*Third-Party Reproduction Check-in* Sept 29

RunCC37

***INFORMAL CHECK-IN!! Sorry, ladies, but things have been pretty hectic around here!! I'll catch up on the updates for the next check-in! Thanks for understanding   -Cici This weekly check-in is for anyone using/considering or who has used a 3rd party method of reproduction, including: Donor egg, donor sperm, embryo adoption, gestation carrier, or surrogate - also Donors, GC's and surrogates as well! If you don't check-in for 3 weeks you'll be removed from the list but we'll happily add you back next time you check in! NOTE: Board etiquette - please post BFPs separately from the check-in, with a warning in message title.

Check-In: How is it going? What are your next steps? How are you feeling?

QOTW: Do you partake in festive fall activities? Which one is your favorite? Apple picking? Hayrides?

((Hugs))

Thespis7 - DS - IUI #2 canceled due to overstimulation.

refeek1 - D-EG - Sorry that FET #2 was a bust. Big hugs!! FET #3 will be scheduled soon.

doodiebug18 - DS - Sorry about IUI #1 being a bust Hopefully #2 is your lucky number!

New BFPs & Other Good News!

ceemonkey - DE/DS - BFP!! Two outstanding betas on Sept 13th & 15th!!

In the TWW!

1220winterbride - DE - When is beta? FX!!

Currently Cycling/Scheduled

JimBobCooter - D-EG - Estrogen/Lupron phase of donor egg cycle. Transfer at the end of Sept.

mm29 - DS - Testosterone Priming Phase in progress!

Waiting to Cycle

chicagobride07 - D-EG - Waiting for Dr. KK appt in December.

doodiebug18 - DS - Sorry about IUI #1 being a bust Hopefully #2 is your lucky number!

Km672 - D-EG/DS - Getting everything done for a transfer in October.

Lacyj67 - D-EG - Parenting foster son! BCPs start Sept 23rd for FET in October or November.

Love4Labs826 - D-EM - Working on some lining issues before next transfer.

marshmallowevening - D-Em - FET #3 possibly in November.

refeek1 - D-EG - Sorry that FET #2 was a bust. Big hugs!! FET #3 will be scheduled soon.

RunCC37 - D-EG - Confirming the schedule for a mid-November ER/ET with the donor. Dr. KK next Monday!

Rumbera28 - D-EG - researching affordable donor egg programs

sorrellam30 - E-EG - Waiting for everyone to sync up for the 1:3 shared program at SG.

Thespis7 - DS - IUI #2 canceled due to overstimulation.

Pregnant!

lincoln79 - IP-GC - EDD 11/7/14! 7 frosties on ice for future siblings

Sammer 818 – IP-GC - EDD 11/23/14! Turkey-day baby BOY!

Mrs.McIrish - D-EG - Twin girls! EDD 12/2/14!

ksgsmu - D-EG - EDD 1/12/15 - TWINS! Half Baked! Woohoo!!

BeckyP005 – D-EG - EDD 2/22/15

ceemonkey - DE/DS - BFP!! Two outstanding betas on Sept 13th & 15th!!

Parenting

DoublePortion - D-EM - Boy/Girl twins born on 6/30/14!

e74 - D-EM - Twin boys born in 2013 and are on the move! Hello crawling and cruising!

2MamazinSeattle - D-EG/DS - Baby Simone Louise was born happy & healthy on 8/21/14!!

Mama-Bear

Could you add me to the list?  I haven't been very active recently because there really wasn't anything to be active about but I'm a GS and we're transferring 1 embryo on Friday.  We're not sure which as my IM had her ER yesterday.  

sammer818

Check in: Our baby is a little chunk! He's in the 97th percentile for size so our GC has to go in for weekly NSTs and every other week ultrasounds until he's born. Everything still looks great though! 

QOTW: I love fall and love going to the apple orchard to get fresh apples and apple cider. I hope to start a tradition once our little guy is born that is fall-oriented...like picking pumpkins together or something. 

Lacyj67

Well get round three here we go.. lurpon shot is this oct. 1st. 

and dr appointments will begin again.im sure Oct 29th will be here before we know it.

I've been active again and walking a lot and going to add swimming a few times a week to get some of those muscles i haven't used in a while going again!

PJ UPDATE***

 all is well with the little man and he is on track to be walking prob by halloween!

QOTW: im most excited to have the holidays with him. so lots of trips to do fun fall activities like the pumpkin patch and doing a mickey mouse pumpkin for him. going to the local barn for hayrides and apple pie!!! he will be a turkey for halloween so its gonna be cuteness overload!!

datingbettyboop

Big Hugs & hand squeezes to everyone!

I can’t believe we are at the half-way mark - 20w tomorrow.  CRAZY!!!  I am so behind on cleaning out my office which is supposed to become the nursery.  I think a bulldozer might help.  Our GC sends us pictures every week of her growing belly.  (I keep checking that there is just one munchkin in there.)  We are headed to the AS/US next week (21w) & I cannot wait to see our little gummy bear again.  I’m also very excited to finally find out boy or girl (I think boy).  With my luck they won’t cooperate as they have tried to dodge the wand the last few ultrasounds. When we started this journey I thought it might be nice to find out on the due date, but NOPE, I want to know now!

Started setting up our registry, but I won’t make it live until after the big reveal.  

Went to a baby expo on Saturday.  A good friend of mine flew in to go with me which meant so much.  I even won a Petunia Pickle Bottom backpack diaper bag (I just like saying petunia pickle bottom). 

QOTW: Can’t say we partake in any “Fall” activities, but I do start making soup for dinner during the Fall.  I love the crispness in the mornings & nighttime.

BeckyP005

Hello! Hope everyone is doing ok.

Not much going on. 19 weeks today. Next Monday is our A/S appt.!! Feeling ok except this nasty head cold I've had since Thursday.

QOTW: I use to go to a fall festival every year with some friends in the mountains but we stopped last year. Hopefully next year MH and I will have some traditions with our LO.

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sorrellam30

I feel dumb checking in bc NO changes, still on bcp....still waiting On the plus side I love fall and fall activities! Apple harvest festivals, football games, it's all good stuff

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BeckyP005

@JimBobCooter‌ your beta is early! Heck mine was 13 days! First transfer though I did poas early but FET I actually waited until day 12 just because I didn't want to be sad at the two 1st bday parties I had to attend if neg lol. FX!!!

lincoln79

Hugs to all that need them. Special hugs to those who are in those torturous waits.

@Sammer818 - we are doing NST and BPP too. not for any real reason, just because our GC is 41 and this is an IVF pregnancy.

QOTW: Love apple cider and bonfires!

EAIF Below

We are under 40 days now! We went to an infant care class on Sunday and car seat class is tonight at 7 PM. Thursday we have another appointment (weekly now!) and are trying to get organized around here to figure out what we still NEED to have before Squirt comes.

Km672

Hey ladies,

Sending lots of luck to those who are cycling or waiting-

@lacyj67 - love your new avatar! You are so pretty! The holidays should be lots of fun w/ pj

@sorrellam30‌ - ugh... I hate all of this waiting for you!! Fx you get good news that you can start soon!

@JimBobCooter‌ - sending you lots of luck

@BeckyP005 - I can't believe you are 19 weeks! Wow!

@marshmallowevening‌ - I hope you are matched and can start very soon.

**update- our embryos arrived at our clinic last week. Everything is on track. Trying to take care of myself and just get through all of this.

Qotw- I'm obsessed with fall. I went apple picking with my dad yesterday and will be making an apple spice cake this afternoon.

I drag my husband to lots of farm stands and we get cider and donuts while we walk the apple orchards. He's always a good sport about it because he knows how much I love it

DoublePortion

SAIF Check-In: Things are still going really well. The babies have learned how to smile, coo & occasionally try to laugh. It's so fun to see their personalities develop. @BeckyP005‌ I can't wait to find out what you're having!! @Lacyj67‌ FX PJ is walking in time to trick or treat!! QOTW: We never really do anything fall related Maybe next year I can find fun things to take G&B to do.

ceemonkey

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a good week.

Update: I have my first OB u/s Friday. It can't get here soon enough - I had some bleeding yesterday and am having some very light/mild cramps so of course I'm anxious. 

QOTW: I LOVE fall. It's my favorite. I would love to do hayrides and apple picking but don't really do it just because that seems like a family/kids activity and we've been sans kids for so many years. Hopefully next fall! But I do love my fall football rituals of tailgating and playing games and such.

ksgsmu

love hearing how everyone is doing!

I am 22 weeks today and doing well except getting more uncomfortable!  MFM appointment is next week then glucose test with OB the next week. 

QOTW:  I love fall!  We usually hit up a local fall festival and I consume everything pumpkin I can find   This year no fall festival as I can't walk much with the sciatica pain. 

Mrs.McIrish

Hi everyone!

So I'm 31 weeks tomorrow. We start growth u/s and weekly BPP on Monday. My parents are coming to "babysit" me as DH's cousin is getting married a few hours from our house so I'm not going. No NICU near by the wedding plus I just am too uncomfortable to make it thru the events. It's very hard for me to believe that this wedding is here already since the announcement of it last year was the catalyst to returning to treatment (I was afraid of the bride having a baby right after the wedding and not being able to handle it).

Today is a bittersweet day. It's the EDD of the baby we lost in January. While I'll never know, I think that baby would have made it if I'd taken lovenox. I had asked for the MTHFR test but no one ran it. If they did, we'd have known earlier and maybe not lost that baby. But it's weird bc I know we would have only had one child and this way we are now getting the twins. That's why it's bittersweet. I like to think that baby is looking out for his/her sisters who will be here in 6-7 weeks.

QOTW: honestly I haven't been up for fall activities the past few years and this year, I am just too uncomfortable! Hopefully next year we'll go to some festivals etc. wearing baby carriers so we have a free hand for Octokerfest beer!

1220winterbride

I've had some spotting and cramping so I am freaking afraid!  But I have to remind myself that this pregnancy is different.  Overall, just dying to see the first Ultrasound on Monday.  I will be almost 7 weeks by then.  I feel pretty good, almost too good.  But i am hot and tired and my boobs are huge. and my betas were good.

We watch a ton of College football and I wish I could play!

lincoln79

@Mrs.McIrish - huge hugs for your EDD. I have been having lots of flashbacks this fall of my previous losses. The emotional healing takes so much longer than I ever anticipated.

(((Hugs)))

BeckyP005

@Mrs.McIrish hugs...

chicagobride_07

Nothing new to report. Have an appointment on the books in late October with RE to get going again; likely FET sometime in November. We will cycle once before the appointment with Dr. KK in December, which is our last shot. It actually feels good to be doing nothing right now after all those months of failed cycles. GL to everyone!

chicagobride_07

@mcirish, so excited for you! Have you picked out a double stroller yet?

doodiebug18

I all..sending out hugs to those who need them!!

I did my 2nd IUI on Saturday. Beta will be 10/13 if I make it that far...here is to hoping!

I love fall and doing fall things! We'll be having a craft fair this weekend and going to a pumpkin patch with my niece.

Lacyj67

@Km672‌ thanks for the compliment. Made my night!!:)

Mrs.McIrish

chicagobride_07 said:

@mcirish, so excited for you! Have you picked out a double stroller yet?

I'm just doing the double snap n go with infant car seats initially and then will get the City Mini Double (probably GT) in the spring. I figured there was no rush to get it since it will be winter and no point storing it for 6 months before we used it!

pmv81

I know I haven't checked in for a few weeks, so I'm not listed anymore but wanted to come see how everyone is doing. I think of you all often. 

Tomorrow I'm 17 weeks. Things are moving along great and I felt her for the first time over last weekend, it was amazing.

QOTW: I love Fall, but living in Miami there doesn't seem to be lots of activities OR a season change - so I miss all that. We are on the hunt for some kind of festival.

RunCC37

hugs McIrish

I don't even know where to start with my check-in. We had our follow-up with Dr. KK on Monday. It was very informative and completely overwhelming. She recommended a lot of supplements and meds to add to our DE cycle. I posted more details on IFV if you're interested in that sort of thing

We are proceeding with our donor cycle and should have a mid-November ER/ET!! We are prepared to do a freeze-all in the event that my uterus is not ready in time. I'll start BCPs with my next cycle, which should be any day now.

QOTW: I love all the fall activities I just went apple picking last weekend and made my annual batch of "Apple Cici's" (apple crisps). They were delicious! There's a farm nearby that has quite the festival, and a really fun corn maize. 

chicagobride_07

Congrats, RunCC, it must be great to have a plan. I'm still waiting for my appointment, but I read your post on IFV and it sounds like DR. KK is very thorough and worth the wait.

RunCC37

I know it's a long time to wait @chicagobride_07 but she was well worth it. I have to admit that I'm completely overwhelmed now that I have all this information, but hopefully it'll all come together. This just has to work... I can't see myself doing this ever again. I'm EXHAUSTED.