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optimistgardener
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WTO Monday 12/13
optimistgardener
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**This is a thread that welcomes all regardless of where they are at in their TTC journeys. Please be mindful of topics that are discussed that could be hurtful to those going through tough times. Mention of children or pregnancies of others should have a TW (trigger warning) and be in a spoiler if possible, and only be mentioned if it is extremely pertinent to the conversation. Thanks for keeping this a safe place for us all to engage!**
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History
I am doing this on my own. Left ovary and fallopian tube removed due to cyst/necrosis just after birth. Right ovary and tube still purport to function.
Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
Began TTC in Aug '18 @ age 35
5 or 6 (or 7?!) cycles using frozen donor sperm, ICI. All BFN
Mar-Jun '19 IUIs, all BFN
Began process of referral for RE in spring of '19, blood tests confirm low AMH (.54) but all else is good.
May '19 HSG shows open tube, but ultrasound suggests fibroids
MRI in June '19 confirms two large fibroids, one growing through wall of uterus
In June '19 I move from California to Oregon, disrupting my insurance, referrals, etc. 5 months spent piecing it all back together.
Nov. '19 attempted myomectomy (vaginal approach) failed. 2nd surgery using laparoscopic method in Jan '20 is successful.
April '20 --> June '20, natural IUIs, all BFN.
July? saline ultrasound and bubble test demonstrate open tube
July '20 clomid cycle cancelled for thin lining
Aug-Oct, 3 femara cycles, all BFN
RE referral. While waiting to set up an appointment Nov-Jan,I continue with natural cycles and ICI, using a known donor, BFN...
Jan '21 more bloodwork, AMH is worse (.30), FSH high albeit not catastrophic at 13.2. hysteroscopy all good. "looks cozy!" says the RE.
Feb '21, injectables (menopur, novarel), iui, BFN (doc said the frozen donor sperm sample had the "best numbers she'd ever seen!")
Mar '21, injectables, iui cancelled due to lack of follicles, converted to at home-insem. BFN
May '21, first IVF round cancelled due to cyst.
July '21 IVF: standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 7; 6 days of stims. 8 eggs retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilize, 4 made it to blast. 3 are 4AB, 1 is 4BB. PGT-A results all abnormal.Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
Re: WTO Monday 12/13
Month/Cycle: 5/6AL
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: Benched this cycle
R/R: As I knew it, last cycle was a disaster and I finally got my answer that it wasn't the one for us. AF was 2 days later than I had originally thought, so I think I O'd later too and just couldn't tell due to my low grade fever, which would have pushed our timing way off. We are taking this cycle off as the DD would be September 14th-ish and we have two weddings this coming September (the 4th and 17th). Now we just have to decide how long we want to take a break for, which I am still struggling with. Hope you don't mind me hanging out in the dailies while I am benched.
CS/Q: Taking a break from temping while we are benched this month.
Married 10/28/17
Our TTC Journey
Team Green turned Team Blue 10/15/18
TTC #2 January '21
BFP June '21
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21
Jan '22 - started IF testing
BFP Jan '22
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C Feb '22
BFP May '22
@tessiesmom26
That sounds like a busy month. That has to be a struggle to take a step back for a while. Hopefully it won't be too long.
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: BBT and CM tracking, OPKs, and Supplements
R/R: We had a pretty busy weekend. My dad's cousin and her SO came down for a conference and spent the night with my parents, so we had a nice visit with them. We also did a fun Christmas-y project over the weekend for one of MH's co-workers. We surprised her with it this morning and she was pretty happy with it. Now it's back to trying to clean the house and keep the cat and the dog from tearing each other apart. Maybe it's the cold weather we're getting, but both of them are really hyper today.
I'm at peak on my OPKs and my temp took a drastic drop this morning. Our timing should be pretty good, so keeping my fingers crossed.
CS/Q:
@tessiesmom26 ahh so sorry it didn't happen last month.
hopefully the break isn't too long.
@katrielle Sounds like a nice weekend! Love this time of year, and all those Christmas-y things.
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 10
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, OPKs
R/R: It was a bit of a rough weekend and then today my work hours were a little funky. And then all the stuff below as well. Just a messy few days I guess
CS/Q: So I think we may have missed O this month...it's usually around day 12, so that's what I was planning for, but day 9 my temp spiked, and I started OPKs that day thinking that was a good time to start (until I saw that spike). OPK was just barely lighter than the control, it was so close. I tested again later and it was definitely lighter, and then today even lighter...I also had to throw out today's temp cause I woke up 2 hours before my alarm and assumed I'd go back to sleep, but nope, I stayed awake. So I temped real quick just to have something in there, but marked it as discarded. So....that's how things are going over here. We DTD last night just in case maybe we could catch it, but it looks like we either missed it or my body did some weird thing and it's still around the corner. We'll see in a few days.