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XP: Started Looking at Potential Donors Today!

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I took a personal day from work to go have my SHG done. I knew it wouldn't be a bad procedure, and I could totally have gone back to work afterward, but I have some other stuff going on today, and darn it, I just didn't want to!

Since I was already at my RE's office, they had almost all of our test results, and I had a free day in front of me, I asked if I could start looking at egg donor profiles. The nurse said yes, and I quickly texted DH to see if he could either get there immediately or if he cared if I did some pre-screening without him. He gave me the go ahead, and the nurse brought me the profiles of the 11 donors they currently have.

I spent an hour and a half going through the profiles, and I found a front-runner! I had asked the nurse before we started if they had anyone who was Middle Eastern, and she said she wasn't sure. I never thought they would, but they did! She is only a quarter Syrian (half German and a quarter Irish), but at least it's something. Her health history is also good, and she had success on a donor cycle last summer at my RE's office. She's also in school to be a social worker and loves to read so she had some other similarities to me. I had a few strong maybes also, but she is definitely my #1 right now.

Something is telling me that she is the one, but I don't want to make the decision without DH's approval or giving him the option to go look at profiles. I know he'll tell me it's up to me since he gets to be a part of this genetically, though he did say if he got to pick he would pick blonde hair and blue eyes like him (my polar opposite). Surprisingly, there was not one blonde in the bunch. The few that had blue eyes also had red hair, but nobody in our families has red hair.

This is exciting and scary all at the same time!

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  • Mrs.McIrishMrs.McIrish member

    Too funny about having a redhead with blue eyes! Send her my way. That's me and when I looked at donor profiles online, I didn't really find any!

    Good luck as you move forward!

    TTC #1 since 8/1/10; Me:41 and BRCA1+, DH:46
    DOR (FSH 24.3)/ terrible egg quality ; homozygous MTHFR c677t
    5 IUI's: 2/11 to 6/11 and 1/12= BFN
    OE IVF#1-4 8/11-6/12= all BFN
    DE IVF#1 11/12 bad embryos= BFN
    DE IVF #2 2/13 BFP/Beta hell: m/c 5w6d
    CFNBC 7 months, not doing well; decided on guarantee program at RBA w/frozen DE
    DE IVF #3 1/14  ET 4BB; BFP;M/C 5w1d, incomplete m/c; MVA extraction in ER 7w1d

    DE FET#1 ET 3/1714; BFP, beta 1 3/27= 197, beta 2 3/31= 1586, beta 3 4/7= 13879!!
    First u/s= Twins with HBs at 6w2d! We are Team Pink x 2!!

    K & K born 11/21/14 at 38wks 4 days

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  • happywifemomofonehappywifemomofone member
    How exciting!   How soon do you think you will get to cycling?  DE ladies have been very successful around here lately....hope that you can join them soon.
    TTC since 10/09 Me-43 DH-44 RE and testing 10/10-11/10, Recommending IVF 1/11 New RE AMA and DOR-DH low motility IVF #1.1 cancelled 3/11 due to poor response IVF #1.2 May 2011, one perfect 8-cell embryo, 3dt-BFN, IVF #2.1 Converted to IUI d/t poor response. New RE 9/2011. IVF 2.2 completed using HGH,EPP,DHEA, Q-10 and accupuncture. Transferred one 8-cell, grade one embryo on 10/19. BFP 10/31/11 Chemical pregancy on 11/2/11. Started stims for IVF #3, our final try, on 12-2-11. ET on 12/18. Transferred 3 Grade A embryos-BFFN Planning DE IVF, late March/early April- Donors ER expected to be 4/2-4/4. PAIF/SAIF welcome
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  • winidpuwinidpu
    Sounds very exciting. Hope you can start very soon w/ your donor cycle and wish you much luck.
    TTC #1 since 2/10 Me 38 FSH 12.9 & AMH 0.16 DH 47, low sperm count due to meds. 07/11 We have sperm! 28 million, 70% motility, morphology 1% normal. 08/14/11 1st IUI unmedicated BFN. 09/11/11 2nd IUI w/ Femara + trigger BFN 10/14/11 trigger & Final IUI 10/16/11 BFN 10/21/11 Started acupuncture and loving it! 01/21 ET one embryo 6 cell grade C. Beta 02/02. BFN. Taking a much needed break. image
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  • KGS2003KGS2003 member
    That's great news. I hope your DH agrees with your choice.  Good luck!
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  • GHBEAGHBEA member
    Good luck.
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                                 Breanna, Ellie and 
                                 our 2 rainbow babies.

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  • MelleTXMelleTX member
    How fun! I have to pick a new sperm donor and have put so little effort into it so far. 
    Single Mother by Choice. Life didn't work out the way I planned so I did it on my own. IUI #s 1-3, unmedicated = BFN, IUI #s 4-6, 50mg Clomid, Ovidrel = BFN IVF #1: 23R, 20M, 17F. 5 day transfer 2 blasts. 2 Snowbabies BFP 6dp5dt, Beta #1 7dp5dt = 58, Beta #2 9dp5dt = 114, Beta #3 10dp5dt = 187 1st Ultrasound = 5/3, not much to see yet. 2nd Ultrasound = 5/17, TWINS!!! Hospital Bed Rest at 32 weeks due to pre-ecclampsia and severe edema. Audrey Grace, 5lbs9oz, & Lydia Louise, 6lbs, born via emergency c-section on 12/6/12 at 36w1d My IVF Journey
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  • brooklynesquebrooklynesque member

    That's exciting!  Best of luck.

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  • XV11StarXV11Star member
    That's really exciting!  :)  Must have been fun and interesting to read about the donors.  Do they show you pictures?  I am intrigued by how much or how little info you get about the person.  And the factors that go into choosing who is right for you... it's pretty incredible to have that option.  I am so excited for you!
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