~~DE/DEmbryo/GC Check-in~~

JM1977 · January 2013

This group is open to anyone who has already gone through donor egg/donor embryo/gestational carrier, is in the process of it, or plans on doing it in the future.

This check-in posted each Tuesday. If you?d like to be added to this group, please reply to this message, and I?ll make sure to add you for next week. Welcome to the lurkers! We know this can be a difficult journey, but we welcome you with open arms. Let us know if we can answer any questions.

GRADUATES ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO POST!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Yellow_Daisy has restarted a PRIVATE Facebook group (meaning no one can see it in your feed, that you are a member, etc.) for the ladies from IF and SAIF who are using/have used donor eggs/embryos or donor sperm and who are active and consistent posters on the IF, IFV, PAIF, or SAIF boards and the weekly check-in. If you have been a part of thebump and the check-in and would like to join, please page Yellow_Daisy and ask for an invitation to the group.

Status Update: Where are you currently with the DE/DEmbryo/ GC process?

QOTW: What are your thoughts/experience with frozen DE/DEmbryo cycles? Do you have any information to share about any of the DE frozen egg programs?

In the 2ww

ceemonkey ? High FSH on her side and Sertoli-cell only syndrome on DH's side, joined donor embryo program and submitted some picks, phone consult with a new double donor split cycle program completed, ordered blood work, officially left old clinic, in-person consult with new clinic complete, psych consult went well, accepted a profile, on Lupron and Vivelle, lining check on 11/30 went well, ET of 2 blasts completed on 12/13/12, low betas ((hugs))

Currently Cycling or on BCP?s or Lupron

BabyVDM ? Probable diagnosis of age-related egg quality issue, cancer survivor! pursuing DE, contacted two West coast clinics, phone consult with PNWF, donor?s eggs added to frozen bank, conversation with clinic and they will hold 1-2 sets of eggs depending on number retrieved, phone consult rescheduled, repeat SA on 12/13, hoping for FET in January or February, started BCP?s and then Lupron on 1/13, u/s on 1/23

JM1977 ? DE IVF #1 = BFN, DE IVF #2 - eSET on day 5 (12/15/10), beta on 12/28 = 1,035, beta on 12/30 = 2,234, first OB appointment showed baby measuring right on track, baby girl M arrived on 8/30/11! TTC #2: Mock ET, sonogram, and blood work on 11/12, on Delestrogen, transfer set for 1/21

Mrs.McIrish ? Passed lining cycle and have been matched with a donor, ER initially anticipated for the second week in October, ovulated after stopped estrace, e2 producing cyst at baseline so delayed at least 3 weeks, started Lupron and baby aspirin, cleared baselines!, donor started stims on 10/13, ER estimated for 10/24, lining and E2 check on 10/19, donor stimming slowly, ER complete, low quality embryos and unsuccessful cycle (((HUGS))), DNA fragmentation test was normal, saline sono done, new donor selected with ER/ET anticipated for late January, hysteroscopy and D&C (polyp removal) completed on 12/5, started Lupron on 1/2

liz4paws ? No response to max stims with IVF, moving on to embryo adoption, signed up with Miracles Waiting, also on waiting list with RE for when they start their donor embryo program, accepted 5 frozen embryos from a woman in VA, working on paperwork and hope to have contract signed soon, found RE willing to do FET of embryos, frozen embryos arrived in Texas, started BCP?s and set to start Lupron, FET scheduled for 2/8! Monitoring appointment on 1/18

Sophistikitty ? Slated for DE cycle in January, have selected donor and signed agency agreement, calendar received! Start Lupron second week of January, ET anticipated for the first week of February, started BCP?s, new diagnosis of adenomyosis, concern about donor cancelling some appointments

Waiting to Cycle/Between Cycles
BeckyP005 ? 2 IUI?s both BFN?s, RE says DE is best option, not 100% sure about this option but beginning required testing, repeat mammogram needed, second mock cycle completed, lining looking good, SHG complete, put on thyroid meds, DH needing to get blood work done, on the DE waiting list! (6 months)

glueck ? Pursuing DE through a clinic in Czech Republic, tentative transfer date of 10/6, filled out anonymous donor selection paperwork and matched with donor, mock cycle has begun, ER estimated for 9/24-25 and ET for 9/29-30, delayed because Essure scarring process was not complete, transfer set for 12/9! ER complete ? 9R, 7M, 6F, 5dt complete of 2 grade A blasts

happywifemomofone ? 100% OOP, considering shared DE cycle, DE consult scheduled at Advanced Fertility went well, would like to cycle in June or July, contemplating guarantee programs, delaying cycle due to financial considerations, selected donor, all preliminary testing is complete, meeting with psychologist arranged for early November, continuing to wait for cycle anticipated for early to mid February, selected a new donor who was then removed from the donor registry, selected fourth donor, upcoming appointments with RE and lawyer

indianasun ? 2 1/2 year-old son from cycle with OE, pursuing DE and started donor search, chose a donor and have an appointment with RE on 9/10, next steps are for donor to have medical and psychological testing, then will sign contracts

Jen12573 ? History of several issues including high FSH, hyperthyroidism, uterine fibroids, POF, and mild endo, meeting with RE to discuss donor embryo program was on 8/10, feel very positively about program, on two DEmbryo wait lists, meeting with new donor embryo program on 2/25

kbrodie06 ? Has a 3-year-old daughter, considering/researching DE for second child, checking with doctors in the area and weighing options, secured a shared donor! Found a new donor after previous donor pregnant, started Lupron on 9/25, DE ER complete ? 17 eggs from shared cycle, all fertilized normally! 5dt on 10/21 of one 4AA embryo, BFP followed by miscarriage ((((HUGS))))

krod2010 ? IVF #6 with identical twin as donor, 16 eggs retrieved but none fertilized ((((hugs)))), DE cycle, ET 1/16, transferred 3 blasts, nothing to freeze, BFP followed by m/c, cycling with the same donor again? 30 eggs retrieved, transferred two blasts, chemical pregnancy ((((HUGS))), 18 frozen embryos, hysteroscopy and laparoscopy complete, started delestrogen, FET on 6/15, Beta negative ((hugs)), planning to cycle again

may2806 ? DE IVF cycle was BFP, having bleeding episodes but heartbeat is good, NT scan went great but blood work showed high HCG and low Papp-A, amnio scheduled but not done, late m/c ((((HUGS)))), determined to be caused by a huge SCH behind the placenta, hysteroscopy showed uterus looks normal, waiting for next cycle with donor, completed Lupron Depot, now starting daily Lupron and IVIG, transfer 6/20 Beta 1 ? 261, beta 2 ? 546, 6 week u/s shows twins M/C ((hugs))

mtlaurel ? Pursuing DE after two failed IVF cycles, DE consult complete, DH?s SA numbers are up, chose a donor! started BCP?s on 4/3, another recipient selected donor! ER anticipated for 6/13 with ET on 6/18, started Lupron week of 5/17, started delestrogen on 5/28, dilapan done, next up is lining check, transfer of 2 grade A embryos, Beta on 6/28 C/P ((hugs)) working on improving DH?s issues, DH?s karyotyping normal, endo biopsy normal

reb259 ? DE consult schedule for 11/3, DE IVF#1 with frozen eggs did not work out (((hugs))) WTF and appointment with reproductive urologist scheduled, phone consult with RBA went well, meeting with psych and had more blood work done on 4/20, picked a donor! Finished BCP?s, planning travel to RBA for thaw and fert on 6/4, u/s on 5/30 to check lining, hoping it is 8+ transferred 2 low grade embies, home test negative ((Hugs)), deciding next steps

rewdew ? Going straight to DE with ICSI after removal of one ovary and elevated FSH, also dealing with MFI, DE IVF #1 = BFN (((hugs))), 2 morulas frozen, planning on natural FET

stinkerbell6879 ? Beginning to look more seriously into DE, phone consult this week, looking into DE/Fresh vs. frozen, etc., consult scheduled, mock cycle monitoring and HSG complete, waiting on OBGyn appointment regarding fluid in uterus, DH needs to get SA done

strunella ? AMA, low AMH, three losses (((hugs))), initial DE consult complete, scheduled psych eval and meeting with nurse, pursuing frozen eggs to minimize wait time and costs, hoping for a February or March cycle

SuzanneJesse ? Secondary recipient in shared DE cycle (2nd IVF after failed cycle with OE), ER last Sunday, 10 fertilized normally, 9 still growing, 5dt of 2 embryos, beta on 11/11, 4 frozen embryos, C/P, WTF appointment, now looking at uterine and thyroid issues (thyroglobulin antibodies ? precursor to Hashimoto?s), will ask to be put on Synthroid, consulting with hematologist regarding the possibility of Lovenox, BA, and Folgard, SHG coming up, cycle likely in February

Looking into Options

BootsOrHearts ? Talking with RE about whether to use OE or DE, severe DOR and AMA

brooklynesque ? May try one more cycle with OE but considering DE due to serious egg maturity issues, started looking at DE profiles and agencies

BzeetyD ? Considering DE after one more cycle with OE, researching clinics and looking for databases/registries that offer semi-open donation, WTF consult scheduled to discuss cycling with OE and possibly DE

hrtbreakr ? Has been going through IVF/Infertility for 4 years, told DE is the best option

kflynn81 ? About to start IVF #3 (actually fourth cycle since first one was cancelled), quality issues, using a new protocol, starting to research DE options, phone consult scheduled with CCRM on 1/25

~*~Recent Success~*~

2MamazInSeattle ? DE cycle, ET anticipated for December 9-15, found lower price for Follistim, suppression check on 11/6 and everything looked good, signed consents and made payment, DS delivered, , lining looked good, donor started stims on 11/25, ER ? 19R, 14M, 11F, 5dt completed! Transferred one blast and have 3 frosties, positive HPT?s ? BFP! Saw the heartbeat!

~*~Graduates~*~
amethysgrrl ? Pursuing DE, have selected a clinic and a donor, planning for a June cycle, successfully completed evaluation cycle and had SHG done, got calendar! Began Lupron on 5/22, Cleared to begin cycle! ER planned between 6/14 and 6/17 with ET between 6/17 and 6/22, transfer complete, Beta 7/2 ? BFP! Twins! First OB appt. was on 8/6, two boys! A/S scheduled for 10/17

ashleyann82 ? Chose a new donor after first one backed out, shared cycle, DE eSET on 6/19, 4 frozen, BFP! Heartbeat is looking great on ultrasounds, baby looked great on a/s, it?s a BOY!, failed GTT, appointments set up with RN and dietician, going to start exercising more and watching diet, hit 35/35 milestone

bluebabka ? DE IVF #1 - 13 eggs retrieved, ET of 2 blasts on 2/19, BFP! First u/s showed two but follow-up showed one beautiful baby with a heartbeat of 174, baby boy born 11/3 via C-section, planning on FET in April or May

BRSAugust20 ? BFP (singleton)! J is here! Contemplating next steps regarding frozen embryo, on RESOLVE parent panels!

Bubs711 ? Selected donor! Sonogram as follow-up from mammogram showed fibrocystic breasts, biopsy of both breasts on 2/16 ? mass was drained, TSH came back high, went on Synthroid, ET of 2 day 5 embryos, beta #1 = 477, beta #2=1,777, first u/s on 4/25 showed one heartbeat, EDD is 12/12/12, it?s a girl!

chicagobride_07 ? DE-IVF cycle in July was a BFN, follow-up testing showed elevated lupus anti-coagulant (hematologist thinks it was an aberration), blood work - waiting for results, pap, mammogram - normal, TSH high - referred to a medical endocrinologist, everything came back normal, started delestrogen in preparation for FET, everything looked good with lining check and blood work, ET of 2 blasts, somewhat low betas, Betas continued to rise! Heart heartbeat at u/s! Bleeding scare but everything still looking good, U/S at just over 9 weeks looked good! Tapering off of PIO, Verifi prenatal test coming up

dreamalotmp ? DOR, AMA, DE IVF + ICSI cycle, chose donor, cycle planned for November, donor dropped out of the program but selected a new one, ER and ET complete, BFP! Beta #1 = 243, Beta #2 = 489, first u/s showed one healthy developing yolk sac, everything looked good on first trimester screening, diagnosed with gestational diabetes, great anatomy scan on 3/5 showed a girl! First monthly growth u/s complete, baby looking great, baby daughter H. born on 8/1

hooliface ? DE cycle, transferred 2 embryos (8 cell compounding grade B+ and an 8 cell grade on day 3, BFP!

Imanurse03 ? DE IVF #1 - ER on 5/31, ET on 6/4, 16 frozen embryos! BFP! It?s a BOY! Complications including low amniotic fluid levels, IUGR, welcomed baby boy on 1/18/12! Making some decisions about timing of FET for baby #2

jcath ? Donor egg cycle with frozen egg bank, chose donor and back-up, had endo biopsy, 5dt on 1/26, beta #1 = 118, betas have been good, first u/s on 2/21 showed identical twin girls! Arrived safely on 9/2/11, talking more each day, in the process of donating remaining embryo

jhleap ? Has a toddler from DE, did an FET in November and got a BFP, expecting baby #2 in early August, first OB appointment scheduled for week of 1/16, baby girl born 8/10!

koyn ? Cycled at RBA, transferred 2 embryos on 9/19, froze 1, BFP!! Beta #3 was 14,621, first u/s showed TWINS! 1st MFM appointment and saw both babies dancing around

LBR_NJ/LisaBRM ? BFP! Baby girl Alana arrived on 12/9/09! FET scheduled for 12/10 but embryo did not survive the thaw (((hugs)))

lenebene ? Split DE cycle underway, on estrogen, donor started stims, ER on 4/25, ET is done - BFP! Beta #1 = 314, Beta #2 = 664, u/s showed one bean, u/s #2 saw heartbeat again, released to OB, team green!

lhcooper ? Cycling with DE at out-of-state clinic, ER 12/5 - 16 eggs retrieved, got 5 in split cycle, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 5dt of one embryo on 12/10, beta #1=413, beta #2= 3952, first u/s showed a healthy baby with heartbeat of 138 bpm, second u/s also went great, CVS on 2/14 showed healthy baby GIRL! Starting monthly growth scans, beautiful big baby girl arrived 8/31/12!

lisaiesha ? DE cycle with an anonymous, proven donor, transferred one Day 5 blast on 3/12 ? BFP! Due date was 11/29

lunatwo ? September cycle cancelled due to ovulating on Lupron, DE IVF#1 - ER was 11/11, 13 eggs, 6 fertilized, 5 B-grade embryos, ET on 11/16, BFP! Beta #1 = 485, Beta #2 = 2,495, first u/s showed twins!! A boy and a girl!

lynn0926 ? Pursuing DE out of state, found a local clinic willing to do monitoring and submit to insurance, started mock cycle on 4/2, accepted into guarantee program and lining looks good, chose a new donor, donor started stims on 6/8, 25 fertilized embies! Transfer on the 6/28, HPTs+, Beta 2500! 2nd beta at 13dp5dt was 6131, first u/s showed TWINS! Had NT scan, everything going well, it?s 2 boys!

njohnson1972 ? Last attempt with OE, transferred 2 embryos on 11/6, BFP! Jack is here! IVF cycle with OE unsuccessful, currently on a break and pursuing DE during the summer

PetraStonegirl ? Fresh-frozen DE cycle in late July, had scar tissue and uterine septum resection in May, has 3 five day frosties! sFET was cancelled due to insufficient lining, restarting new cycle, on delestrogen, lining check went well, starting PEO, sFET went well, BFP! Beta #1=291, betas still climbing strongly, many u/s with RE before graduating to OB, NT scan results looked great, diagnosed with placenta previa

RachelD83 ? BFP on 2nd FET (single embryo transfer) - boy! Jonathan born on 12/8 at 38w3d, he's starting to crawl!

rebaann ? Two pregnancies from IUI that ended in miscarriages and D&C?s (((hugs))), now pursuing DE, mock ET on 4/12, everything looked good on repeat HSG, repeat S/A, mammogram, social work consult, injection training, mock EEP cycle, picked a donor! Transferred 2 embryos, BFP! Beta #1 = 820, Betas 2 and 3 were great, u/s on 10/1 showed one baby measuring right on track with a heartbeat of 125, first OB appointment on 10/22 uneventful, everything looked good at NT scan, put on baby aspirin because of blood pressure

sekura ? Had WTF for IVF#1 and decided that DE is best option, cycled at RBA?s frozen egg program, 3 out of 5 donor eggs fertilized, 5dt of 1 blast on 5/12, beta is 5/22, also have 2 frozen embryos ? BFP! Beta #1=306, Beta #2-818, NT scan and b/w all looked good

shyntrue ? Donor selected! Surgery to have septum removed, cycle postponed to December, had second SHG and uterus looked good, DE IVF#1 - 3dt of 2 embryos on 12/10, BFP! Beta #1=890, Beta #2=10,967, first u/s on 1/11 showed TWINS! NT scan scheduled for 2/24, two trips to the ER and an overnight hospital stay, extensive u/s showed (most likely) 2 boys! Failed 1-hour glucose test and going back for 3-hour, Boys have arrived!

strudel82 ? Success with DE cycle in Dec., pregnant with twin girls! Girls born early, they are home! 2-week NICU appointment and they are doing great, considering another DE cycle for a sibling, going to be a gestational carrier for another couple! Met the IPs, screenings coming up and hoping for April cycle (FET)

JM1977 · January 2013

Sorry I'm late with the check-in this week. Things got a little hectic! I've been thinking of everyone!

I started Delestrogen and had my lining check and bloodwork yesterday. Everything looked good, and I'm set for my transfer on Monday. We are planning on doing an eSET like we did with our daughter.

chicagobride_07 · January 2013

GL, JM1977, with your upcoming transfer!

Things are well at this end. My Verifi test came back negative for Trisomy 13, 18 and 21; now I think we are going to decline the amnio. It also said that we are having a girl. I am now 14 weeks; next U/S check in as at 16 weeks. I am trying to think positive thoughts and not stress.

By the way, I saw that there is now a third party repro board- yeah! I was not able to post on this from my end, however.

QOTW: My pregnancy was the result of a frozen transfer; our first fresh cycle did not work. I had been looking into Donor Egg Bank USA (https://www.donoreggbankusa.com/) in case our first donor did not work out. However, I don't have personal experience with them.

GL to all the ladies with upcoming cycles this month.

happywifemomofone · January 2013

GL JM, hope that your transfer goes well next week.

Chicagobride-Sounds like your PG is going smoothly, bet your excited to learn that it's a girl!

McIrish-((((hugs)))) Hope that your anger will wear off and that whatever you decide to do, or not do, will bring you peace.

Update-We went to Primary MD, lawyer and RE on Tuesday. All legal is finished and agency has been paid. We are ready to cycle whenever we can get approval from HMO to cycle. Home today dealing with snags. Primary MD saw me on Tuesday and requested a referral from Humana. Humana will not provide it until I see a OB/GYNE. I had all my preliminary testing at an OB/GYNE back in October, problem is that it was not a Dr. within the same medical group-and Humana's not liking that. The lady from the referral's dept is trying to get enough info from RE to show that this is a referral for "continuing care" through my RE, and NOT a new referral to RE. Today is CD 24 today. RE wants me to call and come in for bw and ultrasound when AF comes, but they are unable to do this (according to their Humana contract, they are not even allowed to see me without referral). RE wrote a script for BCP. Just waiting for RE's office to open so that I can apprise them of the situation (found out after RE closed yesterday).

QOTW: What are your thoughts/experience with frozen DE/DEmbryo cycles? Do you have any information to share about any of the DE frozen egg programs?We looked into frozen DE through several different egg banks due to it being less expensive. We were concerned about spending all our money here and then not being able to avoid a fresh cycle. For me, some of my final decisions were made after questioning the quality of the women's eggs who had been placed in the egg bank. My clinic would not allow me to pay for a fresh cycle with a donor, but I know that she was cycle for their own egg bank. She has been removed from my clinics donor program until one of her eggs (either frozen from her first cycle or from the egg bank) produces a BFP.

ceemonkey · January 2013

Update: my u/s on Monday showed an empty ute, but I expected as much. I wasn't having any symptoms, and some of the HPTs I had been taking were getting lighter. So that coupled with my low beta to start off made me come to expect that. So we'll try again hopefully here in another month or 2. AF arrived with a vengeance last night so I'll probably start BCPs today or tomorrow.

QOTW: At first we were looking into DEmbryos and I think it's a great, cost-effective option. We just ended up leaving our clinic because of their disorganization and the long wait. I don't have any experience with frozen eggs but I do know that pretty much everyone I've talked to that has used RBA loves them.

Mrs.McIrish · January 2013

strudel82:
JM1977?Exciting! GL at transfer!!
Woo hoo for the 3rd party board being up! Can't post yet though ... wonder when that will be available?
QOTW: There's no way we could afford another fresh cycle with our previous donor and clinic, so frozen eggs are a great option cost wise. CNY seems to be building up their bank and has really great prices, though I'm sure that will change in time. I don't love that you don't get all the eggs from the donor (well, you could, for a price) and still wonder about them making it through the thaw. When you only get 5-7 eggs, if half of them don't make it ... those are just really hard numbers to deal with.

Do not use CNY for frozen eggs!!! They have actually abandoned the program but still show some banked eggs. But they have yet to master the freezing or thawing. There has not been a single positive pg from the program. I am a patient there. I "know" a woman on another board who has tried it twice. Yesterday they thawed 12 eggs for her and only 2 survived.

Chicago- glad you are well. I am so happy for you as your betas were scary. Glad you fell on the good side.

JM- best of luck for your FET.

Happywife- always rooting for you. We've been in this together forever it seems. Hope you can get the insurance sorted out. I know it makes you want to pull your hair out.

AFM- some of you know that my donor bailed on our cycle yesterday in the middle of stimming! Her ER was supposed to be next week. I am beyond angry, mad, sad etc that someone would do this. She has donated before. She knew what to expect and should not F with people like this. I'm so tired of having these crazy random " that never happens" stuff happening to me. My clinic is offering some other donors who do not have a second recipient and are cycling right now to me. I'm on estrace and lupron already. DH and and I either accept one of these random donors or we are done forever. I cannot start over. I've lost any faith I had in this process. My insurance also expires in March so we are stuck. We have to make a crazy decision today.

happywifemomofone · January 2013

Mrs.McIrish:
strudel82:
JM1977?Exciting! GL at transfer!!
Woo hoo for the 3rd party board being up! Can't post yet though ... wonder when that will be available?
QOTW: There's no way we could afford another fresh cycle with our previous donor and clinic, so frozen eggs are a great option cost wise. CNY seems to be building up their bank and has really great prices, though I'm sure that will change in time. I don't love that you don't get all the eggs from the donor (well, you could, for a price) and still wonder about them making it through the thaw. When you only get 5-7 eggs, if half of them don't make it ... those are just really hard numbers to deal with.
Do not use CNY for frozen eggs!!! They have actually abandoned the program but still show some banked eggs. But they have yet to master the freezing or thawing. There has not been a single positive pg from the program. I am a patient there. I "know" a woman on another board who has tried it twice. Yesterday they thawed 12 eggs for her and only 2 survived.
Chicago- glad you are well. I am so happy for you as your betas were scary. Glad you fell on the good side.
JM- best of luck for your FET.
Happywife- always rooting for you. We've been in this together forever it seems. Hope you can get the insurance sorted out. I know it makes you want to pull your hair out.
AFM- some of you know that my donor bailed on our cycle yesterday in the middle of stimming! Her ER was supposed to be next week. I am beyond angry, mad, sad etc that someone would do this. She has donated before. She knew what to expect and should not F with people like this. I'm so tired of having these crazy random " that never happens" stuff happening to me. My clinic is offering some other donors who do not have a second recipient and are cycling right now to me. I'm on estrace and lupron already. DH and and I either accept one of these random donors or we are done forever. I cannot start over. I've lost any faith I had in this process. My insurance also expires in March so we are stuck. We have to make a crazy decision today.
GL with your decision making today!!! I can feel your stess halfway across the country and hope that you will do something nice for yourself today.

BabyVDM · January 2013

Status: DH and I started Lupron on Monday. It's been a bit of gong show trying to get it right, but I think last night we finally managed to sort things out. I am letting DH give me the shots, because I know I won't be able to do the PIO on my own and I need him to be well practiced! I stop BCP tomorrow. Our embryo's have not been made yet, so I'm hoping that all goes well and we have at least 2 viable healthy embryo to work wiht. Otherwise, this will all be a waste of time. I'm feeling optimistic, even though I know that there is know guarantee.

QOTW: We are using Frozen DE. We would have done fresh but the donor we found who is for me perfect was already cycling for a couple who backed out when we found her. They couldn't delay the ER, so her eggs were added to our clinics Frozen Egg Bank, but held for us for the time being. DH looked at the stats and was comfortable with the risk. Our clinic guarantee 2 viable embryo when using their FE Bank. They will thaw 1 batch of egg after another until they get them. If they get 3 or more they fertilize all will freeze any left over embryo for future use. So at the moment I feel really good about using frozen eggs. I can only hope that it stays that way.

Good Luck JM1977!

McIrish - I am so frustrated and angry with this last set back. I wish you didn't have to make another quick and difficult decision, but I hope, when you make your choose that it brings you the peace you deserve.

BeckyP005 · January 2013

JM - GL on Monday!!

Chicago - Yay for 14 weeks and having a girl!

Happywife - Hoping for a quick approval from HMO. That sounds so confusing.

McIrish - I posted on another board and again..I am so sorry I'm hoping you and YH can figure something out. {HUGS}

Cee - I am so sorry

BabyDVM - GL to you and it is great that you are feeling optimistic. I hope everything works out.

liz4paws · January 2013

JM1977: FX for your transfer!!!

Chicagobride: Exciting news about your little girl!

Happy wife: Good luck, I hope you guys are able to work through all of the hurdles.

Strudel: I know! I was just wondering the same thing about the new board. I might page KdgTeacher and ask to see if we have any updates on it. Every day I check to see if its' there.

Cee: Big huge hugs. I am so sorry to hear. FX for your next cycle.

MrsMcIrish: This still just infuriates me. IF is so hard on it's own without this other unnecessary BS. I hate that this happened to you. I really hope you come to a decision that brings you peace.

BabyVDM: Glad you guys are getting the hang of the shots. You will be a pro by the time you're done. FX for some rockstar embies from your cycle!

Me: I have my baseline ultrasound and bloodwork tomorrow morning. And strangely enough, I just got a random call from my previous RE's billing person just letting me know that my new insurance policy has a 10k IVF/meds lifetime max benefit. WTF? I've never had any IVF or meds coverage before and now I find out that I do when I'm knee deep in a DEmbryo FET. We've already paid for our $4030 cycle fees OOP, but I'm just hoping and praying that they can bill insurance and refund us some money. I have no idea if it's a possibility because of the fact its DEmbryo, but I'm waiting to hear back from my new RE's insurance person. I am crossing my fingers big time for this, we could really use the money.

QOTW: I don't know much about DE cycles since we went straight to DEmbryo. But I can speak a little about DEmbryos. Our donor found us privately on the BabyCenter embryo adoption forum. I know that there are a few other ways to go about receiving donor embryos though such as anonymous clinic programs, adoption agencies, and private sites like through www.miracleswaiting.org. Our adoption process has been way more positive and seamless than I ever dreamed it would be and on paper, the way we did it "should" have been the most complicated.

Strunella · January 2013

~~~~Siggy warning~~~~

Hi, ladies!

On Monday, we had our psych eval and nurse consult. We were all gung-ho about frozen eggs until I learned that my insurance will not cover ANY part of the cycle because frozen eggs are still considered experimental. Ugh. They will cover a fresh donor egg cycle, but I need to clarify what that means exactly (just me or part of the donor's expenses too?). Also, my clinic has not had very promising results with the frozen egg bank they've been using so that turned us off too. I asked about My Egg Bank, but they will only work with affiliated clinics and mine isn't one of them.

So, we're considering fresh, but the wait time for fresh at my clinic is ONE year! We can't wait that long. So, now I'm researching agencies. $$$$$. Yikes. Though the agency donor pool is supposed to be much larger, it's slim pickins in my area for our criteria and I'm not too keen on paying even more $$$ to have a long distance donor. I've also seen some that I like who are not proven donors, and I'm not sure I want to roll the dice on them.

Our next step will be to determine what the bottom line is for our OOP. We'll have to do some kind of financing for the balance...but if the number is too outrageous, I honestly don't know. I guess I didn't realize there would still be so much OOP when I have comprehensive insurance. RE wants me to schedule an endometrial biopsy, saline sono and recurrent loss panel because of all of my losses.

JM - Lots of luck on Monday! Thinking of you.

Chicago - Congrats on a little girl!

Cee - so sorry! Hugs!

McIrish - I'm so, so sorry that this is another huge hurdle. Whatever decision you make will be the right one.

Happywife - It sounds like you are sooo close. No more of these crazy snafus!!

BabyVDM - wishing you tons of luck on your upcoming cycle! Crossing everything for you!

Liz - I really hope you can get your insurance sorted out and can get reimbursed. That's a lot of money!

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