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PurpleIris30
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How was your weekend?
PurpleIris30
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Did you have Monday off (if in the US)? What did you do? How was your weather for bbqs (if you attended one)?
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?!!!
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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Re: How was your weekend?
My weekend was decent. Friday night I went for my last long run before I FINALLY run this marathon. 35km done! It was great, DH kept driving up ahead of me to wait for me with fluids so I didn't have to carry so much. He's awesome. We saw Hangover 3, I thought it was hilarious. And we went to a BBQ, even though it wasn't our long weekend
It was cool but nice and sunny!!!
How was yours PurpleIris30?
me 33/DH 36
ttc since 10/2008; d/x: mild MFI, stageII endo
~~PAIF/SAIF Welcome~~
11 IUI’s = 1 m/c (7w4d)
IVF#1 January 2012 BFN, FET #1 April 2012 BFN
Surprise BFP October 2012 m/c (7w), Surprise BFP April 2013 m/c (6w4d)
IVF #2: July 2013, ET 1 embryo 7/18, beta 1 @ 14dp3dt - 757, beta 2 @ 16dp3dt - 1762
U/S 1 @ 6w4d = 1 little frogger with HB of 118, U/S 2 @ 7w3d measuring right on track with HB of 160
Stick Frogger Stick! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a Girl, EDD April 7, 2014
Yup.. had Monday off.....weather on the East coast was pretty crappy. Yesterday was nice so we planted flowers around the yard & opened our pool. Went to a friends house for a late day bbq. Looking forward to the very warm weather coming this week.....planning on floating around all weekend!
Congrats BeeBee to running the marathon! Good job!
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!
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!
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,
Hold your congrats (but thank you), I didn't run the marathon yet, it's June 9th. Just my final long run of training. This is my 3rd last long run. The last two times I finished my long run and then something came up that prevented me from running the actual marathon. FX this time it happens!
PS. Jealous of your pool. I wish I had one to open!
me 33/DH 36
ttc since 10/2008; d/x: mild MFI, stageII endo
~~PAIF/SAIF Welcome~~
11 IUI’s = 1 m/c (7w4d)
IVF#1 January 2012 BFN, FET #1 April 2012 BFN
Surprise BFP October 2012 m/c (7w), Surprise BFP April 2013 m/c (6w4d)
IVF #2: July 2013, ET 1 embryo 7/18, beta 1 @ 14dp3dt - 757, beta 2 @ 16dp3dt - 1762
U/S 1 @ 6w4d = 1 little frogger with HB of 118, U/S 2 @ 7w3d measuring right on track with HB of 160
Stick Frogger Stick! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a Girl, EDD April 7, 2014
I had Friday and Monday off. We had Friday off because we've had a totally crazy May at work and we put in a ton of extra hours (and for me, weekends).
The weather here totally sucks. It's only in the 60's and it's been gray and drizzly all weekend. No BBQs for us! It's not supposed to be nice until this upcoming weekend. We've had almost no nice weather this spring. It's weird and depressing.
We saw Iron Man 3 (thought it was good!) and had dinner at friends'. We went to a flea market and got ready for our trip by cleaning the house and doing laundry and stuff.
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!!!
DH was OOT Friday to Sunday so I was alone most of the time. Friday night I rented What to Expect When You're Expecting. I've wanted to see it but knew DH wouldn't want to. Plus I knew there was a good possiblity I'd end up pissed at the movie and didn't want him there for that. lol I ended up actually liking it! Of course I cried a bunch but it was a good cry. I appreciated that IF was part of the story line (even if it was only minimally discussed).
On Saturday a friend came over and we made freezer meals. It was a lot of fun!! I made 9 meals for only $80! Sunday morning I woke up in a ton of pain. Apparently I did something to my neck/back in my sleep. So that day was spent drugged up in front of the TV with a heating pad. I'm still sore but not in pain like I was.
Yesterday, we'd planned on planting a few bushes in our backyard but that had to be put off till I feel better. Last night we grilled out at my IL's house which was nice.
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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!
My weekend started by finding out I have a warrant issued for my arrest. Yes. You read that right. I had my identity stolen last November and the creep who did it just keeps trying to wreck my life. I couldn't do anything about it to follow up over the weekend and today the detective who filed the charges (3rd degree felony for Forgery) is out of the office so I won't be able to talk to anyone until tomorrow. Super. Just hope I don't get pulled over for anything.
Other than that, the weekend was fabulous. I caught up on yard work and planted a bunch of flowers. The weather was gorgeous and we had a family BBQ last night and a campfire with s'mores. Bring on summer!
Age: 35 TTC since 2005, MFI & DOR
IVF #1 Sep '11 - canceled poor response
IVF #2 Nov '11 8R/8M/4F 3dt x2 - chemical
IVF #3 April '12 11R/6M/4F 3dt x2 - m/c
FET #1 Aug 2012 3dt x2 - BFN
**new RE**
IVF #4 Jan '13 BFN 11R/6M/6F 5dt x2 - BFN
IVF #5 July '13 16R/10M/10F 5dt x2 + 1 frostie
9dp5dt Beta 1 = 344!! 16dp5dt. Beta 2 = 4822 7wk u/s= 2 heartbeats!
Twin girls! 3/6/14
Great work on the training!
I did take yesterday off, which was great! It was cool and rainy (but no snow!), which usually seems the norm for Memorial Day around this part of the country. We're putting in new garden beds at our house (and by "we" I really mean my husband is doing all the manual labor), and I planted seeds and went shopping at the farmer's market and greenhouses for a few bedding plants. I love having a garden, so excited to get this one going at our new house.
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?!!!
My weekend (into today) has been effed.
Saturday my hand went completely numb and lifeless and I thought I was having a stroke so DH took me to the ER where I spent many hours there. Turns out it was likely cause by my at-home blood pressure machine cuff compressing a nerve in my arm. Glad it wasn't a stroke, but can't wait for the bill.
I also learned just a few minutes ago I tested weak positive for a autoimmune hepatitis titer so I'm trying to get through to the many idiots at a GI practice to get me in for an appointment. Shoot me now. I hate my body.
Oh and I'm on call for work so I didn't even get to enjoy yesterday. Sorry for being Debbie downer, I had to get it out.
I'm glad everyone else seemed to have a good weekend! DH and I are planning a weekend trip somewhere next weekend to get the eff out of dodge for a bit. I need 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
Sounds like you all had relatively enjoyable weekends
MH and I went to visit his friends and her twins Saturday. They call me Aunt Cake (instead of Kate), it wasn't as awful as I anticipated but I was ready to leave after lunch.
Sunday I looted my parents house....they're moving out of state and had a bunch of stuff to give me. After that I went to my IL's house and had to be subjected to wedding talk for my BIL and his fianc?. They are having a "personal/intimate" (aka lingerie) shower for her on top of her regular shower and we are all invited and expected to go. MIL and gram included on the lingerie. MIL told me she bought her a leopard teddy....wow. Anywho, I was hoping to get out of it by claiming I had no money but my MIL is insisting I go. How can I buy her something that makes her want to have sex and get pregnant on her wedding night when that is the opposite of what I'd like to happen. Instead, I think I'll buy her a big heavy robe and a box of Trojans, LOL that is quite personal and intimate.
Other than that, the weekend was uneventful!
NTNP 2009-2012 TTC since 2012:
Jack has handpicked his sibling up there
My blog about IF and loss ... Kate's IF Blog
Me(26)PCOS, Hypothyroidism & Incompetent Cervix DH(28)Azoospermia
4/11 Off BCPs -- Cycle 1-3 (6months) - No ovulation, Provera
Cycle 4-6 - Provera, Clomid 50mg, CD23BW - All BFN (HSG-all clear)
Dec 2011 DH S/A shows zero count - dx Azoo
TESE 4/13/12 - Sperm found!! 5 viles frozen
IVF ICSI #1- (Lupron protocol) 5R 2F 2dt- 2DP & 4CF - BFFN
IVF ICSI #2- (Antagonist protocol) Started stims 7/26
ER 8/8 11R 9F 3dt - 9BF & 7BF (+HPT 8dp3dt)TWINS! EDD 5/1/13
LAP Transabdominal Cerclage - 4/15/13 only possibility of carrying my children to term
IVF#3 - June 2013 - canceled.
IVF ICSI #3.2- (Antagonist Protocol) 7/26 start stims (same day, a year later from J & Z's stim start date!)
9/11/13 - U/S shows 1 baby HR 135bpm! EDD: 4/30/13
It's a BOY!!
2/9/14 - DX Gestational Diabetes
C-section scheduled for 4/7/14 (36w5d)
Colin Joseph - 1:07pm 6lbs 14oz - 8 days in the NICU
Everyone Welcome!