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Secondary IF
mareba2011
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Intro - am I in the right place?
mareba2011
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Hi all! I'm an infertile (dx - unexplained) who was lucky enough to conceive our son via our 3rd fresh IVF in 2011 (he was born in April 2012). We've been trying for a sibling since July 2013 with no success. We've done one additional fresh cycle and 4 frozen cycles, two of which resulted in chemical pregnancies. The last chemical was back in June of this year. I ended up having to get a methotrexate shot to resolve the miscarriage completely, so I've been out of the game for the past three months (our doctor made us wait due to the toxicity of methotrexate). We're about to dive back in with another frozen cycle, hopefully in October or November.
As a known infertile the first time around, I'm not sure I really fit the "secondary" definition, but I'm not sure where else I would fit. I definitely don't want to post on the infertility board because I know how hurtful it can be (whether rational or not) for people with kids to complain to people who haven't been able to have even one. I find that in some ways for me it's easier this time (at least I get to be a mom and there are no surprises left in the IVF process) and in some ways it's harder (I think about how being an only child might impact our son and I'm 38 now - so age isn't on our side with IVF).
Looking forward to getting to know all of you!
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Re: Intro - am I in the right place?
PCOS and MF
Two failed rounds IUI in 2010
IVF #1 in 2011 - BFP 8/5/11 - Our IVF miracle was born 4/8/12
FET 9/23/13; BFP -Twins-10/3/13; EDD 6/10/14; MC 11/1/13; D&C 11/4/13
FET 3/28/14; BFN - 4/7/14
IVF #2 - Transfer 2 embryos 11/14/14; BFP 11/24/14 - Beta 265;
11/26/14 - Beta 612; 11/28/14 - Beta 1263; 12/1/14 - Beta 3571;
12/3/14 - first u/s - two gestational sacs; 12/17/14 - two healthy heartbeats (132 and 134)
Our IVF miracles were born 7/16/15
TTC#1 May 2009- July 2010 on our own with no luck
Started with RE in August 2010, dx with unexplained IF and then finally our 3rd IUI cycle using Follistim and Trigger resulted in our wonderful little man. Born 12/2/11
TTC#2 Never really prevented, but were careful early on as Dr. reccomended
Surprise BFP 12/16/13, started progesterone immediately as first numbers came back low, but betas were good. Progesterone wasnt enough. Natural MC 12/24/13.
Back with RE as of January 2014...
5/27/14- Chemical Pregnancy
April 2015 IVF#1
5/13/15- BFP, please stick LO!
Oh and I'm a major Harry Potter Nerd
Spontaneous pregnancy #1
DD1 July 31, 2011
Trying for #2 since Oct 11
Spontaneous pregnancy #2= Ectopic #2= lost left tube
Spontaneous pregnancy #3= DD2 January 29, 2016
Spontaneous pregnancy #4= Ectopic #3
Spontaneous pregnancy #5= Baby #3 is a BOY!!!
BFP #7 (beyond surprised again!) 4/26/16. EDD 1/5/17. beautiful betas!!!! and then near-fatal hemorrhagic corpus luteum. turns out baby was ectopic after all; another lap 5/6 (@24dpo).
the universe can fuck off.
"You are overly paranoid and delusional that every one is out to get you." -lastsliverofhope
Thanks all!
@hoppin747 - So sorry for your losses as well. We're finding age (almost) 2.5 to be completely hilarious and pretty frustrating sometimes. The language development piece is amazing to watch! How are you finding it?
@potatocastillo - That's great that you were able to get pregnant on your own, though I'm sorry that the outcome was an ectopic. We didn't do anything to prevent pregnancy for about a year after our son was born and no dice. Although I will say that having an infant isn't exactly conducive to regular sex, so weren't trying particularly hard. Unfortunately at this point, due to my age, I feel like I don't really have time to waste on putting months of effort into the old fashion method.
TTC #2 since 1/1/13
PCOS and MF
Two failed rounds IUI in 2010
IVF #1 in 2011 - BFP 8/5/11 - Our IVF miracle was born 4/8/12
FET 9/23/13; BFP -Twins-10/3/13; EDD 6/10/14; MC 11/1/13; D&C 11/4/13
FET 3/28/14; BFN - 4/7/14
IVF #2 - Transfer 2 embryos 11/14/14; BFP 11/24/14 - Beta 265;
11/26/14 - Beta 612; 11/28/14 - Beta 1263; 12/1/14 - Beta 3571;
12/3/14 - first u/s - two gestational sacs; 12/17/14 - two healthy heartbeats (132 and 134)
Our IVF miracles were born 7/16/15