Our Journey to Brenden
IVF #1: 4/11(Follistim/Menopur/Ganirelix) 10 retrieved/8 mature and all 8
fertilized / 2 embies transferred ... nothing to freeze Beta 5/10 = BFN
IVF Take 2 Long Lupron July 2011
ER 7/3/11 (our 6th anniversary) - 8 retrieved/7 mature/fert ....ET 7/6/11 - 2
beautiful grade A 8 cell embryos
Beta 7/18/11 - 149!!! Beta 7/21/11 - 311 Beta 7/28/11 - 2,000 8/5/11 - Empty
Sac 8/8/11 - There's a yolk sac and maybe a heartbeat 8/12/11 - Fetal pole,
yolk sac, heartbeat 8/18/11 - Baby looks GREAT!
3 babies waiting on ice
Re: A fun poll ....
I've met a lot of famous people, but don't know any!! :-)
2/06 - surprise pregnancy - twins
3/06 - m/c 1st baby at 6 weeks
5/06 -2nd baby had no heartbeat at 14 wks.
D&E - Bled out. Blood transfusions. Week in ICU - Cheated Death!
Diagnosis: Blood clotting and bleeding disorder, immune issues, & cervical stenosis
5/10 - 1st IVF cycle - BFN
FET - 10/12/10 - BFN
1/11 - IVF with PGD - BFN
IVF - May - BFN
6/11 New RE - fingers crossed!
9/11 - IVF - 4 transferred
10/13 - BFP!!
It's a boy! Clint Michael, Due in June!!!
I can play my own game, but I live in So Cal so it's somewhat normal around here. My husband also used to sell pro hockey equipment to the teams so he knows a freakload of hockey players and I've met a few.
Hockey:
Luc Robataille
Sean Avery
and a few others that I can't remember now
Musicians:
Mike Ness of Social Distortion (hilarious story there ... he's good friends with a former parent of mine in the preschool ... he came in to pick up one afternoon with the dad and I had no clue who he was ... everyone gave me grief .. he's a super nice guy)
Tyler Stewart of BareNaked Ladies (we've met the whole band several times but Ty is the one we are most "friends" with)
Baseball Players
Burt Blyleven (former Pitcher for the Angels and Twins ... grew up with them as family friends)
Rod Carew (sp?? ... grew up around them, my mom did interior design work for them)
Matt Traenor (I forget who he's with now ... was best friends with his sister in high school and we still chat, etc)
I'm sure there are others but those are who come off the top of my head.
My husband knows a lot from the hockey world ... Keifer Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Bruckheimer, Wayne Gretzky ... but I've never met any of them.
Our Journey to Brenden
IVF #1: 4/11(Follistim/Menopur/Ganirelix) 10 retrieved/8 mature and all 8 fertilized / 2 embies transferred ... nothing to freeze Beta 5/10 = BFN
IVF Take 2 Long Lupron July 2011
ER 7/3/11 (our 6th anniversary) - 8 retrieved/7 mature/fert ....ET 7/6/11 - 2 beautiful grade A 8 cell embryos
Beta 7/18/11 - 149!!! Beta 7/21/11 - 311 Beta 7/28/11 - 2,000 8/5/11 - Empty Sac 8/8/11 - There's a yolk sac and maybe a heartbeat 8/12/11 - Fetal pole, yolk sac, heartbeat 8/18/11 - Baby looks GREAT!
3 babies waiting on ice
Peter Alexander, the NBC news anchor. He grew up with my husband.
Since i live in NYC, i see a lot of celebs...but i don't "know" them really.
Jorge Posada (yankees catcher) lives across the street from me
David Duchovny lives on my blk... I see him 3x a wk. Sometimes more than DH lol.
I also go to Equinox (swanky gym) and they all work out there. But it's not like we hang out at the juice bar afterwards lol.
Mainly, I know people from Reality TV. A sorority sister who lived down the hall from me (and I still have a shirt I borrowed and never gave back) was on Big Brother. One of my girlfriends (and her DH and kids) were on "Real Football Wives" on VH1. I've known at least 3 people who were on the Amazing Race and another girl who was on some VH1 show. Knew a girl who was on Survivor. Have a couple of girlfriends married to pro-ball players...one of them was a pretty famous player in the MLB and played for a long time, but is now retired. I have or have had a couple of clients who are semi-famous...or infamous. I also know alot of people who either know or are related to very famous people but I don't know them personally.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock is my cousin's husband's cousin. He is so nice and hot. Lol.
Jim Hickey....the pitching coach for the Rays is my cousin.
Me: 36 DH: 40
DH dx azoospermia My dx: RA & AMA
d-IUI's--6/10, 7/13 & 8/4: all BFN
d-IVF#1--Lupron/Menopur/Bravelle/Novarel; mini-dose protocol
ER: 10/25--18R; 14F; ET: 10/28--3dt of 2 embies; 3 blasts frozen
+ HPT 11/4; Beta #1--14dp3dt: 441; Beta #2--21dp3dt: 9298
One beautiful jelly bean growing! Saw h/b on 11/28 and 12/5!!!
P/SAIF welcome
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My sisters co worker was on Amazing Race with his daughter (he works in another office but she knows him). A friend of mine from childhood was on Real World YEARS ago (not a main character but was dating someone or something I think).
We see lots of people but half the time I don't even know who they are! LOL
Our Journey to Brenden
IVF #1: 4/11(Follistim/Menopur/Ganirelix) 10 retrieved/8 mature and all 8 fertilized / 2 embies transferred ... nothing to freeze Beta 5/10 = BFN
IVF Take 2 Long Lupron July 2011
ER 7/3/11 (our 6th anniversary) - 8 retrieved/7 mature/fert ....ET 7/6/11 - 2 beautiful grade A 8 cell embryos
Beta 7/18/11 - 149!!! Beta 7/21/11 - 311 Beta 7/28/11 - 2,000 8/5/11 - Empty Sac 8/8/11 - There's a yolk sac and maybe a heartbeat 8/12/11 - Fetal pole, yolk sac, heartbeat 8/18/11 - Baby looks GREAT!
3 babies waiting on ice
IVF 1 April 2011 - Cancelled
IVF 1.5 July 2011 - MC
IVF 2 October 2011 - BFP!
*Identical Twin Boys born June 2012*
Here we go again...IVF 3 is underway!
That is so cool.
I would have to say an actress who has done mostly Broadway stuff but she is most known now as Eric Stonestreet (from Modern Family)'s girlfriend. We danced together for a few years.
3 IUI's w/Clomid & Ovidrel=all BFNs
3 IVF (2 Fresh, 1 frozen) =BFN
Jan 2012 New RE & Fresh Cycle =BFP!
IVF#1 Oct 2009 (CCRM) - BFN
IVF#2 March 2010 - Poor response/cancelled
DE IVF#1 Aug 2010 - BFN
DE IVF#2 Dec 2010 - Transferred 1, 2 frozen - BFP!
TTC#2 FET Jan 2013 - Transferred 1 - BFP!
my good friend dated him in high school
~after 34 cycles we finally got our 2nd little bundle of joy~

My IF blog
i've met a few people --
I dont know anyone personally -- a friend of mine from college is dating a nascar driver -- thats the closest i get
btw --i LOVE the rock!
ETA -- one of my college teammates first kiss was James VanDerBeek.
TTC #2 since June '08
~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
IUI #1-4 BFN
IVF#1 June 2011 BFN
IVF#2 Dec 2011
Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
EDD 8/25
*PAIFW/SAIFW*