TTC after 35

Back on the horse. Re-intro.

::giggle:: 

 Sorry, that kinda sounded dirty to me - like I was calling my husband a stallion? Good lord. Ha.

I'm Cat, just turned 40 years old.  I was on this board for a looonnnng time and after 6 rounds of IUI and a m/c, we were lucky enough to have A, our little guy. He's almost 9 months old.

We are hoping to  TTC #2 soon. Just getting all the testing sorted out with the RE to see if that will even be possible. We are AMA obviously (gawd how I hate that term) and MFI.

This board has always been really close to my heart, and I still lurked here now and then. It has always been a fantastic group of women.  

I am a lover of wine, quick wit, and fries and gravy. I'm a pretty darn good chart reader and pledge to be an ever supportive cheerleader to all the +35 wonderul ladies. 

Oh yeah, and usually one of the token CANADIANS!

 

 

Re: Back on the horse. Re-intro.

  • Hi there!!! Welcome back Cat!!! Yay  glad to see you, booo sorry you are back and hope it is a short and quick visit.

    How is everything?? Looking forward to seeing you around. Lets hope we both are short visits here. Well lets hope yours is short and mine ends soon.

    Kristin

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  • Hey k, good to see you! I see in your sig you are doing IVF in July - wahoo! I'm excited for you. 

     

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    imageCathyMD:

    ::giggle:: 

     Sorry, that kinda sounded dirty to me - like I was calling my husband a stallion? Good lord. Ha.

    I'm Cat, just turned 40 years old.  I was on this board for a looonnnng time and after 6 rounds of IUI and a m/c, we were lucky enough to have A, our little guy. He's almost 9 months old.

    We are hoping to  TTC #2 soon. Just getting all the testing sorted out with the RE to see if that will even be possible. We are AMA obviously (gawd how I hate that term) and MFI.

    This board has always been really close to my heart, and I still lurked here now and then. It has always been a fantastic group of women.  

    I am a lover of wine, quick wit, and fries and gravy. I'm a pretty darn good chart reader and pledge to be an ever supportive cheerleader to all the +35 wonderul ladies. 

    Oh yeah, and usually one of the token CANADIANS!

     

     

    Mmmmm... Poutine.

    And hi!

  • Welcome back!  I remember you from my days as a lurker.  Congrats on A and wishing you a short stay here for #2!!
    Me: 41, DH 43 TTC #1 since 8/09 CP 10/09.
    3/11 Clomid-Ovidrel-IUI #1-progesterone= BFN.
    5/11 Femara-Bravelle-Ovidrel-IUI#2-progesterone=BFN.
    6/11 Femara-Ovidrel-IUI#3-progesterone=BFP!
    Beta #1 7/1: 39. Beta #2 7/5: 301 U/S 7/19 - saw HB!!
    EDD 3/12/12
    DD born 3/5/12
    Baby #2 Beta #1 12/16: 439.  Beta #2 12/18: 1240
    EDD 8/22/15


  • Hi Canada Cat!  Welcome back

    -Pix

    About me: A pixie in the city, 41, TTC #1 since May 2010, married 18 years. Diagnosed with, surgically removed, endometrioma Aug.2010 Sept 2010 IUI #1=BFN, Oct=cyst/bfn, Nov 2010 IUI #2 = bfn. Had to postpone IUI #3 b/c of a cyst natural=BFN. Skipped IUI #3, decided to go for IVF. Found/removed uterine polyps Jan 2011. IVF cancelled, no follicles. IVF #2: 3 great embies put in on Easter Sunday = BFN. Hoping for another chance at IVF in July. TTC is NOT for wimps. http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ticker/2fab90/ttc.png
  • I joined the post after you left but welcome back from one Cathy to another!

     

    TTC #1 since 8/1/10; Me:41 and BRCA1+, DH:46
    DOR (FSH 24.3)/ terrible egg quality ; homozygous MTHFR c677t
    5 IUI's: 2/11 to 6/11 and 1/12= BFN
    OE IVF#1-4 8/11-6/12= all BFN
    DE IVF#1 11/12 bad embryos= BFN
    DE IVF #2 2/13 BFP/Beta hell: m/c 5w6d
    CFNBC 7 months, not doing well; decided on guarantee program at RBA w/frozen DE
    DE IVF #3 1/14  ET 4BB; BFP;M/C 5w1d, incomplete m/c; MVA extraction in ER 7w1d

    DE FET#1 ET 3/1714; BFP, beta 1 3/27= 197, beta 2 3/31= 1586, beta 3 4/7= 13879!!
    First u/s= Twins with HBs at 6w2d! We are Team Pink x 2!!

    K & K born 11/21/14 at 38wks 4 days

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    SAIF/PAIF Welcome


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  • Welcome back.......your baby boy is beautiful.  Hope that your stay here is short.
    TTC since 10/09 Me-43 DH-44 RE and testing 10/10-11/10, Recommending IVF 1/11 New RE AMA and DOR-DH low motility IVF #1.1 cancelled 3/11 due to poor response IVF #1.2 May 2011, one perfect 8-cell embryo, 3dt-BFN, IVF #2.1 Converted to IUI d/t poor response. New RE 9/2011. IVF 2.2 completed using HGH,EPP,DHEA, Q-10 and accupuncture. Transferred one 8-cell, grade one embryo on 10/19. BFP 10/31/11 Chemical pregancy on 11/2/11. Started stims for IVF #3, our final try, on 12-2-11. ET on 12/18. Transferred 3 Grade A embryos-BFFN Planning DE IVF, late March/early April- Donors ER expected to be 4/2-4/4. PAIF/SAIF welcome
  • Hi Cat! I definitely remember you. I was posting while you were here the first time. I left to take a break for several months and came back and you were all KU'd! So happy for you. Glad you are back to try for a sibling. Hope your stay is super short and sweet.
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  • Welcome...I  remember you, a fellow Canuck. Well rather, Canadian because I probably shouldn't use the word Canuck tonight......go Vancouver!!!

    Glad you are back with your vast knowledge about everything fertility. Unfortunately I'm still here a learning that TTC is test of my mental health.

    TTC since 2009 very frustrated 42yr and DH 40

    5 cycles of Clomid with satisfactory response=BFN's
    Fibroid removal Nov2010
    IUI Clomid #1 Feb 2011...BFN..damn it!
    IUI Inject's #2 Apr 2011...CANCELLED...low estradiol
    IUI Inject's #3 June 2011...BFN
    IUI Inject's #4 Sept2011...BFFN
    Lap Dec 2011...severe endo..cyst removed..some remains...
    IVF#1 Apr 2012 ....cancelled due to over suppression
    IVF#2 July 2012....6 follies...only 1 retrieved....BFFN
    surgery suggested to move ovary to an better placement but....we moved two time zones away and are financially and emotionally empty

  • Hello, Cat, My Dear!

    I don't post over here anymore, but I do check in on everybody.  DH and I are hoping to do an FET in the fall, so maybe we'll get our boys some sibs in unison!

    It's so good to see you again, and good luck!  I was 40 in my 1st tri with M, so you are just a kid compared to this old lady!!!! 

    Image  by TinyPic Me 43, DH 49 Married November 3, 2007 TTC #1 since November 2007 First RE appointment May 13, HSG 5/17- tubes are clear, SA - very good, FSH 6.8, rubella immunity, saline sonogram 7/2 - uterine polyps, hysteroscopy date FINALLY 9/4! Blood pressure and thyroid are under control! Come on BFP!!!! My Blog IUI#1 1/14 , AF=BFN 1/28, IUI #2 3/9, AF=BFN 3/20 Cycle 20 IVF #1 = BFP!!! Beta #1- 196 Beta #2- 784 Egg retrieval 5/1 - 11 eggs! Update 5/2 - 9 mature, 7 fertilized! Embryo transfer 5/6 - transferred 2 beautiful blasts and have one snowbaby Induction scheduled for 01/11/10 - 38 weeks, 1 day April 3, 2012 FET with snowbaby (identical twins) BFN and a big broken heart Moving on to DE Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPic Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker8/2012-Donor chosen! 9/2012-12/2012-Donor passed all testing, off BC pills, waiting to complete 2 full cycles. 12/16/2012-cannot move forward with donor, cycles not regulating. 12/17-New proven donor 1/11- started Lupron on our baby boy's 3rd birthday 
    Egg retrieval 2/27 - 27 eggs, 24 mature, 19 fertilized
    Embryo transfer 3/4 - 2 beautiful, hatching blasts and nothing left to freeze.  Beta #1 461 9dp5dt. Beta #2 1230 11dp5dt.
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  • imagehijoi:

    Welcome back!  I remember your name from when I was just a lurker here.  Hope your stay is short and you have another LO soon.  I assume you had a c/s since you call your son "the Breech Ball."  Too cute, by the way.  I had a c with my son too, since he was breech until the day before I went to the hospital.  Not looking forward to that stretching but you know...

    Anyway, good luck to you!

    Hey there! Thanks so much for the welcome and good wishes. Oh yes indeed, c/s it was. We were all lined up for a natural birth but nope - frank breech. We tried everything - chiro, version, bending over the ironing board, even that funky Chinese herb you burn next to your little toe that smells like pot. No go :) But given my motto was "leave hospital with healthy mommy and healthy baby" we were totally cool with the section. Whatevers! 

    Good luck to you too!

  • imagedanish16:
    Welcome back!  I remember you from my days as a lurker.  Congrats on A and wishing you a short stay here for #2!!

    Well thank you very much! Best of luck to you as well.

  • imageCityPixie:

    Hi Canada Cat!  Welcome back

    -Pix

     Hey Pixie - thanks. I was just reading your sig. Is there a chance of another IVF in your future? Fingers crossed....

  • imagelucyspeople:
    Hi Cat! I definitely remember you. I was posting while you were here the first time. I left to take a break for several months and came back and you were all KU'd! So happy for you. Glad you are back to try for a sibling. Hope your stay is super short and sweet.

     Lucy! HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • imageForTheLoveOf Pink:

    Welcome...I  remember you, a fellow Canuck. Well rather, Canadian because I probably shouldn't use the word Canuck tonight......go Vancouver!!!

    Glad you are back with your vast knowledge about everything fertility. Unfortunately I'm still here a learning that TTC is test of my mental health.

    First off: WHAT THE HELL VANCOUVER TONIGHT!

    Sigh.

    But really...h sweetheart. I remember you of course. I wish giant fertility on you asap. ((hugs))) 

  • imageindianasunshine:

    Hello, Cat, My Dear!

    I don't post over here anymore, but I do check in on everybody.  DH and I are hoping to do an FET in the fall, so maybe we'll get our boys some sibs in unison!

    It's so good to see you again, and good luck!  I was 40 in my 1st tri with M, so you are just a kid compared to this old lady!!!! 

    INDIANA!!!!!

     OMG LOOK AT MILLER!

    (side note: We were thisclose to stealing his name. Love it so).

    FET in the fall! I am so so so happy to hear that. ::tear:: 

     

     

  • imageMrs.McIrish:

    I joined the post after you left but welcome back from one Cathy to another!

     

    Cathys unite!

  • Caaaaaaaathy! I was just here on a lurk-a-about and here you are.

    Anderson is a cutie! Good luck with #2. I hope it happens fast so you don't have to see your RE. Or, did you get to switch to a new one with more of a personality?

    I will have to pop into your blog and check it out. I haven't read it in ages. Do you still do behind the living room curtain (or whatever it was called)? I always loved those stories.

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  • Hi Cat!  Welcome back.  I'm still here, though I mostly lurk.  Good luck!
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  • Yep next IVF is late July!

     

    About me: A pixie in the city, 41, TTC #1 since May 2010, married 18 years. Diagnosed with, surgically removed, endometrioma Aug.2010 Sept 2010 IUI #1=BFN, Oct=cyst/bfn, Nov 2010 IUI #2 = bfn. Had to postpone IUI #3 b/c of a cyst natural=BFN. Skipped IUI #3, decided to go for IVF. Found/removed uterine polyps Jan 2011. IVF cancelled, no follicles. IVF #2: 3 great embies put in on Easter Sunday = BFN. Hoping for another chance at IVF in July. TTC is NOT for wimps. http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ticker/2fab90/ttc.png
  • I was not here when you were on before but welcome back.  Also, now I really want some gravy fries.
    BFP on IVF #2 6/29/2012. Beta #1 7/3 = 522; Beta #2 = 1180; Beta #3 = 6491 image BabyFruit Ticker
  • Welcome back! I have had a peek at your blog, and I appreciate your outlook and humor.

    IVF #1 ET 1 d3 embryo 10/30/11 BFP
    3 Embryos frozen (1 d5, 2 d6)

    DS born 07/29/12

    FET #1 ET 1 d5 embryo 02/10/15 BFN

    FET #2 1 d6 embryo didn't survive thaw, transferred last d6. CP :(

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  • Holly! Shyn! Ladies! It's so good to see you. And to the people I don't know yet - hello!

     

    Thanks for the welcome back:)

  • Cathy,

    I usually lurk more than post, but was pg with DS when you got pg with #1. I always enjoyed your wit and optimism. DH and I are thinking about trying for #3 at the end of the year. Maybe I'll see you around!? Best of luck!!

    Kat

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  • Cathy,

    I usually lurk more than post, but was pg with DS when you got pg with #1. I always enjoyed your wit and optimism. DH and I are thinking about trying for #3 at the end of the year. Maybe I'll see you around!? Best of luck!!

    Kat

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  • Nice to "meet" you and welcome back.
    TTC #1 since June 2010
    Me: 36, DH: 42
    Dx: DOR and MFI

    DH: low count + very low motility; hormones all normal; Sperm DNA Frag. test = poor to fair; male karyotyping normal
    Me: FSH 13.4 + AMH 0.26 + hypothyroidism; Scratch the hypothyrodism (?); Blood clotting and immune panel all negative; endometrial biopsy normal

    IVF #1 (MDLF - Jul/Aug 2011): BFN (9R, 5M, 3F with ICSI, 3dt of 1 10-cell grade 2, no frosties)
    IVF #2 (EP-antagonist - Sep/Oct 2011): BFN (6R, 4M, 3F w/ ICSI, 3dt of 1 6-cell, 1 7-cell, grade 4s, no frosties)
    DE IVF #1 (shared cycle - June 2012): c/p (6R, 6F w/ICSI, 3dt 1 8-cell grade A- and 1 7-cell grade A-; no frosties)
    DE IVF #2 (shared cycle with new donor - Nov/Dec/ 2012): - BFP!!!!! 12/14/12. U/S on 12/27 shows twins!!!!!

    SAIFW/PAIFW
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