I've been waiting 3.5 years to say this on this board--BFP! I secretly started taking pregnancy tests a few days ago. I saw faint lines, but it wasn't until yesterday that I felt brave enough to take a digital and then tell DH. Blood draw was today and I hope my numbers come back good. But it was so nice to see "pregnant" on that test after all of these years of infertility and waiting to start treatment.
Married: December 2005 ~ Started TTC: December 2008 ~ DH: 33, Me: 30
Diagnosis: severe MFI, late ovulation, short LP, DOR
Only option is IVF/ICIS. Waited several years before treatment because we're OOP.
IVF/ICIS #1 in June 2012 (Protocol: Long Lupron). Stims: 6/17/12, ER: 6/30/12 (6R, 5M, 4F), ET: 7/5/12 (1 4AA embryo transferred, 0 made it to freeze) ~ Beta#1: 7/14/12 - 55, Beta#2: 7/16/12 - 100, Beta#3: 7/18/12 - 199 ~ Limbo for weeks, finally confirmed pregnancy not viable: 8/13/12 ~ D&C: 8/17/12
Varicocele Surgery: October 2012 (long break to wait for results, no change)
Changed clinics: February 2013
IVF/ICIS Attempt #2 in April 2013 (Protocol: Antagonist). Stims: 4/12/13, Cycle Cancelled: 4/17/13 for poor follicle response and low E2 rise.
IVF/ICIS Attempt #3 in May 2013 (Protocol: LEAP) Cycle Cancelled: 5/20/13 at suppression check due to cyst
IVF/ICIS Attempt #4 in July 2013 (Protocol: LEAP). Stims: 7/20/13, ER: 8/1/13 (12R, 11M, 9F), ET: 8/6/13 (3 fair embryos transferred, 0 made it to freeze) ~ Beta#1: 8/15/13 - 86, Beta#2: 8/18/13 - 390.6, Ultrasound: 9/3/13 - TWO HEARTBEATS!
Re: Waited 3.5 years for this...
TTC #2 for a million years: SA normal, CD 23 bloodwork shows nothing amiss, ovulation detected. Next step: ? maybe CD3 bloodwork to check eggs? All out of pocket, so limited IF tests/treatments.
I figured you have been blog stalking, which is why I wanted to come here and tell you! The blood work showed that my beta is at 55. That's a decent number to indicate pregnancy, but it's not a super strong number either. I go in for more blood work on Monday. Even if the number is low, what they really care about is to see if the number has doubled or not. So I'll report back again on Monday!
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
IVF #1 ET 1 d3 embryo 10/30/11 BFP
3 Embryos frozen (1 d5, 2 d6)
DS born 07/29/12
FET #1 ET 1 d5 embryo 02/10/15 BFN
FET #2 1 d6 embryo didn't survive thaw, transferred last d6. CP
Love 06/2005 | Marriage 05/28/2011 | Baby! Peanut born on his due date, 9/30/12
Thanks everyone for the nice thoughts and sticky vibes! Beta #2 was on Monday and was 100. So that's a pretty good number, but again, not out of this world. DH and I decided to go ahead and celebrate last night and bought a book and a pregnancy magazine.
Beta #3 is on Wednesday. I'm not feeling very confident today though. The past few days I have "felt" pregnant, but today I feel very NOT pregnant. I just hope I get the results sooner than on Monday (they waited until 4:30 Monday afternoon to call me. I was a stressed mess all day!)
I'll update again soon!
Congrats on your BFP, and FX for a great beta tomorrow!!
*hugs*