Third-Party Reproduction
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_+*Third-Party Reproduction Weekly Check-In*+_
2MamazInSeattle
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This weekly check-in is for anyone using/considering or who has used a 3rd party method of reproduction, including: Donor egg, donor sperm, embryo adoption, gestation carrier, or surrogate - also Donors, GC's and surrogates as well! Everyone is welcome here! 
So much happening in the next month - 9 of us are set to cycle and 3 are in the TWW now...not to mention 13 pregnancies with 16 TPR babies are in progress! These are exciting times - thanks as always for keeping our community strong and supportive!
Check-In for Week of August 19th:
1. What is new in your process? How are things feeling right now?
2. QOTW: All of the babies whose gender is known on our check-in are boys! Did/do you hope for a boy or a girl? Or doesn't matter? Thoughts on this topic? If you could choose the gender, would you?
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| Welcome |
| QOTR - Welcome! We are here
for you as your start your DE journey |
| ((Hugs)) |
CeeMonkey - We all send our thoughts your way. So sorry for your loss  |
| Sharon216 - Sorry about your AMH, etc. - we're here for you as you evaluate DE. |
| New BFPs & Other Good News! |
| Pooniki! Congrats on your natural IVF cycle and your successful ER! FX for next steps! |
| Little Lady 77 - TWINS! Congrats! FX for a h&h 9 months ahead! |
| BabyVDM - So glad the Minions are growing strong!!! |
| In the TWW! |
| GoaliesWife123 - ICI#1 on 8/2 - in the TWW! FX for you! |
| Scorpgirl1120 - IUI#2 on 8/11 - in the TWW! We're all hoping for you! |
| sam18iamiam - DS - IUI#2 on 8/14 - Hope the wait flies by! |
| Currently Cycling/Scheduled |
| MrsT4 – DE FET#1 – waiting on calendar for August 23rd FET! |
| poohniki – DS; natural IVF mid-August - 1 egg retrieved, waiting on testing for ET date! |
| Lacyj67 – DE IVF#1 ER in July and FET on 9/3/13 |
| KateBee – Gest. Surrogate – Matched! ET on 9/5/13! |
| Meck716 - DS - IUI #1 will be between Aug 28-31. |
| Stinkerbell6879 – Fresh DE IVF scheduled for btw 9/7 and 9/9/13! |
| Liz4Paws – Embryo Adoption; 2 Embie-FET Sept 12!! |
| ArgyleBridge - Egg donor - ET estimated mid-September! |
| 2MamazinSeattle - DE/DS - FET #2 on September 16th. |
| Waiting to Cycle |
| BeckyP005 – Fresh DE; waiting for donor availability. |
| Brooklynesque – DE IVF #1 - Waiting for new calendar after July cancel. |
| DoublePortion – Embryo Adoption; selected by a donor family with 5 embryos to give! |
| Faithita – DE - On the RE waiting list. |
| Firesiren – DS – FET planned for fall timeframe. |
| GetwickMom – Searching for GC - banking frosties due to MFI, hoping for ET ~Sept. 2014! |
| Jen12573 – Embryo Donation - Receiving 2 donor embies! Consult for calendar 8/27! |
| Katie_71208 – DE – Reviewing donors! Appt. Oct 1st. |
| katmarso - DE with known donor planned. Welcome to you! |
| klaganza – DE - In process of choosing egg donor. |
| Km672 – Fresh DE/DS; signing consents 7/22! Cycle likely in October. Started BCPs! |
| Ladyrader0227 – DE FET after reduction of BMI ~Aug/Sept. |
| laurag1986 - DS - IUI#5 coming up! |
| Meljam13 – Using traditional surrogate (using OS) after Oct. |
| mm29 - DE; Started process at SDFC in July 2013. |
| Sammer 818 – Gestational Carrier; Surrogate identified! Pre-cycle testing and looking for insurance. |
| orangemell2012 - DE on 7/7 - outcome not reported yet. |
| Pregnant! |
| JM1977 – DE/DS – EDD 10/9/13 – Boy! |
| Firefly062 – DS - EDD 10/10/13 – Boy! |
| IndianaSunshine – DE – EDD 11/20/13 – Boy! |
| Melkel559 – DS – EDD 12/10/13 – Boy! |
| Happywifemomofone – DE – EDD 12/23/13 – Boy! |
| Kaf8278 – DE – EDD 12/31/13 – Gender ? |
| Moonaggie – DE – EDD 1/2/14 – Boy! |
| Jms1374 – Embryo Donation – EDD 1/14/14 - a/s on 9/3! |
| Strunella – DE – 1/28? - Gender ? |
| Udc22 – DE – EDD TBD – Twins!! |
| Aputter05 – DS IUI on 5/30/13 – EDD TBD. |
| BabyVDM – DE FET#1 – Twins! - EDD 3/20/2014 |
| LittleLady77 – DE IVF - Twins! - EDD 4/10/2014 |
| Parenting |
| AmCheri – DE – Baby born June 5, 2013 – Girl! |
| Hooliface – 1 year-old DD from DE |
| Jcath – 20-month-old identical twin girls from DE + 2 bio sons |
| JM1977 – 21-month-old DD from DE/DS (also currently pregnant) |
| Strudel82 – 1 year-old DD twins from DE (also currently GC) |
| WeBelieveInMagic – 10-month-old son from DS + a 3-yr-old bio son |
| Donors/GC’s/Surrogates |
| Strudel82 – GC - EDD 1/15/14 - Gender ? |
| ArgleBride – Egg Donor – ET set for mid-Sept! |
| Considering Third Party |
| sharon216 - Considering DE |
| lmielocl1 - Considering embryo adoption |
| QOTR - Considering DE |
Lil'mamaz was born on Aug 21, 2014! She's PERFECT!
It's been a long road to here...
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
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Re: _+*Third-Party Reproduction Weekly Check-In*+_
I keep posting the check-in and forgetting to actually check in
So I'm doing it right now!
I start my Lupron today for our FET#2, slated for September 16th which I have a feeling will be here before I know it. I've taken a bit of a mental break from (over) thinking the whole process and just enjoyed being free of the drugs (other than BCPs) and stress of the whole process. I feel ready to go again!
This past week we also attended an adoption information session and are very excited that we are getting our ducks in a row if our last two embies do not result in a baby. We know it's a very different path, but we also know we want to be moms, and we are open to however it happens for us. It was great to get information and start thinking on things.
QOTW: Honestly I thought I didn't care until I learned the first baby I carried was a boy - and I wasn't excited at all. I felt terrible for it, but it was my reality that I guess I really wanted a girl! However, I obviously adjusted/digested it was a boy and would have been/will be thrilled now either way. I think suffering a loss (at least in my case) made SO many things not matter anymore - which all seemed to important in the beginning. Perspective I guess! And, even if we could choose the gender ahead, we both said we didn't want to do that. Fate is fine with us
We just want a healthy full-term baby and healthy mom!
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
We went for a 3-D utrasound last Thursday and found out that we are having a BOY! Still waiting for the AS to confirm everything is ok, but so far, things look great. He was moving all over and we got a great 3-D shot where the placenta looks like a pillow that he is cuddling. We also bought the crib, dresser, rocking chair, and bedding set last week. Things are starting to get real but I finally feel like I am allowed to be excited for this.
QOTD: I mentioned last week how my DH was so set on having a girl. We did do a lot of talking about it and he is now very excited that we are having a boy. he still wants his little girl, but is bursting about having a baby at all. I personally wanted a boy first and felt from the beginning it was a boy, but wanted so much for DH to get his girl. We also got an adorable outfit the day we found out that says "Daddy's little man" on it and I think that really helped ease the minor disappointment he may have had (and on this topic, it just isn't the same having a shirt that says, "Mama's boy", now does it?).
TTC Since 12/2008; DH: 32, Azoospermia me: 33, DX during IVF #4: Low AMH (Normal FSH) / SER due
to IVF Meds (causing failure to fertilize) Recent DX: Hashimoto's, Lupus Anticoagulant, White Blood Cell Disorder
High ANA, ATA, & APA, PAI-1 Heterozygous= blood clotting disorder; connective tissue disorder
IVF w/ ICSI #1 2/2011 IVF w/ ICSI #2 5/2011 IVF w/ ICSI #3 12/2012 *New RE* IVF w/ ICSI #4 5/2013
IVF w/ ICSI #5 8/2013 (Natural Cycle- No drugs)- One follicle->one blast. CCS normal. FET 9/10- 6BB blast. m/c @ 5w
IUI #1 12/23- BFN IUI #2 Cancelled (ovulated during AF) Prep:CoQ10 (300 mg); DHEA (25 mg); Melatonin (3 mg), Folgard 2.2, Metformin 500 2x, Levothyroxine 50mcg, Aspirin 81mg w/ calcium, B12, Vit. D 4000 & Prenate Elite Daily; Cabergoline 1/2 pill 2x week- Cycling: Estrace Priming; Prednisone 10mg, Lovenox 40mg 2x, Femera & Menopur
IUI #2.1 6/30 & 7/1. 1st Beta: 90 (7/15); 2nd Beta: 226 (7/17); 3rd Beta: 766 EDD: 3/23/2015
***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!
With both our pregnancies it didn't matter, although with our angel I was so excited to be having another boy as I thought it would be so neat to have 2 boys so close together in age. I am not partial to either if we are able to add to our family!
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
Continued hugs to ceemonkey. And DoublePortion - I'm so sorry that your embryo donor is MIA. I hope things turn around quickly. Wishing you all the best 2mamaz with your upcoming transfer!
Update: Our daughter's 2nd birthday is next Friday. I'm continually in awe of her and so thankful for our donors who made her possible. I'm almost 33 weeks with this baby. I'm feeling it big time - I hired someone to come over 3 evenings a week to help until my DH gets home because I was just getting too worn out.
QOTW: We really thought our daughter was going to be a boy until we had our a/s. We would have been excited about either. After her, we thought it would be great to have another girl, but now that it's getting closer, I realize that it will be really special to have one of each.
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!
DP-really sucks that your embryo donor is MIA, hoping that she is on vacation and forgot to tell you. Brooklynesque-Hope that you get your plan up and running quickly. GL to everyone with upcoming cycles and praying for a wave of BFPs all around for some much deserving ladies!!
1. What is new in your process? How are things feeling right now? 22 weeks today, repeating a/s on Thursday because they were unable to visualize all of the heart because of position baby was in. Having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions, which is making me very nervous at this stage in my pregnancy. Called OB on Sat, he didn't seem worried and said there is nothing that can be done at this point in the game anyways. Hoping that they check my cervix at a/s, to verify that it's still closed.
2. QOTW: All of the babies whose gender is known on our check-in are boys! Did/do you hope for a boy or a girl? Or doesn't matter? Thoughts on this topic? If you could choose the gender, would you? We were really hoping for a girl. My husband is legally blind, and playing sports and things like that will be impossible for him. We are getting excited about our boy, remembering that a healthy baby is all that matters.....boys tend to run in my husband's family, so it's not at all unexpected. My son wanted a boy, and he got his wish....so that makes me smile. I've already raised a son, great kid, so I've been sayin-Boy, been there done that....we should be able to make it through. I would never choose the gender. That is for God to do.
DP that really blows. I am so sorry.
Ceemonkey your in my thoughts
When their is an update believe me you will hear me screaming with joy...lol. I going to try the therapist again but a different one. IF therapists are hard to come by here. I feel like even though this cycle might work I need to find ways to cope now. I turn psycho at times and I don't want this to ruin my marriage.
QOTW: My answer goes back and forth. I've always wanted a girl but truly at this point of course I would be happy with either. I did ask MH once and he said he didn't care. I'm sure he would love a boy!
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
************ 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
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
~All AL always welcome~
Ceemonkey: hang in there!! T and P!
Liz: have some of my AF vibes I've got plenty to go around!!!
AFM: tomorrow is first ultrasound for FET and first estradiol valerate shot.
Qotw: I have always wanted a girl and DH wants boys... This far into the IF process I want what ever I am ment to have and will be so grateful for anything!! Just want a happy healthy baby!
Oh this is so crappy and totally shocking and unfair!
Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
June'12 - First RE Visit
Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect.
Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
Switching RE's within practice
*~God gives his hardest battles to his toughest solders. Unknown.
I wish there was something I could do for all the ladies having such a tough time!! I do hope things turn around quickly and we are all cycle buddies! You are all in my thoughts, try to hang in there, k?
CeeMonkey- I can't tell you enough times how very sorry I am.
DP- This is just awful! I'm so sorry. I hate that you are still waiting. Hoping new opportunities present themselves very soon. You've already been waiting so long.
Becky- I am so very sorry you are still waiting too. It just sucks.
Sammer- So sorry to hear about your news too!! I really hope you aren't waiting long either.
Hey Ladies,
Still hanging in...I start BCP tomorrow, it's something...right? My nurse left me a message this weekend that I should have our tentative transfer date later this week. I'm very eager for this. Hoping it feels 'real' after that, because right now it seems as though this may never happen.
Having a mammogram Thursday (I'm only 31, but my mother died very young of breast cancer) and pap smear Friday (technically not due for 3 months, but IF this does work, I don't want anyone messing around with my cervix)...oh the joys of being a woman!
QOTW: I kinda go back and forth on this. I think of all of the fun things we could do with a girl and then I want a girl...Then I think about all of the fun things we could do with a boy and I want a boy! I think if we have a girl, my DH would be completely wrapped around her finger. But, he is fiercely overprotective of me and I am his wife...I can't imagine how he would be of his daughter!!
It is exciting to think of each possibility. I know we will both melt when s/he is handed to us.
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI (TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Repeat SHG 6/14-normal / Endometrial Receptivity Array biopsy 7/14-Receptive Uterus
New RE, additional testing reveals elevated NK Cells
FET of 1 day 5 blast (RE recommends transferring 1 due to elevated NK cells) with lovenox, steroids & intralipids in October
***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!
OH I'm so glad to hear that things are starting to move along for you again!
************ 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
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
Switching RE's within practice
*~God gives his hardest battles to his toughest solders. Unknown.
Km672 its almost transfer time!! Yay!
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
Girls, boys- I honestly don't care. I know some people say that but I really don't. DH REALLY wants at lease one boy- so there is that.
Mamaz...big hugs to you and you as usual are one strong women!
Sammer & DP...I am SO SO sorry!!! So unfair (((HUGS)))
KM...YAY! Hope you get that date soon!
Liz...FX that everything is going smooth!
Big ((HUGS))) to everyone who need them!
Update: Well I have my first US tomorrow and start estrace! I will be honest I am wavering between happiness and shear fear that something happens with the timing etc...But hoping that I have lot's of things going on will help distract me.
I think no matter what we will be happy boy or girl, but we both are secretly hoping for a girl OR if I got pregnant with twins then a boy/girl. But right now I will be happy to just get a BFP.
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
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
~All AL always welcome~
First, sending big ((hugs)) to several ladies this week, including:
Ceemonkey – Again, I’m so very, very sorry for your loss.
DP – I’m not trying to give you false hope, but is there any chance your donor is on an extended vacation? I know (because it happened to me) that sometimes it seems like they fall off the face of the earth, but clearly they don’t understand how important this process is to us, as recipients.
Becky – I know you’ve been waiting so long and have been beyond patient. F/X that things start happening soon!
Sammer – OMG, all I can think of is WTF? How does an oops pregnancy happen to anyone, especially a surrogate! Life is just so unfair and I’m so sorry that you have to go through this kind of heartache.
I know several are also awaiting calendars soon…
Good luck to Brooklyn, Poohniki and KM672!
Liz4Paws – Sending AF vibes your way and that everything proceeds according to schedule!
JMS – Congrats on team blue!! Very exciting!
My update: I’ve had a lot of appointments this week in preparation for FET #1 this Friday (yikes…which is almost here!!!!! I think I am equal parts nervous and excited!!!) Assuming both thaw, we are transferring two.
QOTW: All I really want is a healthy little one or ones and I see positives to having either a boy or a girl. In my ideal (dream) world, I would have one of each…whether that means twins or two singletons. While I don’t think I could choose gender beforehand if given the choice, I would be interested in finding out the gender during pregnancy. I don’t think I have the willpower to be “team green” for nine months, LOL.
Me: AMA, DOR, undetectable AMH, carrier of SMA, MTHFR homozygous C677T, high cytokines, low IGg B cells, Factor XIII V34l mutation, High Anti-Phosphatidylethanolmine, borderline hypothyroid and mildly insulin resistant.
MH: No known issues, aside from MTHFR.
Recommendations from RI: LIT, Humira, IVIG, Lovenox, Baby Aspirin, Folic Acid, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
Currently taking: Pre-Natal vitamins, Foltanx, Low-dose synthroid and Metformin.
When cycling also taking: Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, Humira and IVIG.
TTC since 7/11/09..with medical intervention starting in 2010, including 4 failed IVF's and 6 failed IUI's...only "success" was a chemical pregnancy in 11/2012 (credited to use of DE).
FET #1 (11th cycle) on 8/23/13 = BFN.
FET #2 (12th cycle) Transfer of last two (day 6) donor egg blasts on 1/22/14 = BFP, EDD = 10/10/14 (please stick little BOY!)
My favorite breed:
***PAIF/SAIF always welcome***