Hi all! Apologies for the informal checkin but got home from vacation as midnight last night and have a busy Monday here! So, first off...
((Hugs)) to our friend @Lacyi67 - we are all so sorry for your loss. We're here for you as you process and decide what's next.
Congrats to our friend @mm29 - hoping for strong second beta!!
Check-In: How are you doing? What is new this week? Next steps? Anything we can help you with?
QOTW: What is a favorite food you can't get/make where you live?
Thanks all - normal check-in will resume next week
Lil'mamaz was born on Aug 21, 2014! She's PERFECT!
It's been a long road to here... 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
Welcome back from your vacay! I'm a little jealous, I must say!
Lacy - Biggest, most squishiest hugs go out to you and YH. It's so freakin' unfair. I can't stop thinking about you.
mm29 - Thinking of you for your beta tomorrow! FX!
AFM - I've been keeping myself busy really practicing my photography skills. I hope to start a business in it sometime soon because I love it, and it would be nice to make couple extra bucks! Wish some of you ladies lived closer because I'm working on my portfolio and having a hard time finding willing subjects to pose for sessions. People in my life are party poopers!
PAIF response:
We had a 16w scan last week and baby Sammy looked good! We confirmed she's a girl. Next appointment is March 20 for our anatomy scan and I'm just praying like mad that everything is okay at that appointment. I have been able to keep the PaGL brain at bay, but this anatomy scan has me pretty rattled.
QOTW: I lived in the San Francisco bay area for 10 years and the food there was outstanding! Austin has some great food too, but there is a Vietnamese restaurant in San Jose, CA that had this dish that I crave like mad and can't find anything even close to it here. I've ever gone to Houston looking for it because of the prominent Asian influence there, but nope! It's called Bo Cuon Hanh Huong. It's these perfect little beef rolls rolled up with onion strips inside, tied up with green onion strings! They are served with lettuce, daikon, carrots, and these vermicelli patties and you put them all together and eat with your hands. To. Die. For. I have contemplated going back to the bay area to visit just for that dang dish! I can't even find a recipe online, I've tried!
************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************ 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
@2MamazInSeattle welcome home and hope you had a great time! @Lacyj69 I'm so sad for you. This sucks. Hugs. @mm29 GL tomorrow!! @liz4paws I would also be one of your party pooper friends unless I got my hair done then I will model Glad everything is ok with baby!! FX for a great scan next month!
AFM I just want to cycle so I can move on either being PG or living child free. Everything moving on a slow pace and I'm getting impatient...again
QOTW: I can't think food wise plus I'm such a picky eater BUT the best buttery crispy chocolate chip cookie hands down for me is in Nantucket! Fudge is also very good! I actually get that shipped to me 2Mamaz I can't remember if I mentioned this before..think I did but the lady who has the fudge shop in Nantucket is from Altoona.
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!!
Thanks for all the well wishes ladies. I'm dreading work tomorrow. A lot of the girls know what happened as I left very suddenly in the middle of a client. The sooner I get tomorrow done the better. I had my beta drawn this morning and it was down to 119. So hopefully it will go to zero fast. I go back next mon. I'm a little numb from all of this and trying to process but I don't know it's very weird this time. I can't even explain on words how I feel. Qotw: My aunts homemade biscuits or fried green tomatoes in good ol Kentucky!
Me 34 and DH 39 married in aug. 2002
Did 5 round of clomid 2010 =BFN
High levels of NK CELLS DX sept.2012 DOR:# 0.02
IVF #1 May 2012 ER 4, EF 2, ET 2 =BFN
MINI IVF Oct.2012 Cancelled 10-27-12
Ivf #3 Antagonist Protocol April 2013
Shared cycle..Donor cycled in July Got 12 eggs 9 fertilized and 8 frozen!!
DE FET #1 Sept. 3rd 2013 FIRST BFP EVER 5dp5dt
miscarried Sept 24th at 5 weeks 5 days
Etopic D&C and hysterscopy Nov 5 2013
dx with pre genetic blood clotting dec 2013
FET #2 Jan 31st 2014
Miscarried for a second time again at 5 weeks 5 days
Currently fostering to adopt an amazing little 1 year old boy..P.J!
Thought and Prayers for you @Lacyj69 Congrats to @mm29! Love keeping up with you on this board and your blog @liz4paws Hang in there @BeckyP005
AFM My donor goes for her scan and starts Lupron hopefully Monday. We are finishing up the legal paperwork and just waiting. ER should be around 3/21.
QOTD: Well I am in Texas so we are all about the Tex Mex. I am hispanic so for me it is all about the tortilla. If it isn't handmade then it's crap. No packaged tortillas!
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Me:36 DH:38 TTC#1 since 4/2012 Me DX: Hashimotos,Hypothyroid, DOR, MTHFR, DH: normal
IUI #1-#4 BFNs and a few cancelled cycles in the mix. - poor responder ***Suprise BFP on 6/13/13. Natural MC @6wks 3days IVF#1 and 2- Cancelled due to no response on max stimms FET 5/20- BFP 1st Beta- 641 2nd beta- 2166 Sono- TWINS!!!! Two Boys! Born January 2015 @36 weeks. Healthy and no NICU! So blessed!
@liz4paw - hang in there lady, hoping the anatomy scan goes great!
@beckyP005 - I know how you feel! I just want a fast-forward or pause button.
AFM: We are PUPO and 4dp5dt. Our GC had some spotting the day of the transfer (about two hours after) but otherwise no issues as far as I know.
MH is going to talk to our GC today (he works with her) about testing early. If she doesn't want to, then we will wait because we are on the fence as it is because it is a FET and we did use a trigger. Beta is 3/3/14 (11dp5dt).
QOTW: We moved to a rural midwest location four years ago for a job and have been missing decent gluten free food ever since! I would eat seafood every day if I could. We are going to San Francisco for Spring Break (T-minus two weeks and counting) and I will have a serious seafood binge!
TTC #1 since 12/2010 DH: MFI, cancer survivor Me: Resected septate uterus, lap treated mild endo, tubes open, ovulate on own, autoimmune disease 3 Failed IUI's (2/2012, 4/2012, 6/2012)
IVF #1 August 2012. BFP! Beta #1 56.7 Beta #2 150 One baby, one heartbeat on 9/20/12! no h/b @7w6d. dandc @8w0d,
FET #1 December 2012, BFN
FET #2 February 2013, no embies survived thaw
IVF #2, BFP #2, Loss #2 March 2013, Scar tissue discovered, RPL testing,
IVF #3, BFP #3, Loss #3 (twins) September 2013
Hostile ute, moving onto Gestational Carrier!
GC/FET #1 of 1 5AA blast and 1 compacted blast, February 2014, BFP #4 on 3/1/2014!
6w u/s 1 bean with h/b of 145 bpm, 8w u/s 187 bpm
EDD 11/7/14. Please, please, please stick little one!
We are currently 4 weeks and 6 days pregnant and anxious for our next beta on Wednesday. Our first beta (11dpt3dt) was 110, our second beta (13dp3dt) was 175, and our third beta (15dp3dt) was 348. If we'd only had betas 2 and 3, we wouldn't think to worry (any more that IF brain teaches us all to worry), but the rise between betas 1 and 2 was slow and so we are trying to be extra cautious. Hopefully Weds beta (which will be 19dp3dt) will give us a better since of whether our betas are weird overall of whether we just had one weird one. @Manada is feeling more and more pregnancy symptoms as the days pass, which feels reassuring but we both know it is far from a guarantee.
QOTW: Chicago stuffed pizza for sure!
****loss discussed*****
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
Intralipid infusion on Dec 10. Transfer of 1 day 3 nine-cell embryo into my uterus on Dec. 19. (acupuncture immediately before and after)
BFP on Dec. 27; Beta 1 Jan 2 (14dp3dt): 665, Beta 2 Jan 4 (16dp3dt): 1859, Beta 3 Jan 6 (18dp3dt): 4449, Beta 4 Jan 10 (22dp3dt): 12,251.
Check in: My appointments have been going much better as of late. I have my egg retrieval scheduled for Friday or Saturday this week, depending on how Wednesday's appointment goes. I can't believe this is actually going to happen before the weekend is over. I'm starting to get really nervous that something else is going to go wrong, but I'm doing my best to focus on the things I can control (which is nothing related to starting a family!) and take it one day at a time.
QOTW: There is a place in Minneapolis called Burrito Loco and I think they have the best burritos ever. Every time we go up to visit friends, we have to bring one home. I ate them at least once a week in college and I miss them - we have no Mexican restaurants within a 30 mile radius of us. Burrito Loco blows Chipotle and Qdoba out of the water. Mmmm...now I'm craving Mexican. Burrritos for dinner tonight, it is I think!
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
Mmm all these posts are making me hungry! Check-in: I've been fighting allergies for 2 weeks and I finally feel like I'm on the mend. I had an appt on 2/17 for spotting most likely due to coughing my lungs up and my OB said my cervix was soft. I can't seem to find any info about if there can be fluctuations, but I hope at my next appt on 3/3 it will be nice and firm, closed, long and/or whatever it's supposed to be! QOTW: I must be hungry because several things come to mind, mostly food eaten on vacations! In Kauai I had some kind of Asian fusion noodle dish that was amazing and I haven't been able to find anywhere else. I googled the restaurant, Yum Cha, to find the dish name but apparently they've closed. In San Diego I had the best turkey burger I've ever eaten at Slater's 50/50. ::drool:: I could go on & on... lol
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Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8 AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?! Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo. Stopped BCP 4/2010. Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012. FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27. Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt) Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s. If you're wondering about my avatar...it's a fried pickle chip shaped like a fetus!
@2mamazinseattle - glad you had a great vaca! @liz4paws - fx for a great scan!! @BeckyP005 - I hear you on the waiting... It is so frustrating!!! I hope our waits are both well worth it in the end, but ugghh!! @Lacyj67 - I'm so very sorry you are going through all of this!! @ksgsmu - fx for a smooth and successful cycle!!! @lincoln79 - using a trigger for the FET will definitely make testing a bit tricky... As tempted as I would be, I might try to have her hold off until close to beta... Easy for me to say though, as I have zero self control when it comes to testing... @healz413- best of luck Wednesday!! Beta hell truly is a living hell- @sammer818 - I've been thinking of you! Hoping you have a great retrieval!!
AFM: yup... Still waiting... Had a mini freak out last week when my clinic hadnt heard from our donor and her last period started 1/17. I was afraid she might be pregnant. I reached out to my agency to contact her, she said she was expecting her period 2/25, so fx she calls this week!! (I'm assuming the clinic has the wrong date)
Qotw - I rarely like to travel, so there's nothing I'm missing out on!!
Have a lovely week ladies!!
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI
(TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Check in: we received the Maternit21 results last week and they were negative :-) We also found out we are having a girl, Grace Annabeth. So far, so good with other appointments. Our next big one is the anatomy scan on 3/20... Hopefully that is a good day for scans:-)
QOTD: I actually can't think of any food I love and can't get here. I do really miss my favorite Thai restuarant that closed a few years ago. Nothing else compares.
8/2011: Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, ovaries and tubes removed
@Lacyj--Huge hugs. Words cannot express how much my heart is breaking for you and your DH!! FUIF!!!! @cc+mm--Congrats on the little girl!! @Liz--I would totally be in your photos, maybe the next time you are out this way. Or if I ever make it down south @kgsmu—GL with this cycle. I have everything crossed for you!! @lincoln79--GL on your beta day. I hope you get great news!! @healz413 and @manda: I'm so happy to hear manda is having more pregnancy s/s!!! @km672--I hope AF shows her face soon!!! @sammer818--FX for a great retrieval. I hope you have a lot of great quality eggs retrieved!! @jalara & @doubleportion--I hope you two and your families feel better soon!
AFM: I am scared to death for my beta tomorrow!! More than anything I hope it has risen appropriately!!
QOTW: When I went to the Bahamas I went to the fish fry and had the most amazing fried fish and fried Conch!! I wish I could get that here!!
::: Married June 2003::: TTC #1 since: Aug. 2008 Me: 34, DOR, MTHFR-A1298C (heterozygous), decreased blood flow to uterus, Mild Endo DH: 38, Balanced translocation 5&10, unexplained MFI, normal SA and SCSA Tx History: IUI 1&2= BFN IVF# 1 W/ICSI= BFN IVF# 2: cancelled d/t no response IVF# 3= 1 egg retrieved=immature/not viable IVF# 4= c/p ***CCRM ODWU*** Found DHs BT and Me-decreased blood flow to uterus Recommended DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. Decided to cycle locally ***New RE*** DE IVF# 1(cycle #6) w/pgd, (freeze all): 30R, 23M, 15F, slow/poor embryo development, 4 biopsied, 1 Normal "Norm"; DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. IVF# 6: (OE/DS) cancelled IVF# 7: (OE/DS) 1R, 1M, 1F, arrested day 5 Plan-DE IVF# 2 (cycle #8): DE/DS in May 2015
I know I didn't include everyone, but I'm sending thoughts and prayers to those who need it and a lot of love.
AFM: I triggered on Sunday night and have completed one at-home ICI so far. We are doing one more insemination today and hopefully I will see a spike in my temp to confirm ovulation. I know that meds can mess with your temps, so I'm not too concerned, but I'm hoping I at least get a confirmation. I am starting progesterone 4dpo and going in for blood work on Monday to check my levels. I was low last cycle, so we are starting earlier this cycle with progesterone. I have a blood pregnancy test scheduled for 14dpo.
QOTW: When I would visit Chicago, I would always stop and get a Jamba Juice. It sounds so simple, but there are none available where I live.
TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews.
DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
@jalara48 that really stinks that both of you are sick! Feel better soon. Just waiting for donor to get AF and update testing. Looking back I wish we would of just spent the extra $ for a non shared cycle!! This 3 yrs of waiting would of been over! Lol. I know this is what we all have to deal with
@ksgsmu yay for a transfer date!!! So exciting! @cc+mom what a beautiful name! @marshmallowevening FX for a quick match!! @Km672 FX donor gets AF real soon so you can get the show in the road
@healz2413 thinking good thoughts for beta! Oh and MH misses Chicago pizza! @lincoln79 praying everything goes smoothly for GC.
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!!
This is an update on my update (am I AW or what?) -
I think we have decided that GC will POAS on Saturday (9dp5dt). I don't really want her to do so sooner because of the trigger and it being a FET. On the other hand, I don't want to have to wait until 12dp5dt to get the news! I also am not a fan of getting the news in the middle of a work day.
I have no poker face.
So, Saturday it is.
All commentary welcome!
TTC #1 since 12/2010 DH: MFI, cancer survivor Me: Resected septate uterus, lap treated mild endo, tubes open, ovulate on own, autoimmune disease 3 Failed IUI's (2/2012, 4/2012, 6/2012)
IVF #1 August 2012. BFP! Beta #1 56.7 Beta #2 150 One baby, one heartbeat on 9/20/12! no h/b @7w6d. dandc @8w0d,
FET #1 December 2012, BFN
FET #2 February 2013, no embies survived thaw
IVF #2, BFP #2, Loss #2 March 2013, Scar tissue discovered, RPL testing,
IVF #3, BFP #3, Loss #3 (twins) September 2013
Hostile ute, moving onto Gestational Carrier!
GC/FET #1 of 1 5AA blast and 1 compacted blast, February 2014, BFP #4 on 3/1/2014!
6w u/s 1 bean with h/b of 145 bpm, 8w u/s 187 bpm
EDD 11/7/14. Please, please, please stick little one!
Hi ladies! I love reading everyone's updates so I can live vicariously through all of you! Because I am STILL IN LIMBO over here, just waiting on a schedule. I've given up hope for March and REALLY have my fingers crossed for April, although I have a work trip smack dab in the middle of the month which could screw up everything. UGH. I'm getting really impatient.
QOTW: my mom's cooking! She is really a good cook and no matter how hard I try to replicate some of her dishes they just aren't as good. She doesn't live that far away but when we do see each other we go out to eat a lot. I really look forward to the holidays just so I can have some of her traditional holiday meals, which I love!
SAIF Always Welcome
TTC #1 since Fall 2008
High FSH, Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome
Unsuccessful with my OE, moving to DE + DS
DE + DS IVF #1: Dec 2012 - BFP, nothing at first u/s
DE + DS IVF #2: 3/14/13 - c/p
DE + DS IVF #3: 7/12/13 - BFP! Finally! No heartbeat at 7w1d.
DE + DS IVF #4: 5/16/14 - BFN
DE + DS IVF #5: 9/3/14 - BFP at 5.5dp5dt, Beta 1 @ 9dp5dt: 438; hb of 133 at 6w5d, no hb at 7w1d
DE + DS IVF #6: 3/3/15 - BFN on HPTs through 7dp5dt, Beta 1 @ 8dp5dt: 19, Beta 2 @ 10dp5dt: 76, nothing at u/s
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky
Hi ladies! I love reading everyone's updates so I can live vicariously through all of you! Because I am STILL IN LIMBO over here, just waiting on a schedule. I've given up hope for March and REALLY have my fingers crossed for April, although I have a work trip smack dab in the middle of the month which could screw up everything. UGH. I'm getting really impatient.
QOTW: my mom's cooking! She is really a good cook and no matter how hard I try to replicate some of her dishes they just aren't as good. She doesn't live that far away but when we do see each other we go out to eat a lot. I really look forward to the holidays just so I can have some of her traditional holiday meals, which I love!
Hang in there!!! The waiting is the worst! It's driving me crazy too!! I think April is more realistic for us too. Fx it flies by.... Somehow!!
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI
(TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Check in: My appointments have been going much better as of late. I have my egg retrieval scheduled for Friday or Saturday this week, depending on how Wednesday's appointment goes. I can't believe this is actually going to happen before the weekend is over. I'm starting to get really nervous that something else is going to go wrong, but I'm doing my best to focus on the things I can control (which is nothing related to starting a family!) and take it one day at a time.
QOTW: There is a place in Minneapolis called Burrito Loco and I think they have the best burritos ever. Every time we go up to visit friends, we have to bring one home. I ate them at least once a week in college and I miss them - we have no Mexican restaurants within a 30 mile radius of us. Burrito Loco blows Chipotle and Qdoba out of the water. Mmmm...now I'm craving Mexican. Burrritos for dinner tonight, it is I think!
@Sammer! I don't know how I missed this update! Thinking of you this week!
TTC #1 since 12/2010 DH: MFI, cancer survivor Me: Resected septate uterus, lap treated mild endo, tubes open, ovulate on own, autoimmune disease 3 Failed IUI's (2/2012, 4/2012, 6/2012)
IVF #1 August 2012. BFP! Beta #1 56.7 Beta #2 150 One baby, one heartbeat on 9/20/12! no h/b @7w6d. dandc @8w0d,
FET #1 December 2012, BFN
FET #2 February 2013, no embies survived thaw
IVF #2, BFP #2, Loss #2 March 2013, Scar tissue discovered, RPL testing,
IVF #3, BFP #3, Loss #3 (twins) September 2013
Hostile ute, moving onto Gestational Carrier!
GC/FET #1 of 1 5AA blast and 1 compacted blast, February 2014, BFP #4 on 3/1/2014!
6w u/s 1 bean with h/b of 145 bpm, 8w u/s 187 bpm
EDD 11/7/14. Please, please, please stick little one!
Re: *(Informal) Third-Party Reproduction Check-In* (Feb 24)
Welcome back from your vacay! I'm a little jealous, I must say!
Lacy - Biggest, most squishiest hugs go out to you and YH. It's so freakin' unfair. I can't stop thinking about you.
mm29 - Thinking of you for your beta tomorrow! FX!
AFM - I've been keeping myself busy really practicing my photography skills. I hope to start a business in it sometime soon because I love it, and it would be nice to make couple extra bucks! Wish some of you ladies lived closer because I'm working on my portfolio and having a hard time finding willing subjects to pose for sessions. People in my life are party poopers!
PAIF response:
We had a 16w scan last week and baby Sammy looked good! We confirmed she's a girl. Next appointment is March 20 for our anatomy scan and I'm just praying like mad that everything is okay at that appointment. I have been able to keep the PaGL brain at bay, but this anatomy scan has me pretty rattled.
QOTW: I lived in the San Francisco bay area for 10 years and the food there was outstanding! Austin has some great food too, but there is a Vietnamese restaurant in San Jose, CA that had this dish that I crave like mad and can't find anything even close to it here. I've ever gone to Houston looking for it because of the prominent Asian influence there, but nope! It's called Bo Cuon Hanh Huong. It's these perfect little beef rolls rolled up with onion strips inside, tied up with green onion strings! They are served with lettuce, daikon, carrots, and these vermicelli patties and you put them all together and eat with your hands. To. Die. For. I have contemplated going back to the bay area to visit just for that dang dish! I can't even find a recipe online, I've tried!
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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
AFM I just want to cycle so I can move on either being PG or living child free. Everything moving on a slow pace and I'm getting impatient...again
QOTW: I can't think food wise plus I'm such a picky eater BUT the best buttery crispy chocolate chip cookie hands down for me is in Nantucket! Fudge is also very good! I actually get that shipped to me 2Mamaz I can't remember if I mentioned this before..think I did but the lady who has the fudge shop in Nantucket is from Altoona.
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!!
I had my beta drawn this morning and it was down to 119. So hopefully it will go to zero fast. I go back next mon. I'm a little numb from all of this and trying to process but I don't know it's very weird this time. I can't even explain on words how I feel.
Qotw: My aunts homemade biscuits or fried green tomatoes in good ol Kentucky!
Thought and Prayers for you @Lacyj69
Congrats to @mm29!
Love keeping up with you on this board and your blog @liz4paws
Hang in there @BeckyP005
AFM
My donor goes for her scan and starts Lupron hopefully Monday. We are finishing up the legal paperwork and just waiting. ER should be around 3/21.
QOTD:
Well I am in Texas so we are all about the Tex Mex. I am hispanic so for me it is all about the tortilla. If it isn't handmade then it's crap. No packaged tortillas!
Me:36 DH:38 TTC#1 since 4/2012
Me DX: Hashimotos,Hypothyroid, DOR, MTHFR, DH: normal
IUI #1-#4 BFNs and a few cancelled cycles in the mix.
- poor responder
***Suprise BFP on 6/13/13. Natural MC @6wks 3days
IVF#1 and 2- Cancelled due to no response on max stimms
FET 5/20- BFP
1st Beta- 641
2nd beta- 2166
Sono- TWINS!!!!
Two Boys! Born January 2015 @36 weeks. Healthy and no NICU! So blessed!
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!
@mm29, good luck with the beta!
PAIF response:
We are currently 4 weeks and 6 days pregnant and anxious for our next beta on Wednesday. Our first beta (11dpt3dt) was 110, our second beta (13dp3dt) was 175, and our third beta (15dp3dt) was 348. If we'd only had betas 2 and 3, we wouldn't think to worry (any more that IF brain teaches us all to worry), but the rise between betas 1 and 2 was slow and so we are trying to be extra cautious.
Hopefully Weds beta (which will be 19dp3dt) will give us a better since of whether our betas are weird overall of whether we just had one weird one.
@Manada is feeling more and more pregnancy symptoms as the days pass, which feels reassuring but we both know it is far from a guarantee.
QOTW:
Chicago stuffed pizza for sure!
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
TTC since April 2010
BFP #1 – March 2011, missed m/c April 2011
BFP #2 – October 2011, m/c November 2011
Surprise BFP #3 – December 2011, diagnosed as cornual, terminated January 2012
BFP #4 – June 2012, m/c July 2012
Diagnosed with bicornuate ute and MTHR gene mutation
BFP #5 – October 2012, missed m/c November 2012
BFP #6 – January 2013, m/c March 2013
No longer TTC. Diagnosis: Hostile ute. Heartbroken and bitter. Pursuing surrogacy.
June 2013 - Carrier found! Could this really happen?!
~All AL always welcome~
Check-in: I've been fighting allergies for 2 weeks and I finally feel like I'm on the mend. I had an appt on 2/17 for spotting most likely due to coughing my lungs up and my OB said my cervix was soft. I can't seem to find any info about if there can be fluctuations, but I hope at my next appt on 3/3 it will be nice and firm, closed, long and/or whatever it's supposed to be!
QOTW: I must be hungry because several things come to mind, mostly food eaten on vacations! In Kauai I had some kind of Asian fusion noodle dish that was amazing and I haven't been able to find anywhere else. I googled the restaurant, Yum Cha, to find the dish name but apparently they've closed. In San Diego I had the best turkey burger I've ever eaten at Slater's 50/50. ::drool:: I could go on & on... lol
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Me: 30 ~ Stage IV Endo ~ AMH .38 ~ AFC 8
AMH .97 as of 4/2012! ~ AMH 1.63 as of 4/2013!?!
Him: 29 ~ perfect swimmers
Laparotomy w/partial oophorectomy 8/2009 to remove cysts/endo.
Stopped BCP 4/2010.
Multiple clomid rounds from 11/2010 to 6/2011. ~ All BFN
IUI w/clomid 7/2011. IUI w/clomid & injectables 11/2011 & 1/2012. ~ All BFN
IVF:EPP 5/2012 ~ (4R, 3M, 2F w/ICSI). Both embryos txfrd. ~ BFN
BCP to manage endo from 10/2012 to 12/2012.
FET w/donor embryos #1: 10/2013 Cancelled
FET w/donor embryos #1.2: 11/2013 ~ ET of 2 beautiful blasts on 11/27.
Beta 1: 503(12dp5dt) Beta 2: 1035(14dpt) Beta 3: 3001(16dpt) Beta 4: 8503(19dpt)
Twins with an EDD of 8/15/14! Team Purple
G&B born 6/30/14 at 33w3d via emergency c/s.
If you're wondering about my avatar...it's a fried pickle chip shaped like a fetus!
@liz4paws - fx for a great scan!! @BeckyP005 - I hear you on the waiting... It is so frustrating!!! I hope our waits are both well worth it in the end, but ugghh!!
@Lacyj67 - I'm so very sorry you are going through all of this!!
@ksgsmu - fx for a smooth and successful cycle!!!
@lincoln79 - using a trigger for the FET will definitely make testing a bit tricky... As tempted as I would be, I might try to have her hold off until close to beta... Easy for me to say though, as I have zero self control when it comes to testing...
@healz413- best of luck Wednesday!! Beta hell truly is a living hell-
@sammer818 - I've been thinking of you! Hoping you have a great retrieval!!
AFM: yup... Still waiting... Had a mini freak out last week when my clinic hadnt heard from our donor and her last period started 1/17. I was afraid she might be pregnant. I reached out to my agency to contact her, she said she was expecting her period 2/25, so fx she calls this week!! (I'm assuming the clinic has the wrong date)
Qotw - I rarely like to travel, so there's nothing I'm missing out on!!
Have a lovely week ladies!!
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI (TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Repeat SHG 6/14-normal / Endometrial Receptivity Array biopsy 7/14-Receptive Uterus
New RE, additional testing reveals elevated NK Cells
FET of 1 day 5 blast (RE recommends transferring 1 due to elevated NK cells) with lovenox, steroids & intralipids in October
QOTD: I actually can't think of any food I love and can't get here. I do really miss my favorite Thai restuarant that closed a few years ago. Nothing else compares.
12/2011: Finished chemo
5/2013: Cleared for DE IVF
11/13: DEgg IVF#1
8/5/14: Grace was born!
@cc+mm--Congrats on the little girl!!
@Liz--I would totally be in your photos, maybe the next time you are out this way. Or if I ever make it down south
@kgsmu—GL with this cycle. I have everything crossed for you!!
@lincoln79--GL on your beta day. I hope you get great news!!
@healz413 and @manda: I'm so happy to hear manda is having more pregnancy s/s!!!
@km672--I hope AF shows her face soon!!!
@sammer818--FX for a great retrieval. I hope you have a lot of great quality eggs retrieved!!
@jalara & @doubleportion--I hope you two and your families feel better soon!
AFM: I am scared to death for my beta tomorrow!! More than anything I hope it has risen appropriately!!
QOTW: When I went to the Bahamas I went to the fish fry and had the most amazing fried fish and fried Conch!! I wish I could get that here!!
::: Married June 2003:::
TTC #1 since: Aug. 2008
Me: 34, DOR, MTHFR-A1298C (heterozygous), decreased blood flow to uterus, Mild Endo
DH: 38, Balanced translocation 5&10, unexplained MFI, normal SA and SCSA
Tx History: IUI 1&2= BFN
IVF# 1 W/ICSI= BFN
IVF# 2: cancelled d/t no response
IVF# 3= 1 egg retrieved=immature/not viable
IVF# 4= c/p
***CCRM ODWU***
Found DHs BT and Me-decreased blood flow to uterus
Recommended DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture. Decided to cycle locally
***New RE***
DE IVF# 1(cycle #6) w/pgd, (freeze all): 30R, 23M, 15F, slow/poor embryo development, 4 biopsied, 1 Normal "Norm"; DE IVF w/PGD, incorporate electro-acupuncture.
IVF# 6: (OE/DS) cancelled
IVF# 7: (OE/DS) 1R, 1M, 1F, arrested day 5
Plan-DE IVF# 2 (cycle #8): DE/DS in May 2015
http://icanhazbabyz.blogspot.com/
@ksgsmu yay for a transfer date!!! So exciting! @cc+mom what a beautiful name! @marshmallowevening FX for a quick match!! @Km672 FX donor gets AF real soon so you can get the show in the road
@healz2413 thinking good thoughts for beta! Oh and MH misses Chicago pizza! @lincoln79 praying everything goes smoothly for GC.
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!!
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!
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
SAIF Always Welcome
TTC #1 since Fall 2008
High FSH, Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome
Unsuccessful with my OE, moving to DE + DS
DE + DS IVF #1: Dec 2012 - BFP, nothing at first u/s
DE + DS IVF #3: 7/12/13 - BFP! Finally! No heartbeat at 7w1d.
Hang in there!!! The waiting is the worst! It's driving me crazy too!! I think April is more realistic for us too. Fx it flies by.... Somehow!!
Me (32) DOR, elevated NK Cells/ 2 copies of MTHFR mutation/ MH (35) azoo/high DFI (TTC#1 since 2009)
IVFs#1-4: (4/10-2/12) all BFN
Surprise Bfp (9/11) - c/p
DS IUI#1-2 (9/12, 10/12) - BFN
DS IVF: (11/12) - BFN
DE/DS IVF#1: (10/13) - 2 day 3 embies transferred-BFFN
FET of 2 day 6 blasts: (12/13) - c/p
DE/DS IVF #2: (4/14) - 1 day 5 blast transferred...BFFN...again.
FET 5/14: 1 day 5 hatching blast transferred...another BFFN
Repeat SHG 6/14-normal / Endometrial Receptivity Array biopsy 7/14-Receptive Uterus
New RE, additional testing reveals elevated NK Cells
FET of 1 day 5 blast (RE recommends transferring 1 due to elevated NK cells) with lovenox, steroids & intralipids in October
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!