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Re: WTO Friday 8/30
Month/Cycle: 13/13
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: Ava, OPK, Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Fertility testing
R/R: Busy day today.. meeting with a dietician this morning to help me with my gluten free diet. Then this evening (11 pm!!) I am going for an ultrasound to check my ovaries/uterus. Might sneak in a nap this afternoon as I’m still tired from nights!
CS/Q: nope!
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
CD: 26
WAYDTGKU: Benched...SHG next cycle and will restart Letrozole the next cycle & add in progesterone.
R/R: It’s FRIDAY!! I’m thinking very seriously about taking off a couple hours to get this weekend started early!! So happy it’s a 3-day weekend!!
CS/Q: None.
@misshelen86 hope your appt with the dietician goes well and your US tonight goes well! Is this at a regular doctor’s office, or do you have to go to a hospital to have it done that late in the evening? Either way, that’s great you have that option! Do you always work nights?
@bluetickgal a day like today is when I love having summer hours. I leave at lunch today 😃
Month/Cycle: 26/23 (I think?)
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: FET in 11 days
R/R: Friday woohoo! I'm out of here at lunch! DH and I plan on finishing most of the stuff that has been left unfinished in the bathroom. Which we started like 3 weeks ago... But we've had friends over on the weekends and have just been generally busy this month. DH is mostly over being sick. He still has congestion but I think he feels less crummy. And I didn't catch it!! Yes!!
CS/Q: nope
TTC #1 since 7.2017
Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3 | all BFN
IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20
Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy
DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023
Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
Repeat labs in 8 weeks
Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
TTC put on pause
Happy FriYAY!!!
Month/Cycle: 11/9 (AL)
CD: 26
WAYDTGKU: preseed, CM, PNV, OPK, EOD, Letrozole - next cycle we add in the trigger and IUI
R/R: I had EWCM yesterday for the first time in a few months (at least that I can remember anyway)! So I was excited about that... we are crazy people for getting excited over EWCM, huh?! I'm still not getting my hopes up that it's a sign of O, since the two rounds of OPK peaks were a bust, but who knows! I'll still take it! AND we had another fun morning HIO session today too! Bring on the day!
CS/Q:
@misshelen86 goodluck with everything today!! Let us know how it all goes!
@bluetickgal stop thinking about leaving early and just do it!!!
@inthewoods I hope you guys get all the things done today!
BFP: 10/27/2011 | EDD: 6/30/12
DS born 6/28/12 via C/S
TTC #2: September 2018
Me: 36 | DH: 39
Mirena removed 9/13/2018 after 6 years
BFP 11/11/2018 | MC @ 5.5 weeks on Thanksgiving
July 2019 - Diagnosed with Secondary Unexplained IF
August 2019 - 2.5 mg of Letrozole = Never Ovulated so Trigger and IUI were cancelled
9/30/2019 - IUI #1 (5 mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFP but Betas showed CP @ 4 weeks
10/28/2019 - IUI #2 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Trigger) = BFN
11/25/2019 - IUI #3 (7.5mg of Letrozole, Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN
12/24/2019 - IUI #4 (7.5mg of Letrozole + Crinone after IUI) = BFN
1/24/2020 - IUI #5 (50mg of Clomid + Trigger + Crinone after IUI) = BFN and an Ovarian Cyst
3/2/2020 - Taking a break to reset/NTNP
11/1/2020 - At peace with where things are in life and are no long actively TTC. Whatever happens will happen and it will all be okay.
@kpearse99 I did it, I get to leave 2 hours early now! Woohoo!! Yay for EWCM...that’s definitely something to get excited about! Hope you have a good day off today and enjoy that massage!!
@inthewoods23 It is an odd time.. it was either 11 pm on a Friday night, or wait until the end of October! Glad you didn’t get sick and your H is feeling better! Hope you get lots done!
@kpearse99 Yay for EWCM!!! Hopefully this is finally your O! FX!
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!