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TTC Check-In
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Good Morning.
How is your/your partner's TTC journey progressing. Please update us on where things are at.
Reminder - if you have a BFP to post, please do so by creating a new thread so everyone can see it.
QOTW: what have you accomplished in the past two weeks?
How is your/your partner's TTC journey progressing. Please update us on where things are at.
Reminder - if you have a BFP to post, please do so by creating a new thread so everyone can see it.
QOTW: what have you accomplished in the past two weeks?
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.
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Re: TTC Check-In
I am just waiting for my LH surge. After a certain point I start to get nervous that I won't be ovulating or that I somehow managed to miss it and I am at/getting to this point.
QOTW: I finished my HA apprentice online course and I just have to take the online and state licensing exams.
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
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
Greetings, friends!
I'm on day 4 of Follistim. I take another dose tonight, and another tomorrow, and then I get the vag scan on Wednesday. I imagine they'll have me stim for a few more days and then check again over the weekend, and I'll probably get my IUI on Monday or Tuesday next week.
We had to pick a new donor. To be honest, I'm not very excited about him. He's very good looking and he's intelligent but... he's kind of simple. I mean, when asked what makes him happy his response was "Food." His medical history is good and he seems like a wonderful guy (and he looks like a New Kid which C loves) but... I dunno, maybe it was just his interview. I'm going to encourage C to keep checking profiles since we have 3 months on the subscription so we can pick a new donor if this cycle doesn't work.
So there you have it. This is my Hail Mary cycle - last one until I joyfully toss in the towel and let C give it a go for a while. I thought I'd be sadder about letting go but I'm actually just relieved. It's such a tremendous pain being a slave to my cycle. Having to drive up early in the morning for appointments, taking drugs, having speculums shoved in my vagina, waiting anxiously, testing, testing, testing only to get BFNs... And then watching my savings dwindle all for an empty uterus. It's way too much. At this point I don't give one hot crap about a biological connection to my kid. If C's the carrier and she manages to get knocked up without issue, I will be blissfully happy. At least I tried. That's about all I can do. I might revisit TTC after C gets knocked up. I have a gut feeling that this will be much easier for her than it is for me.
Oops, forgot the GTKY and it won't let me edit.
What have I accomplished in the last 2 weeks? Um... honestly, not much lol... I've managed to stay classy and not explode on my friend's homophobic fiancé. Long story but...
The gist of it: C's best friend of 20 years (mine of 10) said we couldn't be in her wedding party (which we had been discussing for *years*) because we're not Lutheran. I talked to other Lutherans and learned that this is, in fact, BS. Friend is basically trying to cover for her fiancé because he doesn't want us filthy homosexuals tainting his wedding day.
Among other things, he's steamrolling her life and it's making me absolutely insane. There are so many terrible things I want to say and do but so far I've kept it together.
It's going to be a long summer for me.
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
Our general plan is as follows: I will start BCPs tomorrow. June 19th we go for mock transfer, uterus measurement and IVF teaching. June 30 I go for bw and u/s and then July 4 I start stimming. They are looking at retreival the week of July 14th. The problem is, I cannot make it to the office on July 11th. So, the nurse is asking my RE if this will work. If it doesn't, we will push it all back a week or more. I'm hoping that we can make it work and I can just go for monitoring the day before and after.
QOTW: Probably one of my biggest accomplishments has been tidying up our mudroom. My SIL overhauled it for us, but then we let it get cluttered again. It is kind of our catch all room. Anyway, it is picked up and looks much better now.
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.
CD 15 and waiting for the little smiley face to show up on my OPK. I’m nervous and excited about the first IUI. The RE mentioned that as soon as I see the smiley face I could come in that day, next day, or day after. Any advice on which would be the best day? Also, did you continue to chart after the IUI? From lurking on the posts, it seems like the best way to get through the TWW is to try to keep yourself busy, and your mind off POAS. I feel that if I'm charting it will be impossible to NOT think about it. Sending happy thoughts to everyone!
QOTW: what have you accomplished in the past two weeks? It’s still a work in progress, but we are building a headboard for our bed. We found these shutters at an antique store. Sanded, primed and are currently painting them. I’m hoping we can finish painting them this week and put them together this weekend. We shall see!
Me:31 DP:34
Together since Sept 2005 Engaged on 3/22/14!
Mommies to two dogs, our fur babies!
ICI #1 2/11/14 - BFN
ICI #2 3/14/14 - BFN
HSG 5/5/14 tubes are clear
IUI #1 6/12/14 - BFP! Betas 172 13dpo & 522 15dpo
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Nothing going on here. Waiting until next month for our first IUI, and the wait is killing me!!!!!
I wish we could start this month, because I should see my LH surge on Sunday, but our vials need to be at the clinic for 2-3 weeks before we can do an insemination. Is that normal for the clinics to hold the vials for a while?
What have I accomplished in the last 2 weeks.... I lost a pound this week. Haha
Plus I figured out how to make this seafood salad that I would normally buy at the store. But it’s super expensive to buy here, and not weight watchers friendly, so I did my own up, and it tastes awesome!
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