Grad Check-In **all triggers mentioned**

Re: Grad Check-In **all triggers mentioned**

• DSculley1824 member

  December 2014

  **Siggy warning, BFP, threatened pregnancy mentioned...also long post lol**

  
  

  Hi ladies! I miss you all so much. I'm constantly lurking and checking in to see how everyone is doing. Congrats on all of the BFPs lately!! I've been very "inactive" on the bump since I announced my BFP. I have yet to intro on PAIF or my birth month club. However, I'll be doing that tonight.

  I'm currently 7 weeks 1 day. These past few weeks have been so stressful and worry filled. I've had instances of spotting, moderate cramping, and even a day of full out bright red blood with a  small clot. Hence, why I've had three ultrasounds so far. Today's ultrasound has given me more hope though. The heart beat was strong at 150 and everything was measuring good.

  My RE has "released" me prior to my first appointment with him. His office was "annoyed" I went to my OB/GYN when I saw the spotting and bright red blood and had heavy cramping. My RE kept telling me to take the day off and put my legs up. I was worried for my health and safety that I called my OB/GYN when I felt I wasn't being taken seriously. I remember the motto here "the RE is good for getting you pregnant and the OB/GYN is good at keeping you pregnant". Needless to say, my OB/GYN has been monitoring me now. She is still considering me a "threatened pregnancy" but so far (as of today) everything is looking good (fingers crossed please)!!

  Christmas was good with me. I hope it was good for everyone else. It's super hard keeping this pregnancy a secret especially when I saw all of my family and DH's family at Christmas. My DH, sister, best friend, and one co-worker know and that's it. I'm debating telling my mom but she is so emotional that I'm not sure I want her stress and worrying to impact what I'm going through at this point. My next ultrasound and appointment is January 9 (I'll be 9 weeks 1 day) so fingers crossed all stays well until then and all goes well then.

  I'll be cheering and rooting for you all. Sending lots of positive vibes your way

  ***SIGGY WARNING***
  
  

  Me (26) & DH (26)
  Dog Momma to 2 amazing furbabies
  Started dating: May 6, 2005 & Married: August 4, 2012
  Diagnosis: PCOS
  
  September 2013 - January 2014: Not trying but not preventing
  February 2014: Officially TTC (BBT, OPKs, etc)
  February-August 2014: Irregular Cycles, U/S showed Fibroids/Cysts, Provera required to get AF, BFNs
  September & October 2014: Testing Months with Reproductive Endocrinologist!
  DH's SA: Normal (116.4 million sperm, 97% motility, 36% morphology) - WHO criteria
  DH's Repeat SA: Poss. Low Morph. (138 million sperm, 73% motility, 8% morphology) - Kruger criteria
  HSG and SIS: Normal (tubes clear)
  Medicated Cycle: 5mg Letrozole + Trigger Injection + TI = BFP!!

  ESTIMATED DUE DATE: AUGUST 13, 2015
  
  Beta #1: 12/8 - 1,040 Beta #2: 12/10 - 2,902 Beta #3: 12/16 - 19,321
  Ultrasound #1: 12/12 (5 weeks 1 day) - Gestational sac and yolk sac present
  Ultrasound #2: 12/18 (6 weeks 0 days) - Measuring good, heart rate 99
  Ultrasound #3: 12/26 (7 weeks 1 day) - Measuring good, heart rate 150

  
  
  

  
  

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• LindseyM2012 member

  December 2014

  @DSculley1824 - Thank goodness everything is ok so far. Positive thoughts and prayers to you, your hubby and baby! Good for you for making somebody get eyes on that baby!!

  Me: 28  MH:35

  Married September 2012. TTC since September 2013

  June 2014 - Dx w/ significant PCOS and referred to RE.

  July/August 2014 - Testing complete: Testosterone & AMH very high, FSH slightly high, Vitamin D low, tubes and lining all lovely. DH SA: A+

  Cycle 1 (Nov 2014): 2.5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI = BFN

  Cycle 2 (Dec 2014): 5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN
  

  Cycle 3 (Jan 2015): 5mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN

  WTF consult scheduled for 1/29

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• cbnola71 member

  December 2014

  @Dsculley1824 - glad everything is okay! 

  
  

  My first grad check in! whoo hoo! 4w6d today! Miss yall.. been lurking a lot. I have decided that this board is way better than any BMB board!! 

  
  

  Only update I have is that my 2nd beta came in good at 1208, almost double within 48 hours. Feeling okay - nauseous at night mostly, but no actual sickness, yet... and i'm utterly exhausted. I went to sleep last night at 6pm and woke up at 2am...and was actually able to fall asleep again until 630 am this morning. 

  We told our immediate families on Christmas with Christmas cards address to grandparents, and aunts/uncles. It took them a little bit to catch on at first, because they thought they were cards from their granddogs!! Until they read "Baby B--- coming late August 2015!" We got a couple tears, a lot of screams, and lots of hugs. Its super hard keeping it a secret from the rest of the family and coworkers, some of whom know about my IF issues. I've decided that I at least have to wait until after my first US, which won't be until my 7th week. 

  
  

  Merry Christmas everyone! 

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  ****SIGGY WARNING****

  
  

  Me: 28, PCOS 

  DH:29 (SA normal)

  Married June 2012

  TTC since Nov. 2013 

  Met with OBGYN to discuss lack of AF....

  
  

  May 2014: Metformin 500mg

  July 2014: Clomid 50mg, never O'd

  Sept 2014: Clomid 100mg, O'd (yay!) CD21, BFN - Discovered OB sucks, made appt with RE

  Oct/Nov 2014: 1st appt with RE, Femera 7.5mg + Trigger + TI = BFN

  Nov/Dec 2014: HSG(all clear), Femera 7.5mg + Trigger + TI = BFP!! EDD 8/29/15

  Beta #1 = 755

  Beta #2 = 1208

  
  

  
  

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• SND1231 member

  December 2014

  @DSculley1824‌ so glad everything is ok and you got to see/hear the heartbeat!! We were very close on our first cycles so I am so glad that you got your BFP!!
  
  @cbnola71‌ congrats on doubling betas! Good luck!
  
  @triathlete23‌ greats news on doubling betas and what a wonderful Christmas present! Good luck!
  
  @hbanana18‌ can't believe you are 15 weeks! I remember just joining the board and seeing your BFP post! I think you're ideas are great!! I will start working on getting a game plan started!!
  
  P.S. Ladies I will be out of the country on vacation the 31st-5th so I will post this check in early on the 31st so that you all can update! It will be a quick post and run as I won't have any phone/Internet after I get on the ship!

  Married: 12/15/2012    TTC: 08/2014
  Husband: 26 SA: normal
  Me: 23 Low AMH and damaged ovaries due to chemotherapy.
  No AF or O in 3 years. HSG showed a slight T shaped uterus.
  
  High Risk OB 9/29- got the ok to get pregnant.
  RE Appt:  10/28/ U/S showed follicles, but also small damaged ovaries.
  B/W results CD0: all normal except low AMH at 1.3
  Cycle 1-November (TI)- Femera 2.5mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=BFN
  Cycle 2-December (TI)- Femera 2.5 mg ,4mg Estradoil, and Trigger= No O
  Cycle 3-January (TI)- Femera 5 mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=
  
  
  

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• southernyankeegirl member

  December 2014

  Soooo damned thrilled to see new Grads!  Congrats, ladies!!!!!!!!!!  And big squishy hugs to everyone who is still hoping for a BFP.

  
  

  I'm hanging in there. Admittedly, I didn't post yet on this thread because I was hoping to have an outside baby to AW.  I'm 37w4d today, and I've been teased with contractions for several weeks now and was at >2cm dilated and 50% effaced at my appointment last Monday, but since then the cramping has been increasing in frequency and intensity.

  
  

  Last night we almost went to L&D when I was having bad period-like cramping that wrapped around to my back which a bath wouldn't abate.  I was up most of the night with bad cramps that came in an ebb and flow but weren't easy to time and not so intense or frequent that I thought it was worth waking DH up to go to L&D. 

  
  

  I woke up still having cramps, so we got the bags fully packed, and I called the doctor - she basically told me it's textbook "early labor" and can last hours or days or weeks before it becomes the real deal, and not to bother calling again, just show up when it's time. So we took a 3 mile walk, which definitely got the contractions going, but they stalled out as soon as we got home and I sat on my yoga ball.  Right now still feeling period-like cramping but nothing that's hard to breathe or talk through anymore. So no baby tonight! Maybe tomorrow? Hopefully within the next week!!!

  
  Christmas was good. We didn't do much, we didn't go anywhere, and we didn't have any visitors. We didn't spend much on each other, either, but we were both thrilled with the gifts.  I got DH an espresso machine and he got me a jig saw and blades.  I was joking around that we switched the stereotype - I got my husband a kitchen appliance and he got his wife a power tool. Love my marriage 

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  Me: 29      DH:  32
  Off birth control March 2012 - Actively trying Sept 2012-April 2014

  Unexplained Infertility
  BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
  

  Ryan Henry - born 1/10/15, 7 lb 5 oz, 20 1/4 inches

  
  

  NTNP for a sibling starting March 2015

  Waiting on cycle to resume while EBF

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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