Infertility

Coming from a place of gratitude, what are you thankful for?

I used to do this more on the board before I checked into IF crazy town. From reading recent posts, I know I'm not the only one in a dark place right now. (Any one else been channeling her inner Anna Nicole Smith lately? lol)

Let's try to dig out of our respective holes even if just for a moment. Anything going on in your life that you're grateful for on this beautiful Friday?  

Baby girl Lila born 2013.
Baby boy Henry born 2015.
Expecting our capstone baby (boy) early March 2018.

Re: Coming from a place of gratitude, what are you thankful for?

  • That I will be able to enjoy myself this St. Paddys Day...

    That I have decent IF coverage...thats not something I will ever take for granted.

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  • I am so grateful God sent such a wonderful man into my life!  He's been my rock when there were days I didn't think I could do it another day  He's been the sunshine in my rainbow!
    BabyFruit Ticker

    06.10.12 +HPT 06.12.12 Beta #1 = 2,770 06.14.12 Beta #2 = 6,300
    1st U/S 06.18.12 2nd U/S 06.25.12
    09.24.12 It's a Boy!! ---> Jacob Owen

    Our IF Journey Began: October 2009
    **8 Failed IUI's, 1 Blighted Ovum, & 1 Failed IVF**
    Dx: MFI, DOR w/MTHFR Homozygous A1298C & Hypothyroidism
    03.2012 Lab Results: FSH 6.83 AMH 0.67 TSH 3.8 E2 17
    SA 156 million 93% motility 3% morphology

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    **~PAIF/SAIF Always Welcome~**
  • I'm thankful my roots, that have gotten of control, are going to be gone shortly. Something I let get out of hand in my if funk.
    Me: 35 DH: 37 TTC since 4/2010
    DX: 6/9/2011: Azoo ICSI/IVF only option for biological child
    IVF #1: ER - 9/26 * ET - 10/1 * beta#1 10/13 - 140 * beta#2 10/17 - 477 * beta#3 10/20 - 1101
    1st u/s at 6w6d - one hb * 2nd u/s at 8w3d - no hb detected 11/10/11 * natural m/c 11/13/11
    FET #1 Jan/Feb 2012 - 3 delays - cancelled 2/13
    FET #1.2 - May/June 2012 - ET 6/6/* beta#1 6/15 - 95 * beta #2 6/19 - 322 * beta #3 6/22 - 940
    7/6 1st u/s @ 7 weeks - one beautiful hb - released from RE
    EDD 2/22/2013
    PAIF/SAIF/PGAL welcome
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    BabyFruit Ticker
  • I am really grateful for this board and this community of women who give me strength and hope.

    So grateful for my husband who has put up with my extra bat s*#t craziness this week.

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    After 6 long years of TTC and a traumatic birth... I finally got to hold my baby in my arms!

    'Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.'Psalm 37:4

    2006 start TTC

    2007 Start w/ RE (Endo and MFI previous marriage)/ 2008 Vericocele surgery/3 clomid cycles
    2009 Lap removed stage III endo/ 2 failed IUI/ Divorce

    2011 Remarried
    October 2011 Dx: Endo & DOR/ November 2011- clomid & TI cycle
    January 2012 IVF~  Flare protocol 10 ER/ 9 mature fertilized with ICSI/ ET- 2 Grade A Blasts/ 4 frozen= BFN
    Febuary 2012- -Endo Biopsy/  MTHFR diagnosis
    March 8- FET 2 grade A blasts= BFP!!!!

    November 2012-  Charles was born by emergency C-Section

    Dealing with:
    Stage III Endo/ DOR/ MTHFR two mutations C677T & A1298C

    Currently TTC #2  FET planned January 2014

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    I am really grateful for this board and this community of women who give me strength and hope.

    So grateful for my husband

     

    Yes +1

    BabyFruit Ticker

    06.10.12 +HPT 06.12.12 Beta #1 = 2,770 06.14.12 Beta #2 = 6,300
    1st U/S 06.18.12 2nd U/S 06.25.12
    09.24.12 It's a Boy!! ---> Jacob Owen

    Our IF Journey Began: October 2009
    **8 Failed IUI's, 1 Blighted Ovum, & 1 Failed IVF**
    Dx: MFI, DOR w/MTHFR Homozygous A1298C & Hypothyroidism
    03.2012 Lab Results: FSH 6.83 AMH 0.67 TSH 3.8 E2 17
    SA 156 million 93% motility 3% morphology

    Follow Me on Pinterest
    **~PAIF/SAIF Always Welcome~**
  • I am thankful for my best friend Tiffany, who let me and my sisters invade her place last weekend so we could get crazy drunk and dance on a bar (Coyote Ugly).

    I am thankful also for some decent IF insurance coverage.  I wish I could lend it out to some of you ladies.  But I will be donating meds soon.

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  • Good ones everybody!

     Aegis, your roots made me giggle. It's the little things :)  

    Baby girl Lila born 2013.
    Baby boy Henry born 2015.
    Expecting our capstone baby (boy) early March 2018.
  • I am greatful for my IF coverage. I wish I could share it with you wonderful ladies.

    I am greatful for this board it is my safe haven.

    I am greatful for spring being just around the corner :-)

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  • I am super grateful today so here is my list:

    That I finally got turbotax to cooperate so I could turn in DH's taxes from two years ago to the school, so they can do his financial aid and not drop him from his bachelors program! I worked on it for five hours yesterday only to find out today that he had TWO accounts and that was causing the hiccup... Whatever lets me not have to stress about it anymore!

    I am grateful that today for class (which DH and I are taking together) the professor asked us to "meet on the capitol steps at 6 o'clock"... which is the exact phrase we used to get DH's mom and my grandpa to show up for our surprise wedding! We are also coincidently two weeks from our 1st wedding anniversary so the timing makes me all mushy about it... When I stand on the steps tonight I will be thinking about the day I got married and that's always a good thing in my book...

    I am also grateful that the move is finally done with and my fostercare training will be done on this tuesday... with regular classes kicking my butt its nice to have that off my plate, even if I still have to get the house organized again...

    Finally I am grateful that you started this post AmCheri! I have been wondering about you and hoping you were okay, so any excuse to get to say "hi" and "I'm thinking of you" makes it a good day...

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  • I am thankful for the board today.  I know that we are all going through challenging times and I am thankful that we are together to support eachother through them.  So... Thank You Ladies!

    PS and probably TMI. I think the Stim medication is making me horny... my Husband is thankful for that.  Sorry if I conjured up unwanted images.. that was not my intention.

    TTC since June 2011
    DH diagnosed with Testicular Cancer 8/2010
    Low sperm count. Only option IVF with ICSI
    Starting First cycle Jan/Feb 2012- Canceled due to not responding to BCP and/or Lupron
    IVF 1.2- stims March 14, ER March 24, 16 R 10F 6 made it to blast
    ET March 29- transferred two blasts, 4A and 4BA, froze 4
    Positive HPT 9dp5dt Beta 1- 385 11dp5dt
    u/s April 25- one healthy heartbeat
    EDD 12/12/12>


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  • So thankful for this board -- that I'm been incredibly lucky to cross paths with some amazing women, and that they've provided me with such wonderful support, insight, and humor!

    Also thankful that MH's insurance is paying for some of his testicular biopsy costs (at least this round, since we've now met his lifetime max for fertility coverage).  Instead of paying close to $20,000 for one biopsy (!!!), we owe around $7,000.

    TTC since honeymoon in 9/2010
    Me: 39, Dx DOR (FSH = 10.5, AMH = 0.43, best AFC = 10), AMA
    MH: 37, Dx Obstructive Azoospermia, multiple successful sperm retrieval procedures

    1/2012: IVF/ICSI #1 Antagonist = cancelled d/t poor response to max stims
    2/2012: IVF/ICSI #2 MDLF (4R, 4M, 1F) = BFP, saw heartbeat, missed m/c 9w0d, D&E
    8/2012: IVF/ICSI #3 EPP/MDLF (7R, 2M, 1F) = BFN

    12/2012: (New RE) Operative hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue

    1/2013: IVF/ICSI #4 Low-dose stim/Antagonist (AFC=6); ER=1/26 (5R-couldn't access rt ovary, 5M, 4F), ET=1/29 (trans 3) = BFP!; 2/11 beta#1(13dp3dt)=2127, 2/13=3367; twin girls due 10/19/13

    PAIF/SAIF very welcome!

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  • That today is my Birthday!

    That I found this board, with women who are very understanding!

    And I'm going to enjoy my glass of wine tonight Smile

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    Married Sept 2008
    ~~TTC Nov 2010~~

    IUI #2: 1/21/13-100mg Clomid(CD3-7)(8M post wash) + progesterone= BFP!! EDD 10/13/13
    Beta #1=81.1 Beta #2=134.5 Beta #3=58.1 #4=2369 WTH?!-Not sure if its viable
    2/21/13 - Went to RE expecting the worse and saw the flutter of the heart.To God be the Glory!!
     
    5/29 - It's a Girl!!
    8/21/13 - Naomi born at 32w3d by csection due to Pre-E
    ~~PAIF/SAIF Welcome~~ 
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    My Wonder Woman!

  • imageAmCheri:

    Good ones everybody!

     Aegis, your roots made me giggle. It's the little things :)  

    It's amazing how many things I've let slide because I've been so focused on IF.  I really need to take my life back.
    Me: 35 DH: 37 TTC since 4/2010
    DX: 6/9/2011: Azoo ICSI/IVF only option for biological child
    IVF #1: ER - 9/26 * ET - 10/1 * beta#1 10/13 - 140 * beta#2 10/17 - 477 * beta#3 10/20 - 1101
    1st u/s at 6w6d - one hb * 2nd u/s at 8w3d - no hb detected 11/10/11 * natural m/c 11/13/11
    FET #1 Jan/Feb 2012 - 3 delays - cancelled 2/13
    FET #1.2 - May/June 2012 - ET 6/6/* beta#1 6/15 - 95 * beta #2 6/19 - 322 * beta #3 6/22 - 940
    7/6 1st u/s @ 7 weeks - one beautiful hb - released from RE
    EDD 2/22/2013
    PAIF/SAIF/PGAL welcome
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    BabyFruit Ticker
  • I am beyond grateful for my amazing husband. Sometimes I think I used up a lifetime of luck just to find him in this big world. He is my soul mate and my best friend, and I honestly don't know how I got so lucky. I am thankful every day for him. EVERY day.

     

    Ladies, I am also immensely grateful that I have you. Who knew a bunch of women from all over the world could come together under such difficult circumstances and be each others lifelines. When I don't want to pull myself off of the floor, your thoughts comments and support pulls me back so I can move forward. THANK YOU! 

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    TTC#1 since October 2010

    "The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap." Mary Anne Radmacher

    Me:35, 5 major abdominal surgeries for Ulcerative colitis, failed j pouch, perm. Ileostomy DX-DOR & Tubal abnormalities/Extensive Adhesions from earlier surgeries.latest fsh -26 :(

    IVF 1- March 2012 Antagonist Protocol; BCP until March 3; AFC this cycle is 10 (Hooray); Start stims on March 9; ER on March 19- 2R; 2T (1 perfect 8 cell, 1 scrappy 3 cell); tubal infection from ER-hospitalized. Doomed! BFN

    Essure Procedure to treat bilateral hydrosalpinx; June 2012, wait 3 months for confirmation test.

    IVF2 (Egg Banking)-letrozole/antagonist cycle; June/July 2012 225iu merional + cetrotide; slow responder, Ovulated before ER. Unbelievable. Canceled remaining cycles with my eggs

    DE IVF in Brno, Czech. Approx. ET on Oct 6 CANCELLED-Essure didn't close both tubes-test again in 3 months

    IVF3-DE IVF ET on Dec 9, 2012 (decided to roll the dice no matter what!)

    2 perfect HB transferred; 8dp5dt beta:36; 10dp5dt beta 15; chemical pregnancy.

    Turning our hearts toward adoption

    DH:36, SA-perfect

    Married since July 11, 2009

    Fur baby Cairn Terrier

    SAIF/PAIF Welcome

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