Re-intro and update
GoaliesWife123
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Hello friends,
I was active on this board just a few months ago, but I took a short break from any board other than the LGBT board for a while. I wanted to do a quick re-intro and an update so that when I post it won't be just some random person posting. I'm happily married (albeit, not legally, yet...come on Michigan), to my amazing wife. She is a full-time firefighter and I'm an attorney. We've known each other since high school, but we reconnected over 5 years ago and (very) long story short, we are madly in love and she is my fairy tale ending.
DW is 37 and I am newly 35. I was diagnosed with PCOS many years ago, but didn't think it would affect me. We decided to start trying for a child using DS and at-home ICIs. We tried for several months with no success, so we moved on to an RE. My cycle day blood work came back perfect, and in fact, I was told I have the ovarian reserve of a 20 year old. I do, however, have trouble ovulating on my own. It's not consistent at all, but this was no surprise. I have been charting my cycles (cm, bbt, opks) for well over a year and it is pretty clear when I have anovulatory cycles. I began seeing my acupuncturist to assist with this issue and with the help of that, plus metformin, I do get a regular cycle...it's just not always regular in length and ovulation.
After our failed at-home, unmedicated attempts, we moved on to the RE and she put me on clomid. I had no response to clomid. I had only a few small follicles on the left side and none on the right. We were very disappointed. We also had some issues with the RE's office treating us poorly, so we had a long sit down with the doctor and expressed our concerns. Things have improved, but I will say, if my insurance wasn't covering everything, we wouldn't be going back.
We moved on to trying Femara and ovidrel this cycle. We just discovered that I produced one follicle and we are triggering for the first time tonight. We'll be completing our two inseminations on Monday and Tuesday. Then we wait. You all certainly know how that feels. We've made the decision that trying 3 more cycles is all we will do if this one fails. We are both at peace with that decision and know that our lives can be full and complete regardless.
I often lurk here and my heart breaks for anyone who is having trouble trying to conceive. I am sending warm wishes and hugs to each and every one of you. I hope to continue to be on this board to watch all of your successes.
ETA: formatting
- DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
- First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
- Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
- Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
- January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
- Fourth Cycle: Monitored clomid cycle w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified: BFN
- Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
- Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying
Re: Re-intro and update
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Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
DH: Severe MFI
12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN
8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
My ovaries are just for decoration
12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts.
2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.
6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!
9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d.
11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522 Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373
6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!
Snowflake baby is a girl!
Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!
My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake
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
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
First mini-IVF Sept 2011... Only 1 egg! ... BFN
Switching RE
IVF#2 May 2012 9 eggs and only 2 sperm, WTH!
BFN
Switching RE's within practice
*~God gives his hardest battles to his toughest solders. Unknown.
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!