I know there's a lot of newbies on here lately (myself included), so I thought it might be a good time for a Getting To Know You poll..
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share):
2. Diagnosis (if you have one):
3. How long have you been TTC:
4. What was your first car:
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not):
6. What are your weekend plans?:
Re: Getting to know you!
I popped in at a good time!
Kristin
MFI
3 years, 4 months
Honda Civic
Coke
Family reunion
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): rach
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): unexplained (which I hate!)
3. How long have you been TTC: since Sept 2007....yes, 2007
4. What was your first car: 1989 Pontiac Sunbird
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): sweet tea, Sunkist Orange, beer
6. What are your weekend plans?: Celebrating my favorite aunt's birthday with dinner and a movie
1. Screen name: Rebelina
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Unexplained Secondary IF
3. How long have you been TTC: TTC #2 for 2 years
4. What was your first car: 1979 Chrysler Cordoba (jealous?)
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Alcohol - Mojito, Non - Iced Tea
6. What are your weekend plans?: Hopefully ER
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): marissa
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): a bunch of shiit, I'm falling apart
3. How long have you been TTC: a little over 3 years
4. What was your first car: 87 oldsmobile calais
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): beer/lemonade
6. What are your weekend plans?: Clean my house, oh and celebrate MH's 40th birthday!
Hi there everyone!!
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Tiffany
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Nothing specific yet, I'm not ovulating...
3. How long have you been TTC: One year
4. What was your first car: Silver Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, lol!
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Pepsi
6. What are your weekend plans?: My nephew's 1st birthday party
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Jessica
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): slighty hypothyroid, slightly MFI
3. How long have you been TTC: on sunday it will be 2 years
4. What was your first car: Toyota Celica
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Soda--Diet Barq's, Alchoholic--Malibu Bay Breeze
6. What are your weekend plans?: going to a music festival on saturday--Gathering of the Vibes, then sunday have a baby shower (awesome--since that will most likely be CD1)
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Lindsey
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Unexplained SIF
3. How long have you been TTC:Since April 09 - almost 16 mos - Cycle 17
4. What was your first car: Saturn
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Margarita!!
6. What are your weekend plans?: Lots of errands to run! Hopefully relaxing some too.
TTC #2 since 4/09
Unexplained Secondary IF
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4 failed rounds of clomid ~ 4 failed IUIs ~ 1 m/c
2/3/11: IUI #5 - Femara/Follistim/Ovidrel/Crinone = BFP (2/14)!!!
Beta #1 (12dpiui): 53 Beta #2 (14dpiui): 203 Beta #3 (20dpiui): 3932 Beta #4 (28dpiui): 60,775
1st U/S (3/3): 2 sacs & yolks 2nd U/S (3/8) 2 heartbeats-TWINS!
Baby A:6w6d HR 131 Baby B:6w4d HR 124
TWINS!! EDD 10/25/2011
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Sue
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): unexplained/ mild MFI (low morph)
3. How long have you been TTC: on cycle #12, one year in August
4. What was your first car: 1998 powder blue Chevy Cavalier nicknamed Clyde
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): pumpkin beer, looking forward to its arrival in fall
6. What are your weekend plans?: Nothing!
IVF#3 brought us our miracle baby girl on June 26, 2012
Hi!
1. Kathy
2. MFI
3. 6 months
4. Jeep Grand Cherokee
5. Orange Crush
6. Going back to my college town to spend a little QT with my DH. (or maybe hide a little??!?)
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Heather
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Unexplained with slight MFI
3. How long have you been TTC: June 2007
4. What was your first car: Pontiac Sunbird
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): wine, beer and iced tea
6. What are your weekend plans?: I am meeting with DH's ex-wife to plan my stepdaughter's babyshower ( yeah it sounds like a good time to me too) and a pary at my aunt's house on Sat.
1. summer_12/Christy
2. Most likely PCOS (waiting for confirmation from RE), possibly hypothyroidism
3. 12 months
4. 1986 Dodge Lancer
5. Pinot grigio
6. BBQ at friends' house; 7:15 a.m. CD 11 ultrasound on Sunday (uggh)
1. Beth
2. DOR
3. Since October 2009
4. Nissan Sentra
5. Wine (boy I miss it)
6.Family friend's bday party Friday, FIL bday party Saturday and my father's bday party sunday. Sat and Sunday are both at my house. I'm going to be tired!
1. Elaine
2. PCOS
3. Since April 09, so 15-months.
4. 1977 Toyota Corolla. My family didn't have much money & my grandmother gave me her car when she got a new one.
5. Dr. Pepper
6. No idea. Probably just cleaning house.
Married 1/2/99.
TTC since 4/09.
Diagnosed PCOS. Diagnosed Hypothryoid 11/09.
SHG & SA normal. PCOS Research study started 5/10.
Clomid/Femara cycle #1 - 6/10 = BFN
Clomid/Femara cycle #2 - 7/10 = BFP #1 - Missed miscarriage 9/2/10
11/12 - BFP #2 - 11/22 - m/c
5/1/11 - BFP #3 - Pre-eclampsia, IUGR & bed rest from 32w. DD born via induction 1/4/12.
EJ708
MFI
Since July 2009
Chevy Corsica -- I HATED that car!
Lemonade
Golf! Lots of Golf!
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Lauren
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): MFI (low morph)/Unexplained
3. How long have you been TTC: It will be one year next week - 2ww of our 14th cycle
4. What was your first car: Mazda 626
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): coffee and coke/pepsi...it's been killer to cut back/stop the caffeine...but (hopefully) worth it!
6. What are your weekend plans?: birthday party for DH's cousin's kids (did you follow that? haha) They have three kids and they're doing one big party for all of them... not sure how I feel about that. But hopefully we'll have good weather!
1. Screen name / Name : Catherine
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): unexplained
3. How long have you been TTC: Since July 2009
4. What was your first car: 1989 Chevy Celebrity...woot!
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Coffee and beer
6. What are your weekend plans?: finish painting our bathroom, follie check u/s on Sunday!
1.mdluv21
2. MFI is our main issue, I have ovulation issues too
3. How long have you been TTC: 13 months
4. What was your first car: Honda Civic Hatchback
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): margarita or iced vanilla lattes
6. What are your weekend plans?: Celebrating the hubbies 33 b-day and going to a my cousin's college graduation party. It should be a busy/fun weekend!
Me: PCOS, Blood/Immune Issues DH: Low all 3
Jun.- Sep. 2010 IUI#1-#3 = BFN
Oct. 2010 = IVF #1 = B/G Twins (passed away Feb. 2011)
May 2011 = Myomectomy and trans-abdominal cerclage (TAC)
Sep. 2011 = Surprise BFP = C/P
Feb. 2012 = sFET #1 = BFN
Feb.2012 = Hail Mary IUI #4 = BFN
April/May 2012 = FET #2 w/our last two embies = BFP (Please let this be it!)
Beta #1 8dp5/6dt = 234 Beta #2 10dp5/6dt = 695 Beta #3 12dp5/6dt = 1796 Beta #4 17dp5/6dt = 17,888 U/S #1 May 17, 2012 = Twins
Baby B's heart stop beating at 9 weeks 5 days
Our little miracle baby is a boy.
Baby Boy Owen and Baby Girl Avery were born too early on Feb. 13, 2011 due to a pedunculated fibroid, incompetent cervix and suspected placental abruption.
"What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose." - Henry Ward Beecher
SAIF/PAIF Welcome
Lots of love and luck to my PAIF/3T/IF Veteran ladies, especially my dear friend Zookie. Congrats to Papps, Teach84 and Starbuck on their little ones.
b2b Injectable IUI #1 7/25/10 & 7/26/10 = BFP beta 14dpIUI = 133 MC 9/14 at 9 weeks
b2b Injectable IUI #2 12/5/10 & 12/6/10 = BFN
IVF #1 ER 3/28/11 ET 3 embryos 3/31/11= BFN
b2b Injectable IUI#3 6/28/11 & 6/29/11 = BFN
PAIF/SAIF Welcome
Submitted Adoption Application on 6/1/2011
Homestudy 7/19/2011
IVF#2 CX due to Adoption Match
We were blessed with our daughter through the gift of adoption
IVF #2.1 ET 2 embryos 2/14/13 7 frosties
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Ermaderma/Erin
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): PCOS and hypothyroidism
3. How long have you been TTC: April 2010, but diagnosed with hypothyroidism 12 years ago and PCOS 1 year ago.
4. What was your first car: Ford Escort
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Diet Pepsi/vodka with lemonade/juice
6. What are your weekend plans?: Going to see bon jovi and Kid Rock on Saturday!!
Hey everyone!!
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Jillian
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Nothing specific yet, I'm not ovulating...
3. How long have you been TTC: a few weeks.
4.What was your first car: Chevy Malibu
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Water or Malibu Rum with pineapple & orange juice yumm
Mrs. Mo
Hypothyroidism
19 months
Buick Skylark
Madori Sour
Red Sox game & hopefully my IUI ( if they tell me to trigger tomorrow night after my u/s tomorrow morning)
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Renee
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Seeing RE next month
3. How long have you been TTC: 1 1/2 years
4. What was your first car: Ford Tempo
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Diet Coke
6. What are your weekend plans?: Going to camp and buying our new boat.
TTC Since 2/2009
2/2010 - 5/2010 Testing with OBGYN
8/2010 First RE Appointment
11/2010 Second Opinion RE Appointment
12/2010 Clomid + IUI #1 = BFN
1/2011 Clomid + IUI #2 = BFN
2/2011 Clomid + IUI #3 = BFN
5/2011 IVF #1, ET 6/2, Beta 6/15 = BFN
8/2011 FET ET 9/12 = BFN :0(
On a break to save money.
1/2012 IVF #2 ER 1/12, ET 1/15, Beta 1/27 = BFFN
4/2012 FET ET ??/?? =
p/saif welcome
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): cbubbles/Carriane
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Endometriosis
3. How long have you been TTC: October 2008 - we will be starting cycle #22
4. What was your first car: black ford escort- nicknamed Ernie! It was my oldest sisters, then my second oldest sister, (skipped my bro!!) then my third older sisters who crashed it right before getting a new car so the driver door had a big dent and made a horrid sound when you opened it! Thanks Sis!
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): diet dr. pepper & champagne (either really cheap like Andre or Dom P. no in between with champagne!!!! beer during the summer!
6. What are your weekend plans?: I just got a great china hutch off craigs list for super cheap so hubby and I will be sanding and staining it along with working in the back yard and re-painting the kitchen!! Oh, and playing with the new puppy of course! AF should come and depress me on saturday, so let's hope these activities keep me too busy to be sad.
P.S - Good luck to all you ladies!!Hi everyone!
Daria
Unexplained IF
TTC since January 2009...19 months
Honda Civic
A good margarita on the rocks with salt on the rim!
No big weekend plans...errands
2. Diagnosis (if you have one):PCOS
3. How long have you been TTC: almost 2 1/2 years
4. What was your first car: a bright blue 94 ford Escort. I loved that little car.
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not):alcoholic- DH makes the most FANTASTIC berry banana daiquiris. To die for. He uses a frozen Welch's mix (mixed berry or strawberry mix something) with captain morgans, banana liqueur, ice, and ice cream. mmmmm. That's my official CD1 drink.
6. What are your weekend plans?: I work Saturday, but Sunday I'm hoping we can get some more work done on the house. We're almost done with our living room floors and have a bunch left.
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): STL34
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Endo and DOR (may have some MFI)
3. How long have you been TTC: Since May 2009. So, about 14 months.
4. What was your first car: An 81 Ford Mustang. Not a pretty Mustang. One of them with the odd hatchback body style and it was orange!
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Diet Dr. Pepper
6. What are your weekend plans?: My parents and little sister and her family are in town. So, I have cancelled all of my otherwise scheduled weekend plans except that DH and I are going to a Cardinals game Friday night. I would guess we will take the kids to the pool on Saturday.
~SAIF/PAIF/Everyone Welcome~
Me= 37 and DH = 41
Dx: DOR, Endo, APA+ (really high beta 2 glycoprotein antibody and high everything else tested), heterozygous MTHFR mutation, positive for lupus anticoagulant, high FSH, low AMH and both tubes blocked (per HSG on 3/8/11)
IVF #1 - long lupron (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 4 retrieved, 3 fertilized; ET 2 blasts and 1 frozen = BFN
IVF #2 - a version of antagonist with EPP (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 2 blasts and 1 frozen blast transferred on day 5 = BFN.
IVF #3 April was postponed to May, May was canceled. June/July was canceled. Had a cyst aspiration and then began IVF #3 in August. ER on 8/22; ET on 8/24 with AH. +HPT on 9/5. Beta #1 (11dpo) = 3; Beta #2 (15dpo) = 29; Beta #3 (17dpo) = 60; Beta #4 (19 dpo) = 118. Heartbeat at 6 weeks 6 days =132. Lil is here!
TTC#2: Trigger + TI = BFN; Clomid + Trigger + IUI = BFN.
IVF #4: BCP + MDLF + Lovenox = 7R, 1F = Transferred 1 6-cell embryo on day 3 = BFN
IVF #5: MDLF + Lovenox = 4R, 1F = Transferred 1 10-cell compacting embryo on day 3 = BFN
IVF #6: (New RE): Long Antagonist November 2014 (transferred two 8 cell grade 1 embryos and froze one blast) = BFN
FET#1: BFN
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): I'm Jill.
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): PCOS
3. How long have you been TTC: 22 months
4. What was your first car: Buick Century (her name was Marge because she was big and blue)
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): fresca and syrah. together or separately.
6. What are your weekend plans? Friends' pool on Saturday, probably. Fundraiser for another friend who has cancer at our local bar on Sunday.
It took 5 failed IUIs and a failed IVF, but our FET worked!
My pregnancy after Infertility Blog
Our baby girl was born on April 27, 2011!
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Anthalessa / Sheila
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): PCOS
3. How long have you been TTC: 7 Months
4. What was your first car: Tempo
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Wood Chuck - Alch, Sweet Tea & Big Red
6. What are your weekend plans?: Fishing & Cleaning house
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Candice
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Short LP and now some MFI that we didn't have before
3. How long have you been TTC: We're on cycle 16
4. What was your first car: 93 Grand Am
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Iced tea
6. What are your weekend plans?: A luau/picnic at my brother's house
1. Blue
2. PCO and inappropriate LH secrection syndrom
3. 15/16 months
4. 86 Buick Century Limited edition station wagon (I'd be jealous too.)
5. Non-alcoholic- Sweet tea or cream soda
Alcoholic- Mango margarita or Strawberry drop from The Melting Pot
6. Going out for dinner for M's b-day. Taking my little sister on a few driving lessons. eek. I might try to finally watch Eclipse.
My Chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/28017b
TTC #1- 3 failed rounds of Clomid/ Surprise Natural BFP w/weight loss- 9/22/11 DD 5/12
DX. Dec '09 w/ Inappropriate LH Secretion Syndrom/PCOS/ Anov 28 months
(Former username: xxbblueangelxx)
2. Mild ovulatory dysfunction, tubal and lately I was thrown unexplained.
3. 2 years 7 months
4. VW.
5. Limeade, mint tea (hot and cold), sangria and mimosas.
6. Paint our bedroom, house paperwork and enjoy the weather.
TTC since 1/2008
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): heathercara
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): hypothyroidism
3. How long have you been TTC: 2 years
4. What was your first car: Dodge K Aires
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Crystal Light Fruit Punch
6. What are your weekend plans?: family in town...kayaking...tattoo shop...BBQs...drinks on the water...school clothes shopping...church...swimming...the beach
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): SweetieD21 / Danielle
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): Low progesterone. Also, mild endo and polyps, which were removed.
3. How long have you been TTC: I don't really count before our first loss, since we weren't hardcore trying, so since Sept 08 (22 months).
4. What was your first car: Dodge Spirit
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Diet and Captain
6. What are your weekend plans?: Girls night on Sat! And maybe outlet shopping on Sun.
This was a great idea
1. Traci
2. Diagnosed PCOS 1998 ish, confirmed by RE
3. How long have you been TTC: 4/10 with RE
4. What was your first car: 1998 Buick Century
5.Alcoholic - margaritas on the rocks with salt! i have the margaritaville machine and we just experimented with crystal light lemonade and vodka with a little splenda and lemoncello
YUM
non alcoholic - any diet soda, lately fresca and diet green tea
6. visit in laws, head down the shore to my aunt and uncles house for a seafood feast and lots of drinking and some beer pong! then recouperating and making a diaper cake for an upcoming baby shower
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): lckcdc3/ Casey
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): PCOS and Tube issues
3. How long have you been TTC: Over 3 years
4. What was your first car: 83 Honda Civic
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Cosmo & Arizona diet green tea
6. What are your weekend plans?: Dinner with the Family and Packing for my cruise on Monday. WHOOHOOO

IVF #1: 4-11-11= Transferred 1 beautiful blastocyst I named "Nugget"
5 Snowbabies! Beta#1 4/21= BFP! 226; Beta#2 4/25= 944
DS born 12/14/11
Baby #2 FET Nov/Dec 2013
12/13 Beta#1=BFP 349; 12/16 Beta#2=1,089. First ultrasound 12/26. DS#2 born 8/8/14



~~PAIF/SAIF Always Welcome~~
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Angie
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): PCOS, mild MFI, and tube problems (will know more at my post op)
3. How long have you been TTC: one year
4. What was your first car: Honda Civic (love how many of us started with a Honda!)
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Vino!
6. What are your weekend plans?: Outer Banks, baby!
Me (32) Dx PCOS, DH (32) SA = Normal/mild morph issues
TTC#5 July 2017 - 3rd cycle TTC = BFP on 11/12/17 at 9dpo Beta #1 = 96 at 13dpo - Beta #2 = 207 at 15dpo
3 rounds of Clomid + TI and 3 rounds of 7.5 mg Femara + IUI before our BFP on 11/8/10 at 12dpiui
TTC #2 3rd cycle of Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 4 follies = BFP on 10/12/12
TTC#3 July 2014 - Metformin +TI = BFP at 9dpo - Twins, one baby lost at 5.5 weeks
Macy Annabelle born at 37w4d on 4/29/15. Diagnosed with Cri du Chat and passed away on 6/6/15. Forever in our hearts.
TTC#4 3rd cycle of Metformin + Femara 7.5mg+Ovidrel+TI = 3 follies = BFP on 12/24/16
1. Screen name / Name (if you want to share): Michaela
2. Diagnosis (if you have one): still doing the testing
3. How long have you been TTC: Since June 2009
4. What was your first car: 84 silver Nissan Sentra
5. Favorite drink (alcoholic or not): Mojito and dt. coke
6. What are your weekend plans?: nothing special
1. Jess
2. PCOS
3. 6 mths.
4. Chevy Cavalier
5. Vodka & Cranberry and Mountain Dew
6. In laws visiting