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CaringCat
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***2nd Trimester Check-in 4/20 - New Check-in Leader Needed!***
CaringCat
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Happy Monday to everyone in 2nd tri! This is a weekly check-in for PAIF members in their second trimester. Feel free to join at 14 weeks and we will bid you an excited farewell on your way to 3rd tri after your 27th week.
If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below and include:
- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out)
- How far along you are
- Any appointments or other updates
QOTD: Have you picked a name yet? How do you respond to the name suggestions/questions you get?
Last Week!!!
@CaringCat – 7/17/15 (boy)
@KevinandJesse – 7/19/15 (boy)
@Julie21613 - 7/20/15 (girl/girl)
JULY
@chicory – 7/21/15 (boy/boy)
@sorrellam30 – 7/28/15 (boy)
AUGUST
@lawmom747 - 8/2/15 (boy/girl)
@kistra - 8/4/15 (boy)
@carrieharry79 – 8/4/15 (girl)
@alpCRNA - 8/6/15 (boy)
@fjamil1 - 8/8/15 (boy/girl)
@DSculley1824 - 8/13/15 (boy) - happy v-day this week!!!
@J&D2007 - 8/24/15 (boy)
@katers79 - 8/26/15 (boy/girl)
@TLooney17 - 8/27/15 (girl!!! Congrats!!)
@Justone13 - 8/28/15 - (girl!!! Congrats!!)
SEPTEMBER
@WA+mama - 9/1/15 - (boy!!) Welcome!!!
@MiromiM - 9/26/15 - (one bean)
OCTOBER
@cshm11 - 10/15/15 (???) - Welcome!!!
If there are any newcomers that would like to be added to the list, post below and include:
- EDD (and team if you know - or team green if you aren't finding out)
- How far along you are
- Any appointments or other updates
QOTD: Have you picked a name yet? How do you respond to the name suggestions/questions you get?
Last Week!!!
@CaringCat – 7/17/15 (boy)
@KevinandJesse – 7/19/15 (boy)
@Julie21613 - 7/20/15 (girl/girl)
JULY
@chicory – 7/21/15 (boy/boy)
@sorrellam30 – 7/28/15 (boy)
AUGUST
@lawmom747 - 8/2/15 (boy/girl)
@kistra - 8/4/15 (boy)
@carrieharry79 – 8/4/15 (girl)
@alpCRNA - 8/6/15 (boy)
@fjamil1 - 8/8/15 (boy/girl)
@DSculley1824 - 8/13/15 (boy) - happy v-day this week!!!
@J&D2007 - 8/24/15 (boy)
@katers79 - 8/26/15 (boy/girl)
@TLooney17 - 8/27/15 (girl!!! Congrats!!)
@Justone13 - 8/28/15 - (girl!!! Congrats!!)
SEPTEMBER
@WA+mama - 9/1/15 - (boy!!) Welcome!!!
@MiromiM - 9/26/15 - (one bean)
OCTOBER
@cshm11 - 10/15/15 (???) - Welcome!!!
"Will you be my Valentine?" 2/14/2004
"Will you marry me?" 7/4/2008
"Wanna get a cat?" 7/4/2010
TTC #1 since 2/2011
Me: 28 DH: 29 2 Cycles Femera, 4 IUIs, IVF#1 (BNF), IVF#2 (BFN).
Re: ***2nd Trimester Check-in 4/20 - New Check-in Leader Needed!***
QOTD: No name yet. I wish one would pop out at me and I would just be like 100% yes. Right now, I think we are leaning towards Brayden Patrick though.
***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
Thinking of you, @dsculley1824 !!! Hope all is well and your appointment gives you some reassurance!
Today is 27w+1d!!! A milestone my best friend celebrated with us by making a cake that said "Happy Fetal Viability Day" (hahaha in the shake my head kinda way.) Happy our LO has a 85-90% chance if delivered now, so that's mildly reassuring... but it doesn't look like he's going anywhere anytime soon. He seems perfectly comfy in there.
QOTD: Have you picked a name yet? How do you respond to the name suggestions/questions you get?
- Sure have - Skyler Hunter (Sky for short). I've actually had that name picked out since I was 15 and hubby loved the middle name, so we were able to decide pretty early on (around 10 weeks). I think since we decided so quickly we didnt' get a lot of suggestions/questions. But I just brush them off like "Oh, ok... well maybe we'll name our next one that haha"
It is our last week here in this check in so wishing everyone the best in this journey!!! Good Luck!
26 weeks tomorrow, I have so much coming up next month, my baby shower, going to New Orleans for my brothers wedding and much more, we have yet to buy a piece of nursery furniture or much of anything else, maybe we should get started!
QOTD- I THINK we have picked Harrison but no middle name yet and we haven't told many people
*******siggy/ticker warning*****
Me(31). DH (31)
DH SA normal count and motility, 1% morphology
Me .72 AMH, Fragile X premutation carrier
IVF #1 (6/12/13) BFN
IVF #2 (8/16/13) BFN
FET 10/4/13 Chemical
IVF #3 MC 5 weeks 5 days
IVF #4 DE 11/7 BFP, edd 7/28/15
All Welcome
Can't believe it's my last check-in. Here we come third tri!! It's very surreal to think how far I've made it and how big my bump is already (oh boy!!)! I'm in the middle of my glucose test right now. FX I pass! Afterwards I'm headed to my OB for a routine check-up.
QOTD: I'm name obsessed and have three complete boy and girl names picked (that DH agrees with too!)! Haha. Ready for the future I guess. We are going with Oliver for this babe.
Good luck with the rest of 2nd tri ladies and see some of soon in 3rd tri!
QOTD: I think we actually have names picked out for the twins now but we are not sharing with anyone. We are leaning toward old-fashioned names - think names that were popular in the 1880s per the Social Security website. We did this with DD too. People constantly ask us about names - even family - but I don't want anyone's opinion about it. They will learn the babies' names when they meet them - and I dare them to make a rude comment then.
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
I am 21 weeks 4 days. We have been working on the nursery this week. My belly is getting huge! I swear I am the size I was with my 1st at 30 weeks.
QOTD: We are naming her Alexandra Grace. We got a lot of suggestions, but most of the feedback for the name we picked has been pretty positive.
TTC #1 January 2009
January 2010 SA results: Count 16 million, Motility 40%, Morphology 2%
January 2010- Surprise BFP! DS born 10/1/2010
January 2013 TTC #2
September 2013 Repeat SA: Count= 1.7 million, Motility= 24%, Morphology= 2%
November 6th 1st Appointment with RE: diagnosed with severe MFI
Testing to try to determine a cause & possible treatment for MFI
CD 3 blood work for me. RE does not want to repeat my HSG/lap at this point,
but may want to before moving forward with any fertility treatments.
After seeing the uro, DH is currently taking lots of supplements and clomid to try to boost his count. We will have a repeat SA in February to see if it works.
Follow up SA numbers are: Count= 4 million, Motility= 40%, Morphology= 1%
Uro wants us to have another follow up SA 5/9 to see if we see further improvement than we are back to the RE to make a game plan.
SA 5/9/2014 Count: 12 Million, Motility: 60%, and Morphology 2%. We will be doing iui #1 in late June
IUI #1 6/28 clomid + ovidrel, post wash count 3 million total sperm= BFN
IUI # 2 7/21 clomid+ ovidrel. post wash count 900,000 total sperm= BFN
IVF planned for early November- cancelled due to cyst
December IVF #1- 22 eggs, 20 mature,16 fertilized
12/9 Transferred 1 4AA Blast, 6 frosties
*****Everyone is welcome******
10/11: after 2 years, saw a RE, FSH 5.4
11/11: BFP! (surprise after thyroid & normal hsg),
12/11: missed m/c after 7 week u/s, 1/12: D&C
6/12 IUI#1-IUI #3: clomid = BFP!, C/P
IVF #1(10/12) FSH 5.4, AFC: 16 long Lupron, 5R/5M/4F, all 4 made it to 5dt, 1 blast/1-8 cell transferred=BFN
IVF #2(12/12)AFC 21, MD lupron, 4R/4M/3F, 5dt of 1 blast and 2-8cell. BFN.
IVF#3(4/13) Natural start antagon protocol, 12R,11F. one PGS normal at day 6 transfer. BFN.
IVF#4 (11/13) C.CRM (ODW.U normal 8/13 Still no Diagnosis) EPP/antagonist. ER 13R/7M/6F. Only 1 made it to freeze. Abnormal. Looking into options of DE, Fresh vs frozen.
10/14 new local RE to look into what's next. CD3 FSH 4.7, AMH 0.9. Met with DE agencies and exploring options for feb/march 2015.
Surprise natural bfp (4 days before donor is signed). Beta #1 at 9dpo: 51.8, 2nd beta: 195 (25 hours doubling) @11dpo. 3rd beta (12/15): 516 (35 hrs doubling) 4th beta(12/17): 895 (58 hours doubling) 5th beta(12/19): 2120. U/S at 5w0d(12/22): one gestational sac with yolk sac. U/S #2 (6w0d)12/29. One little bean measuring 6w0d with HR 124. 3rd u/s(1/4)7w0d: baby measuring 7w2d. HR 134. 3/30: A/S at MFM went great except for low lying placenta. Verifi results are normal! Team Blue! Please send any positive thoughts our way! EDD:8/24/2015
Baby Will born 8/18. He's perfect.
QOTW: yes!!! Liv Annmarie. It means life and god has favored me. I love the name we picked out. I have everyone ask me if it's Olivia and Liv for short. Nope just Liv and no I don't want to change it
We have maternity pics this weekend! It's a little early, but the belly is already large and in charge, and i don't want to be too big. We may do a 2nd set in a few weeks with a friend's dad too.
QOTW- we have the boys name ready to go. Girl's is on the fence. We aren't sharing - too many opinions and opinionated people!
***SIGGY WARNING***
Our Story
Me- 35, mild hypothyroidism
DH- 29, low count due to a chromosomal abnormality, only option is IVF/ICSI with PGD.
Married 5/13
TTC since 8/13
IVF/ICSI #1 ER 9/14 - 14R, 6M, 6F, 5 blasts off to PGD- 1 normal female, 2 balanced males
FET 12/8 of 2 frosties - 1 male/1 female - stick babies stick!
Beta #1 10dp5dt 444! Beta #2 14dp5dt 2,340! U/S 1/5-- TWINS!!! EDD 8/26/15
"You'll never see the rainbow if you can't survive the storm"
So happy to hear everyone is doing well! Can't wait for you to join @caringcat & @KevinandJesse and I over at 3rd tri! Hope you all have an uneventful rest of 2nd tri!
- EDD - July 20 - g/g/ twins
- How far along you are - 27w2 days
- Any appointments or other updates- nope... boring couple of weeks!
QOTD: Have you picked a name yet? How do you respond to the name suggestions/questions you get? We haven't decided on names yet.
We like 4 so we have to narrow them down. Middle names are set...after both our grandmothers...We are keeping the names to ourselves until they arrive. Drives my mom crazy!
TTC summer 2008
Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
Mental health break for 10 months
IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
7 fertilized transferred 3
Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl!
TTC#2 No birth control since DD was born. Getting ready to jump back in the saddle. Weaning this month. RE
appt scheduled 5/8. Here we go again!
11/13 beta #1 924!!! 2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430. First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,
Just a reminder that I'm headed to third tri so a new check-in leader is needed.
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