***May Emeralds check-in***
Welcome to the May Emeralds 2013 check-in!!! Check ins are every Monday and Thursday!
This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF or FET with an ER/ET scheduled for MAY. If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle below (# IVF cycle, where you are in the process, relevant dates, etc.) Be sure to update along the way!
Your check-in leader for the month is: Lacyj67 on Mondays and Jezebel57 on Thursdays
Siggy: IMG]https://i46.tinypic.com/35ltdeg.jpg[/IMG
QOTD: stolen from april showers ... Are you out with your IF Journey or do you keep it a secret?
BFPs:
BFNs:
MAY Angels:
Cancelled/Delayed:
RosyGlow-delayed FET (hugs)
Jschwind22 (hugs)
Noelcallum (hugs)
In the 2WW:
Between ER/ET:
Stimming/Priming:
Futurehuber- Ivf #1
Lacyj67- Ivf #3
Geordie314- Ivf #1
Balabusta- Ivf # 1
Prep (BCP/Lupron/EPP):
- Jezebel57-Ivf #2
- Irishlove16-Ivf #1
- LeggyJeggy- Ivf #1
- Clynn82au- Ivf #1
- Kariannm2- Ivf #
- Lizrn1975- Ivf #2
- Xladybassx- IVf #1
Twistsandturnsto2-Ivf #2
- Kezzzke-Ivf #1 ER 5/20-5/25
- TTC23-Ivf #1
- Forevaarose-IVF #2
- RosyGlow
- Djma81
- Kentcarrie- Ivf #3
- Lovemuffin1125
FET:
- Jschwind22- FET# 1.2
- Stepharonius- FET #1
- Julieannt15- FET #1
- Mrsc430- FET #1
- Djma81- FET #3
- Mkpanther- FET # 1
- BrideJackie- FET #2
- Frenchy6- FET #1
- Nursecheryl-FET #2 5/14
- MrsC430- FET
- BzeetyD
Waiting to Start Cycle:
jquinger
- Heath04angel- Ivf #1.2
- Aurora1181- Ivf #1
- poohniki- IVF #4
Me 34 and DH 39 married in aug. 2002
Did 5 round of clomid 2010 =BFN
High levels of NK CELLS DX sept.2012 DOR:# 0.02
IVF #1 May 2012 ER 4, EF 2, ET 2 =BFN
MINI IVF Oct.2012 Cancelled 10-27-12
Ivf #3 Antagonist Protocol April 2013
Shared cycle..Donor cycled in July Got 12 eggs 9 fertilized and 8 frozen!!
DE FET #1 Sept. 3rd 2013 FIRST BFP EVER 5dp5dt
miscarried Sept 24th at 5 weeks 5 days
Etopic D&C and hysterscopy Nov 5 2013
dx with pre genetic blood clotting dec 2013
FET #2 Jan 31st 2014
Miscarried for a second time again at 5 weeks 5 days
Currently fostering to adopt an amazing little 1 year old boy..P.J!
FET#3 is Oct 29th 2014
BFN on fet #3
Last and FINAL FET coming JAN 28th 2015
Everyone Welcome
Re: ***May Emeralds Check In***
Good afternoon Emeralds!
Hope all are doing well. Im doing ok. I have my first ultrasound tomorrow morning at 10:15 and hopefully we will see some nice big ovaires full of little follicles!
Qotd: Yes we are out with our IF and I like it
I'm hoping AF will be here this week so I can start FET.
i am pretty open about ivf. I tell my close friends and they are wonderful ladies.
Hi Ladies!!
I just started micr
Hello ladies!
Only 2 more days of BCP and I'm to go in Friday for a monitoring appt. If all looks OK, I'll start stims on Sunday. I picked up all my meds today; it was a huge blow to the gut when I saw the costs but oh well.
<PQotd...We are pretty out and open with our journey to an extent. We dont tell ppl all
Me 28 DH 30
After 4+ years TTC
You can put me in the prep column. I'm on BCPs and feel like I got hit with a truck of tired. SO fatigued!
Just chatted with our doc and we're pretty sure we're going to put back only 1 embryo this time. Many reasons but mostly afraid of the ris
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!!!
Waiting on AF to hopefully come later this week/weekend so I can start FET.
QOTD: DH and my family and two close friends know the extent to what we've been through (failed IUI's, IVF, upcoming FET). A
Update: I started stimming yesterday and I must say, it has been pretty challenging.... Not because they hurt or we are mixing the meds wrong, but because my husband is a wimp with needles and having panic attacks every time I need my shot. Today he be
September 2016- Surprise BFP without medical assistance! New Baby due June 2017!
Hi Ladies,
I have stopped BCP and am now waiting for AF to take my Lupron shot and then will begin the vivele patches. I have begun having anxiety dreams, while DW is busy dreaming of our RE's office every night. We are
me:33 my wife:32 married in June '12
LONG road through IF ending in heartbreak and frustration.
Hi ladies! Hope you had a good weekend!
OMG, well things are moving along super fast over here! I'm going in daily for monitoring now. This am my RE measured probably 16-18 sizable follies, mostly measuring around 16-18 and one
Me: 33, DH: 35, DX: PCOS & MFI (low everything)
IUI #1-3 - Low Post-Wash Counts - All BFNs
IVF #1 w/ ICSI: Long Lupron Protocol - Freeze-All Cycle due to Severe OHSS
ER 4/27, 33 Eggs Retrieved, 13 Frosties
FET #1 6/5, Transferred One Perfect 4AA Blast, HPT BFP @ 6dp5dt
Beta #1 - 209, Beta #2 - 508, Beta #3 - 1,059
EDD 2/20/14
Breezy I totally am dreading the Lupron headaches too
I am just chugging along on BCP and begin Lupron next week. I'm good, just a little tired and cranky from the pills. I need to get my act togeth
June- Femara 7.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN August- Lap & Hysteroscopy = Blocked & Partially Blocked Tubes
September- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN October- 100mg Clomid + Trigger + TI = BFN
IVF # 1: Stims 11/30 ER 12/12/12! (10R, 10M, 8F, 2T, 6 F) :: Beta #1- 176 c/p @ 4w4d
FET #1 February 26th :: Lost 4 to Thaw, Transferred 2 = BFFN
IVF # 2 Stims 5/10 ER 5/21 (15R, 13M, 13F, 2T, 7F- 6d3 & 1d5) :: Beta # 1- 15 c/p @ 4w
FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16 EDD 4/1/17
Hi Emeralds!
Still plugging away on Estrace & baby asprin. Next monitoring appt is Wednesday morning. If everything looks good, we'll get our official transfer date/time. Fingers crossed!
On a random note - had my annua
It's twin girls!! Born on 11-2-14!
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
Hey there Emeralds, hope everyone is having an okay Monday.
Update: On OCP's, Hysteroscopy scheduled for tomorrow 4/23/13, Pending RPL and Karyotyping
QOTD: We are pretty open about our IF. All of our family and close friends kn
I have been spotting a lot on the bcp's and not sleeping very well, but otherwise my prep seems to be going just fine. I start lupron on Saturday. Currently I am starting to add Gatorade into my diet to try and prevent OHSS. I know it won't make
3rd cycles clomid + Ovidrel = BFN
4th cycles letrozole/Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
IVF #1 = BFP! Twins due 2/5/2014
Offically started ny cycle today. Started the Estrace today! Not doing BCP I guess, they have me on the Estrace instead for the next 3 weeks. My RE is out of state 8 hrs away, so I will be going on FMLA and headed to Utah to my RE's on May 20th fo
Hi everyone, can I join you? I am approaching this IVF cycle very tentatively (#1.3) and was not even figuring out where ER and ET would fall because I haven't made it there in the last attempts. However, I am choosing to be optimistic!
I am curr
Hi ladies! Not much to update today... still on BCP's (1 week left!) and just playing the waiting game...
QOTD : I am out with immediate family and close friends and some co-workers, but not on facebook or anything. Have given
Me: 33, DH: 35, DX: PCOS & MFI (low everything)
IUI #1-3 - Low Post-Wash Counts - All BFNs
IVF #1 w/ ICSI: Long Lupron Protocol - Freeze-All Cycle due to Severe OHSS
ER 4/27, 33 Eggs Retrieved, 13 Frosties
FET #1 6/5, Transferred One Perfect 4AA Blast, HPT BFP @ 6dp5dt
Beta #1 - 209, Beta #2 - 508, Beta #3 - 1,059
EDD 2/20/14
Me: 33, DH: 35, DX: PCOS & MFI (low everything)
IUI #1-3 - Low Post-Wash Counts - All BFNs
IVF #1 w/ ICSI: Long Lupron Protocol - Freeze-All Cycle due to Severe OHSS
ER 4/27, 33 Eggs Retrieved, 13 Frosties
FET #1 6/5, Transferred One Perfect 4AA Blast, HPT BFP @ 6dp5dt
Beta #1 - 209, Beta #2 - 508, Beta #3 - 1,059
EDD 2/20/14
TTC #1 since February 2011
Me: 29 (3/5/13- high NK cells) DH: 28 (5/8/12- MFI low morph and motility)
Cycle #21 (IUI#1), Cycle #22 (HSG 9/21/12) and Cycle #23 (IUI#2)=
Cycle #24- December Snow Bunny IVF #1
ER 12/6/12 (14R, 11M, 9F), ET 12/9/12 transferred 2 day 3 embies
Bleeding and low betas=very cautious C/P 5W3D
Cycle #26 March Lucky Duck- FET #1
scheduled 3/20/13- CANCELLED- lining issues
Cycle #27 May Emerald- FET #1.2
delayed- Starting Trental for 3 months + natural cycles Cycle #28-30=
Cycle #31 August Shooting Star- FET #1.3
transferred 1 hatching blast 8/21/13= Betas 8/30 (108) and 9/3 (565)
U/S 9/19/13- HR is 128! U/S #2 10/4/13- HR is 174!
It's a BOY!
| Married since 2008 | DH and I: Both 30 | Me: Endometriosis and Carrier of an X-Linked Dominant Genetic Disorder | DH: Low Morph | Planning IVF with PGD and PGS in 2013 | Freeze-All IVF #1: March 2013 ER 3/26. 29R, 12M, 11F. 4 5AA frozen blasts. Freeze-All IVF#2: May 2013 ER 5/15. 31R, 21M, 20F. 6 5AA frozen blasts. Our PGD probe was completed in late June (total of 20 weeks to develop). PGD and PGS Results came on 6/19: 3 healthy embryos (normal chromosomes and unaffected by my family's genetic disorder). FET #1: July 2013 Natural Cycle - Cancelled due to insufficient lining (only got to 7.5mm). FET #1.2: August 2013 - Medicated Cycle with Lupron & Estrogen Patches to build up lining. Single embryo transfer was 8/23. Beta #1: 240! Beta #2: 578! U/S on 9/19 at 6w4d: We saw the heart beating at 131bpm. Second U/S on 10/4 at 8w5d: We saw the heart beating at 178bpm. EDD 5/11/2014
| Married since 2008 | DH and I: Both 30 | Me: Endometriosis and Carrier of an X-Linked Dominant Genetic Disorder | DH: Low Morph | Planning IVF with PGD and PGS in 2013 | Freeze-All IVF #1: March 2013 ER 3/26. 29R, 12M, 11F. 4 5AA frozen blasts. Freeze-All IVF#2: May 2013 ER 5/15. 31R, 21M, 20F. 6 5AA frozen blasts. Our PGD probe was completed in late June (total of 20 weeks to develop). PGD and PGS Results came on 6/19: 3 healthy embryos (normal chromosomes and unaffected by my family's genetic disorder). FET #1: July 2013 Natural Cycle - Cancelled due to insufficient lining (only got to 7.5mm). FET #1.2: August 2013 - Medicated Cycle with Lupron & Estrogen Patches to build up lining. Single embryo transfer was 8/23. Beta #1: 240! Beta #2: 578! U/S on 9/19 at 6w4d: We saw the heart beating at 131bpm. Second U/S on 10/4 at 8w5d: We saw the heart beating at 178bpm. EDD 5/11/2014
TTC since mid-2011---Husband and I both late 20's---
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy and dye test in Sep 2012- moderate endometriosis removed---
Diagnosed with unexplained infertility---
Clomid cycle 1 in Feb 2013- BFN---
Clomid cycle 2 in Mar 2013- BFN---
IVF #1 in May 2013- BFN---
IVF #2 in August 2013-BFN---
Endometrial biopsy identified high natural killer cells---
FET #1 in Oct 2013-delayed---
FET #1 in Nov 2013 with Intralipids-BFN---
FET #2 in January 2014- BFN---
IVF #3 in March 2014 (new doctor new plan)-BFFN
IVF #4 in June 2014 (last cycle with own eggs)- BFN
IVF #5 in September 2014 (with donor eggs)- BFP plus 6 frozen blasts
http://tryingtoconceiveafamily.blogspot.com.au/
May Emerald / August Shooting Star / October Precious Pumpkin / November Harvest Hopeful / January Snowdrops / March Shimmering Shamrocks / June Bugs
Ive been taking lupron for over a week now with no headaches. Since yesterday I have the absolute worse headache ever! Omg im dying!
I'm currently on BCPs. If all goes well, it looks like ER/ET will be happening around Memorial Day weekend.
We are out with some peoplemy BFF is the only one who knows most of the specifi
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DH and I: Both 31
HSG, bloodwork, SA-possible blockage in right tube Continue TI July 2012 August 2012: Clomid 50mg + TI=bfn, switched RE September 2012: Redo HSG-blockage in right tube confirmed November 2012: Clomid 25mg, Bravelle + Trigger + IUI= ectopic pregnancy December 2012: emergency laparoscopy and D&C, removed right tube 2 more IUI's-one bfn, one CP IVF #1=CP FET#1=BFN IVF#2-converted to FET due to PGS testing and high progesterone levels. Only one good embryo from PGS-didn't survive thaw. transferred 2 embryos from IVF #1=BFP! 2 yolks sacs seen at 5w4d sonogram!
Hello Emeralds,
I might as well move myself over here now that my ET isn't happening tomorrow. I've got mild OHSS, so RE doesn't want to push forward if we can let my body rest.
Today is Day 5 and I just
Hi ladies!
I just wrote a huge post under "I'm back." We had to get delayed a bit because I was having major tension headaches for 2/3 weeks and my doctor was concerned about hypertension. So I have been having tests done and I
First lupron shot is done! I am so relieved to get that over with. It should be interesting traveling this weekend as my flight leaves at 7pm. My sisters are going to have to help me in the bathroom right before we board the pla