Hi. :-h
Well it's official. We saw 2 little heartbeats this morning. I am 6w4d, baby A had a heartbeat of 125 and baby B had a heartbeat of 119!
I am so excited, yet a little overwhelmed. I have always had a fascination with multiples when I was little.
Any advice is welcome!!
TTC for 1.5 years with a crappy RE. 12 cycles with clomid (11 too many)
New RE, 3 failed IUI's moving to IVF with ICSI
IVF#1 BFP EDD 1/10/13
Beta#1 51 Beta #2 148
A/S 8/20/13 Team Pink
Induced week 39 due to severe GD
Baby girl born 1/4/13
TTC #2 2 failed IUI's moving on to FET 3/2014
ET 3/25
Beta #1 127
Beta #2 845
U/s 4/22 It's TWINS!!
Team Purple!!
Re: It's official!
BFP: 12/2/13, EDD: 8/17/13
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Age: 35 TTC since 2005, MFI & DOR
IVF #1 Sep '11 - canceled poor response
IVF #2 Nov '11 8R/8M/4F 3dt x2 - chemical
IVF #3 April '12 11R/6M/4F 3dt x2 - m/c
FET #1 Aug 2012 3dt x2 - BFN
**new RE**
IVF #4 Jan '13 BFN 11R/6M/6F 5dt x2 - BFN
IVF #5 July '13 16R/10M/10F 5dt x2 + 1 frostie
9dp5dt Beta 1 = 344!! 16dp5dt. Beta 2 = 4822 7wk u/s= 2 heartbeats!
Twin girls! 3/6/14
***signature & ticker warning***
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!
I asked my RE today with twins when I graduate if I would see my regular OB. He is familiar with my OB's office and said with multiples they co manage with MFM (which is downstairs from them).
I definitely have a lot of emotions flowing thru me along with exhaustion. I was glad to read the post about being so extremely tired normal. I work 12 hour days and am pretty much toast for most of it.
Thanks again for the welcome!!
N14 Nov. Siggy: CELEBRATION!
My name is Heidi, I live in West Palm Beach, FL., I am 32yo, and I am a first time, expectant mommy of twins!! This came as a complete shocker! I had my first appt. at 6 weeks, and of course they did all the necessary blood work, and within a couple of days called to let me know all levels were where they needed to be according to my last menstrual date, and told me they looked forward to seeing me for my 8 week appointment, where they would do an ultrasound. So last week, (week 8), we went in for my first ultrasound, and to our surprise, there are two babies in there!!
My question is, why didn't my blood work show any elevated levels? And should it have? The doctor and staff seemed just as surprised as we did...Any thoughts?
@heidihegner - Congrats to you as well! Beta hcg levels are not predictive of multiples. Many MoM's on this board had 'normal' betas and found on ultrasound to be carrying more than one. Some women have high levels with singletons.
First pregnancy - DS 01-Apr-09;
3rd cycle Clomid/IUI after 2 years TTC
TTC #2 since ~June 2010
IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid/IUI - BFN
IUI #3 &4 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFN
IUI #5 - Gonal-F/Ovidrel and IUI -- BFP!!
EDD: March 22, 2013
It's triplets!!
#1 BFP 1/10/11; missed m/c discovered 7w5d
IF Dx: Endo, hetero MTHFR mutation, poor morphology
#1 IUI: 1/18/12 = BFN
#1 IVF/ICSI 4/2/12 = 2 x 7-cell and 1 x 5-cell transferred (3dt) = BFP!!
H was born at 41w2d on 12/29/12 - be still my heart!
#2 IVF/ICSI 1/19/14 = 2 x 8 cells transferred (3dt) = BFP!! EDD 10/09/14
M&W born at 37 weeks on 9/18/14 - I am the momma of 3 boys!!!
Congrats and welcome to the club.
Yes you will get lots of stupid/rude comments/question before and after the babies are born like everyone else said. Also, ask questions, if something feels off/wrong, inquire. I really wish I would have when I was pregnant with my twins being a FTM and everything. This board is a great board with a lot of knowledgeable ladies.
BFP#1: 11/20/11, EDD 7/25/12, Emily Iris arrived 7/29/12 at 7 lb., 3.5 oz.
BFP#2: 8/25/13, EDD 5/4/14, MMC confirmed on 9/23/13, D&C on 9/26/13
BFP#3: 2/3/14, EDD 10/15/14, fraternal TWINS confirmed 2/21/14, two BOYS confirmed on 4/15/14!
Yes lol. I know I shouldn't be. I'm on mobile so I can't see them. This week and a half wait to find out if I'm having one or two is going to be the death of me!