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GTKY (if you chose)
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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
I'm so impressed by you!
Me: 32 H: 31
IVF #1 October 2013 Antagonistic Protocol with ICSI ER 10/31/13 (18R 16M 11F- 6 blasts to freeze)
ET delayed due to OHSS
FET scheduled for July 8. Delayed due to a crazy high TSH (it had been under control for YEARS!)
FET #1 8/5/14 sET BFN
I'm a Middle School English (special education) teacher.
Me: 32 H: 31
IVF #1 October 2013 Antagonistic Protocol with ICSI ER 10/31/13 (18R 16M 11F- 6 blasts to freeze)
ET delayed due to OHSS
FET scheduled for July 8. Delayed due to a crazy high TSH (it had been under control for YEARS!)
FET #1 8/5/14 sET BFN
All welcome
Me (35), DH (32) married in May 2013
Dx PCOS 2006 DX hypothyroid 2013
11/2013-Hysteroscopy to remove mystery scar tissue
11/2013 IUI #1 using Femara and Repronex- switched to IVF for too many follies and then cancelled due to lack of growth after more than three weeks of playing with the meds
1/2/14 New doc, new office: Add Metformin 1500mg, Synthroid increased to 75mcg, bunch of OTC supplements
1/28/14 ER # 1 and 2 (yes, that's two ERs in one cycle...long story) 14R, 14M, 12F, 5 made it to blast for CCS biopsy
2/25/14 CCS results in: three healthy frosties!!
4/10/14 FET cancelled due to mucus and lining. Different med protocol for FET 1.2
5/2/14 Transfer of one CCS'd and completely hatched 6 day blast
5/11/14 BFP!!! First Beta 99 5/13/14 Second Beta 170
1) Where do you live? Colorado
2) What clinic are you at? Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM)
3) What is your favorite ice cream? Milkshakes or scoops? I'm wussing out - I like Peppermint during winter and cherry vanilla the rest of the time (or cookies & cream or mint cookies and cream or sweet cream from Cold Stone)
4) What is the one thing that attracts you to your SO? His patience.
5) Do you have a weird talent? I can sleep though movies. (Not a talent I guess, I'm just tired
6) If you were immortal for a day, what would you do?
7) Nickelodeon or Disney? Disney
8) What was your best/favorite subject in high school? Science - loved biology & biology 2
9) What chore do you hate doing most? I hate trying to figure out what we're going to have. (Does that count as a chore?) I don't mind shopping for it, cooking it or cleaning up after it (although, in our house the person that doesn't cook the meal cleans up afterward - it works out great!) - but trying to plan the meals is a major pain!
10) Are you a morning person or a night person? I am more of a morning person - (DH & I went to bed at 10:30 on New Year's Eve).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Siggy Warning~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IVF #1- BFN
IVF #2- BFP!!! Beautiful baby girl became an angel on 2/6/13 at 17.5 weeks due to PPROM/IC
**PAIF/SAIF welcome**
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
***Losses mentioned.*** TTC #1 since May 2012. Me: 37, OH: 41. Ectopic August 2012 => tubal damage.
1) Where do you live? Central Iowa
2) What clinic are you at? Mid-Iowa Fertility
3) What is your favorite ice cream? Georgia Peach Gelato from a local company (Chocolaterie Stam) - Milkshakes or scoops? Scoops!
4) What is the one thing that attracts you to your SO? He has an amazing sense of humor and always manages to stay positive throughout all this craziness. He's British, so not everyone gets that humor, but I love it
5) Do you have a weird talent? Not really
6) If you were immortal for a day, what would you do? Always wanted to try skydiving
7) Nickelodeon or Disney? Disney
8) What was your best/favorite subject in high school? Physics - I'm a total nerd!
9) What chore do you hate doing most? Anything to do with bathrooms
10) Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning
IVF #2 May 2014, BFN
FET #1 Aug 2014, BFN
Moving on to donor...
IUI #1-#5 Nov 2014 - June 2015, all BFN
IUI #6 July 23 (last attempt) - BFP!!!
8/4 beta #1: 86, 8/6 beta #2: 260, EDD: 4/16/16
1) Where do you live? The South - Any other Southerners???
3) What is your favorite ice cream? Gelato!
4) What is the one thing that attracts you to your SO? He is so kind- to me, to kids, to his family, to animals
5) Do you have a weird talent? Nope!
7) Nickelodeon or Disney? Can't stand either
8) What was your best/favorite subject in high school? English!!!
9) What chore do you hate doing most? Sweeping / Dusting / Vacuuming. I will gladly clean bathrooms over any of those!
10) Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning person by far
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
This is a good idea!
1) Where do you live? Texas
2) What clinic are you at? Fertility Center of <insert name of my city here> I had to recently change clinics & am still sad about it but our new clinic has MUCH better success rates for IVF than the old clinic.
3) What is your favorite ice cream? Milkshakes or scoops? Cookies & Cream scoops!!
4) What is the one thing that attracts you to your SO? His sense of humor & the fact that he always knows what I'm going to say before I even open my mouth.
5) Do you have a weird talent? No, unfortunately not!
6) If you were immortal for a day, what would you do? Probably something like sky diving or mountain climbing.
7) Nickelodeon or Disney? Disney
8) What was your best/favorite subject in high school? Science
9) What chore do you hate doing most? Mopping. Can't stand it! And my house happens to be ceramic tile throughout so there is a lot of mopping involved in my life!
10) Are you a morning person or a night person? I guess morning as I have to get to work pretty early on most days because I have meetings with International clients who are on a different time zone.
Me (36) - LOR, DH (34) - MFI (low count & poor motility)
TTC since 01/2012
11/2012-04/2013 Unmonitored Clomid cycles through OB/GYN; Referred to RE
05/2013-Benched due to cyst
06/2013 - Clomid 50 mg + HCG Trigger + TI = BFN
07/2013 - Clomid 50 mg + HCG Trigger + IUI #1 = BFN
08/2013 - Clomid 50 mg + HCG Trigger + IUI #2 = BFN
09/2013 - Benched for lap & hysteroscopy (Stage II Endo Removed)
10/2013 - Menopur + HCG Trigger + IUI #3 = BFN
11/2013 - Menopur + HCG Trigger + IUI #4 = BFN
12/2013 - Clomid + HCG Trigger + IUI #5 = BFN
2/2014 - IVF #1 - Microdose Lupron Flare Protocol - 5R/4M/4F w/ICSI; 2 embies transferred on day 3 (none to freeze)
2/27/14 - First BFP Ever!!! EDD 11/3/14