Cycle update and thank you.
irishgirl0525
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Good afternoon ladies. First, I just wanted to say thank you all for your thoughts and support last week when I found I had lost my cat Murphy. I really appreciate it. I was sorry to read your stories of your pet losses as well but it helps me to know that it gets better. I have spent the last several days grieving him and though I am sure I will be very sad for a while, I think (and hope) the worst has passed. I spent a lot of time on Saturday hunting down pictures and putting them together and I think it really helped. I even found 2 short videos of him so that was a real bonus. My favorite picture is in my signature. Thank you again.
On to my cycle update...I started my Lupron, low dose HCG and Follistim injections on Friday and had bloodwork and u/s this morning. Today they counted 5 follicles below 10, and though I didn't catch the measurements of all of them, when I was looking at the screen I did notice that 3 of them are just below 10 mm. Still waiting to hear back from the nurse with further instructions.
Last friday when I went in for my u/s they said there were 11 follicles that they could see, but i guess they aren't all growing, which I am not surprised...11 would be wishful thinking!
The plan for this cycle is to stimulate me as if I am doing an IVF but plan to do an IUI. If I have enough follicles they will convert me to IVF. Fingers crossed that all of those follies grow so I can finally make it to ER.
One little bummer is that DH and i were planning to go away this weekend because I have a very rare and precious long weekend. It dawned on me this morning that that is probably not going to be happening because of monitoring, but we'll see. It's a 2 hour drive so we could do it for shorter than we had planned but it kind of defeats the purpose of a long weekend. We'll see, of course we need to do what ever is necessary to make this happen!
Re: Cycle update and thank you.
Hi,
Hope you are hanging in there as well as you can. Hugs as always. Hopefully you can either go for monitoring on Friday or Sat and still get away. It helps a lot to get away.
I do have to make a comment about your long weekend-- it must be because the Jets are not playing in the Superbowl! Go Pats!! LOL (I couldn't resist..)
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
SAIF/PAIF Welcome
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What a sweet pic of you and Murphy. Glad that that you were able to spend some down time looking for pics. Don't know if you might be interested in making a photo book of your Murphy pics, but website www.pictage.com is really easy to use. We made our parents photo albums after our wedding using this site, and albums came our really nice.
Good luck with your cycle, hoping that you get to be converted to an IVF. How many follies do you need to do IVF instead of IUI at your clinic? Hoping that you can find some time aware with DH this weekend.
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
TTC #2 since July 2010
March 2012 IVF (MDL Protocol) Started stims 3/3; ER 3/11 (9R, 8M, 7F) ET 3/16 (5dt of 2 blasts graded 3AB and 3BA, 3 frosties(!!) Beta 3/26 = 386; Beta 3/28 = 827; u/s 4/11 says TWINS! Boy/Girl Twins delivered at 36 weeks 6 days
That is an adorable picture! I'm glad to hear that you were able to find some peace in finding the pictures and videos of Murphy.
Good luck on your cycle. FX for you that this is it!
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!
I hope that the monitoring goes well and that you and DH are able to sneak away for a bit.
PS: I love the picture of you and your kitty. So sweet.
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!!!!!
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