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BostonGayGal
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Phoebe Eloise is here! Fast Birth story (7 hours start to finish!):Woke up on the morning of the 22nd and was thinking that I needed to practice my hypnotherapy. Still in bed a few minutes later (5:46 AM), I hear a pop and race out of bed; my water had broken. My wife was a rock star supporting me and managing things since contractions immediately started at 3 minutes apart and seemed to have a double peak.When I arrived (9:30) at the hospital I was five centimeters dilated and entirely effaced, but she had rotated and I had horrible back labor. At the time all they said was that "she had some turning to do." There was no adding fear or mention of intervention. I spent a couple hours in the tub on my hands and knees (sore arms!) making weird yoga-like noises not from this planet. My doula coached me through it.All I can say is that it was like being on a ride. My body directed me to do exactly what it needed to do and the doula/midwife/nurse helped me focus my energy efficiently. Had I not trusted them completely I don't know that I could have gotten through it because fear might have made the pain too much.I didn't have a birth plan, but no one even once mentioned meds, even when I was asking to be put in twilight sleep, under general anesthesia, and eventually even clubbed to death or shot. Why - because I never said my code word that we had just discussed at my appointment the day before! (They did ask me whether I remembered my code word, but that was it.)Back labor stopped which told them that the baby had turned and I moved to the bed on all fours. Just a lip of my cervix was left. When the midwife examined me it really hurt and I may have told her that she would make a horrible lesbian. I turned onto my side, pushed three times, and at 1:07 PM I gave birth to Phoebe! I remember during a contraction early on (before the tub) looking at the baby isolette and being so incredibly excited to find out whether we would have a boy or a girl! It is just now hitting me that I have a baby girl and the excitement is unreal.She is healthy, beautiful, and ernest. 6 lbs. 6.2 ounces, 19.5 inches. Can't thank you enough for your guidance, which led me to AICGB, MAMAH, and Fertility Solutions.
Phoebe Eloise is here!
BostonGayGal
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Phoebe Eloise is here! Fast Birth story (7 hours start to finish!):Woke up on the morning of the 22nd and was thinking that I needed to practice my hypnotherapy. Still in bed a few minutes later (5:46 AM), I hear a pop and race out of bed; my water had broken. My wife was a rock star supporting me and managing things since contractions immediately started at 3 minutes apart and seemed to have a double peak.When I arrived (9:30) at the hospital I was five centimeters dilated and entirely effaced, but she had rotated and I had horrible back labor. At the time all they said was that "she had some turning to do." There was no adding fear or mention of intervention. I spent a couple hours in the tub on my hands and knees (sore arms!) making weird yoga-like noises not from this planet. My doula coached me through it.All I can say is that it was like being on a ride. My body directed me to do exactly what it needed to do and the doula/midwife/nurse helped me focus my energy efficiently. Had I not trusted them completely I don't know that I could have gotten through it because fear might have made the pain too much.I didn't have a birth plan, but no one even once mentioned meds, even when I was asking to be put in twilight sleep, under general anesthesia, and eventually even clubbed to death or shot. Why - because I never said my code word that we had just discussed at my appointment the day before! (They did ask me whether I remembered my code word, but that was it.)Back labor stopped which told them that the baby had turned and I moved to the bed on all fours. Just a lip of my cervix was left. When the midwife examined me it really hurt and I may have told her that she would make a horrible lesbian. I turned onto my side, pushed three times, and at 1:07 PM I gave birth to Phoebe! I remember during a contraction early on (before the tub) looking at the baby isolette and being so incredibly excited to find out whether we would have a boy or a girl! It is just now hitting me that I have a baby girl and the excitement is unreal.She is healthy, beautiful, and ernest. 6 lbs. 6.2 ounces, 19.5 inches. Can't thank you enough for your guidance, which led me to AICGB, MAMAH, and Fertility Solutions. 
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Re: Phoebe Eloise is here!
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
Congrats! Love the name!
And thank YOU for YOUR guidance, which led me to a very successful Fertility Solutions consult and upcoming diagnostic tests...hopefully I'll be in your shoes within the year.
Enjoy your beautiful girl!
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
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Blogs: Our Growing Family - CT Working Moms
Married my best friend 5*15*2008 Trying to start our family 8*2011
unmedicated iui#3= bfp 10/20/11! beta#1=11, beta#2=85, beta#3=741,beta#4=1000,beta#5=2146,beta#6=7454 *please keep doubling*
Congratulations! Great name and wonderful birth story! Thanks for sharing.
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
finally blogging again at This Will Be: An Adventure
Congrats BGG and A! She is beautiful!
TTC#1 since 2004
LGBT
4 cycles @ home with known donor - BFN
RE un-medicated IUI cycles # 1-7= BFN
NEW RE Clomid 50mg/ Ovidrel/ IUI #8 BFN
Took long break
Nov 2009 - Clomid 50mg/ Ovidrel/IUI #9 = BFP
Beta 12/4 - 10...Beta #2 12/7- 28 Beta #3 12/9 - 80!
1st sonogram 12/28 - slow hb and growth
m/c 1/1/2010 Courtland 8w0d
Nov 2010 cycle cancelled - polyp removal/hysteroscopy
April 4 2011 - IUI #10 BFFN
July 5, 2011 - #11 BFFN AMH .62 Boo