The Wonky Cycle Saga Continues (may include TMI)

Re: The Wonky Cycle Saga Continues (may include TMI)

• Julie21613 member

  February 2013

  Ugh... I'm sorry DP.... Can't anything ever come easily or smoothly for us IF gals? 
  

  Me 35, DH 36
  TTC summer 2008
  Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
  IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
  IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
  IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
  IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
  Mental health break for 10 months
  IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
  IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
  7 fertilized transferred 3
  Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
  First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
  IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
  3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
  PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl! 

  
  

  Maggie Grace is here!  10/5/13... 8lbs 6 ounces of pure joy!

  
  TTC#2  No birth control since DD was born.  Getting ready to jump back in the saddle.  Weaning this month. RE
  appt scheduled 5/8.   Here we go again!
  
  

  IFV# 6.  10/27  6 retrieved 4 mature 3 fertilized.  2 made it to 3dt 10/30. 1"very pretty 8 cell" and 1 6 cell.  Beta

  11/13.   Please stick embies!!!!  We love you so much already! 11/12/14  POAS, BFP... beta tomorrow!
  11/13 beta #1  924!!!  2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430.  First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,

  both measuring right on track....2nd u/s... all is well... both beans measuring right on track... released from RE... first

  appointment with MFM 1/5.  Looks like this is really happening!
  
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

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• liz4paws member

  February 2013

  Oh I just hate when everything is like clockwork and then BAM something happens to throw it all off.

  I honestly think it might have something to do with the BCPs. I know that they can screw things up for a few months, ever after stopping them. It also might be your DOR. My doctor said I could expect my cycles to shorten, and they have. Although, it shouldnt impact the LP. How short is your LP exactly? I hope everything gets back to normal right away DP!

  ************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
  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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• DoublePortion member

  February 2013

  liz4paws:

  Oh I just hate when everything is like clockwork and then BAM something happens to throw it all off.

  I honestly think it might have something to do with the BCPs. I know that they can screw things up for a few months, ever after stopping them. It also might be your DOR. My doctor said I could expect my cycles to shorten, and they have. Although, it shouldnt impact the LP. How short is your LP exactly? I hope everything gets back to normal right away DP!

  I hope it still is the BCP and not shortened cycles due to DOR. I'm kind of irritated when I think of my RE never discussing DOR with me. All he ever talked about was Endo. Last cycle it would have been 10, I think. The average is 13 according to Fertility Friend, which may have some incomplete cycle info in it.
  

  
  ***signature & ticker warning***
  
  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!
  
  
  
  

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• liz4paws member

  February 2013

  DoublePortion:

  liz4paws:

  Oh I just hate when everything is like clockwork and then BAM something happens to throw it all off.

  I honestly think it might have something to do with the BCPs. I know that they can screw things up for a few months, ever after stopping them. It also might be your DOR. My doctor said I could expect my cycles to shorten, and they have. Although, it shouldnt impact the LP. How short is your LP exactly? I hope everything gets back to normal right away DP!

  I hope it still is the BCP and not shortened cycles due to DOR. I'm kind of irritated when I think of my RE never discussing DOR with me. All he ever talked about was Endo. Last cycle it would have been 10, I think. The average is 13 according to Fertility Friend, which may have some incomplete cycle info in it.
  

  I have 10-11 day LP and I've been to quite a few doctors and none of them seemed overly concerned about it. I think less than 10 is the concerning part because there isn't time for implantation to occur. You might have a progesterone deficiency too. Mine is low in general after ovulation. I think attributed to DOR, but I never really pieced that part with it. Did you ever get DPO7 lab work done?

  ************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
  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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• DoublePortion member

  February 2013

  liz4paws:

  I have 10-11 day LP and I've been to quite a few doctors and none of them seemed overly concerned about it. I think less than 10 is the concerning part because there isn't time for implantation to occur. You might have a progesterone deficiency too. Mine is low in general after ovulation. I think attributed to DOR, but I never really pieced that part with it. Did you ever get DPO7 lab work done?

  I was thinking the LP needed to be 12 days. I'm going to have to do a refresher course on Fertility Friend! 
  

  I only know the results from the good old days of Clomid. The 1st cycle I had it drawn it was lower than 12 and that's why my Dr started me on Clomid. While on the devil-pill it was 40+ at one point. (My BlackBerry ate the numbers I had saved on an app.) I don't remember the results from my RE, but I'm sure he drew p4 at least once 7dpo.
  

  
  ***signature & ticker warning***
  
  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!
  
  
  
  

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• DoublePortion member

  February 2013

  I was going to say I just need to keep tracking my cycles and if they're still wonky in a few months then I would go to the RE. Other than IVF I don't know what he'd do for me so I guess there's no point in that. Argh!
  

  
  ***signature & ticker warning***
  
  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!
  
  
  
  

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• liz4paws member

  February 2013

  DoublePortion:

  liz4paws:

  I have 10-11 day LP and I've been to quite a few doctors and none of them seemed overly concerned about it. I think less than 10 is the concerning part because there isn't time for implantation to occur. You might have a progesterone deficiency too. Mine is low in general after ovulation. I think attributed to DOR, but I never really pieced that part with it. Did you ever get DPO7 lab work done?

  I was thinking the LP needed to be 12 days. I'm going to have to do a refresher course on Fertility Friend! 
  

  I only know the results from the good old days of Clomid. The 1st cycle I had it drawn it was lower than 12 and that's why my Dr started me on Clomid. While on the devil-pill it was 40+ at one point. (My BlackBerry ate the numbers I had saved on an app.) I don't remember the results from my RE, but I'm sure he drew p4 at least once 7dpo.
  

  If i recall correctly from my TTGP board days, some doctors liked anything over 10, some liked over 12 so depending on who you asked you'd get a different answer. Mine always seemed okay with mine at 10-11 and 12 if I was lucky. But then again, I never got pregnant so who knows? Do you keep in contact with your RE's nurse even when not in a cycle? Maybe it's worth shooting her an email or calling her about it? I still bet its the BCPs. :-D

  ************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
  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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• DoublePortion member

  February 2013

  liz4paws:

   

  If i recall correctly from my TTGP board days, some doctors liked anything over 10, some liked over 12 so depending on who you asked you'd get a different answer. Mine always seemed okay with mine at 10-11 and 12 if I was lucky. But then again, I never got pregnant so who knows? Do you keep in contact with your RE's nurse even when not in a cycle? Maybe it's worth shooting her an email or calling her about it? I still bet its the BCPs. :-D

  No, I haven't spoken to the nurse since the day of ET. I spoke to the dr's wife (office manager) once, but my GYN is who gave me the BCP.
  

  
  ***signature & ticker warning***
  
  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!
  
  
  
  

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• BzeetyD member

  February 2013

  Sorry it's all weird Double P.  After my clomid rounds I started spotting mid-cycle and throughout the latter part of my cycle. It sucked. I also spotted on BCPs that weren't lo-estrogen.
  

  I had a 25 day cycle recently. Very unusual for me, but it was after all my internal wandings and scraping and peekings.

   

   

  BzeetyD = 38, Mr. BzeetyD = 44 together 12/02 married 9/08
  TTC #1 since 1/10
  DX: Unexplained/??? MFI issues
  
  Our lil' lost sparks:
  5w3d loss 7/30/10 - EDD March 2011
  8w loss 4/15/11 - EDD November 2011
  8w3d loss 8/2/12 - EDD March 2013
  4w c/p loss 10/29/12 - EDD July 2013
  
  Long story: trying on our own + testing testing testing with 6 rounds of Clomid, more testing, injectables + TI, laparoscopy - one tube blocked, 2 IUIs with Follistim...BFNs.
  RPL testing all normal, Karyotyping normal
  
  Moving on to IVF.
  
  IVF #1 April 2012 = BFN, IVF #2 June 2012 = BFP. U/S 7/23 = saw heartbeat but measuring behind. Follow up U/S on 7/30 - no heartbeat. D&C 8/2. Trisomy 12. IVF #3 Oct 2012 = Chemical Pregnancy
  
  Phone consult with CCRM on 12/12/12 - ODWU 1/4/13 - both tubes clear(!) - AFC 24, AMH 3.2, FSH 9.6, LH 5.4, E2 25. DH has high frag rate but improved!
  IVF #4 March 2013 CCRM. EP protocol w/ Menopur, Gonal-F & Dexamethasone. ER 3/29 & IMSI, PICSI. 43R 13M 10F 6blasts bio'd. CCS testing reveals 3 normals!!!
  FET 5/31/13 of 1 4AA blast - thawed and expanded. 4dp5dt BFP.
  Beta 9dp5dt = 181, 11dp5dt = 427. 1st u/s showed a healthy heartbeat! EDD 2/16/14
  
  After 4 years of hoping and heartbreak, our sweet little bean was born on 2/19/14
  We are so in love with her.
  
  "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
  
  Everybody is welcome!!!

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• Gregermis member

  February 2013

  Ugh!  So sorry things aren't cooperating.  Sounds like an anovulation cycle to mem though

  TTC #1 Since 4/2010, Cycle 30
  Positive for HLA-B27, I'm a mutant
  Testing - Me ok, gluten issue? DH - borderline count, low motility
  4/28/11 IUI#1 = BFP!(5/25), EDD 2/2/12 - m/c 5w3d
  7/3, 7/31, 9/25 - IUI#2-4=BFN
  IVF#1 - 1 blast = BFP!! (12/30), EDD 9/9/12, confirmed c/p 4w2d
  FET#1 3/2/12 - 2 blasts =BFP!! EDD 11/18/12, us#1 = twins! Confirmed m/c 5w6d
  4/20-surprise BFP and another c/p 4w2d
  FET#2 7/16/12 - 2 blasts = BFN
  FET#3 8/20/12 - 1 blast - BFP!! Beta #1-2=177, 354
  1st u/s 5w6d, one beautiful little HB , 2nd u/s 146bpm
  baby girl born 5/10/13
  
  TTC#2 since 12/17/2014, Cycle 8
  Repeat Testing...FSH=12, AMH=3.8, AFC=28. 
  IUI#5 5/10/15- c/p?
  IVF#2 8/19/15 - cancelled due to cysts
  IVF#2 take two 10/2015 - 5 blasts frozen
  FET#4 12/11/2015 - BFN - 4 blasts remaining
  FET#5 2/18/16 - BFP!!!  Beta1-3, 126, 250, 745!!
  
  
  
  Tons of love and ((hugs)) to my IF sister NMscubagirl
  
  
  

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• DoublePortion member

  February 2013

  Gregermis:

  Ugh!  So sorry things aren't cooperating.  Sounds like an anovulation cycle to mem though

  Yep, I'm guessing it's anovulatory. Last cycle probably was too, but at least it was short. Hopefully this one will be short too.
  

  
  ***signature & ticker warning***
  
  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!
  
  
  
  

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• PurpleIris30 member

  February 2013

  Hope things straighten out for you soon!

  Married 8/2008. IVF with PGD March 2013.
  3/22 ER: 25R, 20M, 15F. 9 genetically normal, and 3 survived to Day 5
  3/27 ET: transferred 1 embryo, beta 9dp5dt=163, 12dp5dt=639
  4/25 1st ultrasound at 7 weeks = identical twins with heartbeats?!!!

  PPROM at 31w, delivery at 32 weeks of two beautiful girls

  

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• Scoop77 member

  February 2013

  I agree that it sounds like it was just annovulatory. But I will say that my cycles have been shot to hell due to the IVF chain gang. Plus, the BCPs will fudge with them big-time. You've only had two cycles off them, right? Maybe they'll straighten out in a few months.
  

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