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TTGP Grad Week of June 12
BertieMeetsGertie
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If you are a contributing member with a BFP this week, please share your success with us here! 
How do you know if you're a contributing member?
1. Ask your heart.
2. Do these people know you? Will they be happy about your pregnancy?
3. Have you offered support to others or have you just blasted your own info out there?
4. Really, if you're a 1/1 or a 2/2 and it's not like you were around when you were benched or prior to TTC, maybe just move on. Even if you have participated daily for a month and offered tons of support. Sometimes the silence is kindest. Those of us who lurk BMBs, we'll see your intro and PM/comment/love tit.
5. Again, take a moment and step away from your excitement and ask your heart if posting would be potentially hurtful.
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This thread has mild restrictions - thread is primarily BFP announcements but doesn't allow for direct questions or lengthy/personalized congrats in the comments. Use the "Love It" button, "congrats!", "H&H 9 months!", "I was hoping this was your month!" and other short & sweet notes.
Regular board rules apply - this is not the place to ask if you are pregnant based off your symptoms or for second opinions on your tests. We do invite you to contribute in the daily TWW and WTO threads and discussions. This community gives back tenfold what you put into it!
When you see somebody who has possibly violated a guideline of this thread, please quote the section of these guidelines and include a callout to the poster, but keep snark to a minimum as these rules can be subject to opinion. If you have a post called out, please edit your offending post to add a note that you've been made aware of the rule and will keep it in mind in the future (if you are being asked to change wording due to unintentionally offensive phrasing, please remove that part of your post with a note of "EDIT: Removed offensive phrasing). Remember: this thread is not a tribunal. Continued arguments and defenses about a post have no place here and are considered off-topic. If you would like to make an argument for or against a rule, please create or update a META thread to discuss.
CD/DPO of first BFP?
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP?
What did your chart look like?
What were you doing TGKU?
How was your timing?
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)?
How are you going to/did you tell your partner?
Anything else to add?
How do you know if you're a contributing member?
1. Ask your heart.
2. Do these people know you? Will they be happy about your pregnancy?
3. Have you offered support to others or have you just blasted your own info out there?
4. Really, if you're a 1/1 or a 2/2 and it's not like you were around when you were benched or prior to TTC, maybe just move on. Even if you have participated daily for a month and offered tons of support. Sometimes the silence is kindest. Those of us who lurk BMBs, we'll see your intro and PM/comment/love tit.
5. Again, take a moment and step away from your excitement and ask your heart if posting would be potentially hurtful.
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This thread has mild restrictions - thread is primarily BFP announcements but doesn't allow for direct questions or lengthy/personalized congrats in the comments. Use the "Love It" button, "congrats!", "H&H 9 months!", "I was hoping this was your month!" and other short & sweet notes.
Regular board rules apply - this is not the place to ask if you are pregnant based off your symptoms or for second opinions on your tests. We do invite you to contribute in the daily TWW and WTO threads and discussions. This community gives back tenfold what you put into it!
When you see somebody who has possibly violated a guideline of this thread, please quote the section of these guidelines and include a callout to the poster, but keep snark to a minimum as these rules can be subject to opinion. If you have a post called out, please edit your offending post to add a note that you've been made aware of the rule and will keep it in mind in the future (if you are being asked to change wording due to unintentionally offensive phrasing, please remove that part of your post with a note of "EDIT: Removed offensive phrasing). Remember: this thread is not a tribunal. Continued arguments and defenses about a post have no place here and are considered off-topic. If you would like to make an argument for or against a rule, please create or update a META thread to discuss.
CD/DPO of first BFP?
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP?
What did your chart look like?
What were you doing TGKU?
How was your timing?
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)?
How are you going to/did you tell your partner?
Anything else to add?
Me: 31 DH: 32
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
BFP: 9/01/2017
EDD: 5/14/2018
EDD: 5/14/2018
Re: TTGP Grad Week of June 12
CD/DPO of first BFP? Technically 6dp5dt (11DPO). Beta today was 565.
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP? Between 6 months benched and my long cycles I have no idea, but 26 months total.
What did your chart look like? N/A because IVF, but I did chart before that!
What were you doing TGKU? Injections. Lots of lots of injections. Then a doctor stuck a needle in a very sensitive area, sucked out my eggs, then used a different (hopefully) needle to inject my husband's sperm into those eggs. Then after more injections that hurt a lot more, they put the embryo in me and voila! Easy, right?
But really, I had 5 eggs retrieved, 3 were mature, and just one little engine that could made it to 5-day blast. We did PGS, and it thankfully came out normal.
How was your timing? Pretty darn good.
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)? Everything I have is largely due to the Del Estrogen and progesterone shots. The biggest thing is my boobs are absolutely KILLING me. So PSA for those who think sore boobs are a surefire sign of early pregnancy: No. Not even a little bit. It's the progesterone. Now, the past few days I've been exhausted, but that could be H's 4am wake up call making me tired...So I'm a symptom-spotting ruiner
How are you going to/did you tell your partner? As I said above I got my first BFP on 6dp5dt, but the line was soooo incredibly faint and I read it outside the time window, so I didn't trust it. The next morning I took another Wondfo and the line was more visible, a clear positive if not really that dark, so I felt safe calling it a true BFP. We don't stand on ceremony much, and I hate to know something so personal that he doesn't know, so I called him before I left the house for work and told him I caved, tested, and it was positive. His reaction, "Alright!" After two years I was just so relieved to get that BFP and share it with him that I didn't do anything cute. Since then he's been rubbing my belly and asking how his "seed" is doing.
Anything else to add? TTGP is my home. When I started lurking two years ago I didn't know anything about temping or OPKs, or really anything at all. I learned so much from those women (and everyone here now and since) and without them I wouldn't have been able to go to my doctor armed with the knowledge I had. So I could definitively say "Yes, I am ovulating and I'm still not pregnant, so something is wrong" without any condescending glance from her. I knew to take Advil before the HSG and SHG. I knew what all the numbers meant when my doc told me my hormone levels. I knew what H's SA results meant, so even when the doc diminished them, I knew our chances weren't good. When my doc asked if I had any questions my answer was no, because the Bump women answered them for me already. I'm sure he was confused by how well I even knew about the IVF process. I wouldn't have made it here without you guys, and I'll be lurking and will provide any information I can to newbs, because the IF/IVF struggle is lonely and real, and it helped me so much knowing I wasn't alone, as much as I hated that others struggled with me. This community is a lifeline for so many, and even more who never sign up but just read our posts and learn so much. I love you guys.
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
TTC#1: October 2015
dx: PCOS & MFI
IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP
July 2016: Blighted Ovum
IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN
IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN
IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN
FET February 2017 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17
Team Blue X 2!
HOOOOORAAAYYY!
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
YAY @eggplantface I am so so happy for you!!! Hope you have a smooth and wonderful nine months!
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
cogratulations @eggplantface!!!!!!!!!!!!! This has been such a long time coming, I am so incredibly happy for you!!!!! Wishing you the happiest, healthiest, most perfect 9 months!!
EDD: March 24, 2018 - angel baby at 21 weeks
Dating: 2/2007 Married: 4/2011
TTC #1: 9/2016
*TW*
BFP #2: 3/9/2017 - CP: 3/10/2017
08/2017: DH's SA = normal
08/2017: Low progesterone (4.6) all other BW normal
11/2017: HSG Clear; Pelvic Ultrasound Normal; and AMH, FSH, and Estradiol normal
12/2017: 1,000mg Metformin
12/2017: 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: 100mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: RE Consult
03/2018: 5mg Letrozole + 50 units Gonal-F + 500 μg Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #3: 4/1/2018 - CP: 4/4/2018
04/2018: 5mg Letrozole + Gonal-F + Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #4: 5/2/18
@eggplantface OMG congrats!! So happy for you!
Me: 36 DH: 41
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
Married 9/2015
TTC #1 6/2016
Dx Unexplained IF 6/2017
Clomid + Ovidrel + IUI 7/2017 - Cancelled (overstimulated)
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #1 - BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #2 -BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI#3 - BFP! EDD July 15 2018
Baby Girl H - July 22 2018
TTC #2 - August 2016
MFI
IUI #1-3 BFN
BFP 4/21/18 MMC 6/11/18
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Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
I'm thrilled you'll be joining us on the Feb. BMB!!!!
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
A huge congrats to you, @eggplantface!!! I am so excited for you and hope you have an amazing pregnancy experience! February is lucky to have you.
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
@LadyMillil Yup, add another IVFer to the list!!
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
**lurking**
Yassss!!! So so happy to see this here!! Congratulations @ wishing you an H&H 9 months!!
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
CD/DPO of first BFP? 26/13 it was the first test, so there was some thought that maybe the trigger was still hanging around, so gave it a few more days, tested again and got the first beta.
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP? 20 months
What did your chart look like? Only temped a few days because of the meds.
What were you doing TGKU? ha a bizzallion things, this cycle was vitamins (CoQ10, Vitamin D, Folate, PNV), synthroid for elevated TSH, cabergoline for elevated prolactin, 2 antibiotics for endometritis, baby aspirin, OPK, trigger, IUI, progesterone, and ironically no TI
How was your timing? we had IUI day after trigger and that was it
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)? All the normal symptoms with progesterone: acne, sore boobs, waking early. I got an Apple Watch this cycle though, and I noticed I had elevated heart rate about 7dpiui, just slight and not consistent, but it was one of the SS that I googled. The only other thing was for a few days in the second week of TWW I felt like my uterus was bruised. It was tender when my jeans would press on it. (I know sounds crazy, I actually thought it might be because the abx).
How are you going to/did you tell your partner? Some women collect baby things along their IF journey, I would pick up a thing here or there for the surprise telling. I had a mug that says new daddy needs coffee, and MH once mentioned that he had a stuffed kermit growing up that he loved, I went back to the Disney store the next day and bought it while he was at work. That was over a year ago, and it has remained hidden in my drawer all this time, waiting for the day I could tell him. I took the test when I woke up early and waited hours for him to wake up. I have pink and blue 3x5 cards and wrote a message on them for him and propped them up with Kermit on the kitchen table. I got a video of him walking into the room seeing the cards and the Kermit! It is priceless!
Anything else to add? This community has been the best support I have found on our IF journey. You encouraged me to be my own advocate, to find a responsive RE, and to learn more about the science behind it all. On rough days you allowed me the space to wallow or recoup, and encouraged me to no end. I hope I have given back even a portion of what I have received. I have missed you all even just for the past few days that I was lurking, and will continue to lurk and cheer you on!