Third-Party Reproduction Check-In - Week of Nov 11th

2MamazInSeattle · November 2013

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!

Wow - so many newbies (welcome!), good news (finally) and lots of cycling this month! Join in the fun, please check in!

Check-In:

How is it going? What are your next steps? How are you feeling?

QOTW: If you could plan a day in your city, including meals for a bumpie friend, what would the itinerary be? (Shout out to new-to-our-board Healz413 for the great QOTD idea!)

Welcome

manada & healz413 - Partner IVF - Healz eggs, Manada carrying -cycle in early Dec. Welcome!!

Twinkie0612 - DE or Dembryo - Welcome to the group!

Sarahjeri - Welcome! DE daughter, possible FET in 7/14

VIzio2012 - DS - IUI#4 soon - Welcome to you

sarisus - DE - Currently 16w pregnant. Welcome and congrats!

((Hugs))

Goalieswife123 - ICI - BRN #4 - sorry this one didn't work

New BFPs & Other Good News!

IndianaSunshine – DE – Congrats on Austin Hale! We hope your new LO is chunking up!

Brooklynesque – what a GREAT beta!!! Congrats - we are all SO happy for you!

ArgyleBridge - Congrats on ET! And, a collective *thank you* to you from all of us!

Stinkerbell6879 - We are all FX for you

Hugs to you - but still keeping you in this section for now!

BeckyP005 - OMG You are cycling! I think this deserves an extra shout-out, it's been a long wait!!

In the TWW!

klganza - DE - FET was on 10/28

orangemell2012 - DS - IUI#3 TWW in progress

Currently Cycling/Scheduled

Ladyrader0227 – DE FET #1 - FET on 11/13! Good luck lady!

Scorpgirl1120 - DS - IVF #1 - ET on 11/10 or 11, ET 5 days later!

lmielocl1 - DE/DS - Estimated Nov 11-19th

Liz4Paws – Embryo Adoption - FET on 11/19, beta 12/3! FX for you!

DoublePortion – Embryo Adoption - FET is on 11/27! YAY!!

Firesiren – DS – FET cycle started.

KM672 - DE FET - FET planned late Nov/Early Dec.

2MamazinSeattle - DE/DS FET#3 - FET on 12/5; beta 12/14.

BeckyP005 – Fresh DE; cycle potentially delayed due to holiday lab closure! GR!

lincoln79 - Using GC - Transfer date set for February 20, 2014!

Waiting to Cycle

ceemonkey - DE/DS; Doing bloodwork; next possible cycle early 2014.

jalara48 - GC -Using a surrogate in India. Trip planned in December!

janapettus - Embryo Adoption - Welcome to you!

Katie_71208 – DE – Reviewing donors! Appt. Sept. 25th.

katmarso - DE with known donor planned. Welcome to you!

Lacyj67 - DE - Hysteroscopy post-loss on 11/5. Next steps TBD.

Meljam13 – Using traditional surrogate (using OS) after Oct.

mm29 - DE; donor selected! ET in Jan; PGD planned for FET in Feb'14

Mrs.McIrish - Frozen Egg - Using RBA. Schedule TBD.

MrsT4 - DE; waiting on post-BFN AF. Hoping to cycle in Jan.

orangemell2012 - DS - Next steps TBD.

poohniki – DS; natural IVF. Next steps TBD.

sam18iamiam - DS - IUI#2 on 8/14 was BFN. Next steps tbd.

Sammer 818 – Gestational Carrier; GC matched Oct'13!

Sunni01 - DS - Welcome

xmaystarx - Frozen DE - Starting up with RBA on 11/19. Welcome!!

Donors/GC’s/Surrogates

Strudel82 – GC - EDD 1/15/14 - Boy!

ArgleBride – Egg Donor – ET in Nov!

BabyEdgar - DS single mom - Interested in donating remaining embryos.

Pregnant!

Firefly062 – DS - EDD 10/10/13 – 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 - Boy!

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

KateBee - GS carrying for her - EDD??

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 & newborn boy as of 9/13!

Strudel82 – 1 year-old DD twins from DE (also currently GC)

WeBelieveInMagic – 10-month-old son from DS + a 3-yr-old bio son

Considering Third Party

sharon216 - Considering DE

brooklynesque · November 2013

Hi everyone! I'm just hanging out waiting for my next beta, which is on Friday. A week between betas is a LONG time but I guess his has the virtue of making me less likely to land in beta hell -- if it's a c/p I think it will probably pretty obvious by Friday. Meanwhile, just trying to remain optimistic, and mostly am.

Since everyone knows of things to do in NYC proper I'll talk about a day in Brooklyn. Start out on Seventh Ave in Park Slope at the Bagel Hole, which has been voted a number of times to have the best bagels in NYC. (Which is saying something. Wow, I just made myself hungry.) Eat a bagel or two -- you'll need fuel because Brooklyn takes a lot of walking. Walk a couple of blocks east and wander around the meadows and lakes of Prospect Park for an hour or two. Then step over to the Brooklyn Museum, which has some great collections, for another hour or two, and have lunch at the counter of the great new restaurant that just opened there (by the creator of Saul, which was the first Michelin-starred restaurant in Brooklyn if I'm recalling correctly). Then, if you're a nature lover, head next door to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to see some wonderful gardens. Take the 2/3 train from there to Atlantic Avenue to check out the brand-new Barclays Center. Then relax for a couple of hours as you catch a late-afternoon arthouse flick at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Then take a cab over to Williamsburg for dinner at a bleeding-edge trendy restaurant to take in the hipster scene. A great day! Maybe I should do that myself the next time I have a free day. ;-)

lincoln79 · November 2013

So excited to change categories to scheduled!

Our GC had her physical, EKG, and blood draw on Friday. Mammogram and SHG left to do.

She is doing her psych consult today. We are doing ours in 15 days.

The only big "left to start on" is the legal stuff. Mh is starting those calls today.

We are making progress!

Great QOTW! We are currently planning for our trip to NYC November 21-25! Mh has never been and we are in desperate need of a vacation! We have gotten far enough to list things to do, but haven't yet put them into order.

healz413 · November 2013

As 2Mamaz mentioned, we are doing partner IVF. We'll use my eggs and transfer into @Manada, if all goes according to plan. On Thursday, M passed her saline sonogram with flying colors (uterus looks good and clear). She's currently in the middle of 2 weeks on the BCP. After the 2 weeks are up, she will wait to get a period and then go in on day 2 of her cycle to start estrace. She expects this to be around Nov. 17.

I have been on BCPs since my lap in June to help control my endo. I will take my last BCP on Nov. 20 and then wait to get my period. I will go in on day 2 to start my stims. If all goes according to plan (which we all know it rarely does), we expect to do an ER some time during the first week of December and an ET five days later.

I'm going to acupuncture twice a week (just started last Weds) and eating high protein, relatively low carb, and lots of healthy fat to try to prepare my eggs for the big game. Also my acupuncturist wants me to significantly cut dairy, so I'm trying to do that, too.

QOTW:
I'm gonna assume this visit is taking place in the late spring or early summer or early fall, because it is so much easier to do things when the weather is nice. I'm also assuming that outdoor activities that involve lots of walking work for my friend. If they don't, I'd be happy to plan a day that involves awesome things and much less walking.

We would start for breakfast either at Auntie's and Uncle's (tasty, small breakfast joint) or Sneaky Dee's (tex-mex greasy spoon). Then we'd walk the few blocks to Kensington Market, which is our awesome open-air market. Almost every stall is attached to a store front, but they have lots of their stuff displayed outside and you just wander from one to the next. There are grocery stores, dry goods stores, cheese shops, bakeries, clothing stores, kitchen stores, thrift stores, cafes, restaurants, etc, all in about a 5 block collection of streets. We'd get coffee (I love the lattes) at Moonbeam and wander around. If my friend eats dairy and bread, I'm pretty sure we'd buy some cheese and some bread for a snack. From there, we'd walk through Chinatown, which is right next to Kensington Market.

If my friend is vegetarian/vegan, we'd probably go to Fresh for lunch. If they eat fish or like vegetarian sushi, we would probably choose the all-you-can eat sushi place nearby. (Although if they were from Seattle/Vancouver, I'd probably assume they have better sushi at home and choose a different destination).

In the afternoon, we'd take a ferry across to Toronto Island and either rent bicycles or kayaks or both. We'd take pictures of the Toronto skyline because the view is the best from the island.

We'd come back in time to head across town to Little India for dinner. Then we'd go to Second City (improv) for a show and to rest our weary legs. Knowing me, we'd get ice cream or frozen yogurt for dinner, but I'm not particularly picky about where. If they're a fancy ice cream type, I'd either take them to Greg's homemade ice cream or we'd head over to get gelato either in greektown or in little italy. I'd be fine just going to Baskin Robbins, though.

sammer818 · November 2013

Check in: Our carrier was approved on paper by our fertility clinic. She will be scheduling her sonohystogram and blood work sometime this week and will hopefully have all of the testing done in the next two weeks or so. It's odd - I'm thrilled that we have a carrier, but I'm not overly excited about things. We've been here before and our carrier backed out, so I think once we get through this and can at least start the legal stuff, I'll be more excited. It's not that I'm indifferent - I just can't seem to get my hopes up yet.

QOTW: I live in a small town, so there isn't a ton to do. We do have a cookie factory that gives out tons of free samples at the outlet store, so that would definitely be a stop. We'd also go out for subs (we have a great sub shop!) and go see the Little White School House which is a museum to the Republican Party (we are the birthplace of it!).

ladyrader0227 · November 2013

Check in: With FET on Wednesday - I am trying to prep myself mentally. Acupuncture today & then "pre & post" sessions Wednesday. i am so nervous & excited! We found out last week that my sister is pregnant with her 3rd child --- it would be so fun to have cousins that close in age. FX!

QOTD: Atlanta is a great place to visit. Breakfast at Flying Biscuit is a great start ... then off to the aquarium or High Museum. If the weather is nice - spend the afternoon in Piedmont Park on a blanket. For the evening - - there are so many fun ethnic places on Buford Hwy. We often just "adventure" dinner there.

DoublePortion · November 2013

Check in: Went for my lining scan this morning and it's at a 6.8 so I just have to wait for my RE to review it and get the labs (probably tomorrow) before I know when my next appt is. I'm guessing my e2 is going to be higher now than it got at all last cycle. I could be wrong but my random urges to cry and the (TMI...) CM factory now located in my lady parts is telling me I'm not. lol

QOTD: Hmm I lived in Fort Worth for several years now but I don't know it as well as I should. I've been to a few museums that are good but can't remember the names. lol The botanical gardens are lovely and a great place for picnics or just hanging out/wandering around. Also, Segway tours of the gardens are available and are lots of fun! Tourist should check out the Stockyards and the daily cattle drive there. They also have rodeos there which is great for a group outing. (However, for main rodeos, I much prefer the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo to the Ft. Worth one because they have concerts with big name stars at night.)

Eating...there are so many yummy places to eat! My favorite Mexican restaurant is Cantina Laredo in Downtown, which is a chain restaurant, but still the best! Two of mine & DH's other favorite places to go are Lucille's Stateside Bistro & Charleston's (another chain) which both serve American style food. Another local favorite is Babe's Chicken which serves the side dishes family style and each person chooses their own meat...you CANNOT eat here if you don't want to gain 5lbs in one sitting! lol Plus, there are tons of wonderful mom & pop type places, but too many to list here!

BeckyP005 · November 2013

My meds are expected to arrive tomorrow and will start Lupron on Wed. My stomach is like a jumping bean right now. I really need to try and calm down. MH is not helping!

Hopefully my visitor likes to get up early on a Saturday because we would head down to Pamela's in The Strip for breakfast. The owner of this place was invited to cook her famous pancakes at the White House.

After breakfast we will stay in The Strip. Its a multicultural zone with lots of sidewalks with great food and markets. Also great for people watching. Then maybe head to Enricos for their yummy biscotti. For lunch we would head downtown then maybe go the Point where there is a fountain and watch the boats or we can rent bikes! Andy Warhol Museum is another option.

We would then head over to Market Square for dinner at Il Pizziola. Very good Italian food. If weather permits we will be seated outside to listen to the music that flows from other restaurants. Pretty cool atmosphere. After this its a ride up the incline to get beautiful view of our city!! I'm sure I forgot stuff

Oh and late night snack would be getting Primanitis sandwich. Many swanky cool bars also if we already had our babies

DoublePortion · November 2013

Yay, @BeckyP005!! I am so excited that you are finally getting to cycle!!!!!!

firesiren · November 2013

I had a lining check today. I am at 9 mm and e2 is good. Transfer is scheduled for 11/20 and beta 11/30. Now I pray these little ones thaw great. Qotw; We have a cute little Amish town about ten miles from my house. I would take my bumpie friend shopping and we would eat Amish food all day! I do it by myself now so a friend would be great. FYI- I have friends, I just work weird hours and I'm off when everyone is working and vice versa

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jms1374 · November 2013

Check in: Well, on a good note, I passed my 3-hour glucose tolerance test so no GD for me!!!! Unfortunately, I had some major BP spikes again last week and was officially put on bed rest. I also had to change my medication--I still don't think we have the correct dosage because within 3-4 hours of taking it, I am spiking again then it will come back down when I take it again. I have a follow-up on Thursday and we will review then. Luckily, no other signs of pre-e at this time and little man is moving and growing like crazy!

GTKY: Well, the best thing to do in my little hick town is to get the hell out of it, so I would take you to Columbus. We would have dinner at a great italian restaurant downtown, called Spagio and then walk down the block to get Jeni's ice cream for dessert. After we would head to the Shadowbox Live theater for one of their shows. (A fabulous performance and improv type group similar to second city--we went there a few weeks ago and it was incredible!)

liz4paws · November 2013

Lots of ladies gearing up to cycle! FX for all of us!

Update: I got the green light for Nov 19th transfer. I've been having really down days emotionally with fleeting moments of hope. It's really weird. This transfer may be our last shot at pregnancy before moving onto DIA so I think the reality is starting to hit me hard! Beta is Dec 2 so we actually put up Christmas decorations last night to try to relish in the Holiday season a little early in the event we do get bad news after this cycle. If the cycle works, we just get an extra long Christmas season. So why not?!

QOTW:

We'd have to go see the bats fly out from underneath the Congress bridge at dusk. We'd eat some amazing local BBQ like Cele store or even Salt Lick. We'd have to see some live music downtown on the weekend seeing how Austin is the live music capital of the world! Hmm...what else? Probably hit up the original Whole Foods location, which is quite the sight to see and about the size of a whole block. If it's swelteringly hot outside, we could go to Hamilton pool which is a natural swimming hole that looks like a piece of Hawaii in the middle of Texas. Or, we could go tubing down the comal river which is basically a floating party that lasts about 2 hours long!

Finish it off with some handgun shooting and show some zombie target who is boss.

ArgyleBride · November 2013

Hi all,

I had my ER on Tuesday, which means that unless my math is wrong, the blast(s) were probably transferred to IM yesterday. I am keeping my fingers crossed for them.

Meanwhile, I am over the OHSS hill--much less bloating, no pain. All is rosy.

I still do not know whether I will donate again, especially because it was much harder on MH than I expected (though I should have guessed). Also, I feel bad when I tell work "gotta be out, going under general anesthesia, sorry," because they care about me and worry. All I can say is "Don't worry, totally minor, only out b/c of GA" but of course the assumption must be that I am dealing with a health problem, and I feel bad about that. Plus the long, early drives. Mehmehmeh. And yet I still personally want to. These are musings for a longer post, I suspect. For now I delay.

Tourism in my town? Redwood coasts. They are world-famous for a reason. There are some beautiful non-Redwood beaches nearby too. Or the Santa Cruz boardwalk, just for fun--or north, to San Francisco, perhaps. Obviously I'm casting a pretty wide "my town" net here

My school's is worth a tour, in my opinion. What can I say, I'm a homebody and if someone visited my first move would be to pull out the boardgames

Km672 · November 2013

Exciting things happening on the board ladies!!

So happy for all of us moving forward!
Really, really, really hoping we have lots and lots of good news over the next few weeks. [-O<

FET scheduled for 12/2. At times, Im hopeful about transferring 2 good blasts...then I think about how it didnt work with the 2 fresh we transferred in September and I loose all hope.

I hate this. It would be absolutely amazing for this to work out during the Christmas season, but really awful if its another failure. We decided to take the risk knowing this, felt like we didnt want to waste anymore time.

QOTW- I leave near Boston, so we would have an amazing day in the city!! Would definitely go in the summer to a Red Sox game and hit up the bars after!!

Mrs.McIrish · November 2013

Hugs to Stinkerbell. Congrats to Brooklyn:-) Wishing everyone cycling the best of luck. I'm just waiting for a donor I like to show up in the database... QOTW- I'll just come with KM672 and do Boston with you ladies! I'm about 45 mins outside of Boston so good enough, right?

lincoln79 · November 2013

liz4paws said:

Lots of ladies gearing up to cycle! FX for all of us!
Update: I got the green light for Nov 19th transfer. I've been having really down days emotionally with fleeting moments of hope. It's really weird. This transfer may be our last shot at pregnancy before moving onto DIA so I think the reality is starting to hit me hard! Beta is Dec 2 so we actually put up Christmas decorations last night to try to relish in the Holiday season a little early in the event we do get bad news after this cycle. If the cycle works, we just get an extra long Christmas season. So why not?!
QOTW:
We'd have to go see the bats fly out from underneath the Congress bridge at dusk. We'd eat some amazing local BBQ like Cele store or even Salt Lick. We'd have to see some live music downtown on the weekend seeing how Austin is the live music capital of the world! Hmm...what else? Probably hit up the original Whole Foods location, which is quite the sight to see and about the size of a whole block. If it's swelteringly hot outside, we could go to Hamilton pool which is a natural swimming hole that looks like a piece of Hawaii in the middle of Texas. Or, we could go tubing down the comal river which is basically a floating party that lasts about 2 hours long!
Finish it off with some handgun shooting and show some zombie target who is boss.

Thinking about you and cheering you on!

Km672 · November 2013

Mrs.McIrish said:

QOTW- I'll just come with KM672 and do Boston with you ladies! I'm about 45 mins outside of Boston so good enough, right?

We would have a great time!!!

I'm crossing my fingers the perfect donor pops up very soon!!!

happywifemomofone · November 2013

Sounds like lots of ladies are getting ready to cycle soon, hoping for a string of BFPs!! Congrats to Brooklyn. Hugs to all who need them.

Nothing new here-34 weeks today. Nonstress test and OB appointment tomorrow.

I live near Chicago. My day would start early, be in Spring or Summer. We'd probably include Garrett's Popcorn, Portillo's hot dogs, and Lou Malnati's pizza among our meals and snacks. I'd want to rent bikes along the lakefront, as I keep seeing all these blue Divvy bikes that the Mayor has stationed all over the city. I'd take my friend to the Museum of Science and Industry. It's my favorite museum and has many different hands on activities, we always have a blast when we go there

melkel559 · November 2013

Hi ladies!!

Wow lots of action happening with so many pending cycles and transfers. I am keeping my FX for all of you!!

I'll be 36 weeks tomorrow and baby boy is doing well. I had my shower this past Sat so am excited more than ever for his arrival!

Q: I live right outside Philly but there is so much to do there & in the surrounding areas. I'd go with a walk down Kelly Dr to see Boathouse row ending at the famous Art Museum where Rocky ran up the steps. So pretty around there, especially during the Fall. Brunch at Parc in the city and a stroll through Rittenhouse square. Dinner at any Jose Garces restaurant..they are all fantastic!

Km672 · November 2013

liz4paws said:
Lots of ladies gearing up to cycle! FX for all of us!
Update: I got the green light for Nov 19th transfer. I've been having really down days emotionally with fleeting moments of hope. It's really weird. This transfer may be our last shot at pregnancy before moving onto DIA so I think the reality is starting to hit me hard! Beta is Dec 2 so we actually put up Christmas decorations last night to try to relish in the Holiday season a little early in the event we do get bad news after this cycle. If the cycle works, we just get an extra long Christmas season. So why not?!

My husband and I kinda feel the way you guys do... He keeps asking when we can get our tree!
I'm afraid I won't feel like doing anything for Christmas if this cycle doesn't work out..
I'm trying to get all of our shopping/wrapping done before we find out, just in case I don't feel up for it after we find out.

Enjoy as much of the holiday season as possible!!!

Lacyj67 · November 2013

Little late to the party !! Nothing new here. Just trying to make the time pass. Nov is already a 1/4 over and it will be dec before we know it.
Im so exctited to follow all your cycles and hear great outcomes for you all. I feel a little left out but my time will come!

Qotw: were in central coast California so for sure a little wine tasting because my town of Paso Robles is well know for our wines! Then we could head over to the coast 30 min west and maybe go to Cambria and have a nice lunch and go to Hearst Castle for a little tour. Then drive 10 min north and see the elephant seals. During nov dec they are mating pretty crazy! Then head to san Luis obispo for dinner at a famous resteraunt the Madonna Inn and eat in the All PINK dining room steak house! Fun stuff!!

vizio2012 · November 2013

May I join you ladies?

My husband ( 33) and I ( 36) found out in August 2012 that he has azoopermia. At first we thought we could live without children but after four months we knew that was not the case. May 2013 we purchased four vials of donor sperm. We did all the blood work necessary. In July I had HSG done, my right tube is open, the left one was inconclusive, as they could not see it, but there was spillage around it. I did my first round of unmedicated IUI in August. Needless to say it was BFN.

Second and third IUI's were also unmedicated and BFN.

I will be doing my 4th IUI but this time with a trigger.

QOTW. Providenciales,TCI. I would do a half-day snorkel and conch cruise and dinner at Somewhere ( they have the best fish tacos)

xmaystarx · November 2013

Looks like many of us are getting ready for transfers, exciting times! I'm ready for my RBA consult a week from today. Although I'm also 45 min west of Boston, there are lots of beautiful outdoor areas/trails, museums, and a nice theater right here. And lots of good food too!

2MamazInSeattle · November 2013

@vizio2012 - you are already on the list! Welcome!

Wow - first, now I just want to go traveling! I've done a ton of the things so many of you mentioned (@beckyp9005 I LOVE Pamela's!!) - super fun updates.

AFM - I'm shooting up with Lupron and my suppression check is Wednesday - seriously snuck up on me since I'm work traveling atm which has helped pass the time nicely. Assuming all goes well, we just do the drill: start patches to being building a lining, blood test next Wed; and then a lining check the day before Thanksgiving...and FET is scheduled for 12/5.

This is FET#3...it's just feeling a little...well, sigh. However, we have decided to do one more cycle with frozen eggs (new donors) if this doesn't work. I'm not quite ready to give up - though, J tells me to stop thinking future and trust that this one could actually work. Fair point. So, with that, FX!!

QOTW: It is SO hard for me to sum up Seattle in a day but - if it's a first timer and truly 1 day - Breakfast should start at a good coffeeshop, probably one of the ones we own . I'd vote for sure to go to Pike Place Market and have a stroll thru. There is a TON of food there, so grazing for lunch there is perfect. Then I'd say walk on 1st down to Pioneer Square and take a ferry ride to Bainbridge Island - now, depending on the person next would be one of two things. For nature lovers/small town vibe, I'd say stay over there, wander the quaint little town of Bainbridge, and drive a bit toward the peninsula - maybe even to Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park. If you're more of a foodie/city person, I'd say take the ferry back, have a breather/nap, and then dinner at one of a zillion cool Seattle restaurants - which I can suggest based on budget (super cheap? Paseo pulled pork sandwich, and good news - we are 3 blocks away and you can bring us some too, and we'll kick it in our back yard); to tons of locally sourced 'farm to table' joints; to super fancy 'events' like Canlis, Herbfarm, etc. And, if ya wanted, I'd join you for a bit of it too! I love being a Seattle tour guide

Thinking of you all!

BeckyP005 · November 2013

Km672 said:

Lots of ladies gearing up to cycle! FX for all of us!
Update: I got the green light for Nov 19th transfer. I've been having really down days emotionally with fleeting moments of hope. It's really weird. This transfer may be our last shot at pregnancy before moving onto DIA so I think the reality is starting to hit me hard! Beta is Dec 2 so we actually put up Christmas decorations last night to try to relish in the Holiday season a little early in the event we do get bad news after this cycle. If the cycle works, we just get an extra long Christmas season. So why not?!
My husband and I kinda feel the way you guys do... He keeps asking when we can get our tree! I'm afraid I won't feel like doing anything for Christmas if this cycle doesn't work out.. I'm trying to get all of our shopping/wrapping done before we find out, just in case I don't feel up for it after we find out. Enjoy as much of the holiday season as possible!!!

I asked sizes for my nieces and nephew to get this out of the way before my transfer. If this doesn't work I'm sure I won't feel like shopping for a 5 month old. We have Christmas at our house...I'm not even going there. HUGS to you both and FX that you will have an awesome holiday

ceemonkey · November 2013

Wow, there is a lot going on! GL to everyone and (((hugs))) to those that need them.

Update: nothing much really. At the end of this month I will have repeat bloodwork done to determine whether or not I have a blood-clotting disorder called Lupus Anticoagulant. The 2nd test should be done 12 weeks after the first positive one which was done at the end of August so it's a long wait! Then, depending on those results, I will look into cycling again. We had a 3 cycle package with a guarantee, and since those first 3 didn't work, the clinic offered me the option of another 3 cycles or our money back. This was great to hear because they had a price increase since we first signed up. But we haven't decided what we're going to do. It depends on the results of the blood work I guess. We haven't really talked about other options outside of this so who knows.

QOTW: My city is known for its barbecue. So we would definitely have to hit up one of its famous joints. I'd also take you to one of our great Art museums, visit our historic Jazz district, and then end the day in an area of town modeled after older Spanish architecture, that has shopping, restaurants, and street performers.

orangemell2012 · November 2013

IUI #3 was a bust

We do have a follow-up next Monday to see any other options. Hopefully he has a few ideas.

A day in Minneapolis:

Stops at a few of our local breweries

A visit to the Walker Art Museum to see the Cherry and Spoon

Shopping along Nicollet Mall and the Mall of America

Restaurants like Borough, Pizzeria Lola and Marvel Bar

melkel559 · November 2013

orangemell2012 said:
IUI #3 was a bust We do have a follow-up next Monday to see any other options. Hopefully he has a few ideas.

A day in Minneapolis:
Stops at a few of our local breweries
A visit to the Walker Art Museum to see the Cherry and Spoon
Shopping along Nicollet Mall and the Mall of America
Restaurants like Borough, Pizzeria Lola and Marvel Bar

I'm so so sorry...I was really hoping this one was it for you. I hope your Dr has some options for you moving forward. Hugs!!

BeckyP005 · November 2013

orangemell2012 said:

IUI #3 was a bust We do have a follow-up next Monday to see any other options. Hopefully he has a few ideas.

A day in Minneapolis:
Stops at a few of our local breweries
A visit to the Walker Art Museum to see the Cherry and Spoon
Shopping along Nicollet Mall and the Mall of America
Restaurants like Borough, Pizzeria Lola and Marvel Bar

Dang...I'm so sorry:( HUGS...

BeckyP005 · November 2013

jalara48 said:

So many awesome developments going on this week! I'll have to go through them one by one a bit later to support each of you!

So far things are good on our end, we're getting ready to go to India and level on the 29th - I'm very excited. Aside from the surrogacy aspect, I've never been abroad and I can't wait! And it's a good time of year to go since the weather is comparable to our summer weather.

QOTW - I would plan to take them to the Keith's Brewery tour, the Harbour Hopper (a downtown tour on a vehicle that goes on land and in the water) and finish it off with a kitchen party! It would be great fun

How exciting!! What does level mean?

stinkerbell6879 · November 2013

:::Waves::: Hello everyone. Hugs to those who need them and FX for all this good news this week!!! and Especially Becky!! So excited for ya!

Well, I am in limbo until tomorrow. I am not holding out any extra hope but when I POAS this last time it was still positive and I use those clear blue with weeks and it went from the 1-2 to the 2-3 weeks and I know it doesn't mean anything. I am just hoping for a clear answer tomorrow so I can figure out what is next.

Humm...Well I live in a boring town in Central CA, so I would say drive down towards Los Angeles to go shopping and/or the many amusement parks here in CA. Depends on what they are up for! :-)

singingirl96 · November 2013

Just had a successful FET for my second baby.

Sunni01 · November 2013

How is it going? Well I am sorta benched. I benched myself this cycle. Felt that last cycle was off, and I did not give my body time to recuperate after m/c.

What are your next steps? My next steps are to give time for myself/ time to heal.

How are you feeling? Today, I am feeling good. Hopeful about upcoming cycle in Dec.

QOTW: If you could plan a day in your city, including meals for a bumpie friend, what would the itinerary be? A day in So Cal. Wake up early for breakfast. Head to one of the many attractions here-eat at where ever we are close to. Go shopping. Have dinner at one of my spots- love introducing people to vegan food. Everyone ends up liking it because it's something that they would have never of guessed it would taste good.

KateBee · November 2013

Hi everyone! I haven't been actively posting in a while, but I've been trying to read everyone's posts.

Check-In:

How is it going? What are your next steps? How are you feeling?
We'll be 13 weeks tomorrow! It seems so crazy since I haven't seen an ultrasound since 9 weeks, and the baby looked like a Bob's Big Boy. All of our appointments have gone well, and our GS sent us her first "bump" photo last night. We also had MaterniT21 testing done and just got results back that there are no chromosomal abnormalities and that we're having a boy! EDD is May 24, 2014.

I'm praying hard for all of you, and hope that you all get your good news soon. It's taken us a long time to get to this point, and we're still feeling cautious.

I also started blogging about our surrogacy journey on HelloBee if anyone is interested in reading how we got to surrogacy!

lmielocl1 · November 2013

Hello! I am a little behind in posting! Wishing everyone the best! I had my first de/ds embryo transfer this morning. We transferred 2 embryos so I am hoping & praying!! My city: the downtown is full of great restaurants. I would suggest coming to Greenville, SC in spring so you could walk around downtown, eat & enjoy the park. There is a minor league baseball team that would be fun to see if playing in town. There is a theatre to possibly see a show too. And the zoo is very nice. Small but fun. And a park that goes from the zoo to the downtown area. Lots of things to do outside!

sarahjeri · November 2013

@jms1374 Where do you live? I'm in Columbus too

Check in: July we are planning for an FET, which we've not done before. Trying to learn all I can about FETs!

QOTW: I live in Columbus, Ohio which being a fairly big city has a ton to do and see. Some of my favorites are Lunch at Jason's Deli in Dublin. There is a FANTASTIC salad bar, with delicious mini corn bread muffins, and free ice-cream. If it were fall or spring or summer I would take my friend to one of the many metro parks in Columbus, my favorites are Darby Creek and Inniswoods. Later, I would invite them to my house for a homecooked meal and a night of friends & family and board games.

jms1374 · November 2013

@sarahjeri I live in London, Oh but I work in Columbus so I spend (well, before bed rest) most of my day there anyway. Whenever we want to escape that is usually where we go.

Are you doing your FET through Ohio Reproductive or the one in Westerville? We went through Ohio Reproductive--love them.

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