Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********
Re: Ten Things Tuesday!
1. Well, I mentioned yesterday that I was in an emotional funk and feeling grumpy and sad for no reason. I went home last night and told my wife I just needed a little down time before making dinner. I changed into sweats and then got in bed for about 45 minutes and just cried. I didn't know why. Reese (our dog) climbed up and sat on my chest and licked my tears away, and that made me feel better. My wife was so worried about me -- I pretty much never just cry with out reason. I didn't want to talk, I didn't have anything to say. I just cried. After about 45 minutes, i decided I was done, and I got up and went and made dinner.
2. So, funny story -- I woke up this morning completely unable to hear out of my left ear. It is totally and completely clogged. My head feels like it is the size of a beach ball and my ear hurts. I was totally fine (physically) when I went to bed last night. I think I might have a sinus infection or an ear infection or something. I am miserable. I need to see if I can get in to see a doctor today. If not, I just might have to go to urgent care. Ugh!
3. Maybe #2 is why #1 happened. Or maybe I am just a hormonal, crazy pregnant lady.
4. I am wearing a new maternity top today, and I feel like I am wearing a tent.
5. We are supposed to be getting more snow and ice overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, and then a "major storm" on Saturday night into Sunday. They haven't started throwing around snow totals yet for this "major storm," but at this point I feel that anything will be too much. I am officially over this winter. Thanks.
6. I am going to go ahead and just apologize now for the negative tone of this entire post. I know that I really need a swift kick in the rear because I have no right to be so grouchy and negative, but alas... if I didn't feel like my head was submerged under water it might be better...
7. I am really excited for @healz413 & @Manada today! Can't wait to hear how many eggs they get. Keeping everything crossed for them!!!
8. I really just want to go home and stop at an urgent care on my way and then go sleep the day away. Alas I have 2 compelling reasons why I cannot -- #1 I have an important meeting at 4pm (of all times!) today, and #2 I am trying to save all of my PTO including sick time for my maternity leave, so I really can't afford to burn through any days now.
9. So, my wife and I have decided that she is going to design/decorate the nursery and I am not going to see it until it is done. My wife has two reasons for wanting to do this: #1 she would like it to be a surprise for me -- she sees it as sort of a present; #2 I have given baby her first home before birth, and my wife would like to give baby her first home after she is born. Therefore, the nursery will be her project, and I will have little input and I won't see it until it is done. I am excited. I told my mother about this and she thinks it is weird that I am relinquishing all control over the nursery and she keeps asking me about colors and themes. I am annoyed. She doesn't get it.
10. Alright, I am going to call a doctor and see if I can be seen today... fingers crossed....
Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********2. I feel disappointed with 10 eggs because it looked it was going to be 15. At the same time I feel lucky to har 10 because I know there are a lot of folks who would do anything for that many eggs
3. 10 will be plenty if we have low attrition.
4. I'm hungry but not nearly as hungry as Id be if the retrieval were later in the day so I'm grateful for that.
5 I imagine the next 5 days are going are going to feel line the longest days ever. Am I right, those of you've who've been there?
6. We are having wings later today. They will be delicious and help ward off OHSS
7. You all are so wonderful and I feel like it is really special that M and I get to share these things with you.
8. I slept horribly last night because of how uncomfortable I was when lying on my preferred right side. I'm looking forward to some conscious sedation aided naps today.
9. As much as I feel bummed by fewer than predicted eggs, I'm glad that none of the things I thought were possible (ovulating before retrieval, empty follicles, etc) didn't happen!
10. Let the waiting begin!
ETA: please for give the typos and grammatical mistakes. I blame conscious sedation.
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
Baby Oliver born 11/27/13
TTC stats with donor sperm...
IUI #1 with trigger, 1/4/13 - BFN
IUI #2 with trigger, 2/1/13 BFN
IUI #3 with tigger, 2/28/12 BFP EDD 11/21/13
@healz413 - Yes, the next 5 days are going to feel like the longest days ever. Sorry. I'm also sorry you didn't get the 15 eggs you were hoping for but 10 can do just great. Hoping they are all mature and fertilize and make it to blasts!
1. I am finally getting somewhere on my pregnancy to-do list and it is such a relief. My wife and I discussed pediatricians and childbirth classes last night and are going to take care of both soon. We have a daycare visit tomorrow night (if the weather isn't too bad). And we are going to do most of our registry in 2 weeks, which is good bc my sister was already asking about that.
2. A big box of maternity clothes I ordered from the Gap came yesterday. I tried on the jeans and they are SO comfortable, it is going to be hard to switch back to real pants after pregnancy.
3. I've put off prenatal yoga while sick but I am feeling great this week and I am vowing to start on Sunday! Hope I like the class. I also need to get back to the gym. And I bought a cheap prenatal pilates DVD that had good reviews -- I needed one more thing to get free shipping from Target -- so I am going to try that out as well.
4. I have an overwhelming craving for Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal today, something I don't eat (or even like that much) in normal life. But the store on the first floor of my building sells individual cups of it, so I think I will get some for an afternoon snack. I could do worse!
5. Anatomy scan tomorrow. Gulp.
6. I'm actually have a productive week at work so far. It feels good -- I got behind while I was sick.
7. I'm glad to see @2brides made a reappearance on the board! I hope she sticks around, even if only for the Parenting Check In. We don't have too many people with older kids and it's nice to get that perspective.
8. I MUST change my commute.
9. Two sick wives for 3-4 weeks = a very messy house. We have some work to do.
10. Not looking forward to the 6-10" of snow they are predicting tomorrow...the worst of which is supposed to fall during the workday. I'd love a snow day but I doubt it'll happen (and working at home is not an option for me). A cozy day with my wife and kitty sounds lovely!
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
1. This day is flying by thankfully. I have meetings form 9-9:30, 10-12:30, and 1-4, so it'll be time to take off for the day before I know it!
2. We're supposed to get a bunch of snow tomorrow (5"-11"). FX for a late start or office closure. I'll just end up working from home anyway, but it's always nice to not have to put on a suit.
3. I love snow! It snowed a couple inches yesterday evening, and my walk to work was so much prettier today. Snow covered the grass and clung to all the trees and fixtures. I hope it sticks around.
4. Since I didn't get pregnant this cycle, I have 20 days of FTO that I had saved for maternity leave that I'll have to use this year (cause I can only roll over 20 days total). It's been a nice consolation to think about how we'll use that extra time. We're thinking a week long trip to Puerto Rico to practice our Spanish and get tan before my sister-in-law's wedding and a week long trip to CA to visit family and Yosemite. And I still have two more weeks to spend after that!
5. I'm also looking forward to getting to drink when my mom and her husband come to visit us soon (at least during the first part of their visit). They're big wine drinkers, so it'll be nice to get to have a glass too.
6. I had a big presentation yesterday to my boss's boss's boss's boss, and it really well (my boss's boss just came by to tell me so), so I'm feeling pretty good today.
7. I wish it weren't one of those months where I have cramps for an entire week before AF shows up, but if FF is right and she comes on Friday, it will have been 5 solid days of cramping. Ugh.
8. I am having a hard time coming up with 10 things.
9. I hope this 1 o'clock meeting isn't too boring.
10. Time to go!
Me: 28 DW: 28
Together since 5/30/02. Married since 8/31/08
IUI#1 - 12/13/13 = BFN
IUI#2 - 1/22/14 = BFN
IUI#3 - 2/21/14 = BFN
IUI#4 - 3/23/14
2. I'm feeling MUCH better these days which is awesome! Still a little smell sensitive and meat-averse, but these are small problems. The nausea is fewer and far between, and not quite so intense.
3. I'm 12w tomorrow. Holy cow. I guess being in denial really helps to pass the time!
4. FX for @healz413 and @manada's 10 eggs! And @ball.and.chain, I think your a/s tomorrow is going to be fantastic! Think how big Mr. Baby will be! Looking forward to some awesome u/s pix. Pretty please.
5. My co-worker I met with this morning was complaining because "it is just so hot here..." Poor thing.
6. @trisholio, I'm a big fan of the doppler! I don't think baby likes it much and does tend to swim-by and not stay, but I tell her it's that, or being bathed in stress hormones all day! We try to limit it and even if we find it for just a few seconds, we shut it off. I'm not proud, but it's keeping me sane.
7. I'm apparently craving potassium: Raisin bran with bananas, Tom Kha soup (coconut milk base), etc. and also eating loads of citrus. Could be worse!
8. I love the maternity clothes I dug up! @ball.and.chain, agreed - how will I ever wear restrictive clothing again? Oh wait, today I have on regular jeans and lots of red lines on my belly. Whoops.
9. I'm still not cooking at home but hoping 2nd tri allows us to get back to normal eating. Poor J has eaten 100 garden burgers since my m/s kicked in.
10. I'm so glad I have you all! It makes me sad when there are struggles, but I'm glad we're all here to support each other!
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
GoaliesWife123, I think we could be great friends IRL! Joann's is a very dangerous store for me too! I'd love your cleaning recipes if you'd like to share.
3. I'm really excited because I have a new friend! I know it sounds silly, but a lot of my friends moved away after college and I lost a couple when I came out about two years ago. So I'm really excited to meet new people that want to be friends. I'm getting together with my new friend, who strangely enough has the same first name as me, this weekend for a craft day!
4. N's birthday is coming up next week. She will be 1 on the 12th. Where did my baby go? It seems like yesterday I was pregnant!
5. I'm working on planning and organizing N's birthday for next weekend and I have quite a bit left to do so I better get going on that this weekend!
6. N's birthday party will be at a local hotel (a swimming party) and I'm pretty nervous about it. We are having a big combined party with all three families (R, B, and myself). R, B, and myself all have mom's that are oversensitive and can be abrasive. I'm really hoping that everyone just has a good time and is nice to everyone else. I don't want a big huge fight during the party. It's really important to R,B, and me that we can have joint parties like this.
7. For one of B's Valentine's Day gifts I'm going to write her "open when.." letters. I can't wait! I think she will absolutely love them.
8. I just made my best friends' bridal shower invites so I have to get them printed, addressed and sent out.
9.At work I feel like I can't get anything done. I keep taking one step forward and then two steps backwards.
10. My sister got a present from her husband on their daughter's first birthday and I remember thinking it was really sweet. I was thinking that I would get B some flowers from N and send them to her work.
11. (just an extra) Target has 20% off their carseats with the cartwheel app. So we went last night and N's next carseat and got a great deal on it! I've been researching her next carseat for what feels like forever! I'm really happy that we finally pulled the trigger and N loves it. And I love not hauling around that infant carseat ! Win-win!
Married to M and proud mothers to Olivia and Elise (8/19/2014) and to our fur-babies: Capone (pitbull), Jax and Atticus (cats)
Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********1. We may have no internet because I received a notice that we hit 100% of our data allowance. We never go over unless my SIL is with us. We have 10 GB per month and still have 12 days before our billing period is up. We can purchase 1 GB for $10 but we are choosing not to at this point.
2. CD 44...waiting, waiting, waiting.
3. I got bit by a dog yesterday at a home visit. Not a horrible bite, but broke skin and neither dog who came after me has had their rabies shots. I seriously doubt they have rabies though.
4. I got a new car on Saturday! We went thinking we were going to get another Kia Sportage and got a Sorento instead. The price was right so we went for it. We both love it. Now we just need kids to fill it.
5. I officially requested my time off for our trip to Florida. It will use up the rest of my vacation time, which makes me nervous about one paid week less for a potential maternity leave. I figure though that we always make it work and why not go? We are young and sometimes I need to relax a little and just do things.
6. I got screamed at by a client today...the same one who's dog bit me yesterday. All I was doing was trying to help her over the phone. Oh well. She isn't the first and certainly won't be the last!
7. I have been a little touchy and exhausted the past few days. Yesterday I was just feeling blah. I want to crawl into a hole and hibernate for a bit.
8. A guy I went to HS with, two years younger than me, and his wife had their second daughter on Saturday. She was measuring at 25 weeks but was really 29 weeks. Their dear baby lived for not even two days. My heart is so heavy for them.
9. A dear coworker is starting radiation for a brain tumor today. I will be working with her and her family on caregiving issues/family dynamics. I'm a little worried because I care so much for her and am afraid I will be emotional during our visits. Hopefully I can hold it together! I almost cried when I was on the phone with her Mom today though. She is a wonderful lady and has been through so much in the three years I have known her.
10. I could use some good news in my life. Starting my period, having an IUI and getting a BFP would be a good place to start! Until then, yay for my new car and Florida here we come (in March)!
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.
2. We are debating going to the gym for the first time in over a week, but I think both EV and I don't feel 100% yet - the flu/cold lingers on. Maybe tomorrow.
3. I'm taking over the Secretary position for the local Babysitting Co-op I joined. I met with the mom who had been doing it this morning and K played with her daughters while we went over how we track Babysitting points. I have 26 points already which is so exciting :-)
4. I feel like I'm not drinking enough liquids. I have no desire to drink water but I'm going to try and make myself drink more water. I want to picture Owen swimming around in a full pool.
5. I bought a few pregnancy, birthing books and I started reading the Birth Partner yesterday. I learned so much in just the first few chapters. I'm excited to be delving back in to this material.
6. I've been thinking lately about whether or not this is my last pregnancy. It makes me sad to think that it might be. I'm not even sure why - I haven't explored the issue to deeply yet. I think its in-part that I thought we'd have 3 kids, and in part that I can't imagine this being the last time I'll feel a baby kick in my belly. On the other hand I am completely daunted by the thought of even having two kids - just the change in dynamic and logistics. On top of that I'm not sure I want to dedicate another year to two more of my life to TTC, pregnancy and newborn care (when I don't even have this newborn yet). I just turned 37 so I feel like I don't have a lot of time to contemplate my future kids.... Anyway.
7. We finally got renters for the top unit of our house in Roatan. Woohooo. It only took 6 months... I'm so glad because affording a "vacation property" was not really in the books. We had hoped it would at least pay for its self. Now FX we get the lower unit rented soon.
8. Speaking of - back in July EV and I filmed House Hunters International in Roatan. It was a crazy and really cool experience. Our show airs 2/27. Part of me is mortified. I mean there were times in my life when I was skinny and young and I wouldn't have wanted to be caught on tv in a bathing suit - but alas there I am, neither of those things skipping in front of the camera talking cheerfully about our little LGBT family and our decision to move to Roatan. Blush... blush....
9. We decided to make a FB announcement rg. the airing of the episode since many friends/family ask about it regularly. I wish I could just ignore it...
10. OK time to jump into some homework....