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A most happy intro from a most happy grad. :)

AmCheriAmCheri member
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Hi ladies!  I am delighted to see a board all of our own.  I know some of you already, but for those whom I'll get the opportunity to meet, a quick intro.

I've been a long-time poster on IF and then made the transition to IFV, sometime after our second failed cycle.  I have DOR and am a textbook poor responder. We tried IVF with my OE three times, making it to ER/ET just once. That cycle ended in a m/c at 7w. After three attempts, we got the DE talk and our RE strongly recommended that we stop with my OE. And, after a lot of deliberation, we agreed.

Once we decided to use DE, things moved very quickly.  Less than 24 hours after we made that decision, the perfect donor for us entered our clinic's pool.  We cycled with her (a first-time donor), retrieved 10 eggs, transferred one on day 5, and nothing made it to freeze.  Our one embryo was a superstar and I'm nearly 19 weeks now.  

Our donor is cycling for us again next March. We are, of course, hoping for something to freeze. If not, we already know how fortunate we are.

Sooooo happy to be here. I'll look forward to lots of good chats as we all navigate our way through this new world.   

What are everyone's thoughts on grads posting regularly?  I certainly want to foster a safe place for those cycling and wouldn't want to do anything that could jeopardize that.  

Baby girl Lila born 2013.
Baby boy Henry born 2015.
Expecting our capstone baby (boy) early March 2018.
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  • JM1977JM1977 member
    imageAmCheri:

    I certainly want to foster a safe place for those cycling and wouldn't want to do anything that could jeopardize that.  

    I totally agree with this.  I want to be able to support people as much as possible but don't want to do anything that would add to the stress and heartache for those still going through the process. 

    TTC with DOR, low morphology, fertilization issues
    IVF#1 Oct 2009 (CCRM) - BFN
    IVF#2 March 2010 - Poor response/cancelled
    DE IVF#1 Aug 2010 - BFN
    DE IVF#2 Dec 2010 - Transferred 1, 2 frozen - BFP!
    TTC#2 FET Jan 2013 - Transferred 1 - BFP!

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  • AmCheriAmCheri member
    imageJM1977:
    imageAmCheri:

    I certainly want to foster a safe place for those cycling and wouldn't want to do anything that could jeopardize that.  

    I totally agree with this.  I want to be able to support people as much as possible but don't want to do anything that would add to the stress and heartache for those still going through the process. 

    Indeed. And by "posting regularly," I meant posts to support and encourage.  

    Baby girl Lila born 2013.
    Baby boy Henry born 2015.
    Expecting our capstone baby (boy) early March 2018.
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  • reb259reb259 member
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    I am AMA and all tests on H came back normal
    3 failed IVF with OE and 2 failed frozen DE cycles
    Last fresh hail mary DE cycle starting Feb 2013
    PAIF/SAIF always welcome
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  • erink1981erink1981 member

    Hi :)

    Congrats on your success.  Hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly!! As far as grads posting.....I encourage the success stories and would love to see them here!! 

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    DD conceived with no issues, but born at 33 weeks due to PPROM
    loss #1-06/2010 loss #2-2/2011 loss #3-5/2011
    07/2011 dx with a Balanced Translocation
    9/2011-decided on domestic infant adoption 10/2011-signed with an agency and getting ready for homestudy :)
    12-2012-after being with our agency over a year and only shown to EM once we decided to talk with RE about DEIVF. Thru a crazy sequence of events we decided to go for it and we picked a donor MUCH quicker than anticipated
    1/13/2013-started lupron with anticipated transfer in mid Feb.
    ER 2/15 resulted in 15 eggs/10M/6F with ICSI.
    2/18 transferred 1-8cell and 1-9cell embie. Snuggle in little embies.
    positive on HPT 6dp3dt. Could this really be IT?!?! Beta 14dp3dt=2440. U/S scheduled for 3/20. Pregnancy Ticker
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  • stinkerbell6879stinkerbell6879 member
    Congrats! And Ditto! I love seeing the success stories:-)

    April 2013 DE IVF= BFN

    September 2013 DE IVF (Fingers Crossed) = BFFFN! again...

    October 2013 FET of our last 2 = Beta Hellzz for 6-7 Weeks. M/C

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  • liz4pawsliz4paws member
    Hello and welcome! This board was created for people from all walks of the process - cycling, pregnancy, and parenting issues related to third party repro. I gladly welcome anyone who has had anything to do with it to post on this board. We have so much to give and gain from one another, I wouldn't want anyone to hesitate being a part of it.

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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
      
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  • happywifemomofonehappywifemomofone member
    Congrats on your PG Amcheri!  I am all for grads posting here, many of their stories I have been following for years.  For me this board is an excellent crossover, I am long ahead in experiences over many of the TTC after 35 ladies.  But, because I didn't post on IF much-never felt like I could post on IF VETS.  Great to see ladies experiencing what we are and those who have been successful too Big Smile  I have always kept a presence on TTC after 35 because I think that it's important for others to see where they might be headed and that nothing about TTC might be as easy as they imagine it might be.  Seeing those who fail a fresh cycle, but then get PG on next cycle or FET reminds us all that we are not cycling with our own odds, and that our chances are as good as anyone else's.  If anyone is bothered by the grads posts, we could have a regular check in for the grads?  Certainly would miss seeing them here.
    TTC since 10/09 Me-43 DH-44 RE and testing 10/10-11/10, Recommending IVF 1/11 New RE AMA and DOR-DH low motility IVF #1.1 cancelled 3/11 due to poor response IVF #1.2 May 2011, one perfect 8-cell embryo, 3dt-BFN, IVF #2.1 Converted to IUI d/t poor response. New RE 9/2011. IVF 2.2 completed using HGH,EPP,DHEA, Q-10 and accupuncture. Transferred one 8-cell, grade one embryo on 10/19. BFP 10/31/11 Chemical pregancy on 11/2/11. Started stims for IVF #3, our final try, on 12-2-11. ET on 12/18. Transferred 3 Grade A embryos-BFFN Planning DE IVF, late March/early April- Donors ER expected to be 4/2-4/4. PAIF/SAIF welcome
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  • ela81ela81
    Hi! Congrats on your pregnancy!
    For DD - IVF/ICSI #1 - BFP / For DS - dIUI #1 - BFP Dx:severe MFI-Y Chromosome Microdeletion Isabel born 10-15-08! / Baby Boy EDD July 2013 imageLily pie Fifth Birthday tickers Lilypie Pregnancy tickers
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  • ebdubbedebdubbed member
    Congrats on your pregnancy!  I - personally - love reading success stories and love hearing from those that have been down the road before me.  I'm sure you're all a wealth of knowledge and would welcome your feedback/input/trials/tribulations/support/encouragement regularly. :)
    IVF 1 - March 2012 - BFP - lost baby at 20 weeks IVF 2 - September 2012 - cancelled - no response - ridiculously high FSH IVF 2.1 - October 2012 - never even got off the ground Spring 2013 - DE hopeful
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  • BabyVDMBabyVDM member

    I agree with the PP. 

    It's great to be able to come to one place and hear from about every stage of this process. 


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    Breast Cancer diagnosis 12/01/2010 - Survivor and Cancer free as of 03/22/2011
    BFP#1 04/12/201    1 - fetal demise - MC 05/28/2011
    BFP#2 10/14/2011 - fetal demise - MC 12/13/2011
    BFP#3 05/30/2012 - fetal demise - MC 07/23/2012
    IVF#1 02/14/2013 - 2 Beautiful Blasts transferred
    BFP#4 02/25/2013 - BFP - MC and ectopic 03/06/2013
    IFV#2 07/02/2013 -BFP#5 - 07/07/2013
    1st Beta 07/11/2013 - 483 (9dp5dt) - 2nd Beta 07/13/2013 1006 (11dp5dt)
    1st U/S 07/31/2013 - TWINS! "The Minions"
    IVF#3 BFP#6 09/01/2015 6dp5dt
    1st Beta 09/05/2015 - 105 - 2nd Beta 09/08/2015 335
    1st U/S 09/22/2015 - .......

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