LGBT Parenting

How much did you share with friends during your TTC journey?

Hi, I'm new to the boards so this is my first discussion thread. I will try to make our recap short. My wife and I are going down the TTC road, and we have had a lot to put in place before she even has her first IUI. This included some corrective surgery on her uterus, hiring lawyers, and testing our known donor. We are still a few months out from our first IUI because we are waiting on a 6 month incubation freeze of our sperm (doctor's order). We will start trying when my wife is 37.

As you all know, it has been a long path just to get to this point and our family and friends have been very close in helping us. 

I have recently started feeling like maybe we should stop talking about this until we actually get several weeks pregnant (aren't you supposed to wait to tell people?). My wife on the other hand thinks I'm crazy. I'm curious what you have done - include others throughout your journey or waited until you had news to announce?

Re: How much did you share with friends during your TTC journey?

  • We kept our close family and a handful of close friends looped in the whole way. It was a good choice for us. We loved having support, cheerleading and love when things went well, and when they didn't. We did IVF and had 4 tries, I will say we shrunk the "audience" a bit after each but still it was great to have others by our side. I think it's very personal and just depends on your personalities.
    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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  • Himee33Himee33 member
    edited July 2014
    My wife and I are basically the same way as @2MamazInSeattle.

    When we started TTC last October we told family and close friends. We ended up doing 3 IUIs that all resulted in a BFN, so we moved to IVF and still continued to keep everyone in the loop. When we got our BFP of course everyone knew and it was especially hard when we had to tell them that I had a chemical at 5.5 weeks. 

    We decided to tell our family and close friends when we started this process, so we could have a nice support system. People that were there when we needed someone to lean on. I joined The Bump LGBT because within my support system I had no one to talk to that understood what we were going through. 

    We are about to start IVF #2 tomorrow and we have decided to keep this round more private. We most likely won't be telling anyone and if we do end up telling people it will probably just be our moms and L's dad. We don't post on social media and when we do get a BFP, I won't be posting for a long time.

    Oh, but I will still be posting on The Bump :)

    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


  • When we first started and were doing IUI and IVF we just told my immediate family (mom, dad, sister, and BIL knew) and eventually we started telling pretty much all our coworkers and close friends (but still not extended family)

    For our recent home insemination, I've only told one person at work, because she has been through the process and has been very helpful and supportive. and apparently J has told her best friend, but that's it....

    My mom and sister don't even know about our home insemination this time and I told J I don't plan on telling anyone about what we're doing until we have a for sure viable pregnancy.
  • When we first started, we told immediate family and only close friends.  As time has gone on, we're pretty open about it.  I posted on FB about the problems we (me really) have had.  Though I was open that we were moving to IVF, not everyone knows that we're currently in the TWW.  

    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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  • We only told 1 friend when we were doing our IUI's after a year passed and we moved onto ivf we told my family what we were up to. We thought for sure IVF would work the first time and were excited. When that didn't happen we didn't say another word till we finally got our BFP on the third IVF try. It's hard to keep telling people month after month that nope still not pregnant.
  • KH826KH826 member
    edited July 2014
    Well, many friends suspected we were trying since we were vocal about wanting children. My wife would often say "soon, when we have kids..." Even before we officially started TTC. Actually, part of her wedding vows were about being a good mother to our future children. So everyone knew it was coming, but not the details of our efforts. 2 or 3 close friends knew When we started TTC and then when we moved to IVF. We also told our parents and siblings, though we didn't share a lot of details, so they didn't really know when to "expect" news. In addition to that, we both told a few people at work when we moved to IVF, including our bosses. With all of the many appointments and needing time off at the last minute for retrieval and transfer, but not knowing in advance what day(s) really... It was too difficult to keep to ourselves, and we both would rather be honest with our jobs than appear super shady. There were still lots of people who were very shocked when we announced our pregnancy, but a core group of folks saw it coming. I respect those who tell NO ONE throughout the whole process, but I don't think we could ever do that. When we decide to TTC #2, I am sure at the very least parents and siblings will know again.

    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*********
  • We told close friends and family. It became more public after I had surgery to figure out why I wasn't getting pregnant. We had a hard time not telling people when we were pregnant also. I suck at lying and keeping big secrets!
    T & G My wife and I married 9/10/11 in Niagara Falls, NY
    HSG 12/12/12        
    #1 ICI 12/15/12              BFN on 12/29/12
    #2 ICI  1/11/13                BFN 1/28/13                       
    #3 ICI 2/11/13                 BFN
                   
    #4 ICI August 2013,  Clomid 100mg    BFN on 8/30/13 
    #5 ICI September-Clomid 100,  mg ICI 8/15 and 8/16,  BFN on 9/3
    #6 ICI October-Clomid 150 mg for 5 days   BFN 10/27
    uterine laparoscopy on 11/14-no endo or cysts
    #7 IUI December-Clomid 150mg    BFP 12/21
    12/23 Beta 51     12/26 Beta 209!
    First ultrasound on January 8th 2014-great healthy heartbeat
    Second Ultrasound January 23 (8 weeks) we got to see and hear the heartbeat
    Third Ultrasound Feb 4th(10 weeks), then will  released to OBGYN'
    It's a GIRL!
    We welcomed Adalyn Cooper Elizabeth on 8/29/14
    She was 7lbs 11oz and 19.6 inches long

    Proud foster parents to two little girls ages 2.5 yrs old, M,  and 1 year old, K



  • We started the process not telling anyone. By our 7th? 8th? IUI we told a handful of friends. We didn't tell parents until 12w.
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  • We mentioned wanting kids.  Close friends knew we had starting the process of selecting a sperm donor but once we actually started IUIs we didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to deal with the added stress of being asked monthly if I was pregnant yet.  Second time around one close friend knew I had started getting IUIs again so she found out I get a positive before the second beta draw.  Other then her and my sister no one knows I am pregnant again yet.

    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

     

     

     

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