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GTKY: What was your best birthday celebration ever?
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Mine was when my uncle comped the best suite in his hotel for me for a weekend. I had just gone through a really rough time and needed a place to get away. DH and I turned off our phones, only saw my uncle for dinners, and just relaxed. His hotel is right on the beach in Carlsbad and we had a gorgeous view. I can't remember a time when I was more relaxed. It was perfect.
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Love 2010 | Marriage 2011 | TTC #1 since 2012
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
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Re: GTKY: What was your best birthday celebration ever?
Waited a long time, tried a lot of stuff, science made me a mom.
I used to go to the Grand Canyon every year because my dad was an astronomer and they held a week-long astronomy group camping trip there every year. I love it there and I hope to take my husband someday!
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
My 10th birthday was my best childhood birthday, too. My 10th birthday was during the beginning of the first season of the Arizona Diamondbacks. My parents took me and my grandparents to the game. It was amazing and I've loved baseball ever since!
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
@RammerJammer that is awesome!!! I have never traveled alone like that except for work and now I totally look up to you for that!!
I've had fun birthdays but not anything huge. One of the most memorable was probably my 30th because my sister threw me a surprise party and I never in a million years would have imagined that and was so surprised!! It was funny because I'm typically a happy, laid back person but I was in a pissy mood that day and HANGRY, lol... So I was not in a good mood when we got to my parents' house where it was haha.
2008: HSG (normal), couple rounds of clomid through gyno
2008 - 2010: dragging my feet out of fear and procrastination
October 2010: first consultation with RE, dx PCOS and fibroids (DH slightly low count/motility)
Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2012: In DENIAL! avoided the issue because I was scared of surgery
January 2013: returned to RE, fibroids grew significantly
February 2013: second HSG, fibroids pushed on tubes which blocked them somewhat
March 2013: MRI to determine what type of surgery may be necessary
July 29, 2013: fibroids (5) removed via robotic laparascopy
August 2013 - Nov 2013 : benched due to recent surgery
IUI #3, Feb. 25, 2014 BFN
IUI #4 canceled due to lack of response to letrozole
IUI #4.1 April 28, 2014, BFN
May 16, 2014: wtf consult, start prepping for IVF in June and add injects for one last IUI in the meantime
IUI #5 started letrozole and bravelle but canceled after HSG led to new diagnosis
May 21, 2014: third HSG, tubes blocked, one at the beginning, one hydrosalpinx??
IVF #1 August 8, 2014 - 3dt of 2 embryos, BFN
September 17, 2014 - 4th HSG, the right tube is very patent (open!!) dye went straight through this time. Weird!
October 2, 2014 - started metformin treatment
November 14, 2014 - blood work, brought A1C down from 5.8 to 5.5
November 26, 2014 - RE finally back from vaca and reviewed my chart, no more IVFs for rest of calendar year
December 1, 2014 - Right after Thanksgiving, I called a new clinic and got in right away! Plan for IVF
December 17, 2014 - ER! 29 retrieved (!!), 16 mature, all 16 fertilized (ICSI)
IVF #2 December 20, 2014 - 3dt of 3 embryos, BFN
We are done with treatment unsuccessfully.
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
My best birthday memory was from my 30th birthday. My sweet little nephew who was about 4 at the time decided he wanted to throw me a surprise balloon launch for my birthday. So my sister took him to go pick out balloons and when I got to my mom's house for cake, he ran up to me and told me what he planned. He also brought me a bag full of chocolate because in his 4 year old mind, a balloon launch and a bag of chocolate was the best birthday ever! So we all launched a balloon and made a wish. It was so much fun and the sweetest gift ever. Afterward, of course I went out and partied with friends! Lol
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Me (35) no known issues DH (37) MFI. TTC 21 months (24 cycles)
Dx MFI with low to normal count, low motility, morphology 3%
HSG normal, ultrasound and labs on me all normal.
1 cycle of Clomid 50mg and TI, unmonitored by OBGYN= BFN
1 cycle of Clomid 50mg and IUI, unmonitored by OBGYN= BFN
Started seeing an RE!!
2 more cycles of clomid 50mg (great response), with IUI and Pregnyl trigger (4.8-8 mil good ones after wash) = all BFN
1 cycle of clomid 50mg (3-7) followed by Follistim 75iu (7-11) + IUI = BFN
December 2013 DH saw urologist and is taking Anastrozole, CoQ10, and L-Carnitine
IUI #5 natural cycle (needed a med break) = BFN
IUI #6 Follistim 75iu (CD3-10) + Pregnyl (CD11) + IUI (final count after wash 300K) = BFN
IUI #7 Follistim 75iu (CD3-9) + Pregnyl (CD11) + IUI on 2/20 (post wash count 12.5 million)= BFN
IUI cancelled (DH OOT) Clomid 50mg (CD3-7) 1 follicle +(not well timed) TI = BFN
IUI #8 and last one!! Clomid 100mg (CD3-7) +OPK before US + IUI 4/17 (post wash 8.5 mil)= BFN
Pre-IVF testing complete! SHG great and measurements taken! Labs for infectious diseases completed, FSH (5.4), TSH (1.6), Prolactin (11), AMH (2.6), Estradiol (40).
Started BCP 5/29 and Lupron 6/11 prep for IVF #1! Started follistim 225u/day on 6/28. Monitoring on 7/2 >15 follicles measuring 11-14, E2 758. Monitoring on 7/5 all ready to go!! Great follicle sizes and lining is at 9. Tigger 7/5, ER 7/7 16R 9M 3F. Stimmed too fast in just 7 days. 7/10 3dt of 2 8-cell grade 2 & 4. 7/14 P4 >60.
Holy crap BFP!!!
Beta #1 (14dpo) 7/21 112 Beta #2 (16dpo) 7/23 286 a Beta #3 (18dpo) 7/25 761 Beta #4 (21dpo) 2631!!! Hold on tight little embies!! First Ultrasound 8/7- 1 perfect little bean with a beating heart 117bpm!! EDD 3/30.
Second ultrasound 9/2 Little bean measuring a few days ahead with a heart rate of 161!
PAIF/SAIF/All Welcome!
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