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CageyMackCageyMack member
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Hi!

 I'm new to these boards, but really enjoyed my online community when I was pg with my dd nine years ago.  Wow.  Nine is a long time. :-)

 Now I'm back and TTC #2 with my partner.  I'm carrying the baby and we are just so amazingly excited.  I wanted another baby for so long and now it could really happen.

 We are using a known donor and it is so intersting to get started on the road to conception with donor calls, a visit to the reproductive doctor and all, but I feel so positve. 

 Just got my period today so heading off for blood draws and HSG (I think) on Monday.  A little later they are doing a saline hystrosomethingorother.  Our doc has recommended IUI and Clomid.

 Thanks for taking the time to read my introduction!

 CageyM

CageyMack
37, married to my favorite person in the world, DW! One darling surfer-girl (12) and one darling, sweet boy born 3/16/13.

5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered.  All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd.  4 fertilized.   Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853.  Yay!


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  • ssg73ssg73
    Welcome and good luck.
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    Lots of baby dust to you! 
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  • hlkehlke member
    Welcome to the boards, this is a great supportive group.
    Same sex couple TTC with donor sperm.  I am 35 and carrying.  Endometriosis and DOR.
    AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish

    IVF #1 - antagonist.  Empty follicle syndrome.  1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
    IVF #2 - antagonist.  Ovulated early.  3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
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  • mypalbabsmypalbabs member

    This, definitely!

    I'm curious why your doc is using Clomid right from the start.  Do you have a history of infertility or annovulation?

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  • CageyMackCageyMack member

    No, no history of infertility.  I am also curious.  She recommended it and so there we are.  I have not started it, so the option is open; perhaps she just takes it all the way to the finish line from the beginning?

     

     

    CageyMack
    37, married to my favorite person in the world, DW! One darling surfer-girl (12) and one darling, sweet boy born 3/16/13.

    5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered.  All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd.  4 fertilized.   Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853.  Yay!


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    Welcome and good luck!
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  • ball.and.chainball.and.chain member
    imageCageyMack:

    No, no history of infertility.  I am also curious.  She recommended it and so there we are.  I have not started it, so the option is open; perhaps she just takes it all the way to the finish line from the beginning?

    Have you had a conversation with your dr about why she recommends Clomid?  Personally I wouldn't take any drug without knowing exactly why it is being prescribed.  If you ovulate and do not have a history of infertility, you don't need to be on it...and if you are concerned about the increased risk of multiples (as I am, frankly), perhaps it would make sense to try a few unmedicated cycles first?  Obviously I'm not a doctor and I don't know your age or what your blood work showed but don't forget that you're the one who calls the shots here -- it's your body and your children! 

    Married my wife 8/2007 ~ TTC #1 since 7/2011
    9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
    IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
    ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
    FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
    Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
    FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
    EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
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