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EllieTheGiraffeEllieTheGiraffe member
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I've been lurking here for a few days, and thought I'd better introduce myself. My name is Ellie, DW is Helena. I'm 45, DW is 48. I have my gorgeous daughter Tilde, who is 16, by my ex-husband, conceived naturally, but due to severe hemorrhaging I almost died giving birth, and was advised to to give birth again. DW and I also have Nova, who is 7, together, who was conceived through IVF with donor sperm after failed IUI, with DW carrying, though she has since had to get a full hysterectomy. However, I wasn't allowed on Nova's birth certificate, and had to adopt her when LGBT adoption (and marriage) became legal in Norway on January 1st 2009. DW and I finally got married a day later. We are now trying for a third child, and have been since February 2013. First using a surrogate, sperm donation and my eggs, but now with a surrogate and donor embryos. However, we have agreed that if we have not managed to conceive by February 2015, we will stop TTC. 
Older children warning!

TTC #1 with XH January 1997 - May 1997
BFP TTC #1 May 1997
Mathilda Winifred "Tilde" born 3 February 1998
Moved in with DW November 2003
TTC #2 with DW (IUI with DS) (DW carrying) May 2005 - December 2005
TTC #2 with DW (IVF with DS)  (DW carrying) January 2006 - May 2006
BFP TTC #2 May 2006
Nova Kathrine born 9 November 2006
Nova finally became legally mine 1 January 2009
Married DW 2 January 2009
TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DS) February 2013 - January 2014
TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DE) March 2014 - ????
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  • e74e74 member
    Welcome!
    DS#1 born 9/23/06 
    Twins DS#2 and 3 born at 31 weeks, 3 days due to a short cervix on 8/2/13.
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  • brooklynesquebrooklynesque member
    Welcome!
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  • ArgyleBrideArgyleBride member
    Welcome!  I hope that deadline never ends up mattering for you.
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  • AllieAlbaAllieAlba member
    Welcome!

    Single Mummy-To-Be | TTC January 2014 | Natural IUI with DS March 2014: Resulted in BFN | Natural IUI with DS April 2014: Positive! | EDD 10th January 2015


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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Welcome and good luck :)

    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!!


     

     

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  • lincoln79lincoln79 member
    Welcome and best of luck!!

    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!

    Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!

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  • 2MamazInSeattle2MamazInSeattle member
    Welcome! You should also come on over to the LGBT board Ellie! Me, Healz & Manada, and Goalieswife123 all span both boards. We have a TTC check-in on Mondays you could join in on too.

    Welcome here as well - I've really found both the LGBT and Third Party boards to be a great support to me through TTC and now my pregnancy!
    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


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  • liz4pawsliz4paws member
    Welcome to the board! Wishing you lots of luck!

    ************ 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
      
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  • EllieTheGiraffeEllieTheGiraffe member
    @2MamazInSeattle I never knew there was a LGBT board, I'll go find it!
    Older children warning!

    TTC #1 with XH January 1997 - May 1997
    BFP TTC #1 May 1997
    Mathilda Winifred "Tilde" born 3 February 1998
    Moved in with DW November 2003
    TTC #2 with DW (IUI with DS) (DW carrying) May 2005 - December 2005
    TTC #2 with DW (IVF with DS)  (DW carrying) January 2006 - May 2006
    BFP TTC #2 May 2006
    Nova Kathrine born 9 November 2006
    Nova finally became legally mine 1 January 2009
    Married DW 2 January 2009
    TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DS) February 2013 - January 2014
    TTC #3 with DW (Surrogacy with DE) March 2014 - ????
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  • sarahjerisarahjeri member
    Welcome! 
    *****siggy*****
    Me: 33 (Mosaic Turner's Syndrome/POF) 
    DH: 35 (no male factor)
    3/10 - Foster Mr. T for 1 month
    3/11 - Foster AL for 1 year
    7/11 Known donor retrieval 7 fertilized 
    7/11 DE Transfer -BFP & 5 FE
    4/9/12 Miracle baby girl arrives!
    Planning for FET 7/14


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