it will take to get pregnant, anxious about being PGAL and so on. It was easier to say we wanted to try for another baby when we were benched, but now it's all happening, and that's a little overwhelming.