Wanted to share this IVF video

Re: Wanted to share this IVF video

• gsancho member

  October 2014

  Aw, the positive reveal made me tear up.  I do sometimes wish we took more pictures of our process just to look back more.  We just have them from the transfer.  

  
  

  But I do have to say...she got a bit dramatic about the shots.  She didn't even have to do a booty shot!

  
  
  Me 33, DH 37 -- TTC since Jan'12 -- Low AMH (0.78) & endo, SA w/ low motility
  IUI's 1-3 = BFN, IVF converted to IUI 4/13 = BFN
  IVF 1.2: 8R 6M 4F -- 2 blastocysts frozen, FET 8/15 = BFP!!
  Beta #s = 445;1,098; 9,545  -- EDD 5/2 -- Team Pink!

  Camila Josephine arrived 4/30

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• AMShark member

  October 2014

  I have terrible IF brain.  I got all teary eye when they opened the envelope too... but most of the time I was thinking, "OMG, they took all these pics and documented everything - what if it had ended in a BFN or CP!"

  
  

  Also, I would be so scared to have quadruplets - so high risk.  I hope mama and babies all make it through healthy and happy.

  
  

  See.?!.. crazy, black cloud, IF brain.  Can't shake it.

  
  

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  Me: 37, DH: 39, TTC 5 yrs
  

  2013 summary: Diagnosed with Hypothyroid; Cervical polyp removed (benign); 
  2 rounds ovidrel with timed intercourse (no result): 3 rounds IUI with clomid + ovidrel (no result)
  2014 summary (to date):
  IVF cycle 1 - ER: 4/17 (28 follicles, 3 fertilized, 2 survived to day 3);
  ET: 4/20 (3rd day, 2 embryos - 1 @ 6 cells & 1 @ 4 cells); Beta 5/1 - BFP!; 
  1st scan 5/13 - development behind, no heartbeat detected; D&C 6/2; WTF 6/13
  IVF cycle 2 - BCP begun 7/12; stims w/ HGH begun 7/26; 
  ER: 8/6, 12 follicles, 7 fertilized w/ ICSI; ET: 8/11, 3 blastocysts left, 2 transferred, 3rd arrested 8/12 - none to freeze
  1st beta 8/19 - BFP! 294; 2nd beta 8/26 - 4976; 1st u/s 9/2; 2nd u/s 9/9 - two little heartbeats at 140 each!!! 
  EDD: 29-April-2015
  Other Meds: Synthroid 100 mcg/daily

    

  
  

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• dp21 member

  October 2014

  We actually documented a lot of our journey including pictures of shot needles, before and after egg retrieval, hooked up to the IV and everything.  Going to put them in my baby book for my baby as part of their story.  Yeah, I have a blog with all my pictures and had family and friends following every move, would have been really hard it was negative, but for us, we knew we would have had amazing support either way.
  
  We didn't take any pictures of me getting my subq shots because I was in tears during & afterward.  I think my face might have been worse than hers!  Mine wasn't because of size of needle, but my medication burned like a motherf****.  I was also allergic to my lupron and broke out in hives after on top of that.  PIO was better than my subq.  I had anxiety about my subq every night. 
  
  Crazy, that both split, article said that was a 1 in 70 million chance that they ended up with quads after only putting back 2 embryos. 
  
  
  

  
  
  Me: 30, DH: 32
  My hx:  uterus/hormones normal Dx: low AMH 0.5 = poor ovarian reserve
  hubby hx: low sperm count, poor motility, started on clomid, retest in May showed no improvement, will be on clomid another 3 months, another retest scheduled for August
  
  Started IVF #1:  ~BFP Mentioned~
  

  • ER (Thursday April 17th, 3 precious eggs).

  • April 18th: Received news 2 out of 3 eggs fertilized!

  •  Planned 3dt: Easter day, transferred two 8B embryos and received pictures

  • BFP starting 8dp3dt 5/1 Beta #1: 87, 5/3 Beta #2 206 

  • 5/19 Heartbeat 123bpm
    

  • EDD 1/8/15
    

  
  

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• pblge member

  October 2014

  With the quad reveal I seriously thought it might be a joke. CRAZY. I had to google the family to be sure. I actually appreciated her face during the needle pics. True, they don't hurt much, but I HATE needles, and I liked that her face and bruises gave you a visceral feeling of the human pincushion stage of IVF. If I ever do share that we did it (2.5 times!), having videos like this to share could help people get a better understanding of what it's like.
  
  For those who mentioned that she must not have been doing PIO, doesn't this make you wonder why she didn't photograph the suppositories! )
  

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  ***Losses mentioned.*** TTC #1 since May 2012. Me: 37, OH: 41. Ectopic August 2012 => tubal damage.   Stage 1 endo removed June 2013. IVF #1 Oct/Nov 2013: Long Lupron with Gonal-F. 7R, 7M, 7F. 2 txfer@3d. Nothing frozen.  => M/C @ 8 wks. Selected RPL panel all normal. Very hyper and brittle response to stims. IVF #2 (antagonist protocol) Feb 2014 => Converted to IUI (Perfect conditions). BFN. IVF #2.1 w/ new RE June 2014: Antagonist protocol. 33R, 31M, 30F, 19 blasts to test!!! I made it through without crashing!! Hats off to Dr. Fancypants!! ET of one 5AB blast. BFN. 13 10 CCS'ed snowflakes! FET #1 PUPO as of 7/29 Betas: 8/7@24, 8/9@97, 8/11@334 (etc.) Two sacs on 8/15, one seen on 8/18 after a bleed. U/s 8/25 (6+3) "perfect": 5.9 mm + HB@120bpm! U/s 9/4 (7+6): 15.9 mm + HB@172 bpm! Please, PLEASE stick this time!!!!
  

  

  
  

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• AMShark member

  October 2014

  I missed the stats @dp21 - that's crazy! We have friends who have 2 sets of identical twin girls about 2 years apart (absolutely no IF issues for them - I've always coveted her ovaries). I wonder if the probability of getting the family they have is similar.

  
  

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  Me: 37, DH: 39, TTC 5 yrs
  

  2013 summary: Diagnosed with Hypothyroid; Cervical polyp removed (benign); 
  2 rounds ovidrel with timed intercourse (no result): 3 rounds IUI with clomid + ovidrel (no result)
  2014 summary (to date):
  IVF cycle 1 - ER: 4/17 (28 follicles, 3 fertilized, 2 survived to day 3);
  ET: 4/20 (3rd day, 2 embryos - 1 @ 6 cells & 1 @ 4 cells); Beta 5/1 - BFP!; 
  1st scan 5/13 - development behind, no heartbeat detected; D&C 6/2; WTF 6/13
  IVF cycle 2 - BCP begun 7/12; stims w/ HGH begun 7/26; 
  ER: 8/6, 12 follicles, 7 fertilized w/ ICSI; ET: 8/11, 3 blastocysts left, 2 transferred, 3rd arrested 8/12 - none to freeze
  1st beta 8/19 - BFP! 294; 2nd beta 8/26 - 4976; 1st u/s 9/2; 2nd u/s 9/9 - two little heartbeats at 140 each!!! 
  EDD: 29-April-2015
  Other Meds: Synthroid 100 mcg/daily

    

  
  

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• dp21 member

  October 2014

  @pblge Maybe she did PIO and didn't want her a** all over youtube! lol  I don't think I'd put my butt in a video to share with others :P  Either way, PIO or suppositories would be edited out! haha 
  

  
  
  Me: 30, DH: 32
  My hx:  uterus/hormones normal Dx: low AMH 0.5 = poor ovarian reserve
  hubby hx: low sperm count, poor motility, started on clomid, retest in May showed no improvement, will be on clomid another 3 months, another retest scheduled for August
  
  Started IVF #1:  ~BFP Mentioned~
  

  • ER (Thursday April 17th, 3 precious eggs).

  • April 18th: Received news 2 out of 3 eggs fertilized!

  •  Planned 3dt: Easter day, transferred two 8B embryos and received pictures

  • BFP starting 8dp3dt 5/1 Beta #1: 87, 5/3 Beta #2 206 

  • 5/19 Heartbeat 123bpm
    

  • EDD 1/8/15
    

  
  

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• gsancho member

  October 2014

  @pblge I saw a picture of the suppositories in her big med box (which is also why I figure maybe she didn't do PIO)...but luckily that's as far as it got.  

  
  

  I'm sure she was doing the dramatic faces for the shots to add some comedy to the pic.  The shots are nerve-wracking at first...if we took pictures, you'd see my DH doing a shot of whiskey before he did the HCG shot on me.

  
  
  Me 33, DH 37 -- TTC since Jan'12 -- Low AMH (0.78) & endo, SA w/ low motility
  IUI's 1-3 = BFN, IVF converted to IUI 4/13 = BFN
  IVF 1.2: 8R 6M 4F -- 2 blastocysts frozen, FET 8/15 = BFP!!
  Beta #s = 445;1,098; 9,545  -- EDD 5/2 -- Team Pink!

  Camila Josephine arrived 4/30

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• Desertrose27 member

  October 2014

  Ok that got me all weepy.  I am so happy for them.  The odds of that happening are crazy.
  
  @AMShark My first thought was also how high risk that is.  We transferred two as well, and I hope none of them split.  If we have twins it would be crazy but ok.  More than that would be cause for serious concern.  Also, you're right about all the pictures.  I am happy that it all worked out for them and I think it will make a very touching addition to their baby books, but I would seriously regret it if it had turned out to be a BFN.   
  

  

  Me: 34, PCD (defective cilia in fallopian tubes), borderline thyroid
  

  DH: 35, borderline morphology otherwise healthy
  

  Married 7 yrs, TTC 3.5 yrs
  

  ***********************************************************************
  

  7 IUIs in 2013: All BFN
  

  IVF #1 w/ ICSI: 11/07/13 * 14 5 day embryos; 2 transferred * BFN
  

  FET #1: 2/27/14 * 2 transferred * BFP! * U/S #2: No HB * D&E on 4/18/14

  FET #2: 9/18/14 * 2 transferred * BFP!

  1st beta (11dp5dt): 919 * 2nd beta (13dp5dt): 2097 * 3rd beta (19dt5dt): 13,689
  

  1st U/S: Twins!

  

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• BeckyP005 member

  October 2014

  Oh jeez I'm sitting here crying! @gsancho‌ he really did a shot before PIO? That's funny MH was totally trashed one night and I was so freaking nervous that he would somehow hurt me when doing the shot lol.
  
  I also wished I documented or taken more pics in the beginning. I went straight to donor eggs so I never had to endure the retrievals like you ladies have. Not sure I would of been strong enough to do what you did and some many many times.

  ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
  Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

  DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!

  
  

   

   

        
          

  
  

  
  

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• ekc0630 member

  October 2014

  Love it! takes be back to that day.  And here we are 32 weeks later waiting for our little miracle to make his appearance

  TTC 2007

  Me-OK DH- MFI

  2010 IUI 1-3 Femara + Ovidrill BFN

  Change DR 5/12 IUI 4-5 Natural Cycle BFN

  5/13 DH diagnosed with b1/b3 microdeletion of Y chromosome

  IVF #1 July  Started Lupron 7/5 AF 7/14

  ER 8/1 7R 5M 3F W/ICSI ET 8/6 Moved to 8/7 due to no blast 

  Transferred our UNO embryo Beta #1 27 Beta #2 33 Beta #3 29 CP

  IVF #2 Started Lupron 2/14 

  Protocol 10U Lupron, 150 Bravelle, 150 Menopur, HGH for 4 days, Dexamethesone, 

  Supplements 6000mg CoQ10, 100mg DHEA, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, 

  ER 3/12 8R 4 able to be injected 2f with ICSI ET 3/15 2 "perfect" textbook Embryos

  2 crinone, estrace, dexamethesone, doxycycline

  BETA #1 3/26 201  BETA #2 3/28 524  BETA #3 4/5 9,876  Ultrasound April 7 Showed TWINs

  April 18 ultrasound Baby A HB 147   Baby B HB 146  Both measuring 7w1d

  WE ARE TEAM BLUE X2!

  Jonathan Daniel received his angel wings July 23, 2014 born 9/20/14

  Jackson Thomas was born October 31, 2014 @ 35w 5d

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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