And...she's still technically married to that other guy. Oy vey!
Yikes. Skank alert.
hahaha! Ditto this all. I wish everyone would 100% stop paying attention to anything she does. I unfollowed her from twitter too - she is a AWFUL role model for women.
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hahaha! Ditto this all. I wish everyone would 100% stop paying attention to anything she does. I unfollowed her from twitter too - she is a AWFUL role model for women.
Yeah I don't follow any celebrities for this reason. They are famous for being pretty and dramatic. Why would I want to hear what they say about anything? I have enough drama in my life without celebrities so I stay away from the celeb worship.
I was actually sitting in the waiting room at the RE when they had a segment on the Today Show announcing the pregnancy. Nothing like a half dozen women yelling at the TV.
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Sickening... just another example of how this IF is not fair.
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I'm a long time lurker, but I just joined this morning because I had to comment on this post. This was my exact thought this morning when I heard about Kim K.
IF is really unfair and does majorly suck. Also, I feel so bad for Khloe, the only Kardashian IMHO that's not completely annoying and useless.
I was actually sitting in the waiting room at the RE when they had a segment on the Today Show announcing the pregnancy. Nothing like a half dozen women yelling at the TV.
So Funny, EXACT same thing happened this morning to me. I was at RE and we all just looked at each other and went off at the TV.
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4/12: HSG All Clear
5-1-12: DX of PCOS
5-4-12: DH S/A all normal.
5-16-12: Offically start IUI#1-->Clomid(50mg) + Trigger + IUI + progesterone supplements=BFN
IUI #2-same treatment-->BFN
July IUI#3-same treatment--->BFN
Aug 22, 2012-Laparoscopy Found/Removed extensive endometreosis.
September 2012-IUI #4-Same treatment as before. BFN
October 2012-forced break/Surgery to remove abnormal cells in left breast.
November 2012-First Injects Cycle (IUI #5)! 225IU Follistim CD 3-5, then monitoring appointment. 20+ follier & e2 >2000-Mild OHSS
December 2012-#2 Injects + IUI#6): Beta 1/18/13-BFN!
Jan 2013-Starting IVF!!! BC starts Jan 17/Lupron on Feb 13/Stims on Feb 18/ER on March 1
IVF Protocol: Lupron 10 units in am until stimms. Then 5 units of Lurpon in am, 150iu of Follistim and 1 unit of Menopur in pm. Holding dosage throughtout since response has been great.
Thought we would be freeze all due to OHSS, but ended up getting more follicles then expected! 14 total!!! 12 mature and 11 fertilized. Dr calls for a 5 day transfer!! Will freeze remaining.
My first thought was "poor Khloe", followed by "she's not even divorced yet!!!'
^Exactly this!
And I know I'm going to be in the minority - but I love watching the Kardashians. I don't follow them on twitter or seek out their every move - but their shows are great for mindless television.
Me: 30, DH: 40
TTC since January 2012HSG & Bloodwork: Normal, SA: NormalDx: Unexplained Infertility 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN (three cycles)
I haven't heard this one yet, but didnt she just freeze her eggs because she is "so old and will have more fertility concerns than Klhoe"?she sucks so bad.
Yep. That episode was absolutely obnoxious. My heart goes out to Khloe
My first thought was "poor Khloe", followed by "she's not even divorced yet!!!'
This, exactly.
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I was actually sitting in the waiting room at the RE when they had a segment on the Today Show announcing the pregnancy. Nothing like a half dozen women yelling at the TV.
Same here! I think I'm going to request no Today show in the REs waiting room. It's made my blood boil too many times in the past few months.
You know, this would be a great opportunity for Khloe to explain how infertile women are just as happy for their sisters' pregnancies as anyone else. And that just because we're infertile doesn't mean that we can't be absolutely THRILLED for our sisters, friends, or any other woman who gets pregnant!
Maybe I am a total b!tch, but at BEST I feel neutral about fertiles getting pregnant. When my friends announce they are pregnant, I don't feel thrilled. There were a few months there when I was insanely angry about it. Now I'm just glad to be in a mental place where I can just feel "eh" about it. I'm neither upset nor happy.... Neutral, numb, nothingness. I say "congrats" to be nice and move on. The only people I truly feel "happy" for in any way when they get pregnant are the regulars on this board who I am rooting for. Because we're a team.
That is nice if a sister is happy for a sister, but I don't think it's required for infertiles to feel "thrilled" for fertiles popping out kids and to express being "thrilled." But I don't have any siblings, and my 1 married female cousin doesn't want kids. I have only experienced dozens of friends being pregnant so far. So maybe I would feel differently otherwise.
My first thought was "poor Khloe", followed by "she's not even divorced yet!!!'
I thought the same exact thing, I try to never ever judge anyone, but I did seriously side eye this announcement.
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IVF 2.0-Baseline 11/7/12 beta 0/All Clear Stim start 11/7/12//ER 11/19 11M//10F ET 2 embies 11/24//Beta#1 28 Beta #2 23 Beta#3 29 stop meds Beta#4 37/C/P 5W5D EDD:8/12/13/IVF#3 in Jan
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You know, this would be a great opportunity for Khloe to explain how infertile women are just as happy for their sisters' pregnancies as anyone else. And that just because we're infertile doesn't mean that we can't be absolutely THRILLED for our sisters, friends, or any other woman who gets pregnant!
Maybe I am a total b!tch, but at BEST I feel neutral about fertiles getting pregnant. When my friends announce they are pregnant, I don't feel thrilled. There were a few months there when I was insanely angry about it. Now I'm just glad to be in a mental place where I can just feel "eh" about it. I'm neither upset nor happy.... Neutral, numb, nothingness. I say "congrats" to be nice and move on. The only people I truly feel "happy" for in any way when they get pregnant are the regulars on this board who I am rooting for. Because we're a team.
That is nice if a sister is happy for a sister, but I don't think it's required for infertiles to feel "thrilled" for fertiles popping out kids and to express being "thrilled." But I don't have any siblings, and my 1 married female cousin doesn't want kids. I have only experienced dozens of friends being pregnant so far. So maybe I would feel differently otherwise.
Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
Thank you for chiming in and making me feel not so alone. Sometimes I feel really alone and horrible, like I must be some kind of monster for not feeling "happy" for other people's pregnancies. Other times I feel confident that it's not my job to feel "happy" for everyone.
When people talk about their friends/family being pregnant, almost everyone starts sentences with, "Of course I am SO happy for so-and-so" and I'm just over here like... um... I'm not happy, like at all. I don't care. Go live your life with your new baby and try not to post a million FB pics about it, thanks.
Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
Thank you for chiming in and making me feel not so alone. Sometimes I feel really alone and horrible, like I must be some kind of monster for not feeling "happy" for other people's pregnancies. Other times I feel confident that it's not my job to feel "happy" for everyone.
When people talk about their friends/family being pregnant, almost everyone starts sentences with, "Of course I am SO happy for so-and-so" and I'm just over here like... um... I'm not happy, like at all. I don't care. Go live your life with your new baby and try not to post a million FB pics about it, thanks.
Here's a thing I learned in therapy - whatever you feel is normal (so long as you're mentally healthy - you know what I mean). It is unfortunate that we're under pressure to show only positive emotions, and I think it's fine to say something along the lines of "it's wonderful for her, but I'm feeling a lot of emotions unrelated to happiness for her, and those are dominant right now." I mean, you don't have to come out with that as your initial reaction, but if someone were to question you, I think it's validating to be able to voice how pregnancy news makes you feel. Because the honest truth is - at least for me - there generally is happiness, but the rest of the emotions may drown it out for some time and I'm left with an "average" feeling of numbness like you're describing.
Thanks for sharing that with me. The thing is, I think I've always been that way about feeling "happy" for other people, even before it related to TTC. It's not that I feel miserable or anything, it's just that I can't ever say I've felt "thrilled" for someone else's big life event. I might muster a feeling of "oh cool" or "yay" but I'm never over the moon for anyone else. Maybe I have always been a bit of a cynic. Thanks for the insight.
Now I'm just glad to be in a mental place where I can just feel "eh" about it. I'm neither upset nor happy.... Neutral, numb, nothingness. I say "congrats" to be nice and move on. The only people I truly feel "happy" for in any way when they get pregnant are the regulars on this board who I am rooting for. Because we're a team.
I'm so glad you said this!! This is exactly how I feel at the moment. I had a rough month a month or so back - and I was upset at everybody who was pregnant. Now, I'm just numb to it. You're very right - we are a team on here - and I'm so, so glad to have you ladies on my team!!
Me: 30, DH: 40
TTC since January 2012HSG & Bloodwork: Normal, SA: NormalDx: Unexplained Infertility 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN (three cycles)
Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
Thank you for chiming in and making me feel not so alone. Sometimes I feel really alone and horrible, like I must be some kind of monster for not feeling "happy" for other people's pregnancies. Other times I feel confident that it's not my job to feel "happy" for everyone.
When people talk about their friends/family being pregnant, almost everyone starts sentences with, "Of course I am SO happy for so-and-so" and I'm just over here like... um... I'm not happy, like at all. I don't care. Go live your life with your new baby and try not to post a million FB pics about it, thanks.
Sun, you are not alone AT ALL. When Intuitive Blue first posted that my first though was "uh, seriously? wtf." Puppies and rainbows took a big crap all over my phone and I wasn't sure if she was serious. To think that Khloe should use this time to show all the fertiles everywhere that infertiles are happy when they get KU'd is really silly to me.
Maybe I'm just a big ol' meanie too, but I honestly have reached the point where I am indifferent to other people getting pregnant. I just honestly do not care. I was more happy reading Juleskeim's BFP announcement than hearing an acquaintance of mine is expecting. We're in the trenches together, kwim? If that makes me an a-hole so be it. We can be a-holes together
Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
Thank you for chiming in and making me feel not so alone. Sometimes I feel really alone and horrible, like I must be some kind of monster for not feeling "happy" for other people's pregnancies. Other times I feel confident that it's not my job to feel "happy" for everyone.
When people talk about their friends/family being pregnant, almost everyone starts sentences with, "Of course I am SO happy for so-and-so" and I'm just over here like... um... I'm not happy, like at all. I don't care. Go live your life with your new baby and try not to post a million FB pics about it, thanks.
Here's a thing I learned in therapy - whatever you feel is normal (so long as you're mentally healthy - you know what I mean). It is unfortunate that we're under pressure to show only positive emotions, and I think it's fine to say something along the lines of "it's wonderful for her, but I'm feeling a lot of emotions unrelated to happiness for her, and those are dominant right now." I mean, you don't have to come out with that as your initial reaction, but if someone were to question you, I think it's validating to be able to voice how pregnancy news makes you feel. Because the honest truth is - at least for me - there generally is happiness, but the rest of the emotions may drown it out for some time and I'm left with an "average" feeling of numbness like you're describing.
This is exactly what I feel when I get a pregnancy announcement. I usually feel a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach first, not happiness. When my BFF, who is as close to a sister as I have really, called me a couple months ago to say that she was pregnant with #3, my heart sank. I immediately got off the phone and cried. Maybe I'm a selfish jerk, but I did not feel happy for her. I felt sad for me, and I felt like a jerk for not being happy for her. I am sort of happy for her and her family right now- I know they are excited and it's a special time for them. But mostly I feel as Sundowner described above- "good for you, try not to post too many pics on facebook."
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And the idea of that announcement coming on the TV in an RE's waiting room makes me cringe!! It does make me smile to think of all the women in the waiting room sort of rising up in disgust
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Me: 32, DH: 34 / TTC since February 2011 / SA: all normal, HSG: all clear! / on Lovenox for anticardiolipid antibodies 4 IUIs with Clomid, Letrozole, and Menopur. All BFN. 9/12: lap / hysteroscopy: found and removed mild endometriosis, cervical polyp, and 2 para-tubular cysts 5/13 IVF #1: Follistim, Menopur, Ganirelix, 10R/4M/4F, ET of 2, 5 cell and 4 cell, no frosties = BFN 12/13 IVF #2 = November / December 2013. Microdose Lupron Protocol: 15R/6M/6F, Froze all 6 due to high E2 and P4 FET 1: Jan 22, 2014 of one 4AB blast and one 3BB blast (3 blasts on ice!) BFP on HPT 4dp5dt, Beta #1 9dp5dt: 310, Beta #2 11dp5dt: 899 First u/s on 2/17/14: TWINS!!!!! both w/HBs of 114 at 6w3d, HBs 150 and 152 at 7w5d 5/27/2014: Team purple!!!! EDD 10/10/2014 /
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DH: 37 SA 6/2012 - normal
Cycle #1 on 50 mg Clomid 12/2012 - unsucessful
Cycle #2 on 75 mg Clomid + Trigger 01/2013 - unsucessful
Cycle #3 on 600 mg Vitex + acupuncture 02/2013
Yikes. Skank alert.
hahaha! Ditto this all. I wish everyone would 100% stop paying attention to anything she does. I unfollowed her from twitter too - she is a AWFUL role model for women.
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12/24/12 IUI #1 100mg Clomid = BFN
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This exactly!
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Hi,
I'm a long time lurker, but I just joined this morning because I had to comment on this post. This was my exact thought this morning when I heard about Kim K.
IF is really unfair and does majorly suck. Also, I feel so bad for Khloe, the only Kardashian IMHO that's not completely annoying and useless.
This!
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TTC #1 since 06.2011 Me-24 DH-24
12.2011 SA = Normal
06.2012 First visit with OB/GYN
10.2012 Clomid 50mg + TI = BFN
11.2012 Clomid 50mg + TI = BFN
12.2012 Clomid 100mg + TI = BFN
01.2013 First visit with RE
02.2013 Clomid 150mg + TI = BFN
03.2013 Femara 5mg + TI = BFN
05.2013 Femara 5mg + TI = BFN
06.2013 Femara 7.5mg + TI = BFN
*Taking a break*
So Funny, EXACT same thing happened this morning to me. I was at RE and we all just looked at each other and went off at the TV.
4/12: HSG All Clear
5-1-12: DX of PCOS
5-4-12: DH S/A all normal.
5-16-12: Offically start IUI#1-->Clomid(50mg) + Trigger + IUI + progesterone supplements=BFN
IUI #2-same treatment-->BFN
July IUI#3-same treatment--->BFN
Aug 22, 2012-Laparoscopy Found/Removed extensive endometreosis.
September 2012-IUI #4-Same treatment as before. BFN
October 2012-forced break/Surgery to remove abnormal cells in left breast.
November 2012-First Injects Cycle (IUI #5)! 225IU Follistim CD 3-5, then monitoring appointment. 20+ follier & e2 >2000-Mild OHSS
December 2012-#2 Injects + IUI#6): Beta 1/18/13-BFN!
Jan 2013-Starting IVF!!! BC starts Jan 17/Lupron on Feb 13/Stims on Feb 18/ER on March 1 IVF Protocol: Lupron 10 units in am until stimms. Then 5 units of Lurpon in am, 150iu of Follistim and 1 unit of Menopur in pm. Holding dosage throughtout since response has been great. Thought we would be freeze all due to OHSS, but ended up getting more follicles then expected! 14 total!!! 12 mature and 11 fertilized. Dr calls for a 5 day transfer!! Will freeze remaining.
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^Exactly this!
And I know I'm going to be in the minority - but I love watching the Kardashians. I don't follow them on twitter or seek out their every move - but their shows are great for mindless television.
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7DPO Progesterone: low. CD3 BW: normal, HSG: clear
DX: severe MFI (low all 3) and low T. Undergoing replacement therapy.
Trying since Jan 2011. Unexplained IF.
2 IUIs = BFN.
1 IVF (Dec 2013) = BFN.
FET, 2 frosties (June 13, 2014)
14dp5dt-June 27 -BFP, beta 2061. 2nd beta >5000, 3rd beta >5000, 2 sacs 06/30.
Twin Girls - 02/11/15 - at 37 weeks (no NICU, home with me at 3 days).
This, exactly.
Dx: Feb '13 - HSG shows clear tubes but minor diverticulitis; Borderline DOR; Low DHEA and low testosterone.
Moving on to IUI or IVF.
We've got a peen.....it's a boy!
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Same here! I think I'm going to request no Today show in the REs waiting room. It's made my blood boil too many times in the past few months.
I agree, poor Khloe!
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Maybe I am a total b!tch, but at BEST I feel neutral about fertiles getting pregnant. When my friends announce they are pregnant, I don't feel thrilled. There were a few months there when I was insanely angry about it. Now I'm just glad to be in a mental place where I can just feel "eh" about it. I'm neither upset nor happy.... Neutral, numb, nothingness. I say "congrats" to be nice and move on. The only people I truly feel "happy" for in any way when they get pregnant are the regulars on this board who I am rooting for. Because we're a team.
That is nice if a sister is happy for a sister, but I don't think it's required for infertiles to feel "thrilled" for fertiles popping out kids and to express being "thrilled." But I don't have any siblings, and my 1 married female cousin doesn't want kids. I have only experienced dozens of friends being pregnant so far. So maybe I would feel differently otherwise.
TTC Since Aug 2011/
ME:34 all clear/DH:41 DX Severe MFI/
IVF w/ICSI OCT 2012 Stims started 10/8/ER 10/19/12/ET 10/24/Beta#1 11/2=BFN (beta was 1.2)
IVF 2.0-Baseline 11/7/12 beta 0/All Clear
Stim start 11/7/12//ER 11/19 11M//10F
ET 2 embies 11/24//Beta#1 28 Beta #2 23 Beta#3 29
stop meds Beta#4 37/C/P 5W5D EDD:8/12/13/IVF#3 in Jan
Ivf 3-frozen 3 poor 3day/fet=bfn
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Agreed. I feel a lot of anxiety about when my best friend and/or sister announce pregnancies. I will be happy for them at some point, but I can't honestly say I'll feel happiness at first. There will be a whole mess of emotions that it will take me time to work through.
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7DPO Progesterone: low. CD3 BW: normal, HSG: clear
DX: severe MFI (low all 3) and low T. Undergoing replacement therapy.
Thank you for chiming in and making me feel not so alone. Sometimes I feel really alone and horrible, like I must be some kind of monster for not feeling "happy" for other people's pregnancies. Other times I feel confident that it's not my job to feel "happy" for everyone.
When people talk about their friends/family being pregnant, almost everyone starts sentences with, "Of course I am SO happy for so-and-so" and I'm just over here like... um... I'm not happy, like at all. I don't care. Go live your life with your new baby and try not to post a million FB pics about it, thanks.
Here's a thing I learned in therapy - whatever you feel is normal (so long as you're mentally healthy - you know what I mean). It is unfortunate that we're under pressure to show only positive emotions, and I think it's fine to say something along the lines of "it's wonderful for her, but I'm feeling a lot of emotions unrelated to happiness for her, and those are dominant right now." I mean, you don't have to come out with that as your initial reaction, but if someone were to question you, I think it's validating to be able to voice how pregnancy news makes you feel. Because the honest truth is - at least for me - there generally is happiness, but the rest of the emotions may drown it out for some time and I'm left with an "average" feeling of numbness like you're describing.
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Invisible Finish Line
3T's Traveling Ovary Blog
7DPO Progesterone: low. CD3 BW: normal, HSG: clear
DX: severe MFI (low all 3) and low T. Undergoing replacement therapy.
or "yay" but I'm never over the moon for anyone else. Maybe I have always been a bit of a cynic. Thanks for the insight.
I'm so glad you said this!! This is exactly how I feel at the moment. I had a rough month a month or so back - and I was upset at everybody who was pregnant. Now, I'm just numb to it. You're very right - we are a team on here - and I'm so, so glad to have you ladies on my team!!
Sun, you are not alone AT ALL. When Intuitive Blue first posted that my first though was "uh, seriously? wtf." Puppies and rainbows took a big crap all over my phone and I wasn't sure if she was serious. To think that Khloe should use this time to show all the fertiles everywhere that infertiles are happy when they get KU'd is really silly to me.
Maybe I'm just a big ol' meanie too, but I honestly have reached the point where I am indifferent to other people getting pregnant. I just honestly do not care. I was more happy reading Juleskeim's BFP announcement than hearing an acquaintance of mine is expecting. We're in the trenches together, kwim? If that makes me an a-hole so be it. We can be a-holes together
This is exactly what I feel when I get a pregnancy announcement. I usually feel a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach first, not happiness. When my BFF, who is as close to a sister as I have really, called me a couple months ago to say that she was pregnant with #3, my heart sank. I immediately got off the phone and cried. Maybe I'm a selfish jerk, but I did not feel happy for her. I felt sad for me, and I felt like a jerk for not being happy for her. I am sort of happy for her and her family right now- I know they are excited and it's a special time for them. But mostly I feel as Sundowner described above- "good for you, try not to post too many pics on facebook."
Me: 32, DH: 34 / TTC since February 2011 / SA: all normal, HSG: all clear! / on Lovenox for anticardiolipid antibodies
4 IUIs with Clomid, Letrozole, and Menopur. All BFN.
9/12: lap / hysteroscopy: found and removed mild endometriosis, cervical polyp, and 2 para-tubular cysts
5/13 IVF #1: Follistim, Menopur, Ganirelix, 10R/4M/4F, ET of 2, 5 cell and 4 cell, no frosties = BFN
12/13 IVF #2 = November / December 2013. Microdose Lupron Protocol: 15R/6M/6F, Froze all 6 due to high E2 and P4
FET 1: Jan 22, 2014 of one 4AB blast and one 3BB blast (3 blasts on ice!)
BFP on HPT 4dp5dt, Beta #1 9dp5dt: 310, Beta #2 11dp5dt: 899
First u/s on 2/17/14: TWINS!!!!! both w/HBs of 114 at 6w3d, HBs 150 and 152 at 7w5d
5/27/2014: Team purple!!!! EDD 10/10/2014 /
Baby Boy 4lbs 1oz, 17 inches
Baby Girl 3lbs 5oz, 16 inches
Me: 32, DH: 34 / TTC since February 2011 / SA: all normal, HSG: all clear! / on Lovenox for anticardiolipid antibodies
4 IUIs with Clomid, Letrozole, and Menopur. All BFN.
9/12: lap / hysteroscopy: found and removed mild endometriosis, cervical polyp, and 2 para-tubular cysts
5/13 IVF #1: Follistim, Menopur, Ganirelix, 10R/4M/4F, ET of 2, 5 cell and 4 cell, no frosties = BFN
12/13 IVF #2 = November / December 2013. Microdose Lupron Protocol: 15R/6M/6F, Froze all 6 due to high E2 and P4
FET 1: Jan 22, 2014 of one 4AB blast and one 3BB blast (3 blasts on ice!)
BFP on HPT 4dp5dt, Beta #1 9dp5dt: 310, Beta #2 11dp5dt: 899
First u/s on 2/17/14: TWINS!!!!! both w/HBs of 114 at 6w3d, HBs 150 and 152 at 7w5d
5/27/2014: Team purple!!!! EDD 10/10/2014 /
Baby Boy 4lbs 1oz, 17 inches
Baby Girl 3lbs 5oz, 16 inches
YES!! Which is why I gave this announcement major eye roll...on top of the fact that the hussy is still married! Shame, shame, shame!