LGBT Parenting

TTC Check-In

Hey all! Happy end to a long weekend! Crying

 

Just wanted to get a TTC update out there! 

 

How is everyone? 

 

QOTD: Are you planning to use cloth diapers, disposables or another method once you have your little one(s)?

Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013

C began IUI's
7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140....  6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014

03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!

1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.

Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!

 

Check out my blog at: http://journeytoparenthoodandmakingmilk.blogspot.com/

 

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Re: TTC Check-In

  • We have our next IUI this weekend (anywhere between friday and monday). We are planning to do an IUI AND an ICI this time. We are really excited about it! I am a little nervous as we still have some research to do on the ICI but we want to try it. Has anyone done an IUI and an ICI in the same cycle? QOTD: We are planning on using cloth diapers. I am very impressed at how much they have evolved over the years and think this will be the best choice for us (and the environment)!

    Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
    First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013

    C began IUI's
    7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140....  6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014

    03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!

    1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.

    Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!

     

    Check out my blog at: http://journeytoparenthoodandmakingmilk.blogspot.com/

     

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  • Well my iui is tomorrow and I never heard of doing a iui and ici in the same cycle! That sounds very interesting! Please keep me updated!! I have two girls so I used pampers, huggies and Im willing to try cloth diapers! It's worth. Try
  • Hi new to this!! We missed our Ovulation :( so sad, on to next month!!! I am a lesbian and me and my partner want to conceive our 2nd child after a lost in August... Any tips on doing AI at home??
  • Hello all, 

    We had another  BFN last week after IUI #2.  It was much easier the second time around but still sucks.  We just had a pre-scan (early cycle) ultrasound a few days ago to make sure everything looked okay.  Previously I had only had midcycle ultrasounds for IUI timing.  Luckily the pre-scan looked good.  Follicles are developing, so hopefully one of them turns into our BFP next cycle.  

    We talked about doing more blood work and HSG testing to make sure there aren't and IF issues that we aren't aware of.  But I declined testing at this time (it isn't covered my insurance).  I feel like with regular cycles, good progesterone levels, and only 2 tries at IUI so far, that there is no need to assume IF issues.  I mean straight couples have to try to get pregnant for an entire year usually before they discuss IF testing. When did you have this testing done (if you did)?

    Good luck to everyone this week.  Sounds like some really exciting first IUI/ICIs coming up.    

    QOTD: I wish I could say we are going to do cloth diapers, but we won't be.  It will be disposable for us.   

    Same sex couple, Married 8/6/11
    Baby Oliver born 11/27/13

    TTC stats with donor sperm...
    IUI #1 with trigger, 1/4/13 - BFN
    IUI #2 with trigger, 2/1/13 BFN
    IUI #3 with tigger, 2/28/12 BFP EDD 11/21/13
  • We have a few different things going on right now.  First I have to report that we are on month 3 of TTC.  I had a HSG test in December and I have not got a positive OPK since my HSG test.  I wasn't sure if I was not testing at the right time of my cycle or the right time of day, so we still did the insemination.  We are using a KD and doing the insemination ourselves, so we went ahead and tried.  After three months I am realizing that we need to move forward with getting some help.  So we are going to an RE in March.  I want to figure out why I am not ovulating when everything else seems to be ok.  I am hoping that our next step is some type of medication to induce ovulation, like Clomid.  So in the meantime I am working on trying to lose some weight and hopefully we will get some answers next month when we see the RE :-)
    T & G My wife and I married 9/10/11 in Niagara Falls, NY
    HSG 12/12/12        
    #1 ICI 12/15/12              BFN on 12/29/12
    #2 ICI  1/11/13                BFN 1/28/13                       
    #3 ICI 2/11/13                 BFN
                   
    #4 ICI August 2013,  Clomid 100mg    BFN on 8/30/13 
    #5 ICI September-Clomid 100,  mg ICI 8/15 and 8/16,  BFN on 9/3
    #6 ICI October-Clomid 150 mg for 5 days   BFN 10/27
    uterine laparoscopy on 11/14-no endo or cysts
    #7 IUI December-Clomid 150mg    BFP 12/21
    12/23 Beta 51     12/26 Beta 209!
    First ultrasound on January 8th 2014-great healthy heartbeat
    Second Ultrasound January 23 (8 weeks) we got to see and hear the heartbeat
    Third Ultrasound Feb 4th(10 weeks), then will  released to OBGYN'
    It's a GIRL!
    We welcomed Adalyn Cooper Elizabeth on 8/29/14
    She was 7lbs 11oz and 19.6 inches long

    Proud foster parents to two little girls ages 2.5 yrs old, M,  and 1 year old, K



  • Keep your head up Trish! I know this is complicated but I also know we all know how worth it the end result will be!

    Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
    First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013

    C began IUI's
    7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140....  6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014

    03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!

    1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.

    Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!

     

    Check out my blog at: http://journeytoparenthoodandmakingmilk.blogspot.com/

     

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  • This was a fun weekend. We put an offer in on a house and we found out this morning it has been accepted!

    Our first IUI is this week. I started with OPK today, thinking with the way that I trended the past two months that my IUI will be on Friday.

     I really like the cloth diaper idea, I do have to do more research on it. My niece needed to change our no matter what brand was used she always had the worst diaper rash I have ever seen and with cloth she has been great!

    Married in September 2010, started TTC journey November 2012

    Me-

    7 IUI- 2 CP- 2 BFN

    RPL blood work 12/27, showed a balance translocation in chromosome 11;22  

    Spouse-

    PCOS 4 IUI-4 BFN

    New Plan: Reciprocal IVF, me as carrier wife's eggs. Just went through insurance and received partial approval, so my part will go through my IVF benefits and wife's part will be out of pocket. Now just finalizing finance plans to cover the oop costs. Doctors office is in process of moving to a new building so there are no IVF start ups until March/April 2015. 



     

     

     

     

  • We are on holiday!

    I realized yesterday I couldn't even remember what CD I am on.... Now that's refreshing when you're taking a ttc break!

    We will definitely cloth diaper with probably using disposables for overnight. I already have a small stash built up for us from things we got used and at huge discounts... Considering we aren't even pg yet it's a decent sized stash!
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    queer couple - 32 (me) & 33 (my love) years old - donor sperm,

    Our IF/TTC journey since Nov 2012.

    Me: dx of DOR in Nov. 2012. Low AMH, AFC - 6, Normal FSH, SS-A (RO) Antibodies (Autoimmune issues), tubes clear, Sono (November 2013) NORMAL! <p>

    7 IUI's - December 2012-September 2013.  Medicated, Injected, Triggered.... all BFN.

    My Love:  (the amazing @Healz413)
    Normal AMH & FSH, AFC ~27, blocked tube dx'd via HSG in 2012.   Hydrosalpinx & ovarian cyst dx'd in May 2013.
    dx of Stage IV Endo & bilateral salpinectomy in June 2013.  

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    Partner IVF#1a- December 2013 - H's eggs, my Ute - CANCELLED due to low response
    Partner IVF #1b - February 2014 - H's eggs, my Ute - ER February 4 (10 retrieved, 3 fertilized), Transfer Feb 7 of one Grade 1 and one Grade 2 day 3 embryos.  1 - Day 3, Grade 1 frosty saved.   BFP - 6dp3dt via FRER, Beta #1 - 110, Beta #2 175, Beta #3 - 348, Beta #4 - 2222!, Beta #5 - 4255.  Ultrasound (6w1d) - 2 heartbearts!  

    We lost our beautiful Twin baby girls on June 18, 2014.  Tavin Sara and Casey Elizabeth were born at 21 weeks gestation and were absolutely beautiful, precious, amazing babies.  We miss our daughters every day and love them with all our hearts.

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  • well i'm feeling good about this I IUI today and i'm so excited my OB/GYN made me laugh during my process. So tomorrow i'm going back to do another IUI tomorrow so I have my fingers cross!!
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