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Weekly Randoms - week of Nov 28

Re: Weekly Randoms - week of Nov 28

  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    just wanted to pop in here and generally say howdy to all the new faces especially in the wto/tww thread. it's nice to see the place picking up again after a long quiet phase. 
    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.
    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.
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  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    also feel free to resurrect the old opk thread and the monthly questions/chart stalk threads, which are both good for getting more eyes than the weekly wto/tww thread, which some of us IFers don't always read.
    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.
    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.
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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    I cannot believe it’s December on Thursday. I’m not prepared!!! 🤯🤯

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • AmMcc12AmMcc12 member
    edited November 2022
    I’m that person in the office today! I accidentally grabbed shrimp/broccoli pasta instead of the chicken..

    Edited because I apparently forgot how to GIF. I’m going to go cry in a corner now..
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


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  • AmMcc12AmMcc12 member
    @wanderlustsoul November went so fast!!
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


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  • maggiemadeitmaggiemadeit member
    @AmMcc12 It’s not you! I can’t post from my computer these days, and I can’t GIF at all anymore. I had to post a still to start the thread because it wasn’t accepting any GIFs. And the otter was all cute and waving too! 😢
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  • AmMcc12AmMcc12 member
    @maggiemadeit what a relief that it’s not just me, but hopefully the glitch is fixed soon!
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    Ugh. I feel like a UTI is coming again. I’m chugging water to hopefully prevent it from getting worse and needing antibiotics again. 

    Never had one before October and now… what a mystery my body has been in the past few months. 

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • anniemarie887anniemarie887 member
    @wanderlustsoul i had a spat of UTIs in college that took a stronger antibiotic to kick, my dr back then said if the first line rx wasn't fully eradicating it that's why it kept coming back so easily.
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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    @anniemarie887, oh interesting. Did your tests come back negative (or whatever?) after it? I had a test after the antibiotics and they said I was clear. But who knows. 

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • stashattackstashattack member
    edited November 2022
    @wanderlustsoul same. I am not prepared. Between the holidays and my first being a christmas baby, and then winter birthdays for both MH and me, I feel like I can't catch my breath until March. LOL. Also UTIs are the worst. I used to get them once a month. Chug that water!

     edit: removed a triggering word.
    PG #1: 36w5d 12/25/19
    PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
    PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
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  • AmMcc12AmMcc12 member
    @wanderlustsoul oh no!! I have Chronic UTIs and take a single antibiotic every time after sex for preventative. Chug that water! 
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


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  • bearmomma1bearmomma1 member
    @stashattack I don’t mean to be stickler here, but I know many here would love to have a “dreaded Christmas baby”. This isn’t the best thread to bring up LC. 
    TTC History:
    Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010.
    TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
    BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
    TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
    Due date was Nov 2020
    DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
    TTC: March 2021
    IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
    IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP.  MC Jan 2022
    IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
    IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
    AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.



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  • stashattackstashattack member
    @bearmomma1 totally fair. Sorry about that! I've removed the word. <3 I don't want to hurt anyone here. I just wasn't thinking!
    PG #1: 36w5d 12/25/19
    PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
    PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
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  • anniemarie887anniemarie887 member
    @wanderlustsoul no, this was back in gosh, like 2005-2006?!?! So I would do a week of like bactrim, feel fine, and then bam a month later it would
    be back. Took a round of levaquin, and then future ones were treated with cipro. 
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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    My chugging of water definitely helped! 

    Ok, my in laws arrive in just over a week and they’ll be here for a month. 🥴 I’m going to thoroughly enjoy my last week & weekend of having no one in my house. 😂

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • stashattackstashattack member
    edited December 2022
    @wanderlustsoul may the odds be ever in your favor with the in-laws. 



    edit to gif correctly. it's been a hot minute
    PG #1: 36w5d 12/25/19
    PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
    PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
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  • AmMcc12AmMcc12 member
    Amazon order I just placed: 25 pack ovulation tests, 25 pack pregnancy tests, mabis thermometer (mine is saving temps) and 100 Dixie cups to eventually pee in 😂 
    Me: 26     DH: 25
    DS1 -- 9/30/2016


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  • mambo5-2mambo5-2 member
    How is it already December?!  I just I can't. 
    Spoiler for History 

    Me - 30 DH - 32

    April 2009 - 8+ week MC
    January 2012 - BFP - DS Born 10/21/2012
    May 2013 - BFP - Twins MMC @ 13 weeks D&C
    Oct 2013 -  BFP MC @ 6 weeks
    Dec 2013 -  BFP  DD Born 8/16/14 - Cholestasis at 36+5
    Nov 2016 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
    Dec 2016 - BFP  DD Born 6/19/17 @ 28+4 Severe Pre-E, IUGR, Cholestasis 
    Nov 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
    Jan 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
    Jan 2019 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
    DH Vasectomy Aug 2019
    Feb 2022 - TTC #4 with IVF - RPL testing
    Protein C and S Deficiency - Blood Thinners for Treatment - Maybe we don't know!
    June 2022 - IVF - 2 embryos - 1 transferred 6/22/22 - Transfer Failed
    July 2022 - FET - cancelled
    Dec 2022 - Vasectomy reversal
    June 2023 - DH diagnosed with Brain Tumor - TTC put on indefinite hold
    January 2025 - Surprise BFP! Due 9/13/2025 - CP
    January 2025 - Trying Again



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  • maggiemadeitmaggiemadeit member
    I planted daffodil bulbs yesterday, in December in New England. It was 57 degrees! It’s been a truly strange year for gardening. 
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    That's crazy @maggiemadeit. It coooold here in Wisconsin. But I have daffodils and I love that they come up first every year to remind me spring is finally here!
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