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Hi! I'm new!

GigawattGigawatt member
edited February 2014 in Infertility
Hi everyone!

I'm a newbie and wanted to introduce myself to the board. We had our first appointment with an RE this week. DH had testicular cancer about 12 years ago. He is cancer-free now, but unfortunately completely sterile. Luckily, he banked 12 vials of sperm before he went through chemo.

I'm going to have an HSG this cycle, and then give IUI a try or three. Probably not more than that since his banked sperm is more precious than gold at this point. No Clomid or other fertility drugs for me this round.

I'm sure I screwed up all of these acronyms, but I promise I'll catch on soon. Looking forward to learning all I can here.

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Re: Hi! I'm new!

  • RunCC37RunCC37 member
    Hi and welcome! Feel free to post here, but just letting you know that you should also check out the 3T board (Trouble-TTC). Most of us over here are on IVF, but have done IUIs prior. The ladies on 3T are mostly in the testing phase or doing medicated TI/IUI. Good luck to you!
    **SIGGY WARNING**

    Me: 32 DH: 35  TTC#1 since March 2012
    Dx: Poor Embryo Quality, Arcuate Uterus, Poor Uterine Blood Flow, Mild Endo, 
           Protein S Deficiency, Sjorgen's Syndrome 

    IUI #1-5: BFN
    Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy: minimal endo, partial septoplasty
    IVF #1: 10R/6M/6F ~ Day 3 ET = BFN
    IVF #2: 14R/9M/5F ~ transfer canceled ~ all embryos arrested at 1-2 cell stage
    IVF #3: 9R/5M/5F ~ 1 frosty!
    IVF #4 (FET #1): BFN

    IVF #5 (DE IVF #1 with Dr. KK protocol): Currently PREGNANT!!!!!!
    Synthroid + Prednisone + Metformin + Baby Aspirin + Supplements Galore = 15+ pills a day
    Lupron + Lovenox + Delestrogen + IVIG + B/W = 2-5 pokes a day
    19R, 17M, 17F - transferred two Grade A blasts 11/16, four frosties!!!
    Beta #1 11/24 (13dpo/8dp5dt) = 367 ~ Beta #2 11/26 (15dpo/10dp5dt) = 709
    Beta #3 11/29 (18dpo/13dp5dt) = 1,997 ~ Beta #4 12/1 (20dpo/15dp5dt) = 3,403

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  • GigawattGigawatt member
    Ack, sorry for jumping the gun! I'll try posting over there. Thanks for the heads up.
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  • O2girlO2girl member
    Welcome. My DH also had testicular cancer and has been cancer free since 2007. Unfortunately, he was only able to bank 3 vials before chemo, and his swimmers had low morphology, motility, and low count.... So we knew we had to do ivf. Best of luck to you whether you choose another board or stay here. :)
    Me: 38
    DX:  Adenomyosis, Compounded MTHFR, PAI-1 4G variant

    DH: 34
    MFI due to Testicular Cancer

    Married March 2012 <3
    IVF w/ICSI #1
    10 little polar bears
    FET #1 with 2 polar bears ~Nov 6, 2013 BFN :(
    FET # 2 with 2 more polar bears ~March 19, 2014 BFP!!!
    Beta 1= 276
    Beta 2= 662
    4/19/14 ~ baby A became an angel
    5/02/14 ~ baby B became an angel
    5/3/14 ~ D&C
    FET #3 with 1 male polar bear ~October 3, 2014
    October 13, 2014 ~ BFN
    Fur Children:  Memphis 3y, Dutch 3y, Marcel 2y, Meadow 1y



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  • McLove2014McLove2014 member
    Welcome & GL!
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  • AceditAcedit member
    Welcome!!
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  • HopefulSoul2HopefulSoul2 member

    Welcome and good luck!

    f/k/a/ Kari3629

    Me: 40/DH: 34

    Unexplained IF

    IVF #1 - 9/2013 8ER/5M/4EF/4ET = BFN

    IVF #2 - 2/2014 - Fingers crossed this is the one!

    4ER/3EF/3 "beautiful embryos" transferred - Beta March 7 = BFN :(

    Everyone Welcome!

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  • Carol77BCarol77B member
    Welcome and best of luck!

    ***************************Loss Mentioned***************************


    Me 37 y/o, DH 45 y/o; DH vasectomy reversal (his 2nd marriage) 11/8/12; TTC since 12/8/12. IVF due to MFI. DOR diagnosis April 2015.

     

    IVF #1 BCPs/Antagonist w/ICSI Jan 2014 = BFN

    IVF #2 MDL w/PICSI March 2014 = BFN

    IVF #3 EPP/Antagonist w/PICSI May/June 2014 = BFP!; MMC 6w4d

    IVF #4 No suppression/Antagonist Nov 2014/Converted to IUI #1 = BFN
    IVF #4.1 Feb 2015 = cancelled
    IVF #4.2 April 2015 - Lupron Stop Protocol with ICSI = PGD testing of embryo indicated it was abnormal
    IVF #5 June 2015 EPP with Antagonist 

     

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  • ronniesgirl1981ronniesgirl1981 member
    Welcome! Glad that your husband is cancer-free!
    Me: 34 | He: 40
    TTC since 08/2012
    DX: DOR




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  • jaztasticjaztastic member
    Welcome!! Wishing you the best
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    Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
     Loss and IF veteran. Current mom of DS 5.5, DD 2, and sometimes DH 40. Due June 2021 with TWINS
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