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***Third Party Check-In!***
2MamazInSeattle
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This weekly check-in is for anyone using/considering or who has used a 3rd party method of reproduction, including: Donor egg, donor sperm, embryo adoption, gestation carrier, or surrogate - also Donors, GC's and surrogates as well!
Welcome to all of our newbies!
Check-in Week of July 15th:
- How is it going?
- QOTW: Do you have names picked out for your future LO? Tell us more about that! Your "rules" and how you did/plan to decide!
| Welcome! | ||||||||
| mm29 - Good luck as you start your DE process! Welcome! | ||||||||
GoaliesWife123 - Welcome! IUI with
DS (p.s. nice to see you here  )! |
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| sam18iamiam - Hope your IUI went well! Welcome! | ||||||||
| Sharon216 - Considering DE! Welcome
to you |
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| New BFPs! | ||||||||
| BabaVDM!!! BFP! Congrats & all our wishes for a h&h 9 months ahead! | ||||||||
| ((Hugs)) | ||||||||
| Liz4Paws - sorry you keep hitting these snags! Hang in there!! | ||||||||
BeckyP005
- bummer that your wait has been so long  - fx it
happens soon! |
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| Currently Cycling/Scheduled | ||||||||
| *Ceemonkey - DE/DS IVF#3 was July 12th - PUPO!!!!!!! FX for you CeeM! | ||||||||
| *sam18iamaim - DS IUI was 7/13 - in the TWW!! FX for you! | ||||||||
| *2MamazInSeattle ? DE/DS FET#1 scheduled for July 18th | ||||||||
| *Brooklynesque ? DE IVF#1 scheduled for July 24th | ||||||||
| &LittleLady77 ? Fresh DE; IVF expected mid-late July! | ||||||||
| * MrsT4 ? DE FET#1 ? waiting on calendar for August FET! | ||||||||
| *Stinkerbell6879 ? Fresh DE IVF schedled for 9/2/13! | ||||||||
| &Lacyj67 ? DE IVF#1 ER in July and FET on 9/3/13. | ||||||||
| *GoaliesWife123 - DS - IUI planned for September! | ||||||||
| Waiting to Cycle | ||||||||
| *Liz4Paws ? Embryo Adoption; 5 Embryos Officially Adopted!! FET ~Aug. | ||||||||
| *Sammer 818 ? Gestational Carrier; Surrogate identified! Pre-cycle testing. | ||||||||
| *BeckyP005 ? Fresh DE; waiting for donor availability. | ||||||||
| *mm29 - DE; Started process at SDFC in July 2013. | ||||||||
| *DoublePortion ? Embryo Adoption; waiting for availability. | ||||||||
| *Km672 ? Fresh DE/DS; signing consents 7/22! | ||||||||
| !klaganza ? DE - In process of choosing egg donor. | ||||||||
| & Katie_71208 ? DE ? On waiting list for donor. | ||||||||
| & Firesiren ? DS ? FET planned for fall timeframe. | ||||||||
| &Faithita ? DE - On the RE waiting list! | ||||||||
| !Ladyrader0227 ? DE FET after reduction of BMI ~Aug/Sept. | ||||||||
| KateBee ? Gest. Surrogate ? Waiting on a match. | ||||||||
| Meljam13 ? Using traditional surrogate (using OS) after Oct. | ||||||||
| Jen12573 ? BFN ((hugs)) in May. Next steps TBD. | ||||||||
| Pregnant! | ||||||||
| AmCheri ? DE ? EDD 6/16/13 ? Girl! | ||||||||
| & JM1977 ? DE/DS ? EDD 10/9/13 ? Boy! | ||||||||
| & Firefly062 ? DS - EDD 10/10/13 ? Boy! | ||||||||
| IndianaSunshine ? DE ? EDD 11/20/13 ? Boy! | ||||||||
| & Melkel559 ? DS ? EDD 12/10/13 ? Gender ? | ||||||||
| & Happywifemomofone ? DE ? EDD 12/23/13 ? Gender ? | ||||||||
| Kaf8278 ? DE ? EDD 12/31/13 ? Gender ? | ||||||||
| !Moonaggie ? DE ? EDD 1/2/14 ? Boy! | ||||||||
| Jms1374 ? Embryo Adoption ? EDD 1/14/14 | ||||||||
| Strunella ? DE ? EDD TBD (5 weeks as of 5/28/13) | ||||||||
| Udc22 ? DE ? EDD TBD ? Twins!! | ||||||||
| #Aputter05 ? DS IUI on 5/30/13 ? EDD TBD. | ||||||||
| &BabyVDM ? DE FET#1 ? Positive beta results on 7/11! | ||||||||
| Parenting | ||||||||
| #WeBelieveInMagic ? 10-month-old son from DS + a 3-yr-old bio son | ||||||||
| Jcath ? 20-month-old identical twin girls from DE + 2 bio sons | ||||||||
| & JM1977 ? 21-month-old DD from DE/DS (also currently pregnant) | ||||||||
| & Strudel82 ? 1 year-old DD twins from DE (also currently GC) | ||||||||
| Hooliface ? 1 year-old DD from DE | ||||||||
| Donors/GC?s/Surrogates | ||||||||
| *Strudel82 ? GC - EDD 1/15/14 - Gender ? | ||||||||
| & ArgleBride ? Egg Donor ? Almost ready to cycle!!! | ||||||||
| Considering Third Party | ||||||||
| *sharon216 - Considering DE. | ||||||||
| *poohniki ? DS and/or DE are on the table; pre-testing, considering Natural IVF or IUI with DS. | ||||||||
| !GetwickMom ? Hoping to cycle with DH?s OS; DS being considered. | ||||||||
| * = Latest check-in week 7/8 | ||||||||
| & = Latest check-in week of 7/1 | ||||||||
| ! = Latest check-in week of 6/24 | ||||||||
| #=Latest Check-in week of 6/17 | ||||||||
| %= Latest Check-in week of 6/9 | ||||||||
Lil'mamaz was born on Aug 21, 2014! She's PERFECT!
It's been a long road to here...
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
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Update : donor had ER sun morning and waiting to hear as to how many retrieved and how many we got to fertilize since it is a shared cycle.
Hopefully will know by today what's going on.
Qotw: I think we have our boy and girl names picked but we always talk about it cuz its fun!! Not sharing those those...
Lacy: So exciting! Can't wait to hear the news!
AFW: I'm waiting. STILL! My insurance preauthorization appeal was denied with no reason why. It pretty much has wrecked my optimism and weekend ever since I learned about it on Thursday. I'm in a major funk. We will likely have to pay out of pocket and then try to get reimbursed, but I do have an HR rep at my company trying to fix it and figure things out ASAP with my insurance company. But honestly, I'm not hopeful that she will get anywhere. One of these days I'll have a happy update other than that I am just waiting around (going on months now.) This is getting super old and depressing. Maybe my embryos will ship this week? Who knows because I've been saying that for months now.
Good luck to everyone else!
QOTW: We sure do! When DH and I were dating, we went on a trip to Oahu in 2006. We talked about our futures, and our children, and picked out names on that trip. Ah....to be young and na?ve again, sheesh.
Boy = Ethan Harris, Girl = Samantha Lynn. And middle names will be tributes to our parents who each passed away from cancer in surprisingly similar ways. Harris was DH's dad's name and Lynn was my mom's middle name.
************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
DH: Severe MFI
12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN
8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
My ovaries are just for decoration
12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts.
2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.
6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!
9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d.
11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522 Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373
6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!
Snowflake baby is a girl!
Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!
My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I look forward to learning from all of you as we try to decide what's next for us.
When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown
************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
DH: Severe MFI
12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN
8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
My ovaries are just for decoration
12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts.
2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.
6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!
9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d.
11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522 Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373
6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!
Snowflake baby is a girl!
Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!
My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
Update - Beta #1 486, Beta#2 -1006
After a weekend of hell thinking the worst I am feeling much more optimistic. But it's just one of many hurdles for me so have to keep it real (at least until we get a heartbeat).
MelKel, you're response that you had similar spotting at the same time and freaked out made me feel so much better. Everyone was so supportive and I really appreciate having you all on my side.
2mamaz I've got nothing but good wishes going out to you for FET tomorrow.
Fingers crossed CeeMonkey
QOTW - Never think of names. Just can't go there. Too many disappointments and can't risk it yet.
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Breast Cancer diagnosis 12/01/2010 - Survivor and Cancer free as of 03/22/2011
BFP#1 04/12/2011 - fetal demise - MC 05/28/2011
BFP#2 10/14/2011 - fetal demise - MC 12/13/2011
BFP#3 05/30/2012 - fetal demise - MC 07/23/2012
IVF#1 02/14/2013 - 2 Beautiful Blasts transferred
BFP#4 02/25/2013 - BFP - MC and ectopic 03/06/2013
IFV#2 07/02/2013 -BFP#5 - 07/07/2013
1st Beta 07/11/2013 - 483 (9dp5dt) - 2nd Beta 07/13/2013 1006 (11dp5dt)
1st U/S 07/31/2013 - TWINS! "The Minions"
IVF#3 BFP#6 09/01/2015 6dp5dt
1st Beta 09/05/2015 - 105 - 2nd Beta 09/08/2015 335
1st U/S 09/22/2015 - .......
DH- Azoospermia diagnosis
DIUI #1 7/13 BFN
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My Ovulation Chart
We had all of our labs drawn last week. I can't believe we are actually moving forward with a carrier. I will feel a million times better once a legal contract is signed, but for now, I'm happy to have done something more than just sit on my hands and wait.
QOTW: We kind of have names picked out. We used to talk about it a lot during the few 2 pregnancies and we both had a couple that we really liked. After everything we've been through, I don't know if things have changed or not. I don't really think about it and probably won't until we are well into a future pregnancy.
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
~All AL always welcome~
Lacy: FX that you hear something soon and that it's all good news!
Liz: I love the name Ethan Harris. It's a wonderful way to honor your parents with the middle names as well.
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
~All AL always welcome~
When I was trying to get PG with exhusband I wanted Mia if we had a girl. Well got divorced and I heard he took that name! Dweeb. Not sure now. I have some written down :
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
My update: I'm hoping I can remain on the August schedule, as I just got approved for a specialty medication and I need to take it about a month before transfer, so I "think" I'm still in the game. Also, at my last appt. my RE mentioned trying something new (Neupogen wash), but I need to run this by the RI first.
QOTW: DH and I have discussed various names from time to time. We both want to honor our families, but it really depends on the gender of the child/children. For example, if we had a girl, I would want to honor my mother by using a variation of her name. If it's a boy, I would use a variation of DH's grandfather's name and would pick a well-used middle name from my side of the family.
Me: AMA, DOR, undetectable AMH, carrier of SMA, MTHFR homozygous C677T, high cytokines, low IGg B cells, Factor XIII V34l mutation, High Anti-Phosphatidylethanolmine, borderline hypothyroid and mildly insulin resistant.
MH: No known issues, aside from MTHFR.
Recommendations from RI: LIT, Humira, IVIG, Lovenox, Baby Aspirin, Folic Acid, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
Currently taking: Pre-Natal vitamins, Foltanx, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
When cycling also taking: Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, Humira and IVIG.
TTC since 7/11/09..with medical intervention starting in 2010, including 4 failed IVF's and 6 failed IUI's...only "success" was a chemical pregnancy in 11/2012 (credited to use of DE).
FET #1 (11th cycle) on 8/23/13 = BFN.
FET #2 (12th cycle) Transfer of last two (day 6) donor egg blasts on 1/22/14 = BFP, EDD = 10/10/14 (please stick little BOY!)
My favorite breed:
***PAIF/SAIF always welcome***
Regarding names, I have some picked out, but I'm not sure my husband will be thrilled with all of them. There would be a family component to each name, which I think would be very much appreciated by the families.
That is not cool! If I did that I would always be reminded that it was a name I picked out with my ex.
***signature & ticker warning***
Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!
Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers
Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
Stopped BCP 4/2010.
Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN
IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.
If you're wondering about my avatar...it's a fried pickle chip shaped like a fetus!
Waiting... Some days it feels like it'll never happen.
I have a girl's first name picked out that I'm not sure if DH will like and am scared he won't, so I haven't asked him.
For a boy we have a name we both like but I'm afraid the first name is becoming overused. When we first started trying we both liked Kaiden for a boy and I guess it's a good thing we didn't get PG since that name has been WAY overused. 
***signature & ticker warning***
Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!
Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers
Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
Stopped BCP 4/2010.
Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN
IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.
If you're wondering about my avatar...it's a fried pickle chip shaped like a fetus!
First of all huge hugs to everyone waiting, waiting is the worst!!!! And GL to everyone cycling! BabyVDM congrats on beta 2!!! I am happy sharing my experience helped alleviate some of your concerns. The worrying still hasn't gone away for me yet but it does get easier with time!
I will be 19 weeks tomorrow and had our monthly OB appt today. For some reason I was really anxious about it..IF brain!! But heart rate was perfect and we even heard some movement on the Doppler even though I'm not feeling movement yet, or at least I don't think I am.. We have our a/s next Mon. DH and I are beyond excited to see baby for the first time in two months. We will be finding out the sex!
Q: We have our girl name picked out, not a boy name yet. Everything in me tells me it's a girl but then again I've seen ladies say they thought the gender was for sure something and it turned out to be the other. So who knows? Stay tuned haha!
DX: DH (30) severe MFI, severely low count & low motility
Me (32): all clear
Appt with Urologist 5/21/12: exam, ultrasound, bloodwork all normal.
Testicular Biopsy with TESE on 6/8/12. good sperm found! (left side only) froze sperm, failed thaw test
Orientation for IVF/ICSI on 6/13/12. Waiting for the green light following biopsy results...results show adequate sperm production both sides.
2nd SA 6/18/12: sample is "adequate for ICSI"
Plan: IVF/ICSI July 2012!
ER: 7/26/12. 15 eggs retrieved, all mature.
TESE/TESA/aspiration from epididymis, no motile sperm found
froze all eggs, the saga of praying for good sperm continues.
8/3/12: 2nd opinion from MFI uro on biopsy slides. Suspects "partial late maturation arrest."
Plan: more SAs, third biopsy/TESE with frozen back-up either from DH or DS.
SA 8/17/12: Zero sperm
SA 8/23/12: Zero sperm
9/26/12: SPERM FOUND! 15 eggs thawed, 12 survived and were ICSI'd, only 3 fertilized normally. Refrozen as embies and will thaw in Nov. Please survive and grow!
All 3 survived the thaw on 11/15/12!
FET 11/17/12: transferred 2, one 4B, one 4C. Beta 11/30:BFFN
moving on to DS
DIUI#1 2/18/13,50mg Clomid cd 3-7, Ovidrel trigger, Beta 3/4/13: BFN.
DIUI#2 3/19/13, 50 mg Clomid cd 3-7, Ovidrel trigger, Beta #1 (14dpiui) 4/2/13: BFP!!!! 150. Beta #2 4/4/13: 420 Beta #3 4/8/13: 2691. Beta #4 4/15/13: 15,086
1st u/s 4/8/13 shows one gestational sac
2nd u/s 4/15/13 shows yolk sac, fetal pole and early heartbeat
3rd u/s 4/25/13: measuring right on track. Heart rate 148 bpm
A/S 7/22/13: IT'S A BOY!!
PAIF/SAIF Always Welcome
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Update
My IUI on Saturday went really well 90 million with 78% mobility and my nurse was excited about our vial. I was very crampy on Saturday and now I am fine. Just waiting the two weeks. I honestly dont think I will make it the whole two weeks before I test.
Today's ultrasound showed our donor has 30+ eggs. WOOOHOOO!!!! They are moving ER up to this week. Eeeek. It looks like I need to rearrange travel and flights asap.
I got to skype with our donor today and "meet" her. It was amazing. So amazing, I have a hard time writing about the experience. I will say I will never forget that experience- I loved her and the whole process of chatting with her.
We had a family of 4 staying with us for 3 weeks and they just left today so I've been totally preoccupied and busy with them. Now they leave and everything moves up. Holly cow... I could be doing ET next week. I'm not sure how that happened!
To all of the ladies waiting for good news, please know you are all in my thoughts. The waiting is the hardest part and I hope you all get unexpected news and are able to move forward ASAP!!
Update: just waiting for our appt next Monday to sign consents...
We have been debating on how many embryos we want to put back this cycle... We are sure we will do 2 if we do a 3dt, but if we are lucky enough to do a 5dt, we are still undecided. We are terrified if this cycle fails we will have regrets, but at the same time we know the risk of multiples is to be taken seriously. We are going to discuss with our RE next week.
QOTW: we don't discuss names anymore. My H is understandably opposed to discussing anything until we are successful. When had previously decided on Gianna, but one of my bestfriends named her baby this name after she had her little cutie. Though we have agreed if we have a son, we will use my H's first name as the middle name.
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI (TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Repeat SHG 6/14-normal / Endometrial Receptivity Array biopsy 7/14-Receptive Uterus
New RE, additional testing reveals elevated NK Cells
FET of 1 day 5 blast (RE recommends transferring 1 due to elevated NK cells) with lovenox, steroids & intralipids in October
Wishing all the best to those with upcoming ER's and ET's and those in the 2ww (or waiting on follow-up betas or u/s's). You are always in my thoughts. Huge hugs to those who need them.
Update: Nothing too new. We have our 3-d u/s scheduled for this Saturday
QOTW: Our DD's name is Molly. We haven't finalized anything for our DS - will be using some combination of family names.
IVF#1 Oct 2009 (CCRM) - BFN
IVF#2 March 2010 - Poor response/cancelled
DE IVF#1 Aug 2010 - BFN
DE IVF#2 Dec 2010 - Transferred 1, 2 frozen - BFP!
TTC#2 FET Jan 2013 - Transferred 1 - BFP!
GL to everyone cycling and hope that time flies for everyone playing that waiting game. Congrats BabyVDM!!! Big Hugs to all who need them. Welcome to the new faces and everyone trying to figure out if third party repro is the path for them.
Update-Had OB apt last week, thankful everything is progressing as expected. Scheduled 20w u/s on 7/31-hoping to find out gender then.
QOTW-We had decided on Logan Charles (mn after my Dad who passed away 5 years ago), but my sister guessed Logan right of the bat and we are wondering if it's too common. For a girl, seriously considering Jaidyn Susan (Susan after my mom), but not yet 100% sure. Believe it or not, there was a shooting victim on the news (a boy) whose name was Jayden....the more we thought about it the more we like it for a girl. Do not like the spelling Jayden, do not want to encourage shortening to "Jay"