I have been blessed officially. : p
danieleandwayne
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Soooo.... I have 2 grandparents still alive. My two Italian 96 year old grandparents. My grandmother has a bizarre gift. She just knows things. Like when the phone rang out of the blue one afternoon and she said "My sister Jenny just died." and it was her other sister calling to give her the news. Or when she said "It's too bad Jason and Lea are dating other people-- they would be perfect together." and then my brother Jason and Lea ended up (on their own, having no knowledge of my grandmother's proclamation) leaving their respective partners and now are happily married and own (and run) two amazing restaurants out in Chicago.
So when my grandmother-- whom we call M?m?-- called me today to ask how I was doing ("I didn't want to call earlier because it gets in your head when it's so recent"), I of course gave her my full attention-- even though I was driving home and should have put her on speaker phone.
My grandmother gave me the usual "I guess it's not meant to be, but it still hurts. You're strong, you'll get through this. So many people have miscarriages and then go on to have kids with no problem-- thank God you don't have problems like my friend Louise (you remember her, right? Carmine's wife; she played pinochle with us on Friday nights.)..."
And then she told me, "I know you're going to have more kids. And if M?m? says it, then it's true."
So there it is. M?m? has spoken. Boom!
(Maybe I should rent her out on a pay-per-consult basis?)
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Re: I have been blessed officially. : p
Daniele,
I am so sorry for your loss, I have been out of town for work and I just saw your post, otherwise I would have reached out to you sooner!
That is a really great story about your Meme. I had a similar relationship with my Granny before she died four years ago.
I will be pulling for you and your DH this month.
J
Male Factor (severe oligospermia)
Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY! Aiden was born 08/20/2013.
IVF #2 is in progress. ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI. ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived. We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14. 1st beta - 111. 2nd beta - 159 didn't double
3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic. Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome? 06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope! 06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally! 06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great 
EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
She sounds like a wonderful lady.
And she's right btw...my first pregnancy was a miscarriage. I thought I would never have kids. My second one...boom! Got my daughter.
Hope this helps.
Melissa
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!