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AandStilltrying
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Birth Story!!!!
AandStilltrying
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They are here!!! 12/26/14
Short version-
baby a: Matthew Wayne 4.1lbs 18 inches long 4:35pm
baby b: Andrew Thomas 4.4lbs 18 inches long 4:36pm
Room air and doing great!
Long Story:
Christmas morning at 6:10am Sarah's water broke with Baby A. Her parents were in town for Christmas so they were here for the birth. We went to 1 hospital and were sent to Duke because boys were only 32 + 5 weeks and could need level 3 NICU.
Ambulance transfer! Started on magnesium to hopefully stop labor. Got 1st steriod shot. 50% effaced and a finger tip dilated.
Once at Duke we had an MFM who's goal was to keep her pregnant ASAP. Contractions were then soooo close they were 1.5 min. Long coming 30 seconds apart. Magnesium increased and put on a pain medication through a self medicating pump (this!!!! Life saver!!!).
Contractions slowed to 17-20 min. Apart with no change to the cervix. They were talking about hospital bed rest. Made it to morning for 2nd steriod shot. Woo hooo! Magnesium stopped at this point. Contractions still slow. Mfm checks and she is 100% thinned and finger tip. Decision made to proceed today with c-section. Dr. Says see you in a few hrs. When she comes in she checks again to see how much they had to rush. She went from 1-4cm in 30 min. Time to hurry! Baby A trying to exit butt first!
C-section: I got to watch them come out!!! Mom and babies did great!!!
Currently: babies were only in NICU for 8.5 hrs. Now growing in special care nursery. While our story wasn't what we imagined at all...I love it.
12/26/14:
Baby A: Matthew Wayne, 4:35pm, 4.1lbs and 18 inches long
Baby B: Andrew Thomas, 4:36, 4.4lbs and 18 inches long.
Both are in special care and not NICU! Doing great and so are moms!
Short version-
baby a: Matthew Wayne 4.1lbs 18 inches long 4:35pm
baby b: Andrew Thomas 4.4lbs 18 inches long 4:36pm
Room air and doing great!
Long Story:
Christmas morning at 6:10am Sarah's water broke with Baby A. Her parents were in town for Christmas so they were here for the birth. We went to 1 hospital and were sent to Duke because boys were only 32 + 5 weeks and could need level 3 NICU.
Ambulance transfer! Started on magnesium to hopefully stop labor. Got 1st steriod shot. 50% effaced and a finger tip dilated.
Once at Duke we had an MFM who's goal was to keep her pregnant ASAP. Contractions were then soooo close they were 1.5 min. Long coming 30 seconds apart. Magnesium increased and put on a pain medication through a self medicating pump (this!!!! Life saver!!!).
Contractions slowed to 17-20 min. Apart with no change to the cervix. They were talking about hospital bed rest. Made it to morning for 2nd steriod shot. Woo hooo! Magnesium stopped at this point. Contractions still slow. Mfm checks and she is 100% thinned and finger tip. Decision made to proceed today with c-section. Dr. Says see you in a few hrs. When she comes in she checks again to see how much they had to rush. She went from 1-4cm in 30 min. Time to hurry! Baby A trying to exit butt first!
C-section: I got to watch them come out!!! Mom and babies did great!!!
Currently: babies were only in NICU for 8.5 hrs. Now growing in special care nursery. While our story wasn't what we imagined at all...I love it.
12/26/14:
Baby A: Matthew Wayne, 4:35pm, 4.1lbs and 18 inches long
Baby B: Andrew Thomas, 4:36, 4.4lbs and 18 inches long.
Both are in special care and not NICU! Doing great and so are moms!
10 medicated IUI's (3 with injectables).
IUI #1 (medicated) Jan. 2013-BFP!!!!- Beta's didn't double, MTX shot for possible ectopic.
8 IUI's between April 13-April 14 = BFN
IUI #10 and final before IVF, injectables May 2014- BFP!!!! TWINS!!!!
7 week ultrasound showed 2 wonderful heartbeats!
8 weeks to the ER with vaginal bleeding while on vacations! Diagnosed SubChorionic Hemorrhage. Babies are both great.
9 week ultrasound showed both babies are still great.
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Re: Birth Story!!!!
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
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 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.
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*********Married: 10/4/2013
TTC Since September 2014
BFP 11/30/2014 ~ EDD 8/13/2015 ~ CP 12/5/2014
BFP #2 12/30/2014 ~ EDD 9/13/2015 Stick bean stick!
Married in September 2010, started TTC journey November 2012
Me-
7 IUI- 2 CP- 2 BFN
RPL blood work 12/27, showed a balance translocation in chromosome 11;22
Spouse-
PCOS 4 IUI-4 BFN
New Plan: Reciprocal IVF, me as carrier wife's eggs. Just went through insurance and received partial approval, so my part will go through my IVF benefits and wife's part will be out of pocket. Now just finalizing finance plans to cover the oop costs. Doctors office is in process of moving to a new building so there are no IVF start ups until March/April 2015.