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I can't believe I am pregnant!

twilightowltwilightowl member
edited October 2015 in June 2016 Moms
Hello All!

Congratulations to all and hope you are doing well!

My name is Dawn and I am new to the Bump and being pregnant. My husband and I have spend the last 6 years trying to have a baby. We started in 2010 after we bought our first house. Within 6 months we got pregnant, but had a chemical miscarriage. Continued to try for another 18 months, before finally deciding to seek medical assistance. We tried to IUI's in 2013 and both failed, then we decided try on our own again for another 18 months. Finally in December 2014, I sought out another fertility clinic near where we live (DC metro area) and was amazed at our doctor. We conducted all the screenings, tests and blood work. In February we sat down with are RE and were told the only way we could have a baby was to do IVF. I wasn't prepared to hear that and started to panic. We make enough to live comfortably...but not well beyond our means. So the cost and the fact that I was 270 lbs at the time didn't help. I was also told that I would need to lose weight if I wanted to continue into the IVF program. My husband and I has some serious heart to heart talks about going through with it, or adopting. We decided to try IVF and made a plan to lose weight. From February to June I lost 40 lbs, through the Atkins diet. We conducted our first IVF in June and it didn't go as planned, we lost nearly all embryos, sans two, which we transferred. It didn't work and we were heartbroken. We decided to try again in September and had a great IVF cycle. We only had 4 embryos left after the egg retrieval, but they all chugged along. We ended up with 3 really good quality, transferred 2 and cryopreserved 1. We transferred on 9/25 and I got my BFP on 10/1. I felt something was off and cried the entire way home for work that evening. I stopped and bought the FRER and sure enough....two lines. Two beautiful pink lines! I surprised my husband when he got home from work and he is cautious, but happy. We have our first beta on 10/8 (the fertility clinic makes you wait 20 days from transfer...which sucks) and we are hoping for strong numbers. We also know there is a chance for twins, because of transferring two. That is also what my husband is freaking out about. 

So I am still trying to process everything...recognizing that I am going to be a high-risk pregnancy because of my age and weight....but I don't care. 

Again I hope that you are all doing well and have a wonderful day!

Regards, 
Dawn

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