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firesiren
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GTKY~ Just for fun :)
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1. What is your favorite ice cream?
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house?
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch?
4. If you could change your name, what would it be?
5. What stashed under your bed right now?
36 DH 33 TTC for over 3 years
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
IVF #3 March 2013~Tesa with back-up Donor Sperm,Tesa, unsuccessful used DS~ Chemical 
Switching RE's within practice
2 frosties waiting for us, November 2013!!!!! Transferred 2 "average" blasts 11/20/2013
BFP!!!!!!! Boy/Girl Twins!!!!!! Due 08/08/2014
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Re: GTKY~ Just for fun :)
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Rocky road and choclate
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Mountain cabin
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Life of Pi!
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I love my name and so I don't think I would change it.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? shoe's.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Me (30) my best friend (38)
TTTC since "Jan 2011"
RE appt april 2012
Dx: PCOS and stage 1 endo
S/A 19 million, 48 motility, 1 morphology
6.1 progestrone
HSG: tubes clear
clomid 50mg + #1 IUI + trigger 6/9/12 BFN 6/18/12 Clomid 150mg +#2 IUI + trigger: 7/9/2012 BFN 7/18/2012 stage 1: endo removed 8/14/12
Letrozole 2.5mg+estrogen=cycle cancelled for little to no response
Follistim 75 (10/15-10/19) follistim 67 (10/20-10/21) cycle cancelled due to over response 9 follies and very thin lining
~ IVF #1:BC pills started 10/27~
~IVF class schedualed for 11/13~
~ Lupron starts Thanksgiving day~
~Stims start December 1st~
~ER: December 12th ~
~ET: December 15th~
19 R. 12. Fertilized with ICSI, 2 transfered
only 1 made it to freeze!
Beta #1 12/27/12 (26)
beta #2 12/29/12 (78.9)
Beta #3 12/31/12 (149)
Beta #4 1/4/13 (48)
C/P on 1/4/13 @ 5 weeks and 2 days
~ IVF #2 ~
~ BC pills1/15-2/3~
~Lupron beings 1/31~
~stims start Feb. 9th~
~ER 2/21/13~
~14 R, 12 fertilized with ICSI~
~1 made it to freeze~
P/SAIF Welcome~ everyone welcome
1. What is your favorite ice cream? chocolate/peanut butter
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Wreck-it Ralph
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I wouldn't change it
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Maybe my cat, along with lots of dust
1. Blue Bell Vanilla
2. Beach House
3. Red Dawn-SUCKED!
4. Kind of used to mine, hmmmm....idk I kind of like Charlotte or Tinley
5.Hangers, safe, dog lol
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1. Strawberry cheese cake (any brand). It's so funny you ask, I actually just bought some today. Hmmm
2. Beach house (any beach)
)
3. "Skyfall"
4. Mafalda (I don't know, I always had good experiences with Mafaldas)
5. Huuh... Styrofoam boxes and cartons from the stereo... and probably some dust
we have literally no storage space and I didn't want to throw away the boxes because we'll be moving in 4 months and they'll come in handy. DH says I have some hoarding issues 
1. What is your favorite ice cream?
cookies and cream
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house?
beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch?
skyfall- so awesome!
4. If you could change your name, what would it be?
I wouldn't. I've grown to love it. When I was younger though, I was obsessed with Sheila E. So I wanted everyone to call me that, lol.
5. What stashed under your bed right now?
shoes
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Both... lol
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Skyfall
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? IDK I like my name, but should I ever have a child I'd probably just have to call it "Baby" because I wouldn't be able to pick one!
5. What stashed under your bed right now? IDK I haven't looked under there in ages. I don't think there is anything though.
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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!
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Both!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Breaking Dawn Part 2 - don't judge!
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I like my name, I wouldn't change it
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Dust, a magazine or two - it's probably nasty under there
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Mint chocolate chip
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? beach house!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Saw the Hobbit this last weekend
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I'm fine with my name, wouldn't bother to change it.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Nothing, my DH keeps the house super clean. :-)
BFP on Cycle #8. Natural M/C at ~8 weeks
IUI #1 and #2 (8/12, 9/12)- 50 mg Clomid + Ovidrel = BFNs
IVF #1 (EPP) 13R/10M/9F, 5DT 1-4AA blast, beta #1-148, beta #2-322, 5 frosties!
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Cookie dough...Mmmm...really any kind that doesn't have nuts. I'm an icecreamaholic
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Both please!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Hmmmm I can't remember...I hate theaters because they are always freezing.
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I'm happy with mine.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Probably the bed's throw pillows because DH hates them. lol!
Me- 32, DH- 32- TTC for 4 Years
IUIs 1-6 BFN
IVF #1= BFP- M/C
FET- Beta#1: 69, #2: 482, #3: 1088, #4: 28,318, Ultrasound- 1 beautiful heartbeat
It's a boy!
1. I love ice cream so i cant pick one lol. Umm top 3 are blue moon, cookie dough mint choc chip.
2. Beach house
3. The hobbit
4. I like my name
5. Probably cat toys.
Me:29 DH:29 TTC since 1/11 Dx: unexplained IF/early DOR/immune issues
8/30IVF#1 Antagonist protocol- ER 9/11-8R, 7M, 5F.
IVF#2 Antagonist protocol plus baby aspirin- ER 12/5-16R, 12M, 8F!
ET 12/10 5dt! 1 fully expanded blast & 1 early blast. No frosties. BFN
3/13 hysteroscopy & polypectomy, Consulted w Dr. Kwak-Kim.
ER 7/19 14R, 11M, 9F(4 natural fert, 5 with ICSI)
ET 5dt 7/24 2 fully expanded blasts. SURPRISE 3 FROSTIES!!!
Beta #1 8/2 335!!!! Beta #2 829!!! 1st u/s 8/14 showed TWINS!!!!!
3/21/14-L&W born at 37w via csection
Here Comes the Sun Blog
PAIF/SAIF welcome!
1. Mint chocolate chip
2. Mountain house - preferrably a snowy mountain
3. Magic Mike!
4. My mom almost named me Dusty and I always liked that name and wished that she had named me that.
5. There's a peice of 2x4 holding up the middle because we broke it a few months ago.
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Chocolate Peanut Butter
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house (my mom's before the stupid hurricanne destroyed it.
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Brave
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I would keep it the same because I would forget the new one and people would get mad that I was ignoring thim.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? I have a sleigh bed so I can't put stuff under there. But I am sure that some of dh's underwear is there, it winds up everywhere!
You broke your bed!!!!! At Least you are having fun!!
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
Switching RE's within practice
*~God gives his hardest battles to his toughest solders. Unknown.
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Cookies ?n Cream
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach House
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Flight
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Hmm, I dunno, something long with many nicknames, like Alexandra or Samantha.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Boxes full of CDs ? I have no idea why we kept them everything is stored on a cloud now. We don?t even have a CD player!!
Me- 32, DH- 32- TTC for 4 Years
IUIs 1-6 BFN
IVF #1= BFP- M/C
FET- Beta#1: 69, #2: 482, #3: 1088, #4: 28,318, Ultrasound- 1 beautiful heartbeat
It's a boy!
1. What is your favorite ice cream?
Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house?
Beach house for sure
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch?
Flight. Intense movie!
4. If you could change your name, what would it be?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890 :-D
5. What stashed under your bed right now?
Two shotguns, no ammunition though. When we have kids, we will get a gun safe but for now that's where they are.
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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
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Breaking dawn part 2.
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I love my name and wouldn't change it.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? DH shoes and a bunch of boxes
1. Can't pick one, but top three are probably dulce de leche, cookies & cream and peanut butter & chocolate. Giving me some ideas for tonight, by the way.
2. Beach! I'm a son of a beach.
3. "Flight." Good but really depressing.
4. Veronica. I guess I've watched "Heathers" too many times.
5. Nothing, thankfully.
1. What is your favorite ice cream? I'm a fan of Cookies and Cream and Green Tea
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach House.
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Skyfall
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I'm not really sure, I've never really given it any thought. I think my name suites me well.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Probably dust bunnies and a sock or 2.
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Mocha cookies and cream
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? The newest Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn 2
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I don't know I like my name, if I changed it it would be something unique since Jennifer is pretty common.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Clothes, and probably the remote to the TV and DVD player, I can't seem to find them.
Infertility blog
Trying for a baby since 4/10
DX: Infertile 6/11 Me: LPD, all other blood work clear.
DH: low sperm motility,low count.
Met with RE start clomid + TI + IUI 5/12= IUI cancelled due to positive Cystic Fibrosis carrier test. DH tested Neg. for Cystic Fibrosis,
6/12 Clomid + TI +IUI=BFN 8/10 IVF consult.
IVF #1 Started BCP 9/2 Lupron 10/11 stims 10/27 ER 11/6!! 5 eggs retreived only 1 mature. FERT report shows none made it.Cancelled cycle.
IVF #2 BCP 11/18 Lupron 12/14
Stims start 12/29 ER 1/8 ET 1/11 put in 1 grade B and 1 grade C. Beta: 1/20 = BFN
IVF# 3 7/13 BFP ended in chemical pregnancy
9/15 diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance gearing up for IVF# 4 Dec/ Jan
Everyone Welcome!
Unmedicated and medicated IUI's: all fail
IVF #1: Dec 2012 16m/15f 12/9: 5dt of 2 beautiful blasts and 5 frosties
TWINS!
15w4d:baby a-pProm
March 25: 18w...2 baby boys born sleeping
July 29: FET-BFN
Sept: TAC placed
Oct 27: FET #2-Cancelled-monster cyst producing insane amounts of estrogen
Nov 13: FET #2-take 2
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Blue bell cookies & cream
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Flight
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Hmm, swap my first and middle name
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Container full of summer clothes!
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Mmmm, any kind LOL but I'm partial to chocolate brownie or chocolate peanut butter
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach House!!!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Skyfall, the new Bond movie
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I looooooooove my name. If it weren't confusing and I had a daughter I'd name her my name cuz I love it
Its Kate btw, lol
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Nothing....yet
NTNP 2009-2012 TTC since 2012:
Jack has handpicked his sibling up there
My blog about IF and loss ... Kate's IF Blog
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Mint chocolate chip
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Erin brockovich(!)
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Renee (my middle name)
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Not a single thing. I cleaned it out last Sunday! Not even any dust bunnies!
10/11: after 2 years, saw a RE, FSH 5.4
11/11: BFP! (surprise after thyroid & normal hsg),
12/11: missed m/c after 7 week u/s, 1/12: D&C
6/12 IUI#1-IUI #3: clomid = BFP!, C/P
IVF #1(10/12) FSH 5.4, AFC: 16 long Lupron, 5R/5M/4F, all 4 made it to 5dt, 1 blast/1-8 cell transferred=BFN
IVF #2(12/12)AFC 21, MD lupron, 4R/4M/3F, 5dt of 1 blast and 2-8cell. BFN.
IVF#3(4/13) Natural start antagon protocol, 12R,11F. one PGS normal at day 6 transfer. BFN.
IVF#4 (11/13) C.CRM (ODW.U normal 8/13 Still no Diagnosis) EPP/antagonist. ER 13R/7M/6F. Only 1 made it to freeze. Abnormal. Looking into options of DE, Fresh vs frozen.
10/14 new local RE to look into what's next. CD3 FSH 4.7, AMH 0.9. Met with DE agencies and exploring options for feb/march 2015.
Surprise natural bfp (4 days before donor is signed). Beta #1 at 9dpo: 51.8, 2nd beta: 195 (25 hours doubling) @11dpo. 3rd beta (12/15): 516 (35 hrs doubling) 4th beta(12/17): 895 (58 hours doubling) 5th beta(12/19): 2120. U/S at 5w0d(12/22): one gestational sac with yolk sac. U/S #2 (6w0d)12/29. One little bean measuring 6w0d with HR 124. 3rd u/s(1/4)7w0d: baby measuring 7w2d. HR 134. 3/30: A/S at MFM went great except for low lying placenta. Verifi results are normal! Team Blue! Please send any positive thoughts our way! EDD:8/24/2015
Baby Will born 8/18. He's perfect.
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Birthday Cake
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Hawaii beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? The Hobbit (I did not pick it)
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Olivia (also our girl name if we have one)
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Larger bed posts for our bed and guns (Guns are there until we can get our gun safe installed)
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Peanut butter cup
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? I'd take either!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Is it sad that I can't remember the last time I went to the movies? lol
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Anything that isn't spelled 100 different ways! (my name is Caitlin)
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Shoes & wrapping paper
It's twin girls!! Born on 11-2-14!
1. What is your favorite ice cream?
Ben & Jerry's Raspberry Chocolate Chunk frozen greek yogurt
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house?
Mountain Cabin
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch?
Either Ted or Magic Mike
4. If you could change your name, what would it be?
I'm content with the one I already have (Rachael)
5. What stashed under your bed right now?
I think some pillows & blankets and a few missing socks.
Me: 28; DH: 35
1/2008 -- Started TTC
3/2009 - FD discovered at 17 weeks1/2011 - Lap and HSG reveal Stage IV Endo and both tubes blocked.
4/2012 - Consult with RE for IVF#1 - Labs and SA are normal - Repeat HSG - SURPRISE! Both tubes are open.
May, June, August 2012 - IUI#1-3 - Letrozole + Bravelle + Ovidrel trigger = BFN
9/2012 - Lap#2 to remove endo and Hysteroscopy
IVF#1 (Long Lupron) - 12/6 ER - 20R 11F * 12/11 ET - Transferred 2 excellent blasts * 3 Frosties *
Beta #1 79.7 * Beta #2 240 * EDD - 8.29.13 * It's a GIRL!
When Not IF Blog
Everyone welcome!
I know I am a little late but... in the event anyone reads this later...
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Ice cream is my weakness...I cannot say no black raspberry or toasted almond fudge...
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach House. I love the ocean!
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Breaking Dawn pt. 2 (don't judge me too harshly...)
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I'm not sure I would change it but for sake of the question.. Katherine... I enjoy names that can be shortened into nicknames.
5. What stashed under your bed right now? At this point... I don't want to know. I haven't looked under in quite some time....
1. What is your favorite ice cream? Mint chocolate chip (I'm surprised that so many of us have it as our favourite!)
2. Mountain Cabin or Beach house? Beach house
3. Last movie you went to the theater to watch? Argo
4. If you could change your name, what would it be? I wanted to change my name to Andrea when I was little. Too much hassle to change it now!
5. What stashed under your bed right now? Carpet? DH is a neat freak.
***EVERYONE WELCOME***