1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so?
2. What is your favorite antique that you own?
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering?
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it?
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix?
6. Do you darn socks?
TTC #1 since 9/07
Dx MFI, AMA, Endo, AMH .16
Lap 10/09 Removed endometrioma, stage IV endo and adhesions
Lap 2/10 Endometrioma cysts & adhesions returned.
Ivf #1 4/10 Antagonist, ET Cancelled.
IVF #2 2/11 A/ACP+E2V C/P
IVF #3 6/11 Letrozole/Antagonist BFN
IVF #4 11/11 Low stim Antagonist BFN
Lap 3/12 Lap & Selective HSG
Many cycles of Letrozole and LP HCG w/TI and LDN
IVF #5 8/12 Low stim BFN
IUI #1 10/12 BFN br>
S&PAIFW
Re: Revive Poll
1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so? When I was around 13 or so I liked to take my Mom's old cardigan sweaters from the 50's and wear them with the buttons up the back (just like they did in the 50's.)
2. What is your favorite antique that you own? Walnut headboard that was my Grandmother's.
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering? I've refinished a dresser once. I have several old pieces of furnture I would like to do, I just never get started. I don't upholster but I wish I had the talent.
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it? Chicken alfredo. I add creole seasoning to the sauce.
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix? I attempted to use duck tape to fix the spout on a watering can. Obviously that didn't work for long.
6. Do you darn socks? I did this when I first moved out on my own. Never again.
Dx MFI, AMA, Endo, AMH .16
Lap 10/09 Removed endometrioma, stage IV endo and adhesions
Lap 2/10 Endometrioma cysts & adhesions returned.
Ivf #1 4/10 Antagonist, ET Cancelled.
IVF #2 2/11 A/ACP+E2V C/P
IVF #3 6/11 Letrozole/Antagonist BFN
IVF #4 11/11 Low stim Antagonist BFN
Lap 3/12 Lap & Selective HSG
Many cycles of Letrozole and LP HCG w/TI and LDN
IVF #5 8/12 Low stim BFN
IUI #1 10/12 BFN br> S&PAIFW
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
1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so?
The periods that I seem to pull off best (without looking contrived) are the 40?s and 70?s.
2. What is your favorite antique that you own?
My grandfather?s Longines watch.
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering?
Yes, but not very well.
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it?
I do this all the time but particularly with dishes that are heavy on butter or cream. I have found that flavor out-wins fat everytime. It is amazing how much you don?t miss when you add garlic and olive oil.
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix?
My husband?s Restoration Hardware booties that were leaking feathers all over the house.
6. Do you darn socks?
Hell no!!!!
***SIGNATURE WARNING***
TTC #1
Me 42, DH 47
Dx = AMA/DOR, MFI
IVF/ICSI #1 = BFN
IVF/ICSI #2 = BFP; early loss
IVF/ICSI #3 (DE) = BFP; early loss
FET = BFN
IVF/ICSI #4 (DE w/ CCS) = BFP
Beta #1 @ 10dp6dt = 265; Beta #2 @ 14dp6dt = 1251.
1st U/S @ 6w2d showed one perfect little heartbeat!
2nd U/S @ 7w2d. HB 132 & everything measuring on track.
Our beautiful little girl arrived January 2015!
::: Married June 2003:::

TTC #1 since: Aug. 2008
Me: 34, DOR, MTHFR-A1298C (heterozygous), decreased blood flow to uterus, Mild Endo
DH: 38, Balanced translocation 5&10, unexplained MFI, normal SA and SCSA
Tx History: IUI 1&2= BFN
IVF# 1 W/ICSI= BFN
IVF# 2: cancelled d/t no response
IVF# 3= 1 egg retrieved=immature/not viable
IVF# 4= c/p
***CCRM ODWU***
Found DHs BT and Me-decreased blood flow to uterus
Recommended DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. Decided to cycle locally
***New RE***
DE IVF# 1(cycle #6) w/pgd, (freeze all): 30R, 23M, 15F, slow/poor embryo development, 4 biopsied, 1 Normal "Norm"; DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture.
IVF# 6: (OE/DS) cancelled
IVF# 7: (OE/DS) 1R, 1M, 1F, arrested day 5
Plan-DE IVF# 2 (cycle #8): DE/DS in May 2015
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1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so?
Plaid vintage coat. I always get compliments when I wear it.
2. What is your favorite antique that you own?
Hrm. We have a lot of old stuff on purpose... it's our main style. I have this hand-carved wooden flower that looks like a giant closed bud. It has a carved wooden mechanism that you turn to open the flower. I just love it.
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering?
Yes. Both!
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it?
I love baking so I do a lot of stuff to recipes to make them better... not as much to make them healthy.
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix?
I don't use it much. Hrm... I can't think of a thing!
6. Do you darn socks?
No. But I just had a dream about one of my pairs of socks, so I wore them the next day and blew the heel out.
Thanks!
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!!!
2. none! My DH won't allow it *sniff*
3. nope
4. My DH does this all the time. He's the cook, not me so you'd have to ask him
5. A side mirror on my car temporarily
6. No, but I knit them. By the time they need darning, I decide I want a different sock and so knit a new pair
Positive for HLA-B27, I'm a mutant
Testing - Me ok, gluten issue? DH - borderline count, low motility
4/28/11 IUI#1 = BFP!(5/25), EDD 2/2/12 - m/c 5w3d
7/3, 7/31, 9/25 - IUI#2-4=BFN
IVF#1 - 1 blast = BFP!! (12/30), EDD 9/9/12, confirmed c/p 4w2d
FET#1 3/2/12 - 2 blasts =BFP!! EDD 11/18/12, us#1 = twins! Confirmed m/c 5w6d
4/20-surprise BFP and another c/p 4w2d
FET#2 7/16/12 - 2 blasts = BFN
FET#3 8/20/12 - 1 blast - BFP!! Beta #1-2=177, 354
1st u/s 5w6d, one beautiful little HB
baby girl born 5/10/13
TTC#2 since 12/17/2014, Cycle 8
Repeat Testing...FSH=12, AMH=3.8, AFC=28.
IUI#5 5/10/15- c/p?
IVF#2 8/19/15 - cancelled due to cysts
IVF#2 take two 10/2015 - 5 blasts frozen
FET#4 12/11/2015 - BFN - 4 blasts remaining
FET#5 2/18/16 - BFP!!! Beta1-3, 126, 250, 745!!
Tons of love and ((hugs)) to my IF sister NMscubagirl
7 IUIs = All BFNs
2011: March IVF #1.2 = e/p @ 6w: May IVF #2 = BFN: July sFET #1 = BFN
2012: Jan We're Certified FC/A Parents
May IVF #3 = c/p
June-Nov Foster Mommy to M (Toddler)
July FET #2 = BFN
Aug FET #3 = BFN
Sept-Nov Foster Mommy to Baby Bella (Newborn)
Nov HSG/Sono = Clear!
Dec FET #4 = BFN
2013: Feb FET #5 = m/c @ 6.5w
May-July Foster Mom to H (8 yr old girl)
June/July/Aug IVF #4 = Freeze All
July = Unofficially Adopting T (10 yr old boy)
Sept FET #6 = TBD
**PAIF/SAIF Welcome**
TTC since 2008 dx PCOS & MFI
Clomid/Femara no "O"
IVF #1 BFN
FET #1 cancelled for biopsy
FET #1.2 c/p, July 2012 c/p
IUI #1 & 1.2 canceled
IVF #2 ER 12/1, Freeze all due to OHSS
FET #2.1 cancelled due to DVT risk, FET #2.2 Jan 2013
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1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so? I can't think of anything - I'm not all that stylish
2. What is your favorite antique that you own? a secretary desk that was my great-grandma's
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering? I have refinished a few pieces (a dresser, headboard, coffee table, sofa table) and have also done some super basic upholstering (i.e. pull the seat off the cushion and replace the fabric). I've bought books on how to do more advanced upholstering - but haven't done anything yet. Well, not 100% true, I did upholster our fabric headboard.
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it? I've taken a lot of "regular" recipes and weight watchers recipes, and come up with something in between.
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix? Not duck tape, but I've used velcro to "hold up" baseboard molding that had come loose. It worked great!
6. Do you darn socks? I don't know what this means
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
2. What is your favorite antique that you own? My grabdma's wedding ring
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering? No
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it? I normally add butter and make recipes worse for me, LOL
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix? Can't think of anything
6. Do you darn socks? I had to google this! No I don't!
1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so?
Colored tights under dresses.
2. What is your favorite antique that you own?
Some old family silverware that's from the 1600s.
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering?
I will be re-upholstering a chair when we move. It's my parents' but they're giving it to us since it fits out 1950s style living room.
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it?
Pineapple souffle: so good but very sugary. I subbed Splenda for white & brown sugar & it still came out yummy: https://allrecipes.com/recipe/pineapple-bread-souffle/
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix?
I onced duct taped my bra. It was the only clean one I had & I discoved the fastener was half ripped off so I taped it. Then I did laundry, lol. This was back in undergrad.
6. Do you darn socks?
No.
1. Name a fashion item or style that you revived and felt snazzy doing so? Old purses
2. What is your favorite antique that you own? grandmothers old desk
3. Have you refinished furniture or done your own upholstering? refinished above desk and have reupholstered dining room chairs
4. Taken a recipe and made it more healthy or flavorful? What was the recipe and how did you improve upon it? Not so good at doing this!
5, Oddest thing you used duck tape to fix? the handle on my bathroom sink... didn't last very long!
6. Do you darn socks? I have but not recently and probably won't again.
TTC summer 2008
Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
Mental health break for 10 months
IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
7 fertilized transferred 3
Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl!
TTC#2 No birth control since DD was born. Getting ready to jump back in the saddle. Weaning this month. RE
appt scheduled 5/8. Here we go again!
11/13 beta #1 924!!! 2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430. First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,