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Bean, bean, who has the bean?

LuckyJuJuLuckyJuJu member
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So over the last year or two that I have been stalking forums about TTC.... (Only 20 cycles give or take 5)

I have seen lots of cool little names and references to embryos.... Like snow babies, or sticky vibes... Right?

Well I have also heard sticky bean and little bean. So the other night I am laying with my husband in a progesterone induced fatigue when I say I hope we have sticky beans.

At which point he gave me the Vulcan stare, his eyebrows could not get any more arched... And thought I had lost my mind. I tried to tell him it was just a nickname and he proceeded to inquire why nicknames were needed and why a bean was a good nickname.

So, ladies.... Vocabulary terms for embies and where it came from or why? And no... The facial features in the butt flap of mr potAto don't count. :)
M:36/DH:43
DD#1:16/DD#2:13
TTC: since 08/2012
IUI: met with clinic 01/13 - due to SA results - straight to IVF
IVF Cycle 1: Long Lupron Protocol with fresh transfer and ICSI
Baseline U/S 11/27/2013 - Lining 3mm and good to go go stim action!

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Re: Bean, bean, who has the bean?

  • NYGirl02NYGirl02 member
    I've heard gummy bear also. I always though gummy bear and bean were because that's what the embryo looks like on very early ultrasounds?
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  • freakyfastfreakyfast member
    NYGirl02 said:
    I've heard gummy bear also. I always though gummy bear and bean were because that's what the embryo looks like on very early ultrasounds?
    This is what I thought too. 



      


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  • lucky7wifelucky7wife member
    My hubby calls our current embryo Ethel.  There's no reasoning for it, just a fun name to use.  We called our DD "olive" because that is what size she was the fist time we saw her. 
    Trying for #2 with IVF after damage done in a D&C left me with one functioning (but too scarred) ovary and tube to get pregnant safely without assistance. It's a really, really long story, but that is the gist of it.  We have one daughter (whose c-section birth started this roller coaster) born in 2012 after a miscarriage in 2011. 
    Failed 1st attempt at IVF (Fresh ET day 3, 1 frozen embryo saved) in December 2013.  
    Failed 2nd attempt at IVF (Fresh ET day 5, 2 frozen embryos saved) in February 2014.
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  • SpooksterSpookster member
    I called DD, Little Baby, not much creativity there. 
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    EDD- 06/13/2017
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  • lcloffredolcloffredo member
    NYGirl02 said:
    I've heard gummy bear also. I always though gummy bear and bean were because that's what the embryo looks like on very early ultrasounds?
    My first ultrasound DD looked like a grain of rice! 
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  • cerad5cerad5 member
    freakyfast said:
    NYGirl02 said:
    I've heard gummy bear also. I always though gummy bear and bean were because that's what the embryo looks like on very early ultrasounds?
    This is what I thought too. 
    Me three. Very early scans it looks like a little bean, and late 1st tri scans it looks like a little gummy bear.
    DD 12/1/2009
    TTC#2 Since May 2012
    Dx PCOS February 2013 on Metformin 1500 mg
    Met with RE October 2013, we've got a plan!
    Surprise BFP on "break cycle" 10/12/13. EDD 6/17/14.
    MMC discovered 11/25/13 at 10 weeks. D&C 11/27/13.
    BFP 2/8/14 Beta#1: 176, Prog 18! Beta#2:335, Prog, 19.5!
    EDD 10/16/2014

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