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Well, I am going to keep this brief, and I will promise to post our full, very Long birth story later... But for now....
After a very long labor and very difficult delivery, my wife and I welcomed our little surprise into this world. As most of you know, we were expecting a little girl. Well, funny story, even though this apparently RARELY happens theses days, we are the proud new moms of a healthy baby boy. We were and are totally in shock. We are still slowly telling family and friends that baby is here and is on fact a boy. I will write much more about this later...
For now, here are some details:
William George (we plan to call him Will) was born on June 4th at 12:57am.
He weighed in at 9 lbs 6 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long.
He is healthy and super sweet.
I have a 2nd degree tear and lots of stitches. I also have been experiencing issues with low blood pressure and fainting since labor, that really peaked after delivery. I have not successfully walked unassisted yet, and I am still tied to an IV.
Anyway, we are shocked and I am still struggling post-delivery, but we love our little guy. I promise to post more later.
Attached are the only two pics we have so far (I've been out if it).
After a very long labor and very difficult delivery, my wife and I welcomed our little surprise into this world. As most of you know, we were expecting a little girl. Well, funny story, even though this apparently RARELY happens theses days, we are the proud new moms of a healthy baby boy. We were and are totally in shock. We are still slowly telling family and friends that baby is here and is on fact a boy. I will write much more about this later...
For now, here are some details:
William George (we plan to call him Will) was born on June 4th at 12:57am.
He weighed in at 9 lbs 6 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long.
He is healthy and super sweet.
I have a 2nd degree tear and lots of stitches. I also have been experiencing issues with low blood pressure and fainting since labor, that really peaked after delivery. I have not successfully walked unassisted yet, and I am still tied to an IV.
Anyway, we are shocked and I am still struggling post-delivery, but we love our little guy. I promise to post more later.
Attached are the only two pics we have so far (I've been out if it).
Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********This discussion has been closed.
Re: Introducing...
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
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Me: 30 DP: 30
TTC#1
IUI#1 9/26/13 BFN
IUI#2 10/26/13 BFP beta #1 99 #2 456
2/20/2014 Brynlee Madeline is taken too soon at 19weeks she was perfect
IUI#3 6/10/14 BFP beta #1 276 beta #2 722 20w A/S shows we are having a girl
Married to my amazing wife 6/12/10
TTC since 6/11
Unmedicated IUI #1 - 6/28/11 - BFN
Unmedicated IUI #2 - 7/25/11 - BFN
Robotic Myomectomy (Fibroid Surgery) - 11/15/11
Unmedicated IUI #3 - 4/24/12 - BFN
Progesterone Supported Leuteal Phase IUI #4 - 6/21/12 - BFP!!
Baby Boy G Born 3/24/13
On to #2, are we crazy?
IUI #1 - 11/28/14 - BFP! Beta #1 (11DPO) 34, Beta #2 (13DPO) 101, Beta #3 (20DPO) 3043
Ultrasound at 6w4d shows a single, fluttering heartbeat. Say hello to Sticky Ricki!
My SIL has a 10yo boy whom she was assured was a girl when she was pregnant. Had lots of pink stuff to return, but loves her boy to bits!
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
What a surprise! Sneaky little guy
Well, congratulations on the birth of your son!! I'm so sorry your labor was difficult but I'm glad your baby is healthy and in your arms. I'm sure you'll be back on the mend quickly.
Welcome to the world, Will!
ME-34 DW-28
Together since 1-2012
Married 9-24-2013
Started TTC with RE January 2014.
Open donor sperm
IUI #1 (1-31-14) Clomid + HCG Trigger=BFN
IUI #2 (2-27-14) Gonal F + HCG trigger=BFN Benched for 2 weeks due to cysts. Placed on BCP
IUI #3 (4-7-14) Gonal F + HCG trigger=BFN Benched for 3 weeks due to 6 cysts. Placed on BCP
IVF#1 Lupron 10iu, Menopur 150iu, Gonal F 400iu, HCG trigger
ER#1 (6-3-14) 9 Eggs, 8 Fertilized,
ET#1 (6-8-14) 2 Day 5 Blastocysts transferred
6-20-14 BFP 12dp5dt Beta 114.9
15dp5dt Beta 365
Low progesterone start PIO/Crinone
6-23-14 Ultrasound shows no sac. Beta dropped. Chemical.
IVF#2 Menopur 150iu, Gonal F450iu, Ganirelix, Lupron trigger
ER#2 8-13-14 7 Eggs, 3 Fertilized and frozen
FET scheduled for 10-11-14
FET Canceled due to thin lining
IVF #2 Fresh Cycle Scheduled for December 2014
Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013
C began IUI's
7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140.... 6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014
03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!
1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.
Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!
Check out my blog at: http://journeytoparenthoodandmakingmilk.blogspot.com/
No one has said this but I'm going to. It's ok to mourn a little bit the "loss" of your baby girl you had planned for since your a/s. I know you had her name chosen, the nursery featured it and SHE was very, very real to you. The fact that she didn't show up today has to be more than shocking, and even, possibly (no disrespect to Will!) disappointing! For as much as you are falling in love with Will, it's separate and different to have feelings of loss or sadness for the little girl you were expecting and it's OK to have them. I hope you understand what I'm saying and I'm not out of line - I just know if Simone popped out with a penis, I'd be sad to never have gotten to meet Simone, even if I was super excited for...Simon.
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
Married to my amazing wife 6/12/10
TTC since 6/11
Unmedicated IUI #1 - 6/28/11 - BFN
Unmedicated IUI #2 - 7/25/11 - BFN
Robotic Myomectomy (Fibroid Surgery) - 11/15/11
Unmedicated IUI #3 - 4/24/12 - BFN
Progesterone Supported Leuteal Phase IUI #4 - 6/21/12 - BFP!!
Baby Boy G Born 3/24/13
On to #2, are we crazy?
IUI #1 - 11/28/14 - BFP! Beta #1 (11DPO) 34, Beta #2 (13DPO) 101, Beta #3 (20DPO) 3043
Ultrasound at 6w4d shows a single, fluttering heartbeat. Say hello to Sticky Ricki!
That said -- I am still so, so excited for you and your wife and your beautiful boy! William is one of my favorite names and I really can't get over how adorable he is.
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
For the record, 2mamaz is spot on about mourning the loss of Lucie (that was what we planned to name our baby girl). I am taking it better than my wife -- my wife loves our son, but is struggling with not having Lucie. I think with time is will get easier.
So here is a quick update from us:
* Unfortunately Will is in the NICU for the night. He is having trouble regulating his sugars due to his size. I did not have gestational diabetes, and they don't suspect he is diabetic, but life on the outside without the support of the placenta seems to have caused his sugar level to crash a little. He is doing well now and they are giving him formula and IV fluids and his sugars are back up to a reasonable level, the hope is he can join us back in our room by sometime tomorrow. We did try to BF 3 times, but my milk isn't in yet so he needed the formula to supplement because of his low sugar. I plan to try to start pumping tomorrow to see if we can get s little to send down to the NICU and also to stimulate my milk to come in. Needless to say, even though he is responding well, this has been a difficult and emotional day.
* I am still struggling with pain from my tearing as well as my BP/fainting issue. I haven't had a fainting episode since 10am, but my BP was still 88/46 when we last took it (super low for me). Because of this I am still on an IV and they won't let me walk anywhere unaccompanied (nurse or my wife has to go with me to the bathroom, they haven't let me shower yet, and I have to go in a wheelchair to the NICU (which honestly, because of my pain from the tears it is very difficult to sit).
* Neither my wife or I have slept at all since arriving at the hospital at 9am yesterday. Due to a very long, difficult labor, a challenging recovery that has left me in pan and unable to get comfortable, and our son's challenges that have landed him in the NICU... We just have not had time or the ability to sleep. I am now more exhausted than ever before. I just took 2 Tylenol with codeine for pain, and hopefully that will help me get some rest tonight. Although I just want to be in the NICU 24/7....
So those are the updates.
It is probably going to take me a little while to write up our full birth story, but I will work on that when we get home and try to post it soon.
Until then, I leave you with a few new pics...
Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Baby Oliver born 11/27/13
TTC stats with donor sperm...
IUI #1 with trigger, 1/4/13 - BFN
IUI #2 with trigger, 2/1/13 BFN
IUI #3 with tigger, 2/28/12 BFP EDD 11/21/13
Congratulations!!! He is precious!!
But what a rollercoaster you two are on right now. I can only imagine how you are both feeling with the surprise of a bouncing baby boy you were not expecting. And I am sorry to hear about the hard labour and other difficulties you are having right now after the labour. Take care of yourself, and hopefully you will get some rest tonight. Remember that the nurses are there to help you, so try and get rest.
I'm 35, DW is 33
Together since Dec 2007
Married since 18 June 2011
TTC #1
1st IUI - trigger, 9 July 14 at midnight, IUI - 11 July 14 at noon - BFP!!
10 Dec 14 - Lost our Baby Girl to Hydrops & Cycstic Hygroma due to Turner Syndrome
TTC #2
2nd IUI - hoping to try for our Rainbow in the Spring
Sorry it has taken me so long to formulate a response, but camp season is crazy, and I have a lot to say! I also wanted to give myself time to really work through my thoughts so I could frame them correctly, because I had a different response than other people, based on my own life experience!
But before that... CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I can't believe your little baby is here! I remember when you first announced your pregnancy, we were on vacation and I came running down the hall of our beach condo to tell @firstcomeslove2013 the good news! I am beyond excited for you all, and although it sounds like things have not been the smoothest, it sounds like you are taking it one day at a time.
As for your surprise, I can imagine it was very shocking! I was surprised at first.... and then I realized... Hey... that same thing happened to my parents. I mean, I was 25 when I told them I wasn't a girl... although I think they knew long before that. But I am sure they went through many of the same things! Because they had made assumptions, based on my pre-assigned gender, on what I would be and do. This is something that as a society we do... it is a natural process, and something that has become part of our daily lives. I think what was important to me was that my parents knew I was the same person that I always was... and William is the same person he always was! He is the same little nugget that you put all your blood, sweat and tears into... the same little bundle of love that kicked at you for the last half of your pregnancy, and made you sick for the first third! The only thing that changes is the perceptions that you made about who she would become... and for all any of us know, they may have to change back some day!
But I think you are doing amazing! You seemed to take it in stride, and although it sounds like your partner struggled with it a bit (which I think is a normal reaction) she has now
A and I talked about it at length... what would our honest reaction be to a situation like that (not our theoretical political reaction, but our snap-judgment emotional reaction) and we decided we would be most upset about having to change the name of the baby. So... we decided that we would pick names that we would be comfortable giving to a girl our a boy... no matter what
Again, I am just so happy for your family and hope things get easier for you down the road! Keep taking it one step at a time and feel free to vent whenever you need to. We are all here for you!
Baby Hayden Frances born 12/20/14 at 11:11 a.m... Our perfect little miracle. Here's how we got here:
My lovely wife:
5 IUI's January 2013-June 2013- 3 Cycles with Clomid- BFN
Myself: Genderqueer guy who hopped in the driver's seat of the baby making train
IUI #6- 7/23- Monitored and Trigger on Day 12, with one 16mm follicle and one 18mm follicle- BFN
IUI #7- 8/21- Not monitored, 50mg Clomid- BFN
September and October: Missed Cycles due to vacation and a Half Marathon
IUI #8- Monitored and triggered on day 15, with one 23x18mm follicle- BFN on 11/19/2013
December: Moved onto to see an RE to make a good plan.
IUI #9- 1/1/2014 Natural Cycle, BFP on 1/15/2014, 6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014
IUI #10 3/21/2014- Natural Cycle- BFP on 4/1/2014 (please don't be an April Fools. Beta #1 13dpiui- 48, Beta #2 16dpiui- 416, Beta #3 1018...
1st Ultrasound- 4/22/2014- 6w4d HB- 134!
Check out my Blog at: http://pregnantboithinksoutloud.blogspot.com/
Me - 30, My wife - 31 , Together for 10 yrs - Married August 2012
5 medicated IUIs w/ RE (March - July 2013) = BFN
Fresh IVF Cycle in September 2013 resulted in 18 mature eggs, 16 fertilized, 12 made it to day 5. Transfer of 2 Grade A blastocysts on 9/15/13, and 10 embryos in the freezer! *****BFP on 9/25/13 - betas: @10dp5dt = 232; @12dp5dt = 465; @15dp5dt = 1,581 *********William George born June 4, 2014*********