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Secondary IF
WorkinWeezel
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2IF Weekly Update- 5/4/2012
WorkinWeezel
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in Secondary IF
Good morning!
No BFPs this week 
But we still have some happy news to report:
sgrobste- saw the heartbeat!!!
Happy Birthday to AprilDrew!!
Lots of thoughts and prayers go out to all the ladies that need them this week... for healing of the heart, sould, body and mind.
Also keep in your thoughts and prayers:
Bronxite
Lil- last go-round
Reg001- lap surgery
Jennykg- Follow-up u/s
mrs25
We welcome every member(graduates, current, lurkers, newbies etc.) to post an update each week. This gives us all an idea of where you are in your cycle or how you're doing. This is such a great place to meet other women in similar circumstances to share experiences, cheer each other on, get info and offer support.
A BIG WELCOME to all OUR NEW 2IFers!
mz-n-ss
lbparadis
kristie2422
amyfelice
blushingbrideoct07
Angelcake
and anyone else I forgot!
Please post your update below 
QOTW: Are you celebrating cinco de Mayo? If so, what are you doing? If not, any big plans for the weekend?
Met: 1/21/2005
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
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Re: 2IF Weekly Update- 5/4/2012
Update: Got a BFN and then started spotting this morning. I'm absolutely devestated and not sure what my next step will be. I'm completely numb and don't even know how to react. DH thinks we should take a med break this cycle, but of course my mind is f*cking me over, thinking "but this could be the one!" I told my mom via text, and her response: "Oh sorry". WTF?! I feel so alone and so helpless and so defeated and so desperate.
QOTW: I'm spending the weekend in Harrisburg grading state exams. They are the PASA, which are videotaped tests for students with severe disabilities. They changed the schedule and we'll now be grading tonight from 5:30-9:00, tomorrow 8:30am- 8:00pm, and Sunday 8:30am- 3:30pm. Tomorrow will be rough.
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
Update: CD10 here. Nothing new to report, just waiting for the mid cycle bloat to kick in. I should ovulate next week.
QOTW: No cinco de Mayo celebrations here. DH is probably going to go fishing tomorrow, so if the weather is decent I'll be out in the garden breaking up clumps of manure.
My perfect Saturday! Then Sunday we are going to do something as a family (maybe the zoo or a boat ride and picnic).
Nothing new with me. This month was a break month and it felt good! I'm waiting for my next cycle to begin so I can start birth control. Sometime in June I hope to have an egg retrieval. I'm excited and hopeful for the next step!
QOTW: We will be traveling with some friends to Holland, MI. for the tulip time festival. I've never been, but seems like a great way to entertain the kiddos for the weekend! Have a great weekend everyone!
Update: CD3 today and starting another round of Clomid. I have my Day 11 ultrasound/bloodwork next Sat and then will be taking Ovidrel for the first time. I am pretty nervous and anxious to see how it works out this month.
QOTW: Nothing planned but we will bring DD to gymnastics tomorrow and then go for our weekly breakfast at the bagel place. We were going to try Sesame Place but DH is on call this weekend...so maybe next.
QOTW: No big plans this weekend. I am hoping to just have a margarita or 10 and just relax.
Update: 10 days past trigger (9 piui) and dying to pee on something even though I know it didn't work because I have PMS symptoms. I metabolize the trigger very slowly so I won't be able to test until next tuesday ish.
We are leaving in two weeks for Orlando for 10 days so May will be a break cycle since we will be gone and won't be able to do monitoring. I am looking forward to giving my body a break. I am not sure what our next step is, I am ready for a change and maybe to be done. I need to either get a new plan or just move on from IF altogether.
QOTW: Friends are coming over tonight for some drinks and mexican inspired snacks. DH is OOT tomorrow so it will just be DD and I.
QOTW: Are you celebrating cinco de Mayo? No, since it falls on Derby Day and we are going to a Derby party.
Update on me. I am currently on my second round of clomid 50mg. I triggered last monday 4/30 and go in this coming Monday 5/7 for blood work to check progesterone levels.
Thanks for the welcome!
Im in my 2WW. Had my progesterone levels checked yesterday and those levels were fine. I go in this Thursday for a blood draw to see if I'm KU.
For cinco de Mayo we are going to be celebratin my nephews communions and that evening celebrating my dad's retirement. Lots of yummy food in my near future!
DH: 31, no issues
4-6/2012 100mg of Clomid + trigger + IUI/TI = BFN
7/2012 150mg of Gonal-f + trigger + IUI = BFN
8/2012 Surprise unmedicated BFP!! Due May 8, 2013
Update: I have no idea where I am in my cycle :-) I am 3 weeks post natural/cytotec m/c at 12 weeks. My levels were 19 at 9 days post m/c so I'm assuming they are at or close to 0 now. My OB didn't order tests to monitor them. I am thinking I should be ovulating in the next few days. I have my first appointment with RE on Monday. I'm nervous and anxious about the appt. My insurance only covers IF testing no treatment so my options are limited since anything will be OOP. I'm trying to take it step by step and see if we can at least find out what is causing multiple m/c and then go from there.
We're not doing anything to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend. Tomorrow my son has his first art show (Pre K) and I have a hair appointment.
Natural m/c 3/28/10 5w6d** Natural m/c 9/4/10 5w4d**
BFP: 2/27/12. u/s showed blighted ovum at 9wks Natural m/c started 4/11, cytotec 4/13/12 (at 12 wks). **
First appt with RE 5/7. Testing complete. Dx: luteal phase defect
BFP 10/25/12. u/s on 11/16 confirms heartbeat
I'm currently 6 dpo in my 2nd injectables cycle. Somehow I simultaneously have really high hopes and no hope at all! My lining was really thin when I triggered (5.5 mm), so I know the chances aren't good. We have 3 more covered injectable cycles and then it's on to IVF completely OOP.
No big weekend plans for us! My husband is prepping for trial, which means DD and I will be on our own for a while.
Update: In the first week of my 2WW after 4th IUI on Monday. Keeping fingers crossed.
QOTW: Not really celebrating Cinco de Mayo but my sister and new boyfriend (who we have not met yet) are visiting from Chicago.
When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown
Update: I am 4 dpo and 2 past hcg booster. I go in Monday for my 7 dpo bloodwork. Some days I feel great about this cycle and others I start thinking about what we should do for the next one. Oh, and my period always starts on cd28 (even on medicated cycles) so I will know something on Mother's Day. sigh, I wish it were at least a day or so later.
QOTW: Nope, we aren't celebrating, but we are going to see The Avengers. We rarely get a sitter/family to watch DS, so this will be a big treat. Maybe we'll go out for Tex-Mex tomorrow, but that wouldn't be anything different for us since we are in Houston. ;-)
Dx: PCOS and short luteal phase
18 cycles (3 with our RE) - Metformin + Clomid + HCG booster did the trick!
BFP #1 6/22/09 EDD: 3/2/10 DS born: 3/8/10
TTC #2 since Dec 2011
BFP #2 7/8/12 EDD: 3/18/12 M/C @ 9w1d: 8/16/12
Update: Had a follie check today. I had 5 follies between 10-12 mm. Getting excited!
QOTW: No plans. Thank God! We've been so busy the past couple of months. It will feel nice to just putz around the house.
---------Game Over---------
Moving on as a family of 3
Lou's Infertility News
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Awww - thanks for all for all of the thought & prayers. That's nice.
Update: After our failed IVF cycle and decision to stop ttc my only update is a financial one: 1) our embryos were not able to be tested through PGD -- so we should get a refund for that. $4,500. Yay! 2) I am about to go through all of our baby stuff and sell, sell, sell. $$$$. Most of our friends/family are on at least baby #2 and have their own "stuff," so there is really no one to save it for. Even so, I don't want to see anyone I know using the stroller that we were saving for Baby #2. I'll take the money, please.
QOTW: No cinco de mayo plans. Family party tomorrow, then my son is having a playdate at our house on Sunday. My husband and I have made a commitment to plan playdates for my son now that we know for sure that he is an only child. We want him to be surrounded by other kids and develop real friendships - not just be forced to play with my friends' kids. He is usually stuck with us entertaining him or being dragged from place to place. It's his world now and we are going to make it the best it can be!
Update- CD 14, did my trigger shot yesterday at RE visit. Had a decent size one on the left. I had mentioned it had hurt and she said "Let me show you why!" LOL b/w levels were where they needed to be for everything as well. We were supposed to start the having of the sex last night, but we actually might TTA this month...I know, we're nuts. But we're scheduled to go to a music festival at the end of the month and I really want to drink and have fun. So, we're planning on trying, but maybe only once or twice in the next couple of days. LOL
QOTW- We bid on and WON 40lbs of fresh oysters last night at the crawfish boil we went to. So, tonight we're having an impromptu party at a friends and shucking the oysters. Tomorrow we're going to a Derby party during the day that we're helping sponsor for Autism Awareness and then I'm going as my best friend's "date" to our museum's gala. Can't wait. DD is spending the night with my parents, the day tomorrow with my FIL and tomorrow night with DH. She's very excited.
Update: I'm 1 month post chemo completion. Feeling great. My oncologist said my bloodwork all looks wonderful. Starting to grow my hair back and I'm insanely impatient about the entire process! I'm eating vitamins like it's my job.
My next surgery is May 15 -- I'm getting my implants
The only silver lining to this horrible process!
I also have an appt with a gynecological oncologist in a few weeks. We're going to discuss if/when my ovaries should be removed. And I'm going to be asking if she's 100% sure another pregnancy is completely off the table. Very anxious to see what her opinions are.
QOTW: My FIL is coming into town for the weekend. UGH. DD has a birthday party to attend tomorrow and then my husband's squadron is having a Cinco De Mayo BBQ/Fiesta.
3/11 DX: lean PCOS/anovulatory
9/11 ovarian drilling to remove cysts + 5mg Femara = BFN
10/11 5 mg Femara again = BFP, ectopic pregnancy at 5w4d
11/11 diagnosed with breast cancer
12/11 bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction
http://annefightsback.blogspot.com
"Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming"
Thank you for the welcome!
Update: Nothing new to report. Just waiting this cycle out and hopefully starting IVF #2 at the end of the month
QOTW: we don't have anything planned, but there will definitely be tacos and margaritas in my weekend
No plans as of right now.
Im 5 or 6 dpo, but I'm sure nothing's going to happen this cycle. Just waiting for my surgery on the 17th.
Good luck to everyone!
Update: CD18, I am pretty sure I O'd yesterday. Just waiting for FF to agree with me. Ready to move on to the next cycle since it will be our first with Clomid, trigger, and TI.
QOTW: Not celebrating Cinco de Mayo, maybe a Corona Saturday night
. DH's aunt runs the local Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. It is Saturday afternoon until Sunday morning. We will be there for a few hours on Saturday then heading home to pack DH. He is leaving early Sunday morning for work. Then I plan to do nothing!
I am CD24, still in the 2ww... Found out I need a root canal do we are squeezing that in with IUI by next month. Our first IUI appointment be June or July .
We did alittle cinco de mayo tonight with Mexican food. No plans really this weekend.
Baby #2 MC June 2008
Baby #3 Born April 2009
Baby #4 due date February 2015
We saw a little sac at ultrasound last week, hopefully will see heartbeat on Monday! I am nervous but hopeful.
I am celebrating Cinco de Mayo by having a day to myself!! Yay! The first day in weeks I have had no obligations, no alarm clock, etc. I am going to do a little shopping. Later tonight we will be watching boxing!
BFP #1 1/2010, M/C 6 weeks
BFP #2 6/2010, DD lost to congenital heart disease, we are heartbroken.
TTC #2 4/2011, diagnosed MTHFR, FVL
Four natural cycles BFN; Clomid IUI BFN; Follistim IUI BFN;
1/2012 IVF #1 BFN
4/2012 FET BFP #3
5/2012 7w1d u/s: anembryonic demise; M/C @ 8w.
6/2012 found Stage II/III endo on laparoscopy, removed w/ laser.
8/2012 IVF #2 epic fail: no viable embryos.
Vacation, break, second opinions, on to new RE.
1/2013 Surprise chemical pregnancy BFP #4 (break cycle), IVF #3 postponed.
2/2013 TI w/ hormonal support, prednisone, aspirin, Lovenox, acupuncture gave us a miracle BFP #5!
Heartbeat on U/S at 6w1d! Baby,please stay!!
Update: I went to see the new RE. She seemed very up to date on what she knew and is giving us the go ahead for doing Femara and an iui cycle. Will start that next cycle. See my other post for more info on why.
QOTW: We didn't celebrate Cinco De Mayo, just my birthday. My sister was here on Friday and we went out to a friend's home to see their new puppy and enjoy being out in the country on Saturday.
TTC #2 since 6/2010
10/2012 DH diagnosed with Epilepsy
A few failed IUIs summer 2012 and 2013.
DH taking clomid and waiting to see if he needs another vericocele repair.
Hoping for a 2015 baby or babies.
Wishing, hoping, waiting.