Good morning! How is everyone doing this week? Please update us on your TTC journey and where you are in the process.
QOTD: Where do you stand on finding out the sex of your baby(ies) during pregnancy? Any particular reason you have made the choice one way or the other?
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Re: TTC Check-In
I am just patiently (or not so patiently...) waiting for CD 1 to finally arrive. It should be any day now as today is CD 29. In the waiting time, we are just trying to enjoy life and continue to do the things we may not be able to do much longer (hopefully!).
QOTD: We both agreed that we do not want to find out the sex during pregnancy. We both want to be surprised. If we end up pregnant with twins, I'm not sure if that will change our minds. I have read and heard that with using frozen sperm with IUI the chance of a boy is about 90%, so honestly, we just assume that we will end up with a boy. C really wants a boy for our first. I would like one of each if possible and so would she.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
QOTD: I think we will find out the sex of the baby, although as of late we've discussed not. We'd like to know so we can call the baby by name and plan. Plus we are very impatient....as mentioned above.
QOTW: H and I have talked about this alot so far and I think we've landed in a place where we don't want to focus on the sex of a baby as THE most important thing... In that we aren't going to make a big deal out of knowing, but we also don't want to actively avoid it. For us this means not looking away during an anatomy scan, but also letting our care providers know that it's not something we are actively seeking - or want ceremoniously mentioned to us....
queer couple - 32 (me) & 33 (my love) years old - donor sperm,
Our IF/TTC journey since Nov 2012.
Me: dx of DOR in Nov. 2012. Low AMH, AFC - 6, Normal FSH, SS-A (RO) Antibodies (Autoimmune issues), tubes clear, Sono (November 2013) NORMAL! <p>
7 IUI's - December 2012-September 2013. Medicated, Injected, Triggered.... all BFN.
My Love: (the amazing @Healz413)
Normal AMH & FSH, AFC ~27, blocked tube dx'd via HSG in 2012. Hydrosalpinx & ovarian cyst dx'd in May 2013.
dx of Stage IV Endo & bilateral salpinectomy in June 2013.
Partner IVF#1a- December 2013 - H's eggs, my Ute - CANCELLED due to low response
Partner IVF #1b - February 2014 - H's eggs, my Ute - ER February 4 (10 retrieved, 3 fertilized), Transfer Feb 7 of one Grade 1 and one Grade 2 day 3 embryos. 1 - Day 3, Grade 1 frosty saved. BFP - 6dp3dt via FRER, Beta #1 - 110, Beta #2 175, Beta #3 - 348, Beta #4 - 2222!, Beta #5 - 4255. Ultrasound (6w1d) - 2 heartbearts!
We lost our beautiful Twin baby girls on June 18, 2014. Tavin Sara and Casey Elizabeth were born at 21 weeks gestation and were absolutely beautiful, precious, amazing babies. We miss our daughters every day and love them with all our hearts.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
We are both finally on the mend after being sick and thankful for that. I have lost a little weight and am continuingto eat less sugar and less carbs. Frankly, like everyone else, we are doing everything we can to be successful.
Qotw: we have talked about this and are both pretty sure we will not find out the sex. If we do, it will only be between us and not shared with anyone in our families.
Thinking of you all!
Today is 10dpiui. I think the wife hid the HPTs somewhere b/c they are not in the closet where we had them...sneaky woman (too funny that I have some stashed at work, I go back tomorrow). I really really hope this works out this time b/c I am just not sure how I will handle another BFN. I think I did well on the last two, but just know that this one will be too hard.
QOTD: Where do you stand on finding out the sex of your baby(ies) during pregnancy? Any particular reason you have made the choice one way or the other?
Funny this is the QOTD...M and I are at total disagreement here. IF it is ever to happen for us, I want to know ASAP and she really wants to wait! I'm not sure which way we will end up.
Married to M and proud mothers to Olivia and Elise (8/19/2014) and to our fur-babies: Capone (pitbull), Jax and Atticus (cats)
Welcome @kboydbowman. I am sorry to hear about your loss!
I hope everything continues to move forward for you and that this next one will be THE ONE for you
Married to M and proud mothers to Olivia and Elise (8/19/2014) and to our fur-babies: Capone (pitbull), Jax and Atticus (cats)
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.
Our IUIs
with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.
Our IVFs:
IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response
IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
1st ultrasound (3/6 6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm.
***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***
FET #1 December 2014
Right now I am just looking forward to seeing the GC on Thursday. I have been doing a lot of research on the IVF w/PGD and truly hope this is an option for us. My SO is getting ready for the potential of being pregnant. She has stopped taking the BC, she was using to help with acne. And also limiting her caffeine intake. This has been such an adjustment for me thinking it is truly a possibility to be the non pregnant mother. My SO hadn't really thought she would ever carry, I always thought maybe after our first child and being apart of the first pregnancy she may change her mind. But my emotions have settled and I am now more happy and less stressed now that we have the answers to what the problem was.
QOTD: Where do you stand on finding out the sex of your baby(ies) during pregnancy? Any particular reason you have made the choice one way or the other? My SO and I are on the same page with this I just couldn't imagine not knowing. After my cousin had her son and she didn't know the sex, she was telling me a little bit of the difficulty she had when trying to buy some stuff so she did a lot of shopping after the baby was born (mainly related to clothes)
Married in September 2010, started TTC journey November 2012
Me-
7 IUI- 2 CP- 2 BFN
RPL blood work 12/27, showed a balance translocation in chromosome 11;22
Spouse-
PCOS 4 IUI-4 BFN
New Plan: Reciprocal IVF, me as carrier wife's eggs. Just went through insurance and received partial approval, so my part will go through my IVF benefits and wife's part will be out of pocket. Now just finalizing finance plans to cover the oop costs. Doctors office is in process of moving to a new building so there are no IVF start ups until March/April 2015.
(M just pointed out that if this IVF cycle were to result in a pregnancy and full-term birth, the "sooner we started the closer we'd be to falling into a libra territory not a scorpio territory")
QOTD: As @Manada mentioned, we don't plan to find out the projected sex assigned at birth of our future child(ren). Our goal is to do as much gender open parenting as we can, which means we would not be making decisions about purchases for our child or how to raise them based on their sex assigned at birth so we wouldn't need to know ahead of time. That said, I agree with her that we don't want to make a huge deal about not finding out, because frankly our whole goal is not to make the assigned sex at birth most important thing about our child.
ETA: I've decided I want to go tomorrow. I'm nervous that something will be wrong (not suppressed enough, cysts, etc.) and I'd rather know sooner rather than later. And if I'm wrong and nothing is wrong, then we can know that!
We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.
Our IUIs
with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.
Our IVFs:
IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response
IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
1st ultrasound (3/6 6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm.
***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***
FET #1 December 2014
Morning, folks! I have my HSG tomorrow. If you don't mind, I'd really appreciate good vibes/thoughts from everyone. I'm pretty nervous about it because I've heard so many awful things, and while I realize not everyone has a terrible experience I am a little on edge.
My first IUI was rough - it was done around the same CD as I will be tomorrow (i.e. waaaaaay too soon for an IUI) and my cervix was bunched up deep inside me and they had to pull it in place with a tenaculum. While I can say that didn't necessarily hurt, it was pretty awkward and made me wince. The IUI itself kinda hurt, too, because my body just wasn't ready for it.
So maybe my first IUI experience will give me some advanced warning of how this is going to feel? I dunno... anyway, I'm worried about it and I'm not happy I have to do it but if this is going to get me closer to having my baby, then I will suck it up and get 'er done.
Anyway... assuming the tubes and ute look good, they're gonna get me in for an u/s on Sunday morning and then I'll do my IUI sometime next week.
I'll be in the Bahamas on the tail end of my TWW *fluffs hair* so I'll be happy as a pig in shit either way it turns out because... BAHAMAS!!!!
@GoaliesWife123 - What's your mg dosage for Clomid? Are you taking 50 mg or are you taking more? I was started at 150 mg because of my weight (doctor said heavier girls benefit from larger doses) and I've been responding well to it. Sometimes doctors need to increase your Clomid dosage gradually so maybe next time they'll put you at 100 mg to see if that helps.
And sometimes your follies just take a while to grow. Did she tell you how big they were now? Are they bigger than your last scan at least?
?! Really? They didn't give you sizes or anything? Did you talk to the nurse or RE after the u/s? My RE's office does the follie scan, the technician provides a little commentary like "One is 17 mm, one is 14 mm, and one is 18 mm" and she shows me. Then she sends me to a separate room to talk to the nurse and the nurse gives me HCG and tells me when to take it and schedule my next IUI... If my follies aren't ready, they ask me to come back and check to see how they're growing later.
Weird! Well, I hope Friday's u/s is more reassuring. If not, you may want to look around for a new doctor. For how much money we're paying, we deserve answers and information!
Sure thing! Sorry you're going through that what a mess. I had an u/s tech in my hometown who wasn't gentle at all (she couldn't have been older than 18) and she didn't say a word. I asked her what she saw and she said "You'll have to talk to her about that." I was supposed to get the results in a couple weeks. But this was just to find out if I had PCOS so I wasn't terribly concerned.
But for an RE, they should be communicating with you constantly. With timing being so critical it's important to acquire as much information as possible.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Recovery time from the procedure (which is done with IV sedation) is 4-6 weeks. Then assuming that all of the precancerous cells were removed during the procedure, we would be able to start trying again.
There's a chance that more procedures will need to be done if for some reason they are unable to get all of the cells. That's what makes our break "indefinite". There's no guarantee about how this will all play out.
Anyway, I'd appreciate any thoughts and prayers anyone can manage on Friday (my procedure is scheduled for this Friday at 11a). Hope everyone is having a good week.
IUI #1 - November 2013 - BFN
ICI #1 (home) - May 2014 - BFP!! Beta #1 - 5/30 - 164; Beta #2 - 6/6 - 4794!!!
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Married since 6/14/13
EDD 7/1/14 ...MMC 11/22/13...D&C 11/25/13
2nd IUI (clomid+ovidrel) 1/15/14...BFN
7th & 8th IUI (follistim & ovidrel) 6/24 & 6/25....BFN
We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.
Our IUIs
with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.
Our IVFs:
IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response
IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
1st ultrasound (3/6 6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm.
***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***
FET #1 December 2014