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Consumer Reports' effective mosquito repellents

Sumo2519Sumo2519 member
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Ladies in the southern states - 

https://www.consumerreports.org/insect-repellents/mosquito-repellents-that-best-protect-against-zika/

 
*****LOSS WARNING************
Me: 39 DH: 31
Finally IVF 03/2016
ER 03/17/16: 13 retrieved; 12 fertilized; 7 blast to PGS testing; 2 normal; 1 no result
FET 05/09/16: 2 embabies; Angel DD born at 20+6 due to incompetent cervix.
FET 2/16/17: Treading on egg shells



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Re: Consumer Reports' effective mosquito repellents

  • dragonfaeriedragonfaerie member
    Thank you for posting this. It's definitely interesting to see reports that Deet and Picaridin is considered safe for pregnancy. I know we all hate the chemicals, but yikes, Zika scares me.

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
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  • LeFemmeVioletteLeFemmeViolette member
    @Sumo2519 thank you for posting. This has definitely been a concern of ours. What great timing, eh? We're spending all this time, money, and energy trying to get pregnant, and now there's this virus to contend with. We live in NC, so being in the south def makes me a little nervous.

    I just bought a couple of the Sawyer products- they looked the best.
    Me: 32, Hubs: 36
    Married: September 2013
    TTC since April 2014, Dx: MFI
    DH started Clomid Oct 2015
    April-June 2016- 3 IUIs: All BFN
    July 2016- IVF #1: 16 eggs ->1 PGS-normal embryo
    Sept 2016- single FET #1: BFN
    Nov 2016- IVF #2 16 eggs -> 3 PGS-normal embryos
    Jan 2017- single FET #2: BFN
    Feb 2017- endometrial scratch
    March 2017- FET #3 (double transfer): BFP!
       Beta #1: 386 (9dp5dt), Beta #2: 1,960 (12dp5dt)
       Pregnant with: Triplets Twins Singleton
       It's a GIRL! :)
       EDD: November 16, 2017
       Dx w/ preeclampsia: Updated delivery date: 10/4/17
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  • babylonghorn16babylonghorn16 member
    Thanks for posting! We live in San Antonio, Texas, so I'm pretty freaked out. Makes me want to move to the north for my pregnancies... lol jk, but sucks that this is happening just around the time that we're trying to conceive!! Hopefully they will come out with a vaccine soon!
    *TW - Pregnancy mentioned*
    Me: 28 DH: 33, Married May 2014
    3 failed IUIs Dec '15 - Feb '16
    IVF April/May 2016 - 1 failed fresh transfer. 11 snow angels.
    1st FET 7/29/16 = BFP
    Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
    Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18 <3
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  • wifeinraleigh28wifeinraleigh28 member
    I immediately ordered the Sawyer lotion after reading this. Thanks for posting @Sumo2519.  I need to get over my fear of chemicals and keep that Zika virus the hell away from me!
    ***BFP & Child Warning***

    Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
    IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
    IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
    FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
    FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
    FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
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  • dragonfaeriedragonfaerie member
    The other reading I was doing this morning was that Zika can be spread by blood (though usually blood transfusions, not just exposure to blood from a cut) and semen.

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
    BabyFruit Ticker
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  • MMD1986MMD1986 member
    dragonfaerie said:
    The other reading I was doing this morning was that Zika can be spread by blood (though usually blood transfusions, not just exposure to blood from a cut) and semen.
    Our RE made both my husband and I both sign a consent form that we would not travel to a list of certain countries, and he also said it can be spread by semen.  My husband is a mosquito magnet, so we will definitely be investing in some of these bug sprays this summer (especially living in South Louisiana). 
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  • rmarble23rmarble23 member
    I don't live in the south but I am really worried as well I haven't found anything that keeps me from being bitten and now that we are in the process of ivf at the start of summer zika scares the crap outta me
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  • wifeinraleigh28wifeinraleigh28 member
    And it isn't just the southern states that need to avoid mosquito bites... there have been quite a few Zika cases reported in NYC!
    ***BFP & Child Warning***

    Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
    IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
    IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
    FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
    FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
    FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
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  • cmm012cmm012 member
    I hired a pest control company to spray my yard for mosquitos. I am more of an indoor person, but I want to be careful too. I will look into a spray b/c I am also in a southern state.
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    Married Jan. 2014
    Me:36 DH: 39
    TTC since August 2014, Mild PCOS + uterine fibroids
    Myomectomy June 2015- 18 fibroids removed
    IVF #1, May 2016 = 32 eggs retrieved, 12 fertilized, 7 frozen, 3 PGS normal
    FET#2, July 2016 = one embryo transferred 
    TRIGGER
    BFP! Beta = 617
    Due date = 4/9/17
    Delivery date = 3/20/17
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  • dragonfaeriedragonfaerie member
    @wifeinraleigh28 The report I read said that there weren't any mosquito bite cases in the US, those infected in the US had been traveling. Not sure if that is still the case.

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
    BabyFruit Ticker
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  • wifeinraleigh28wifeinraleigh28 member
    @dragonfaerie Whew, that is a relief!  I hope the infected mosquitos stay away from the US.
    ***BFP & Child Warning***

    Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
    IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
    IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
    FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
    FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
    FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
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  • dragonfaeriedragonfaerie member
    @wifeinraleigh28 Seriously. The CDC has some maps and info, if you google Zika virus and look just at the CDC stuff you'll get some good details.

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
    BabyFruit Ticker
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  • MMD1986MMD1986 member
    This article has a lot of good information for anyone interested.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/health/what-is-zika-virus.html?_r=1
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  • lilmissslplilmissslp member
    Repel Lemon Eucalyptus was very good but other natural ones were not according to consumer reports. I took a screen shot
    TTC #1 since August 2013
    Unexplained/ Endo
    Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
    IVF #1- BFN
    FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
    FET #2- February 2017 BFP  Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
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  • KLake42KLake42 member
    We aren't really expecting to see infected mosquitos traveling here from other places. The risk is that someone in your neighborhood travels, acquires zika while traveling, and then they get bit by a few local mosquitos. Then you have local infected mosquitos.

    After the Olympics, I think the risk for this will really increase.

    I've already implemented anti-mosquito protocol. I'm wearing long sleeves, and applying repellent 2-3 times a day. Mosquitos are already swarming around my house in Georgia, and they have always loved me. 
    Me- 39 (turning 40 in April), TTC for the first time ever (since Jan 2015), low ovarian reserve
    Married 3/14/14 to my wonderful wife, but her sperm count is rather low
    TTC with frozen donor sperm and science

    7 IUIs, 7 BFNs.
    2 IVF attempts, both cancelled and converted to IUI, both BFNs.
    Decided that my tired old ovaries are ready to retire.
    Next step- reciprocal IVF, using my wife's eggs, my uterus!  
    fresh 5 day transfer (2 embryos) 4/17/17- BFP! 
    Identical twins "due" 1/2/17 (but anticipated arrival sometime December)

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