Me: 37, DH: 35 :: TCC since 2/11 SA: Perfect! CD3 HSG = Blocked Right Tube
April- Femara 2.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN May- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFNJune- Femara 7.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN August- Lap & Hysteroscopy = Blocked & Partially Blocked Tubes
September- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN October- 100mg Clomid + Trigger + TI = BFN
IVF # 1: Stims 11/30 ER 12/12/12! (10R, 10M, 8F, 2T, 6 F) :: Beta #1- 176 c/p @ 4w4d
FET #1 February 26th :: Lost 4 to Thaw, Transferred 2 = BFFN
IVF # 2 Stims 5/10 ER 5/21 (15R, 13M, 13F, 2T, 7F- 6d3 & 1d5) :: Beta # 1- 15 c/p @ 4w
FET #2 Cancelled, Right Tube Developed a Hydro 8/28 Hydro & Scar Tissue Removed Cleared for FET
FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16 EDD 4/1/17
FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16 EDD 4/1/17
Re: ::::::May Emeralds Check In::::::
As for the bfn, I'm still just sad. Given our track record with the quality of our embies for FET, and our inability and agreement not to do another fresh cycle, we are not terribly hopeful for a take home baby. The conversation has turned from :When we have kids: to :since we won't have kids: I guess we will just have to wait and see.
QOTD: Love listening to thunder!! But one of my dogs hates them, he whines and cries the entire time!! Poor thing!!!
June- Femara 7.5mg + Trigger + IUI = BFN August- Lap & Hysteroscopy = Blocked & Partially Blocked Tubes
September- Femara 5mg = CX - No Response on Left = BFN October- 100mg Clomid + Trigger + TI = BFN
IVF # 1: Stims 11/30 ER 12/12/12! (10R, 10M, 8F, 2T, 6 F) :: Beta #1- 176 c/p @ 4w4d
FET #1 February 26th :: Lost 4 to Thaw, Transferred 2 = BFFN
IVF # 2 Stims 5/10 ER 5/21 (15R, 13M, 13F, 2T, 7F- 6d3 & 1d5) :: Beta # 1- 15 c/p @ 4w
FET #2.2 Scheduled for September 20th
2 Thawed, 2 Transferred! Beta #1- 96, Beta #2 906! :: EDD June 10th
2015- 2 failed FET. We are done
SURPRISE! BFP 8/8/16 EDD 4/1/17
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oh twists, i'm still so very sorry... i'm glad you were able to get away for a little bit and just enjoy some down time. hugs to all those who need them and congrats to the bfp's.
as for me, i'm still holding on (hopefully). i'll be 6 weeks tomorrow and have my ultrasound thursday. still not really many symptoms, just peeing 2-3 times per night. i'm so, so afraid that there's going to be nothing there. i haven't taken an hpt in a few days because i really don't think i want to know. DH will go with me for the u/s so i just hope it turns out to be a happy day for both of us. it's so close now and i just can't even control my anxiety over waiting for it any longer. if all goes well we are planning on sharing with our parents on father's day. our siblings already know.
qotd: i really like thunderstorms as long as i am home on the couch with a blanket and not driving through them or running to my car!
Unofficial check in: I had my beta yesterday. It came back at 181. We're both really pleased with this and I have another draw tomorrow.
I am a POASer and when I POAS last Tuesday (4dp5dt) it was positive and has been getting darker every day.
Given our history and the challenges we've had we're quite guarded, but joyful for our strong 1st beta and hopeful that this bean might be our real take home baby.
QOTD: yes! I love thunderstorms.
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!!!
Twists, I'm very sorry. I hope you get to move on to the next step soon and that you continue to enjoy life in between. I have been struggling with how much of me I've given to this journey, too much that I often overlook the great things currently in my life. I miss being me.
We did get our bfp today, beta of 132. Very happy, just hoping and praying it progresses. I posted earlier about my poas nightmare. Basically I tested way too often and when the line wasn't as dark as I hoped, I fell apart. Yes, I'm losing it.
Beta number 2 is on Wednesday.
Hoping and praying for all of us Emeralds.
Qotd: love them, our dog hates them, he trembles and snuggles up to us.
Me:34 PCOS, one kinked tube, low thyroid.
DH:39 lower than average count.
Married 2006. 3 failed IUIs and countless BFNs.
~IVF#1: July 2012~
7/10 Retrieval: 16r, 14f w/ICSI. 7/15 ET: Transfered 2. 4 frosties.< Poas faint+ 4dp5dt.>
Beta#1 (8dp5dt): 138. Beta#2 (10dp5dt): 355.
u/s#1: (19dp5dt) 8/3/12 one sac, two yolks! Beta 8,000
u/s#2: two strong heartbeats! EDD 4/2/12
Boy/girl fraternal mono/di twins-- lost our sweet baby girl at 22 weeks due to SIUGR
Preterm labor at 23 weeks 4 days, lost our sweet baby boy.
Jez: GL on Thursday!!
Bzeety and amb: Congrats on your BFPs!!
I'm pretty sure you guys may have seen my separate post with what's going on with me. Just to recap quickly, got a very faint positive at 5dp5dt and 6dp5dt and then negative results yesterday and today at 7 and 8dp5dt. When I got the faint positive I was 12 days from the trigger date. So not sure whether I am having a chemical pregnancy or if it was the trigger leaving my system and its still too early for me to get a positive test result. Maybe I'm producing Hcg slowly, I hope! I tried asking if anyone had any experience with this but it doesn't seem like anyone did. So I'm in limbo until tomorrow for my beta results. I'm freaking out thinking this cycle is a bust and its so depressing.
hi geordie, thank you. we transferred 3 but low cell numbers (6 cell, 5 cell, 4 cell on day 3).
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Hi Emeralds!!
This is a re-post from PAIF. Feeling better about it; just need to cool my jets until formal u/s 6/28. Just so nervous after c/p in Feb. Congrats to everyone with BFPs; hugs to everyone who needs them. Good luck to anyone waiting!! Liz
QOTD: LOVE them!!!
I'm 5 weeks and 6 days today after a 5 day transfer of 2 blasts on 5/19. My office did 3 betas:
5/30 11dp5dt 319
6/01 13dp5dt 615 Doubling time 50 hours
6/03 15dp5dt 1300 Doubling time 44 hours
Office was very happy with this and stopped; scheduled 1st u/s 6/28
The thought of waiting until then was torture and I'm an RN on L and D so I sent my own betas through my OB-GYN and not my RE:
6/05 17dp5dt 2975 Doubling time 40 hours
Had very, very light pink discharge last Thursday night (on PIO not Crinone), and have not any since. I probably wouldn't even have known it was there but I'm so obsessive about "checking" sometimes.....
So I did 1 more beta:
6/08 20dp5dt 6061 Doubling time 70 hours..... ugh
My graph looked great on babymed.com: my line was right in the middle of average and max.
I know they slow after a certain point, but I'm worried. One of the MDs I work with did an abdominal ultrasound and a nice gestational sac was visible on Sat at 5 plus 4 days!!!! Needless to say I was very relieved!
Is it normal for them to slow that dramatically- 40 to 70 hours?
I feel nutty!!
Thanks for any input!!
Liz
This sounds great; I've never been to a vineyard. I'm so sorry about your bfp; try to hang in there!!
Me: 28, DH: 30 TTC since March 2012
PCO & MTHFR Homozygous/Severe MFI (undescended teste & double hernia as baby)
12/12: 50mg clomid= bfn
1/13: 100mg clomid= bfn
2/13: 100mg clomid= bfn
6/13: IVF/ICSI (x1 4AA)=BFFN ~49R, 44M, 33F, 14 frosties OHSS
8/13: FET #1 (x1 4AA)=First EVER BFP 4dp5dt!! d&c @ 6.5 wks, blighted ovum
10/13: FET #2 (x2 4AA)= BFP 4dp5dt! Twins!!, perfect u/s then spontaneous m/c @ 5 wks
11/13= RPL/Karotyping= MTHFR Homozygous c667t
1/14= FET #3 our 2 year anniversary & hopefully our miracle
Hey ladies - I'm thinkin gof all of you. Hugs to each of you who needs it - and congrats to those of you who have had positive betas. This whole journey has really been a tough one, so thanks for sticking with me through it all, and I promise that I'm always rooting for each of you!
Our big news of the week is that our probe is done! We should know how many healthy embryos we have by the end of this week or early next week. I'm so happy to find out our results, no matter what...we have some backup plans and ideas of where we will go from here no matter what the results are. For now, I'm praying for a few healthy ones and then we'll go for a July FET!
| Married since 2008 | DH and I: Both 30 | Me: Endometriosis and Carrier of an X-Linked Dominant Genetic Disorder | DH: Low Morph | Planning IVF with PGD and PGS in 2013 | Freeze-All IVF #1: March 2013 ER 3/26. 29R, 12M, 11F. 4 5AA frozen blasts. Freeze-All IVF#2: May 2013 ER 5/15. 31R, 21M, 20F. 6 5AA frozen blasts. Our PGD probe was completed in late June (total of 20 weeks to develop). PGD and PGS Results came on 6/19: 3 healthy embryos (normal chromosomes and unaffected by my family's genetic disorder). FET #1: July 2013 Natural Cycle - Cancelled due to insufficient lining (only got to 7.5mm). FET #1.2: August 2013 - Medicated Cycle with Lupron & Estrogen Patches to build up lining. Single embryo transfer was 8/23. Beta #1: 240! Beta #2: 578! U/S on 9/19 at 6w4d: We saw the heart beating at 131bpm. Second U/S on 10/4 at 8w5d: We saw the heart beating at 178bpm. EDD 5/11/2014
Beta was this morning and they called me in the afternoon to confirm the BFFN. I was already preparing for it because of getting BFNs on HPTs everyday since Friday, but it still sucked. Not sure where to go from here.
QOTD: And since I am sitting here listening to some awesome thunder..... Thunderstorms, love them or hate them? I like them; unless they are super loud and close ones. Then they scare me.
Started TTC Aug '09
Me: 24, HSG=clear, normal hormone levels, regular cycles, insulin resistance
DH: 25, SA normal
Dx Unexplained Infertility Oct '11
3 cycles of Clomid w/ TI =BFN
IUI#1 Jan. 23 w/ Clomid =BFN
IUI#2 Feb. 19 w/ Clomid =BFN
IUI#3 Mar. 16 w/ Clomid= Apr. 1 beta=8, very faint BFP w/ ClearBlue test...Apr. 2 @ 9pm-BFN w/ ClearBlue...Apr. 3- spotting and cramping...Apr. 5, confirmed c/p.
IUI#4 May. 16 w/ Clomid =BFN
IUI#5 Jun. 11 w/ Clomid =BFN
IUI#6 Jul. 6 w/ Gonal-F 75units + Ovidrel =BFN
TI w/ Gonal-F 75units + Ovidrel =BFN
IUI#7 Aug. 28 w/ Gonal-F 125units + Ovidrel =BFN
Break cycle=BFN
IUI#8 Oct. 20 w/ Gonal-F 125units + Ovidrel + Progesterone =BFN
IUI#9 Nov. 13 w/ Gonal-F 150units + Ovidrel + Acupuncture + Progesterone =BFN
IVF#1-- ER Mar. 3: 9R, 7M, 7F. ET scheduled for Mar. 8
A CACKLE A DAY
Twists and cackle, I'm so sorry.
Irish/Jez/kjf/Rosey, FX for you!!
And congrats on all the BFPs!
I spent the weekend wallowing in pity from my BFN. I literally laid in my pool, drank beer, and stared at the clouds! AF came on Sunday, so already on estrace for FET#2.
Best of luck to all of those still in the running, Emeralds!
I love thunderstorms! My favorite trip EVER was to Costa Rica during their rainy season where huge storms would roll in every night.
Me 32, DH 32
Dx: Unexplained IF
RE consult October 2012
IVF#1 on CD10! April 2013 - ER (27 retrieved, 19 fertilized) 4/21 - ET cancelled due to OHSS. 10 frosties
FET#1 w/ one blast May 2013-BFN
FET #2 w/ one blast July 2013-BFP!!! Beta 9dp5dt: 129 Beta 13dp5dt: 867 Beta 20dp5dt: 13621 Beta 27dp5dt: 53341 U/S #1: 7/31 heartbeat 127 measuring right on time EDD March 20th, 2014
Hugs to everyone who needs them and congrats to all the BFPs.
I posted a separate update yesterday after monitoring, but will paste it here:
I didn't realize I was scheduled for an U/S along with beta #3 this morning. So, what a relief to see a yolk and sack after worrying all night about my previous low betas! RE says I'm a little over 5 weeks along and it looked good, so I guess I'll go venture over to PAIF. I hope to see you gals there soon!
Update: beta jumped up to over 2,000! Woohoo!
Next U/S #2 to hopefully see h/b will be on the 20th.
QOTD: I am not particularly fond of thunderstorms. I don't like the sudden loud noises, but I do like that they clear the air of allergens!
Hi, ladies. Beta is tomorrow, but I'm not very hopeful- I'm 10dp3dt and hpt was BFN today.
I feel like crud and am just ready for this part to be over definitively so I can move on. I started looking up 5k's around the area. I'm not a runner by any definition, but I used to run here and there, and I mostly gave it up this past year with our IUIs and now this IVF. It's something I'd like to get back into. I think we will do another IVF when we can afford it, I just don't know when that will be.
I like thunderstorms, but since we've had some roof problems, I'm always stressed out that we're going to get a leak!
Me: 32, DH: 34 / TTC since February 2011 / SA: all normal, HSG: all clear! / on Lovenox for anticardiolipid antibodies
4 IUIs with Clomid, Letrozole, and Menopur. All BFN.
9/12: lap / hysteroscopy: found and removed mild endometriosis, cervical polyp, and 2 para-tubular cysts
5/13 IVF #1: Follistim, Menopur, Ganirelix, 10R/4M/4F, ET of 2, 5 cell and 4 cell, no frosties = BFN
12/13 IVF #2 = November / December 2013. Microdose Lupron Protocol: 15R/6M/6F, Froze all 6 due to high E2 and P4
FET 1: Jan 22, 2014 of one 4AB blast and one 3BB blast (3 blasts on ice!)
BFP on HPT 4dp5dt, Beta #1 9dp5dt: 310, Beta #2 11dp5dt: 899
First u/s on 2/17/14: TWINS!!!!! both w/HBs of 114 at 6w3d, HBs 150 and 152 at 7w5d
5/27/2014: Team purple!!!! EDD 10/10/2014 /
Baby Boy 4lbs 1oz, 17 inches
Baby Girl 3lbs 5oz, 16 inches
Don't give up hope yet! HPTs before beta are a bad idea, as I learned the hard way. Mine was BFN the morning of beta, but I had a very faint BFP at beta. You never know, you may also have a late implanter. Wait for RE's results before getting upset. GL tomorrow!
Twists, I am so sorry for your heartbreak. Hugs to you and anyone else who needs them.
I am still waiting for my ultrasound on the 17th. I'm really nervous and excited at the same time. I don't have any major symptoms yet, I'm more tired than usual but that's about it. It still doesn't feel real yet, I'm actually hoping for symptoms soon so I can actually believe we were successful!
QOTW: I love thunderstorms!
3rd cycles clomid + Ovidrel = BFN
4th cycles letrozole/Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
IVF #1 = BFP! Twins due 2/5/2014
Hey!
We had our WTF meeting yesterday and were there for over an hour. We discussed a lot of ideas and our next cycle we will freeze and do PGD. I'm still confused about it, it was all very overwhelming. But, forward we go! I'm prepping now and will doing IVF #2 in July. We are also looking to see about acupuncture.
QOTD: Hate them!
It looks like this cycle was a no go. I had a really low beta 22 on Monday and started my period. So IVF was a chemical pregnancy. I'm waiting for results from my beta 2 from this morning to make it official so we can move on.
I used to like thunderstorms, especially overnight ones but now my dog freaks out and I just feel bad for him!
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DH and I: Both 31
HSG, bloodwork, SA-possible blockage in right tube Continue TI July 2012 August 2012: Clomid 50mg + TI=bfn, switched RE September 2012: Redo HSG-blockage in right tube confirmed November 2012: Clomid 25mg, Bravelle + Trigger + IUI= ectopic pregnancy December 2012: emergency laparoscopy and D&C, removed right tube 2 more IUI's-one bfn, one CP IVF #1=CP FET#1=BFN IVF#2-converted to FET due to PGS testing and high progesterone levels. Only one good embryo from PGS-didn't survive thaw. transferred 2 embryos from IVF #1=BFP! 2 yolks sacs seen at 5w4d sonogram!
PS my hubby is a roofer he can fix that leaky roof for thunderstorms..
Me: 28, DH: 30 TTC since March 2012
PCO & MTHFR Homozygous/Severe MFI (undescended teste & double hernia as baby)
12/12: 50mg clomid= bfn
1/13: 100mg clomid= bfn
2/13: 100mg clomid= bfn
6/13: IVF/ICSI (x1 4AA)=BFFN ~49R, 44M, 33F, 14 frosties OHSS
8/13: FET #1 (x1 4AA)=First EVER BFP 4dp5dt!! d&c @ 6.5 wks, blighted ovum
10/13: FET #2 (x2 4AA)= BFP 4dp5dt! Twins!!, perfect u/s then spontaneous m/c @ 5 wks
11/13= RPL/Karotyping= MTHFR Homozygous c667t
1/14= FET #3 our 2 year anniversary & hopefully our miracle