Pregnant after IF

Paranoia

Does anyone else have this tiny little paranoid fear that you will give birth and the baby will be someone else's? I know my lab had excellent security/protocol but people make mistakes and you can't see what's going on behind the scenes.  I have no specific reason to believe they transferred the wrong embryos (except that I am nearly 25 weeks pregnant for the first time).  Sometimes when I imagine what baby might look like, I start thinking "god what if this isn't our baby???"  Maybe it's just my PAIF/PGAL brain kicking in - still afraid this might not actually happen.  I am really not super worried about this but I do think about it every now and then. Just curious if others have had these fears too.

 

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Re: Paranoia

  • Yes!!!! And I did IUI. I wonder if they switched up the sperm sample. If I stop and think about it, I get so worried! Just one more thing to dwell on throughout this pregnancy! ;)
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    8/2013 - IUI #2: 50 units Follistim +  Ovidrel  = BFP! Beta #1 (12 dpiui) 8/21: 45  Beta #2 (16 dpiui) 8/26: 301 Beta #3 (21 dpiui) 8/30: 1,929. 1st Ultrasound 9/4 - One perfect sac. 2nd Ultrasound 9/13 - Heartbeat at 124 bpm! Anniversary  

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  • I have a bit of fear about that (especially given that there is an extra person involved in my case!) but haven't lost any sleep over it. :-)
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  • Yes, my husband and I joke (but I am not really joking) about that all the time! I don't worry too much but it has crossed my mind multiple times!
    Me 36/DH 46 Me: Low AMH (.21) DOR, mild endo; Started seeing RE 11/12
    Jan-March '13 3 IUIs Clomid + Trigger = BFN
    April '13 IVF 1 MDLF converted to 4th IUI due to 3 runaway follicles! BFN
    July/Aug '13 IVF 1.2 Long Lupron = 7R, 6F, 2T= BFP!!!
    Beta 1=512, Beta 2=1,368 Beta 3= 4,128
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  • We have joked about it :)
  • We joke about it, but I don't worry too much about it happening. 
    Me (31) - PCOS with insulin resistance

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    IVF # 1 - ET (1 3AA, 4 frosties): 12/22 = BFP
    EDD: 9/9/2014

  • My mom worries about it :)

    I have thought about it, but no real concern. We got pictures of the embryos and I am pretty sure they both looked like me!
  • My DH jokes about it, but I'm not concerned.  The embryologists are so, so very careful.  Two different embryologists made *me* tell them my name and birthdate, how many, etc., before the transfer.  They come through the little window before the prep and ask questions, then again before they give the tube to my RE.  They don't take the doc's word for it.  
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  • auntjessy said:
    My DH jokes about it, but I'm not concerned.  The embryologists are so, so very careful.  Two different embryologists made *me* tell them my name and birthdate, how many, etc., before the transfer.  They come through the little window before the prep and ask questions, then again before they give the tube to my RE.  They don't take the doc's word for it.  
    That's interesting.  My embryologist came into the room with an incubator with my embie in it.  They definitely checked my name, social and birthday a million times, but I worry more about mistakes behind the scenes.  I am glad I am not the only one who thinks about this, but also sad that this is one more thing us IFers have to deal with.

     

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  • We've joked about it as well but sometimes I think about it a little too long and make myself worry lol.
    "Everything will be alright in the end. So if it's not alright, it is not yet the end."
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    Feb'12- July'12-testing(all clear minus slight arcuate ute), 3 IUI with clomid all BFN
    8/30IVF#1 Antagonist protocol- ER 9/11-8R, 7M, 5F. 
    ET 9/14 2 embies transferred. 1 10cell Grade 4, 1 8cell Grade 4. No frosties. BFN
    IVF#2 Antagonist protocol plus baby aspirin- ER 12/5-16R, 12M, 8F!
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  • So funny. I've thought about it too. I am less actually worried, though. Let's hope we can all just joke about it!im sure we will all get our babies!

     

  • Sort of.  Our lab had excellent security and naming conventions on everything.  All of the cups, petri dishes, etc. had both of our names on it, even my hospital bracelet had both of our names on it - so hopefully they won't be any mix ups.  When they did the transfer, the embryologist was even the room with the incubator, and she asked us for our info several times before she put anything up on the screen for us to see and potentially read it off if it wasn't actually us.  But I think it's normal for us to have that fear in the back of our minds, I mean it HAS happened.  I'm not overly concerned about it at all, but sometimes I do joke with DH "what if the baby comes out black or asian!"  (we're both white as white can be lol)
    Me 31 ~ DH 30
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