Today:
"Are you buying a house?" - bank teller to me
No. I'm buying the chance to have a baby.
This all happened as I'm getting the check for our IVF cycles. I could be mad, but she was sweet and I was excited and it was a decent amount of money.
Just one of the "joys" of IF.
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So answer the question and to be clear - I don't mean the unintentionally cruel things that people say - we all have those stories too.
BzeetyD = 38, Mr. BzeetyD = 44 together 12/02 married 9/08
TTC #1 since 1/10
DX: Unexplained/??? MFI issues
Our lil' lost sparks:
5w3d loss 7/30/10 - EDD March 2011
8w loss 4/15/11 - EDD November 2011
8w3d loss 8/2/12 - EDD March 2013
4w c/p loss 10/29/12 - EDD July 2013
Long story: trying on our own + testing testing testing with 6 rounds of Clomid, more testing, injectables + TI, laparoscopy - one tube blocked,
2 IUIs with Follistim...BFNs.
RPL testing all normal, Karyotyping normal
Moving on to IVF.
IVF #1 April 2012 = BFN, IVF #2 June 2012 = BFP. U/S 7/23 = saw heartbeat but measuring behind. Follow up U/S on 7/30 - no heartbeat. D&C 8/2. Trisomy 12. IVF #3 Oct 2012 = Chemical Pregnancy
Phone consult with CCRM on 12/12/12 - ODWU 1/4/13 - both tubes clear(!) - AFC 24, AMH 3.2, FSH 9.6, LH 5.4, E2 25. DH has high frag rate but improved!
IVF #4 March 2013 CCRM. EP protocol w/ Menopur, Gonal-F & Dexamethasone. ER 3/29 & IMSI, PICSI. 43R 13M 10F 6blasts bio'd. CCS testing reveals 3 normals!!!
FET 5/31/13 of 1 4AA blast - thawed and expanded. 4dp5dt BFP.
Beta 9dp5dt = 181, 11dp5dt = 427. 1st u/s showed a healthy heartbeat! EDD 2/16/14
After 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, our sweet little bean was born on 2/19/14
We are so in love with her.
"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
Everybody is welcome!!!
Re: What silly or funny things have been unknowingly said?
Went in to pharmacy to pick up my $80 endometrin prescription (post-ET progesterone), and the girl at the register handed me a packet of $10 BCP. I told her that wasn't the prescription I was picking up, and she says "Oh. Are you SURE you don't want the $10 one?"
HA. Yea kid, I'm sure.
DX: Unexplained; DH: 4% morph / Me: no issues found
4 failed IUIs -a potpourri of clomid, bravelle, menopur
IVF #1 March 2011 - BFP / Missed m/c 8w1d
IVF #2 January 2012 - BFN
FET #1 - BFP!
Expecting a Christmas Miracle!