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CaringCat
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***2nd Trimester Check-in 2/23***
CaringCat
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A new week, happy Monday to everyone in 2nd tri! This is a weekly check-in for PAIF members in their second trimester. Feel free to join at 14 weeks and we will bid you an excited farewell on your way to 3rd tri after your 27th week.
If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below and include:
- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out)
- How far along you are
- Any appointments or other updates
QOTD: Did you buy anything for the future baby(ies) yet? If so, what?
**LAST WEEK!!**
Are all of our May ladies headed to third tri this week??? If so, good luck and congratulations!!!
MAY
@1220winterbride - 5/25/15 (Girl)
@iheartsippycups2 – 5/25/15 (Boy)
@Regan1976 -5/25/15 (Boy) - Welcome back!
@ky29 - 5/28/15 (Boy)
@sweetpotato123 - 5/31/15 (Boy/Boy twins)
JUNE
@turquoisequeen - 6/3/15 (Boy)
@starlightgator - 6/9/15 (Girl/Girl twins) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@bears1011 - 6/10/15 (Girl) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@Kam10 - 6/14/15 (Boy) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@jessimi06 - 6/15/15 (Boy/Girl twins) - Congrats on making it to V-Day!
JULY
@katemonster1 - 7/2/15 (team green)
@CaringCat – 7/17/15 (boy)
@KevinandJesse – 7/19/15 (team green)
@Julie21613 - 7/20/15 (twins)
@chicory – 7/21/15 (twins – Boy/Boy)
@sorrellam30 – 7/28/15 (one bean – finding out)
AUGUST
@lawmom747 - 8/2/15 (twins - ???)
@kistra - 8/4/15 (boy)
@carrieharry79 – 8/4/15 (Girl)
@fjamil1 - 8/8/15 (Twins - boy/??) - Welcome!
If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below and include:
- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out)
- How far along you are
- Any appointments or other updates
QOTD: Did you buy anything for the future baby(ies) yet? If so, what?
**LAST WEEK!!**
Are all of our May ladies headed to third tri this week??? If so, good luck and congratulations!!!
MAY
@1220winterbride - 5/25/15 (Girl)
@iheartsippycups2 – 5/25/15 (Boy)
@Regan1976 -5/25/15 (Boy) - Welcome back!
@ky29 - 5/28/15 (Boy)
@sweetpotato123 - 5/31/15 (Boy/Boy twins)
JUNE
@turquoisequeen - 6/3/15 (Boy)
@starlightgator - 6/9/15 (Girl/Girl twins) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@bears1011 - 6/10/15 (Girl) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@Kam10 - 6/14/15 (Boy) – Congrats on making it to V-Day!
@jessimi06 - 6/15/15 (Boy/Girl twins) - Congrats on making it to V-Day!
JULY
@katemonster1 - 7/2/15 (team green)
@CaringCat – 7/17/15 (boy)
@KevinandJesse – 7/19/15 (team green)
@Julie21613 - 7/20/15 (twins)
@chicory – 7/21/15 (twins – Boy/Boy)
@sorrellam30 – 7/28/15 (one bean – finding out)
AUGUST
@lawmom747 - 8/2/15 (twins - ???)
@kistra - 8/4/15 (boy)
@carrieharry79 – 8/4/15 (Girl)
@fjamil1 - 8/8/15 (Twins - boy/??) - Welcome!
"Will you be my Valentine?" 2/14/2004
"Will you marry me?" 7/4/2008
"Wanna get a cat?" 7/4/2010
TTC #1 since 2/2011
Me: 28 DH: 29 2 Cycles Femera, 4 IUIs, IVF#1 (BNF), IVF#2 (BFN).
This discussion has been closed.
Re: ***2nd Trimester Check-in 2/23***
I did my Glucose Test last week . No results yet so I am assuming that no news equals Good News!
& a few people have gotten us stuff from the registry. (Diaper bag!!)
My heart is as open as the sky.
Read about it on the blog
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
*******siggy/ticker warning*****
Me(31). DH (31)
DH SA normal count and motility, 1% morphology
Me .72 AMH, Fragile X premutation carrier
IVF #1 (6/12/13) BFN
IVF #2 (8/16/13) BFN
FET 10/4/13 Chemical
IVF #3 MC 5 weeks 5 days
IVF #4 DE 11/7 BFP, edd 7/28/15
All Welcome
10/11: after 2 years, saw a RE, FSH 5.4
11/11: BFP! (surprise after thyroid & normal hsg),
12/11: missed m/c after 7 week u/s, 1/12: D&C
6/12 IUI#1-IUI #3: clomid = BFP!, C/P
IVF #1(10/12) FSH 5.4, AFC: 16 long Lupron, 5R/5M/4F, all 4 made it to 5dt, 1 blast/1-8 cell transferred=BFN
IVF #2(12/12)AFC 21, MD lupron, 4R/4M/3F, 5dt of 1 blast and 2-8cell. BFN.
IVF#3(4/13) Natural start antagon protocol, 12R,11F. one PGS normal at day 6 transfer. BFN.
IVF#4 (11/13) C.CRM (ODW.U normal 8/13 Still no Diagnosis) EPP/antagonist. ER 13R/7M/6F. Only 1 made it to freeze. Abnormal. Looking into options of DE, Fresh vs frozen.
10/14 new local RE to look into what's next. CD3 FSH 4.7, AMH 0.9. Met with DE agencies and exploring options for feb/march 2015.
Surprise natural bfp (4 days before donor is signed). Beta #1 at 9dpo: 51.8, 2nd beta: 195 (25 hours doubling) @11dpo. 3rd beta (12/15): 516 (35 hrs doubling) 4th beta(12/17): 895 (58 hours doubling) 5th beta(12/19): 2120. U/S at 5w0d(12/22): one gestational sac with yolk sac. U/S #2 (6w0d)12/29. One little bean measuring 6w0d with HR 124. 3rd u/s(1/4)7w0d: baby measuring 7w2d. HR 134. 3/30: A/S at MFM went great except for low lying placenta. Verifi results are normal! Team Blue! Please send any positive thoughts our way! EDD:8/24/2015
Baby Will born 8/18. He's perfect.
Anyway- I also had a surprise baby "sprinkle" thrown by my sister on Saturday. I was very surprised. I thought my sprinkle was April 11th- so totally thrown for a loop. I thought I was going to pick up my sister to go shopping on Saturday, then walked into a party- Luckily I dressed in normal clothes & not the yoga pants & tshirt I wanted to wear. LOL It was really nice and we got a ton of stuff we needed.
Lots of BFN's & failed IUI's w/clomid and/or femara
Finally BFP with femara & t.i.- son born 6/17/2010
Started TTC again around when DS was 3ish
Lots of BFN's with femara & t.i & ovidrel
Tubes clear, S.A came back low motility but high count
About to switch to injectables w/femara, did one last cycle with just femara & an IUI with ovidrel- stupid motility was fantastic in the sample, but count was 700,000 AFTER wash! Had to sign a paper to even still do IUI- BFFP (big fat freaking positive) Go figure!
1st Beta 13dpiui 54, 2nd beta 48 hours later 115, 3rd beta 48 hours later 310, 4th beta 72 hours later 1748.
Shower is on Saturday and I'm so excited to see my friends and family! 10 more weeks to go!!
we are team pink! So DD will welcome two baby sisters in July!
We have not purchased anything for the twins yet. We wanted to wait and see what we were having... now that we know, I'm sure I will be out and about this weekend looking for just the right things for them!
TTC summer 2008
Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
Mental health break for 10 months
IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
7 fertilized transferred 3
Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl!
TTC#2 No birth control since DD was born. Getting ready to jump back in the saddle. Weaning this month. RE
appt scheduled 5/8. Here we go again!
11/13 beta #1 924!!! 2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430. First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,
Hi everyone! Sorry I missed last weeks check-in. DH and I took a little mini getaway to Chicago for the long weekend and I completely disconnected from everything.
Today I am 24w1d so we have made it to V-day!!! It's finally starting to feel like this is going to happen. I had my 24w checkup this morning and things are going great. Next appointment is March 23rd at 28w which will be the fun glucose test I've heard such great things about
@iheartsippycups2 I'm so sorry for your loss, but congrats on third tri!
@julie21613 Congrats on team PINK!!!
QOTW: We've actually bought quite a bit for our little guy. We've got the nursery pretty well set up, I've got a few more décor things I want to do, but I should be finished with it in the next couple of weeks. I'm such a planner and I can't stand having the room sit empty. I've also made a few purchases of adorable clothes that I just couldn't say no to.
*****Siggy Warning*****
25w5d here. Our MFM appt went well last week other than little guy refusing to give us a profile shot which I was really wanting. Oh well. I spent time this weekend cleaning the craigslist dresser we found for his changing table and DH installed a light/fan in the nursery. 100 days til the due date so things are getting real!
QOTW: Other than fabric to make things, I bought a couple pairs of baby leggings and a pair of little lace up navy baby shoes I found on clearance. Want to see what I get at my shower before buying anything else.
**Signature Warning**
QOTW: I've bought a couple onesies and a hat/sock/mitten set but I'm trying to hold off buying stuff until after my shower. And we did buy the nursery furniture. It's very hard not to buy every cute little outfit I see!!
Thanks for the check in and congrats to our grads moving to third tri!
Today is vday!!! Besides that, nothing new is going on here. I have an Ob appt Friday and get to do my 1 hr glucose test.
QOTW- we have the cribs, bedding, car seats, stroller, diapers, and some clothes. DH's younger sister got us one of the car seats and his older sister got the stroller for us, which was really nice of them.
ALL WELCOME!
TTC since 04/12
Me- 26 PCOS
DH- 28 MFI
10/13 IUI #1 (1 follie)- BFP!
11/13 M/C @9 wk due to tetraploidy, one little boy in heaven
01/14 IUI#2 (1 follie) BFN
02/14 IUI #3 (3 follies) BFN
03/14 IUI #4 (2 follies) BFN
05/14 IVF/ICSI #1 CXL
07/14 IVF/ICSI #1.2 6R, 6M, 5F, 2T, 2 frosties!
Transferred 2-5dt CP
09/14 FET #1 BFP! Beta #1 52 Beta #2 152!
10/20/14- It's TWINS!
1/15- TEAM PURPLE!
I'm 19w4d. I had an OB appt last week and everything is still looking good. Scheduled the a/s next Thurs. I'm anxious for that!! I might be feeling some now but can't tell for sure. I'm always wondering if my stomach is just growling or what. Haha.
QOTD: Right when I found out we're having a boy, I bought of few darling onesy outfits. I wanted to buy everything! I was dying from all the cuteness. I got a used crib from someone that we already assembled. I was a ball of tears once I put the sheet on. Made this all feel soooo real.
Have a great week!
Hi Ladies! I'm a few hours before 25 weeks, so let's call it that.
@CaringCat Thanks for the checkin!
@1220winterbride FX for great results on your glucose test.
@turquoisequeen I'm sorry your little guy wouldn't cooperate. I hope he gives you a clear shot on your next appt. When is that?!
@jessimi06 Congrats on VDay!! Awesomeness. Good luck for a low score on your glucose test. I had mine a few days ago and failed by 3 points.
AFM, the Grumpy Smurf. Well.
I had a lot of drama this past Saturday. I'm ok now. Very scary. Started having painful contractions around 12pm. Lasted til 2 when doc said to get me to labor and delivery. Got a nasty IV of magnesium (which has some awful side effects) to stop contractions (3-4 mins apart) and help babies brains develop. Also got an awful catheter. Those things suck. And doctor checked to see if dilated. (Not a fun experience) Which only showed a tiny bit dilated. All the while still painful contractions and they had to add the evil three stomach straps to monitor babies and contractions. I was a mess. By midnight or so, things slowed down. No more contractions but total anxious mess. By Sunday afternoon they stopped the evil magnesium IV and I finally got to sleep. Couldn't eat for a while. Only slept. Today started to feel a little better in L&D and under close watch. Had 5 contractions today but much farther apart. Had another series of steroid shots for babies lungs. Just got moved back to Maternity. Hopefully, baby girls will stay put for at least another 3-4 weeks.
Me: 40, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s, low ovarian reserve
DH: 42, bi-lateral varicocele (corrected in Dec 2013)
2008 Married
2009 Started TTC #1
2012 Hormone studies/ultrasound, HSG, Clomid
BFP ended in MC
2013 3 rounds of Clomid
Hormone studies/ultrasound, SIS, polyp and bicornuate uterus removed
DH varicocelectomy
2014 Hormone studies/ultrasound, HSG, SIS, removed 2nd polyp
IVF #1- retrieved 17, 3 mature for 2 day transfer, BFN
IVF #2- September…our last chance….. retrieved 22, 6 mature blasts, 2 embies transferred, BFP (300 beta) on Oct 1st, Beta #2 675 Oct 3rd, Beta #3 2,484
EDD Twins 06/09/2015
1/30/2015 PPROM at 21 weeks, 3 days. Hospital bed rest to let these sweet peas cook. Holding on for 34 weeks!
17w1d and things are going fine. Just fine (not great) because I still have this placenta previa issue going on. I'm at peace with it now but still hoping the MFM doctor is right and it clears up soon.
QOTW: We just found out we are team PURPLE! So I can start thinking about the nursery, etc. We have tons of girl stuff from DD but zero boys stuff. Hoping to pick some things up for both babies at my local Mothers of Multiples club clothing & equipment sale at the end of March. A college friend also volunteered boys clothing from her LOs which would be great - just have to drive a couple hours to pick it up. But worth the overall savings. :-)
PCOS and MF
Two failed rounds IUI in 2010
IVF #1 in 2011 - BFP 8/5/11 - Our IVF miracle was born 4/8/12
FET 9/23/13; BFP -Twins-10/3/13; EDD 6/10/14; MC 11/1/13; D&C 11/4/13
FET 3/28/14; BFN - 4/7/14
IVF #2 - Transfer 2 embryos 11/14/14; BFP 11/24/14 - Beta 265;
11/26/14 - Beta 612; 11/28/14 - Beta 1263; 12/1/14 - Beta 3571;
12/3/14 - first u/s - two gestational sacs; 12/17/14 - two healthy heartbeats (132 and 134)
Our IVF miracles were born 7/16/15
**Signature Warning**
EDD: 8/13/15 with one baby (team unknown at this point)
A little info: I've had a worrying pregnancy so far. Spotting, bright red blood, clots early on. Lots of cramping. I have high blood pressure (I've had it before getting pregnant). I also have a positive ANA titer test so I'm on a daily aspirin. I was feeling more confident until I had spotting last night. Thankfully (and knock on wood) it stopped today. Had an emergency sono to check everything out and measure lots of things. Baby still good! They are suspecting my fibroids could be the culprit. I'm just keeping everything crossed!
QOTW: I bought a stuffed elephant that I gave DH with a little note attached to it when I told him I was pregnant. He kind of knew since we did infertility treatment obviously but I made it official with the bloodwork results. That's all we've bought so far.
Edited: I forgot to ask. How many vials does the second trimester blood work call for? I'm a freak about blood work and just want to mentally prepare lol. I'm not sure if the office I go to does the triple or quad. Thanks in advance!!
***SIGGY WARNING***
Me (26) & DH (26)
Dog Momma to 2 amazing furbabies
Started dating: May 6, 2005 & Married: August 4, 2012
Diagnosis: PCOS
September 2013 - January 2014: Not trying but not preventing
February 2014: Officially TTC (BBT, OPKs, etc)
February-August 2014: Irregular Cycles, U/S showed Fibroids/Cysts, Provera required to get AF, BFNs
September & October 2014: Testing Months with Reproductive Endocrinologist!
DH's SA: Normal (116.4 million sperm, 97% motility, 36% morphology) - WHO criteria
DH's Repeat SA: Poss. Low Morph. (138 million sperm, 73% motility, 8% morphology) - Kruger criteria
HSG and SIS: Normal (tubes clear)
Medicated Cycle: 5mg Letrozole + Trigger Injection + TI = BFP!!
ESTIMATED DUE DATE: AUGUST 13, 2015
Beta #1: 12/8 - 1,040 Beta #2: 12/10 - 2,902 Beta #3: 12/16 - 19,321
Ultrasound #1: 12/12 (5 weeks 1 day) - Gestational sac and yolk sac present
Ultrasound #2: 12/18 (6 weeks 0 days) - Measuring good, heart rate 99
Ultrasound #3: 12/26 (7 weeks 1 day) - Measuring good, heart rate 150
- EDD 8/26, twins!, team purple (PGD)
- How far along you are - 14 wks today! I've been so excited to watch that ticker change to lemon!
- Any appointments or other updates- not this wk
QOTD: Did you buy anything for the future baby(ies) yet? Not yet. I've gotten a TON of hand-me-downs already, so it's hard to want to spend $$ yet. I'm sure that day of going crazy in the kids section is coming soon!
So happy to be joining you ladies!
***SIGGY WARNING***
Our Story
Me- 35, mild hypothyroidism
DH- 29, low count due to a chromosomal abnormality, only option is IVF/ICSI with PGD.
Married 5/13
TTC since 8/13
IVF/ICSI #1 ER 9/14 - 14R, 6M, 6F, 5 blasts off to PGD- 1 normal female, 2 balanced males
FET 12/8 of 2 frosties - 1 male/1 female - stick babies stick!
Beta #1 10dp5dt 444! Beta #2 14dp5dt 2,340! U/S 1/5-- TWINS!!! EDD 8/26/15
"You'll never see the rainbow if you can't survive the storm"
I would love to join!
I'm 14 weeks today. I've got one baby on board with an EDD 8/27. My next appointment with my OB is 3/9.
QOTD: I bought a blooming bath baby bath and a brest friend nursing pillow. This is baby #2 for me, and I wished I had both of these the first time around. I saw them on Zulily for a good deal, so I went ahead and bought them
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TTC #1 January 2009
January 2010 SA results: Count 16 million, Motility 40%, Morphology 2%
January 2010- Surprise BFP! DS born 10/1/2010
January 2013 TTC #2
September 2013 Repeat SA: Count= 1.7 million, Motility= 24%, Morphology= 2%
November 6th 1st Appointment with RE: diagnosed with severe MFI
Testing to try to determine a cause & possible treatment for MFI
CD 3 blood work for me. RE does not want to repeat my HSG/lap at this point,
but may want to before moving forward with any fertility treatments.
After seeing the uro, DH is currently taking lots of supplements and clomid to try to boost his count. We will have a repeat SA in February to see if it works.
Follow up SA numbers are: Count= 4 million, Motility= 40%, Morphology= 1%
Uro wants us to have another follow up SA 5/9 to see if we see further improvement than we are back to the RE to make a game plan.
SA 5/9/2014 Count: 12 Million, Motility: 60%, and Morphology 2%. We will be doing iui #1 in late June
IUI #1 6/28 clomid + ovidrel, post wash count 3 million total sperm= BFN
IUI # 2 7/21 clomid+ ovidrel. post wash count 900,000 total sperm= BFN
IVF planned for early November- cancelled due to cyst
December IVF #1- 22 eggs, 20 mature,16 fertilized
12/9 Transferred 1 4AA Blast, 6 frosties
*****Everyone is welcome******
Officially diagnosed with unexplained infertility after 4 years of TTC
IUI#2 gave us DS#1 who became an angel a few minutes after birth from Noonan syndrome
IUI#4 gave us DS#2 - going strong as a toddler!
TTC again... Found a clinical trial for unexplained infertility and finished 16 weeks of "lifestyle intervention"
Cycle #1 - cancelled for ovarian cyst x3...
Hello new faces and good luck to those moving to the 3rd tri!!! We are 19w+5d!!! Time is ticking by!!! Don't know the sex yet, but hopefully soon. We have our level 2 ultrasound next wednesday and I'm on pins and needles waiting to find out! Admittedly, I had a lot of anxiety over worrying about whether or not I will have gender dissappointment... (anxiety... over worry and whether or not.... really? lol). I think I'm in a good place now though. I've always wanted a little boy then a little girl, but I've learned that life gives you exactly what you need, when you need it. So I'm choosing to let go of that anxiety... what's the point in worrying anyway?? So March 4th... get here soon!
In more exciting news we finally picked out a name!!! It will be the same whether our LO is a boy or a girl: Skyler (Sky)!!!
QOTW: We have gone absolutely wild at the registries, but haven't really bought much of anything yet for little Sky, but I'm getting shopping fever!
*****Siggy Warning*****
EDD: August 28th
How far along: today I'm 14w2d we go for the anatomy scan in April.
Upcoming appts: April for the sono and check up. Feels like forever!
QOTD: We haven't bought anything yet. I want to wait to see what we are having first. But towards the end of March we are going to start putting the nursery together. I want it to be perfect so I'm starting early. Lol.
Lots of BFN's & failed IUI's w/clomid and/or femara
Finally BFP with femara & t.i.- son born 6/17/2010
Started TTC again around when DS was 3ish
Lots of BFN's with femara & t.i & ovidrel
Tubes clear, S.A came back low motility but high count
About to switch to injectables w/femara, did one last cycle with just femara & an IUI with ovidrel- stupid motility was fantastic in the sample, but count was 700,000 AFTER wash! Had to sign a paper to even still do IUI- BFFP (big fat freaking positive) Go figure!
1st Beta 13dpiui 54, 2nd beta 48 hours later 115, 3rd beta 48 hours later 310, 4th beta 72 hours later 1748.
I will be seeing you all in third tri soon!