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Dipping My Toe In...(Intro)
Ham113
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Hi there! I've been lurking on various Bump boards for almost two years now and am finally taking the plunge to participate. My history is in my signature (I hope) - but I'm finally to the point where talking with others going through the same thing I am would be helpful. My husband and I are both pretty private IRL, but I'm hoping to give and get support here.
A little more about us - I'm 31, he's 30 and we've been married for 4 years, but together for 12 years since college. We live in the suburbs of Chicago, just recently bought our house here after selling our condo in the city. We both really like to cook and spoil our dog. I'm a lawyer by day, professional couch potato and TV watcher at night. As you can see, we've just been through our first round of IVF and though I am still two days from beta, I have been POAS obsessively (can't help it) and am now 8dp5dt and BFN, so I am being realistic about this cycle. My husband is out of town this weekend, so I'm stuck giving myself PIO shots knowing it's most likely a BFN, which is probably part of what finally pushed me to participate here. We already have our follow-up with the RE scheduled for 3/3, and I'm worried about our fert rate (just seems low to me) and frustrated with our embryo quantity/quality at day 5, given how many eggs were retrieved - so already anticipating what the RE has to say for the future.
Apologies for the novel, and looking forward to participating.
A little more about us - I'm 31, he's 30 and we've been married for 4 years, but together for 12 years since college. We live in the suburbs of Chicago, just recently bought our house here after selling our condo in the city. We both really like to cook and spoil our dog. I'm a lawyer by day, professional couch potato and TV watcher at night. As you can see, we've just been through our first round of IVF and though I am still two days from beta, I have been POAS obsessively (can't help it) and am now 8dp5dt and BFN, so I am being realistic about this cycle. My husband is out of town this weekend, so I'm stuck giving myself PIO shots knowing it's most likely a BFN, which is probably part of what finally pushed me to participate here. We already have our follow-up with the RE scheduled for 3/3, and I'm worried about our fert rate (just seems low to me) and frustrated with our embryo quantity/quality at day 5, given how many eggs were retrieved - so already anticipating what the RE has to say for the future.
Apologies for the novel, and looking forward to participating.
TTC since 5/2012
12/12: c/p
4/13: c/p
8/13: Started seeing RE; DX: Unexplained IF, RPL testing normal, SA perfect.
Oct - Dec '13: Clomid 25 mg + Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
2/14: IVF #1 Gonal F + Menopur + Ganirilex + Lupron trigger w/ HCG boost= 28R, 11M, 5F. 5dt 4BB, 1 frozen 4BB. BFN
4/14: IVF #2 Saizen, Gonal F, Menopur, Ganirilex = 20R, 10M, 10F. 5dt of 2 4AB, 2 frozen 4BB. +HPT 4dp5dt, Beta 4/26
12/12: c/p
4/13: c/p
8/13: Started seeing RE; DX: Unexplained IF, RPL testing normal, SA perfect.
Oct - Dec '13: Clomid 25 mg + Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
2/14: IVF #1 Gonal F + Menopur + Ganirilex + Lupron trigger w/ HCG boost= 28R, 11M, 5F. 5dt 4BB, 1 frozen 4BB. BFN
4/14: IVF #2 Saizen, Gonal F, Menopur, Ganirilex = 20R, 10M, 10F. 5dt of 2 4AB, 2 frozen 4BB. +HPT 4dp5dt, Beta 4/26
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Re: Dipping My Toe In...(Intro)
**** Ticker Warning ****
Me: 37, DH: 38 Married since 2005, TTC since 2007
IVF#1 February 2013 - 6R, 4M, 3F - transferred 2 day 3; 1 frozen - BFN
IVF#2 May 2013 - Menopur, Follistim, Ganirilex - 16R, 13M - freeze all eggs due to MFI 0% Motility day of retreival
FET September 2013 - 9 eggs thawed, 0 fertilized
transferred frostie from IVF #1 - Estrace & PIO - BFN
**Change RE**
January 2014 - IVF #3 (Lucky #3?!) ER 2/5/14 19R, 16M, 11F with PICSI.
2/10/14 Transferred 2 AA day 5 blasts
, 5 Frozen - Estrace & Endometrim (which IMO is worse than PIO!!)
Beta 2/24/14 Beta #1: 2229, Beta #2: 3577 BFP!!
6 week u/s - TWO heartbeats
EDD 10/30/14
***** All Welcome *******
Me & DH (33), 3 Furbabies, TTC since October 2011
Day 3 #’s (Dec 2012) FSH 9, AMH .77, LH 2.4, E2 31, AFC 9
DX: Me-DOR + No Tubes, DH-Fine
Ectopic 2007; lost tube/2nd tube removed Dec 2011 (hydro)
April 2012=IVF#1- EPP Antag+ICSI, 2R,0F (BFN), Now dx’d with DOR.
June-July 2012=IVF#2- MDL+ICSI&AH, 8R,4M,3F (BFP 9dp3dt) Beta#1 at 11dp3dt=36, Beta#2 at 15dp3dt=156, Beta#3 at 19dp3dt=671, dx'd with SCH, no growth-m/c at 7wks/Lap Dec 2012 to remove small fibroid.
Feb 2013=IVF#3-MDL, 2/1=baseline, started 10 units mdl, AFC-7, 2/3 start gonal f, self cxld cycle b/c of low e2.
April 2013=IVF#3.5-(with new RE)AG/ANT Conv + ICSI. 4/10-4/23 bcp's, 4/20-4/27 lupron, 4/28-ganirelix until end of stimming, 5/2-600 gonal f, 5/4-add 1/2 vial menopur, 5/13-ER (9R,1M,1F), 5/17-ET, 1 beautiful 8 cell (please be my sticky baby!!!!) 5/28-BFFN.
Oct 2013=IVF#4-LLP+ICSI &AH, 10/14 (6R, 2M, 2F), 10/17-ET, 1 seven cell & a six cell, BFP at 9dp3dt, 1st beta=56, 2nd beta=52, CP.
Jan 2014=IVF #5-LLP, Cxld after 6 days of stims due to fast response and lead follicle.
March 2014=IVF 5.5-LLP, Lupron 3/10, BL 3/18, 11 days of stims, Trigger 3/29, ER 3/31. 7R, 2M, 2F. ET 4/3. Txfd one 5 cell & one 9 cell. BFP on hpt from 7dp3dt & on. Praise be to God. Beta #1 at 11dp3dt=106, #2 at 13dp3dt=239. First u/s 4/28, measuring on track & heartbeat seen. 5/5-2nd u/s, measuring on track with strong heartbeat. 5/12- 3rd u/s & released from RE. Grow baby grow, we love you! Baby G&T is a BOY! Born 12/2014 via c/s! 8lbs, 8oz & 21 inches.
*******Ticker Warning**********
"God's Delay is not God's Denial"
@Maggie713 Good luck on Monday!
@Grateful&thankful My e2 levels rose pretty rapidly and topped out at around 3400 I believe. I was on 150 Gonal and 75 Menopur throughout, and the last two days of stims was on the Menopur only. I was originally supposed to trigger with Ovidrel but they switched me at the last minute to Lupron with the HCG boost b/c of the e2 levels.
12/12: c/p
4/13: c/p
8/13: Started seeing RE; DX: Unexplained IF, RPL testing normal, SA perfect.
Oct - Dec '13: Clomid 25 mg + Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
2/14: IVF #1 Gonal F + Menopur + Ganirilex + Lupron trigger w/ HCG boost= 28R, 11M, 5F. 5dt 4BB, 1 frozen 4BB. BFN
4/14: IVF #2 Saizen, Gonal F, Menopur, Ganirilex = 20R, 10M, 10F. 5dt of 2 4AB, 2 frozen 4BB. +HPT 4dp5dt, Beta 4/26
Just want to say you are one brave lady to give your self those PIO shots! That's very impressive, I wouldn't dream of doing the inter muscular myself! Any tips incase I ever find myself in that dreaded situation? I'm not sure how you would even aspirate and be able to see the needle. I think u r my hero! :-) good luck with your beta, either way don't loose site of how strong you are!
My RE said not to stop the meds and also made me wait until my beta at 11dp5dt to get my may beta results.
Sadly, I haven't seen anyone with a story of a positive beta after being so far out from transfer. I asked on the PAIF board the question and the nurse at my beta.... Who told me it's will still be negative for my beta.
It's hard to know that it is over when it seems unrealistic that things could change yet people, including the RE wanted to hold out hope.
I hope you get some answers at your WTF appt., and I hope you finde success after trying again.
DX: Adenomyosis, Compounded MTHFR, PAI-1 4G variant
DH: 34
MFI due to Testicular Cancer
Married March 2012
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
January 2015 Siggy Challenge TTCAL
Animals Interacting with Snow
Hello - Welcome and thanks for sharing with us.
Good luck to you.
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!
found out at 20 weeks that baby B went to heaven
11/12/14 Baby girl arrived
FET (1-24-16) Grade A early morula
BETA #1 300 p4. 11.1
BETA#2 1300
u/s d 1 tiny babe
10/7/16 another sweet baby girl
4/18 SURPRISE + HPT
Beta #1 6 weeks 16,202 p4. 13.2
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 know exactly how you feel. I started testing at 5dp5dt and I was devastated every morning. Hang in there, it's not over till beta. If this isn't the cycle for you, definitively hang around here. It's a wonderful community of supportive women.
TTC since 08/2012
DX: DOR
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
Deardra77 I really have no idea how I can do the PIO shots myself either. I hate needles and getting blood drawn, though IF has pretty much forced me to get used to it. My husband drew a circle so I could see where I was going, but aspirating is definitely tricky. I tried it once earlier in the week just to be sure I could do it and nearly passed out. It was totally all in my head, and it's actually not that bad, which always makes me wonder if I'm doing it wrong because I feel like it should hurt more!
12/12: c/p
4/13: c/p
8/13: Started seeing RE; DX: Unexplained IF, RPL testing normal, SA perfect.
Oct - Dec '13: Clomid 25 mg + Ovidrel + IUI = BFN
2/14: IVF #1 Gonal F + Menopur + Ganirilex + Lupron trigger w/ HCG boost= 28R, 11M, 5F. 5dt 4BB, 1 frozen 4BB. BFN
4/14: IVF #2 Saizen, Gonal F, Menopur, Ganirilex = 20R, 10M, 10F. 5dt of 2 4AB, 2 frozen 4BB. +HPT 4dp5dt, Beta 4/26
***Losses mentioned.*** TTC #1 since May 2012. Me: 37, OH: 41. Ectopic August 2012 => tubal damage.