Let's lighten the conversation for a second and talk about fun stuff! I was thinking everyone could answer a few questions, but also ask some of their own...feel free to answer and ask things you think of.
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? 2. What quality do you like most about yourself? 3. Favorite guilty pleasure?
LOVE THIS IDEA.......We should do these a few times week
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation?.......FIJI & TAHITI
2. What quality do you like most about yourself?.......My want to help others, I feel like im incomplete if im not trying to give back
3. Favorite guilty pleasure?........MSNBC Lockup and other prison shows! Weird I know, my DH doesnt get it! But my background is n law enforcement so that could be why
Me: 34 DH: 43 Married March 2012 TTC #1 since 2012
Dx: unexplained infertility (+ treated for hypothyroidism) May 7, 2016: IUI#1 w/Clomid - BFN June 6, 2016: IUI #2 w/Clomid - BFN IVF Consult 1 & 2: June 10, 2016 / July 15, 2016 Started Stims: July 15, 2016 (Lupron, Gonal-F, and Menopur) Trigger ----> 08/03 ----> ER on 08/05 ----> Transfer ------> 08/10 BETA 1 (8/22) - 401 - BETA 2 (8/24) - 541 - BETA 3 (8/26) - 913 Baby Chadwell's First U/S: 09/06/2016 / EDD: 04/28/2017
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? Australia! 2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm easy to get along with 3. Favorite guilty pleasure? The Bachelor!! The Bachelorette starts tonight and I'm excited!
1. I would love to go to Rome, and back to Great Britain to see the rest of the castles that I've missed.
2. I am very compassionate and empathic.
3. Buzzfeed and I read ALL THE TIME
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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
New question to add: If you had a whole day to do whatever you wanted (alone or with DH/best friend/any combination) and money was no object, what would you do?
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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
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
3. Reality TV- love the bachelor and super excited for tonight too! I also like the real housewives, survivor, etc.
4. If I could do anything for a day, I would probably take a hot air balloon and/or helicopter ride over somewhere beautiful like the grand canyon or a tropical island. Then spend the rest of the day exploring the beautiful place and end it with drinks and dinner watching a sunset. Wow, I am such a romantic movie cliché... or this just sounds like a Bachelor fantasy date haha
History in Spoiler
Age: 32 (same with DH). Together since 2006, Married June 2013 and TTC since August 2015 Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive) March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary. August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze ), BFN May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e Back for # 2!
@JamieH2000 Haha, I love your cheesy day. That sounds awesome.
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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
1. If money wasn't an issue, then I am assuming time isn't either...SO! I would buy a boat and sail wherever with my handsome DH. 2. I am honest and loyal. 3. Taking longer than I should, hot showers. (In CA this is frowned upon...But we do collect rainwater & use water very sparse otherwise!!)
And for the free day.... A day of scenic cycling with lots of food at some point sounds nice!
Me: 26 DH: 29 Married Dec 2012 TTC since Jan 2013, interruptions by DH deployments
Diagnosis: unexplained April 2015, Clomid + gonal f, natural, BFN Oct 8 2015, Clomid + brevelle, too many follis (10!)- cancelled Nov 18 2015, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 1 folli, IUI #1 on 12/11, BFN Dec 24 2015, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 1 folli, IUI #2 on 1/15, BFN Jan 29 2016, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 2 follis, IUI #3 on 2/11, BFN March 2016, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 2 follis, BD at home this time,BFN IVF: Stim's start 4/23, ER May 4th, 8 embabies frozen FET #1 5/31/16, transferred 1 embryo- BFP: Beta 6/8/16 111, Beta 6/14/16 1800....m/c, d&c 7/15/16 FET #2 9/21/16, transferred 1 embryo......BFP!!: Beta 10/1/16 493, Beta 10/3/16 1155 SINGLETON- EDD June 9th, 2016
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? Italy. I'm pretty positive I would be really good at painting and drinking wine on the balcony of my villa 2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm incredibly OCD. While it gives me anxiety sometimes when things don't go as planned or when items aren't in their place, I absolutely love being organized. People also think I'm pretty funny, so I can usually make people laugh. And that feels good 3. Favorite guilty pleasure? This is incredibly embarrassing because I'm positive this show is for teenagers, but I'm addicted to Pretty Little Liars Thankfully they did a time jump last season and the characters are now at least in their twenties. I feel a little better about watching it now.
Me: 31 / DH: 32 Married 10/14/2011 TTC since 11/2011 DX: unexplained infertility
1st IUI 12/23/15 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 1/8/16 BFN 2nd IUI 1/22/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 2/8/16 BFN 3rd IUI 2/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 3/15/16 BFN 4th IUI 3/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 4/11/16 BFN 5th IUI 4/26/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 5/11/16 BFN *****TRIGGER***** 6th and final IUI 5/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - BFP!!! 1st Beta on 6/8/16 @ 12piui: 22; 2nd Beta 6/10/16 84.4; 3rd Beta 6/13/16 300; 4th Beta 6/16/16 1168; 5th and final beta 6/20/16 4188 1st U/S 6/23/16 - Two babies! One measuring 6w1d with a visible heartbeat!!! The other is measuring small and isn't likely to make it 2nd U/S 7/5/16 - Baby #2 didn't make it Baby #1 is measuring right on schedule and has a FHR of 143!! 3rd US 7/15/16 - Baby #1 right on schedule! FHR 168!!! Discharged from RE!!!!
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm dependable, loyal and will take a secret to my grave if you ask me not to tell anyone
3. Favorite guilty pleasure? Reality TV...DH hates it but I love that it allows me to take my mind off the daily stresses. Bachelorette is coming back tonight, woohoo (and I know it's fake, but I love to watch it anyway.)
And if I had a free day and money was not an issue, I'd rent a yacht and sail all day long on it. Hire a personal chef to cook for DH and I and spend the day on the water in peace and quiet.
***History & TW in Spoiler***
***bfp & child warning*** TTC - since 2014 7 rounds of Clomid - BFN IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN IVF #1 - March 2016 Retrieval #1 - April 2016 FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017 Trying for baby #2... FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN No more embryos left; switched to a new RE IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019 IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019 FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019 Trying for baby #3... FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
I'm obsessed with Pretty Little Liars as well! I don't know what it is about that show but I just can't stop watching it, even though I hate the storyline sometimes.
1. Travel through Europe, although Tahiti sounds lovely! 2. My drive/perseverance 3. Taking a long, hot bath 4. A day on a private beach with DH and friends, great food (prepared by others), and lots of drinks with umbrellas!
Me:32 DH:36 Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR DH: MFI TTC since 3/2014 2015: 3 IUI's-BFN 12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy 3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested) 3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement 9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/9/17: transferred 1 embryo-BFP 1/16 1/18/17: beta #1-104 1/20/17: beta #2-174 2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d 7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
1)Mediterranean Cruise. A long one 2)My sense of humor. 3)Pretty little liars. Seriously. I have to DVR it if I'm at work.
me:41 dh:42 me:PCOS, blocked left fallopian tube, hyperprolactinemia (dh's swimmers are perfect/normal) Tried 3 rounds of clomid with Ovidrel trigger (BFNs) May/June 2016 IVF 6/1 ER 7 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized via ICSI 6 embryos made it to blasts. 6/6 2 AA embryos transfered, 4 BBs frozen Beta 6/18 -- BFN FET #1 August 22 BFN Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Round 2 was a bust. 6 eggs, Only 1 embryo made it, no transfer FET #2 cancelled 10/17 due to uterine polyps. Postponed until 9/2018 due to hip replacement.
FET #3 9/11/18 Uterine scratch and antihistamine protocol/lovenox done this time. 2 AA hatching blasts put in. BFP 9/20/18!!
@mmd1986@sleepyrn Thank you for making me feel so much better about my TV choices
Me: 31 / DH: 32 Married 10/14/2011 TTC since 11/2011 DX: unexplained infertility
1st IUI 12/23/15 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 1/8/16 BFN 2nd IUI 1/22/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 2/8/16 BFN 3rd IUI 2/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 3/15/16 BFN 4th IUI 3/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 4/11/16 BFN 5th IUI 4/26/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 5/11/16 BFN *****TRIGGER***** 6th and final IUI 5/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - BFP!!! 1st Beta on 6/8/16 @ 12piui: 22; 2nd Beta 6/10/16 84.4; 3rd Beta 6/13/16 300; 4th Beta 6/16/16 1168; 5th and final beta 6/20/16 4188 1st U/S 6/23/16 - Two babies! One measuring 6w1d with a visible heartbeat!!! The other is measuring small and isn't likely to make it 2nd U/S 7/5/16 - Baby #2 didn't make it Baby #1 is measuring right on schedule and has a FHR of 143!! 3rd US 7/15/16 - Baby #1 right on schedule! FHR 168!!! Discharged from RE!!!!
1.) Greece!! 2.) I'm pretty funny, and a great story teller (though I have to admit that most of my stories are dramatized for additional hilarity). 3.) I am an indulgent person by nature!! Right now, I would have to say One Direction, trashy books I download for free for my kindle, and Grey's Anatomy are my biggest guilty pleasures. I'm obsessed. 4.) Spend a day on the set of the walking dead!!!! Or fly to Paris for dinner on a private jet with DH and my three besties and their guys.
You guys all crack me up with your TV. I hardly watch anything, but I truly enjoy the man candy running around on Vikings.
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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
1. African safari but not in a tent...more like they did in Blended 2. I'm willing to sacrifice things I want/need for others to make them happy. 3. Terrible reality TV or really trashy TV. Pretty much anything on bravo. I currently like the Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, Sisters Wives and Scandal. I'm binge watching Parenthood as I write this. 4. Be anywhere on a beach with a nice book, loungechair and my own waiter.
TTC since August 2014
Me: 41, Him: 43
DX: Unexplained secondary infertility
History: Multiple months of Clomid/Femara End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks Multiple more months of Femara IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled. April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
4) My favorite thing to do with DH is spend a day at a Disney park. It doesn't matter which one. We are Disney nerds
@JamieH2000 and @Tulips29 No bachelorette spoilers please!! I am not a night person and I was devastated to discover that it was on from 9-11! I simply cannot stay up past 10 or I fall asleep on the couch so decided not to even start it. I'll be watching tonight at a much earlier hour
***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
@wifeinraleigh28 I barely stayed up myself last night until 11. But I couldn't not finish watching it. Poor DH hates that I monopolize the TV on Monday nights, but I think he secretly enjoys making fun of the Bachelor/ette
***History & TW in Spoiler***
***bfp & child warning*** TTC - since 2014 7 rounds of Clomid - BFN IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN IVF #1 - March 2016 Retrieval #1 - April 2016 FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017 Trying for baby #2... FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN No more embryos left; switched to a new RE IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019 IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019 FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019 Trying for baby #3... FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
@wifeinraleigh28- I don't blame you! I couldn't do 9-11 either. Luckily in I'm in Central time zone, so its 8-10pm here. I DVR it though, since its like 30% commercials!
@Tulips29- I monopolize the TV most nights but my DH hates my reality TV shows the most. He's getting his MBA at night, so he's a busy guy and I have plenty of TV time for myself.
History in Spoiler
Age: 32 (same with DH). Together since 2006, Married June 2013 and TTC since August 2015 Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive) March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary. August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze ), BFN May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e Back for # 2!
@Tulips29 and @JamieH2000 My DH is pretty good about watching the bachelor/ette with me... He listens to Howard Stern pretty religiously and since Howard Stern says you should watch these shows with your wife, he listens, haha. So I guess I have Howard Stern to thank.
***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
@freudianmamma Right?! I'm not a big fan of Bjorn, but lots of the others are sooo pretty. Hehe
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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
Here's a question I like to ask people: if you could have one random skill that generally serves no purpose except amusement (i.e. juggling, fire walking,) what would you want to be able to do?
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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
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation?
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? 3. Favorite guilty pleasure?
Right now?
1. Alaska (preferable via cruise) 2. Loyalty (It's gotten me hurt but I still value it above all) 3. Haagen Dazs Coffee ice cream - I've actually eaten a pint in place of a meal before... multiple times. 4. If I had one day to do anything, I'd go back to Universal with DH!
~Ziggy
Me:27 (diagnosed anovulatory May 2016) DH:29 (normal) Met 2008 | Dated 2010 | Married 2012 TTC#1 since June 2015 June 2016- 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 12), thin (2.45) lining | BFN July 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 10), thin (~4) lining | BFN August 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | BFN | Referred to specialist, visited once, was told we have less than a 3% chance even on medication, recommended to IUI for up to a 50% chance, decided not to pursue at this time | Stopped "trying" October 2016- We became licensed foster parents November 9, 2016- Arrival of DD#1, 4yo March 1, 2017- 1 day late, feel like crap (low fever & exhausted) | Mom suggested test before taking meds, I laughed but did it anyway | BFP! *shock*
2. Loyal, hardworker, level-headed (most of the time, at least in work situations I tend to be and then my DH gets the crazy side of me )
3. I have WAY too many guilty pleasures - trash, reality TV, can't wait to watch the bachelorette which I have DVR'd. My DH pretends not to like it but if he's home when I'm watching he tends to be on the couch right next to me. Pizza, ice cream. I could eat those every day and never get sick of them!
4. Free day and money no issue? Rent a private island for a day with my own butler and just relax and be served food and drinks all day long.
Re: Let's Have A Fun Thread
2. I am very trustworthy and loyal
3. I LOVE reality TV. Chrisley Knows Best is my current favorite.
2. I'm creative and artistic
3. Watching really cheesy B monster movies/horror movies. My secret shame.
Great thread idea btw!
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation?.......FIJI & TAHITI
2. What quality do you like most about yourself?.......My want to help others, I feel like im incomplete if im not trying to give back
3. Favorite guilty pleasure?........MSNBC Lockup and other prison shows! Weird I know, my DH doesnt get it! But my background is n law enforcement so that could be why
Married March 2012
TTC #1 since 2012
May 7, 2016: IUI#1 w/Clomid - BFN
June 6, 2016: IUI #2 w/Clomid - BFN
IVF Consult 1 & 2: June 10, 2016 / July 15, 2016
Started Stims: July 15, 2016 (Lupron, Gonal-F, and Menopur)
Trigger ----> 08/03 ----> ER on 08/05 ----> Transfer ------> 08/10
BETA 1 (8/22) - 401 - BETA 2 (8/24) - 541 - BETA 3 (8/26) - 913
Baby Chadwell's First U/S: 09/06/2016 / EDD: 04/28/2017
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? Australia!
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm easy to get along with
3. Favorite guilty pleasure? The Bachelor!! The Bachelorette starts tonight and I'm excited!
@ADRIANAC1982 I want to go to Fiji and Tahiti too!
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
1. I would love to go to Rome, and back to Great Britain to see the rest of the castles that I've missed.
2. I am very compassionate and empathic.
3. Buzzfeed and I read ALL THE TIME
---Trigger warning---
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
---Trigger warning---
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
---Trigger warning---
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
wow, @wifeinraleigh28, my answers are so similar to yours!
1. Australia and New Zealand
2. I am dependable, loyal and empathetic
3. Reality TV- love the bachelor and super excited for tonight too! I also like the real housewives, survivor, etc.
4. If I could do anything for a day, I would probably take a hot air balloon and/or helicopter ride over somewhere beautiful like the grand canyon or a tropical island. Then spend the rest of the day exploring the beautiful place and end it with drinks and dinner watching a sunset. Wow, I am such a romantic movie cliché... or this just sounds like a Bachelor fantasy date haha
Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive)
March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN
June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary.
August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN
Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN
January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze ), BFN
May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline
Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid
Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp
Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated
Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone
Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues
Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin
Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e
Back for # 2!
---Trigger warning---
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
2. I am honest and loyal.
3. Taking longer than I should, hot showers. (In CA this is frowned upon...But we do collect rainwater & use water very sparse otherwise!!)
And for the free day.... A day of scenic cycling with lots of food at some point sounds nice!
Me: 26 DH: 29
Married Dec 2012
TTC since Jan 2013, interruptions by DH deployments
April 2015, Clomid + gonal f, natural, BFN
Oct 8 2015, Clomid + brevelle, too many follis (10!)- cancelled
Nov 18 2015, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 1 folli, IUI #1 on 12/11, BFN
Dec 24 2015, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 1 folli, IUI #2 on 1/15, BFN
Jan 29 2016, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 2 follis, IUI #3 on 2/11, BFN
March 2016, Follistem + Ovidrel + Progesterone, 2 follis, BD at home this time,BFN
IVF: Stim's start 4/23, ER May 4th, 8 embabies frozen
FET #1 5/31/16, transferred 1 embryo- BFP: Beta 6/8/16 111, Beta 6/14/16 1800....m/c, d&c 7/15/16
FET #2 9/21/16, transferred 1 embryo......BFP!!: Beta 10/1/16 493, Beta 10/3/16 1155
SINGLETON- EDD June 9th, 2016
1. If money was not an issue, where would you vacation? Italy. I'm pretty positive I would be really good at painting and drinking wine on the balcony of my villa
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm incredibly OCD. While it gives me anxiety sometimes when things don't go as planned or when items aren't in their place, I absolutely love being organized. People also think I'm pretty funny, so I can usually make people laugh. And that feels good
3. Favorite guilty pleasure? This is incredibly embarrassing because I'm positive this show is for teenagers, but I'm addicted to Pretty Little Liars Thankfully they did a time jump last season and the characters are now at least in their twenties. I feel a little better about watching it now.
Married 10/14/2011
TTC since 11/2011
DX: unexplained infertility
1st IUI 12/23/15 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 1/8/16 BFN
2nd IUI 1/22/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 2/8/16 BFN
3rd IUI 2/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 3/15/16 BFN
4th IUI 3/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 4/11/16 BFN
5th IUI 4/26/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 5/11/16 BFN
*****TRIGGER*****
6th and final IUI 5/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - BFP!!!
1st Beta on 6/8/16 @ 12piui: 22; 2nd Beta 6/10/16 84.4; 3rd Beta 6/13/16 300; 4th Beta 6/16/16 1168; 5th and final beta 6/20/16 4188
1st U/S 6/23/16 - Two babies! One measuring 6w1d with a visible heartbeat!!! The other is measuring small and isn't likely to make it
2nd U/S 7/5/16 - Baby #2 didn't make it Baby #1 is measuring right on schedule and has a FHR of 143!!
3rd US 7/15/16 - Baby #1 right on schedule! FHR 168!!! Discharged from RE!!!!
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? I'm dependable, loyal and will take a secret to my grave if you ask me not to tell anyone
3. Favorite guilty pleasure? Reality TV...DH hates it but I love that it allows me to take my mind off the daily stresses. Bachelorette is coming back tonight, woohoo (and I know it's fake, but I love to watch it anyway.)
And if I had a free day and money was not an issue, I'd rent a yacht and sail all day long on it. Hire a personal chef to cook for DH and I and spend the day on the water in peace and quiet.
TTC - since 2014
7 rounds of Clomid - BFN
IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN
IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN
IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN
IVF #1 - March 2016
Retrieval #1 - April 2016
FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017
Trying for baby #2...
FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN
No more embryos left; switched to a new RE
IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019
IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019
FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019
Trying for baby #3...
FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
2. My drive/perseverance
3. Taking a long, hot bath
4. A day on a private beach with DH and friends, great food (prepared by others), and lots of drinks with umbrellas!
Love this! Thanks, @MMD1986
Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR
DH: MFI
TTC since 3/2014
2015: 3 IUI's-BFN
12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy
3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested)
3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement
9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation
Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/18/17: beta #1-104
1/20/17: beta #2-174
2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d
7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
2)My sense of humor.
3)Pretty little liars. Seriously. I have to DVR it if I'm at work.
me:41 dh:42
me:PCOS, blocked left fallopian tube, hyperprolactinemia (dh's swimmers are perfect/normal)
Tried 3 rounds of clomid with Ovidrel trigger (BFNs)
May/June 2016 IVF 6/1 ER 7 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized via ICSI 6 embryos made it to blasts.
6/6 2 AA embryos transfered, 4 BBs frozen
Beta 6/18 -- BFN
FET #1 August 22 BFN
Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Round 2 was a bust. 6 eggs, Only 1 embryo made it, no transfer
FET #2 cancelled 10/17 due to uterine polyps. Postponed until 9/2018 due to hip replacement.
FET #3 9/11/18 Uterine scratch and antihistamine protocol/lovenox done this time. 2 AA hatching blasts put in. BFP 9/20/18!!
Married 10/14/2011
TTC since 11/2011
DX: unexplained infertility
1st IUI 12/23/15 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 1/8/16 BFN
2nd IUI 1/22/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 2/8/16 BFN
3rd IUI 2/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 3/15/16 BFN
4th IUI 3/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 4/11/16 BFN
5th IUI 4/26/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - Beta 5/11/16 BFN
*****TRIGGER*****
6th and final IUI 5/27/16 Clomid + Ovidrel - BFP!!!
1st Beta on 6/8/16 @ 12piui: 22; 2nd Beta 6/10/16 84.4; 3rd Beta 6/13/16 300; 4th Beta 6/16/16 1168; 5th and final beta 6/20/16 4188
1st U/S 6/23/16 - Two babies! One measuring 6w1d with a visible heartbeat!!! The other is measuring small and isn't likely to make it
2nd U/S 7/5/16 - Baby #2 didn't make it Baby #1 is measuring right on schedule and has a FHR of 143!!
3rd US 7/15/16 - Baby #1 right on schedule! FHR 168!!! Discharged from RE!!!!
1.) Greece!!
2.) I'm pretty funny, and a great story teller (though I have to admit that most of my stories are dramatized for additional hilarity).
3.) I am an indulgent person by nature!! Right now, I would have to say One Direction, trashy books I download for free for my kindle, and Grey's Anatomy are my biggest guilty pleasures. I'm obsessed.
4.) Spend a day on the set of the walking dead!!!! Or fly to Paris for dinner on a private jet with DH and my three besties and their guys.
---Trigger warning---
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
1. African safari but not in a tent...more like they did in Blended
2. I'm willing to sacrifice things I want/need for others to make them happy.
3. Terrible reality TV or really trashy TV. Pretty much anything on bravo. I currently like the Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, Sisters Wives and Scandal. I'm binge watching Parenthood as I write this.
4. Be anywhere on a beach with a nice book, loungechair and my own waiter.
Multiple months of Clomid/Femara
End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks
Multiple more months of Femara
IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN
IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN
Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN
January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN
March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN
April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN
September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled.
April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN
June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN
Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
@JamieH2000 and @Tulips29 No bachelorette spoilers please!! I am not a night person and I was devastated to discover that it was on from 9-11! I simply cannot stay up past 10 or I fall asleep on the couch so decided not to even start it. I'll be watching tonight at a much earlier hour
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
TTC - since 2014
7 rounds of Clomid - BFN
IUI #1 - October 2015 - BFN
IUI #2 - November 2015 - BFN
IUI #3 - December 2015 - BFN
IVF #1 - March 2016
Retrieval #1 - April 2016
FET #1 - May 2016 - BFP!!! DS - Born January 2017
Trying for baby #2...
FET #2 - January 2018 - BFN
No more embryos left; switched to a new RE
IVF/Retrieval #2 - January 2019
IVF/Retrieval #3 - March 2019
FET #3 - April 2019 - BFP!!! - DD: Born December 2019
Trying for baby #3...
FET #4 - October 2021 - BFP!!! - Due June 2022
@wifeinraleigh28- I don't blame you! I couldn't do 9-11 either. Luckily in I'm in Central time zone, so its 8-10pm here. I DVR it though, since its like 30% commercials!
@Tulips29- I monopolize the TV most nights but my DH hates my reality TV shows the most. He's getting his MBA at night, so he's a busy guy and I have plenty of TV time for myself.
Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive)
March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN
June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary.
August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN
Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN
January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze ), BFN
May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline
Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid
Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp
Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated
Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone
Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues
Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin
Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e
Back for # 2!
Married 2014; TTC since 4/2015
Diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometriosis and possible ovulation dysfunction
2nd TI (clomid/follistim/ovidrel/progesterone)- 5/11/16 - BFN
2. What quality do you like most about yourself? Open-minded and accepting of people. Helps with my wonky clients and my train wreck friends
3. Favorite guilty pleasure? Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Married 2014; TTC since 4/2015
Diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometriosis and possible ovulation dysfunction
2nd TI (clomid/follistim/ovidrel/progesterone)- 5/11/16 - BFN
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
---Trigger warning---
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
Paris.
My creativity and sense of humor
An Indian snack called bhujiya- it's made from chickpeas.
I'd like to go trekking.
Married for 4 years, TTC for 1.5 years
Unexplained infertility
History:
Hypothyroid, under control
Low ovarian reserve
2 IUIs
IVF #1 no luck
IVF #2 ongoing
---Trigger warning---
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
1. Alaska (preferable via cruise)
2. Loyalty (It's gotten me hurt but I still value it above all)
3. Haagen Dazs Coffee ice cream - I've actually eaten a pint in place of a meal before... multiple times.
4. If I had one day to do anything, I'd go back to Universal with DH!
Met 2008 | Dated 2010 | Married 2012
TTC#1 since June 2015
June 2016- 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 12), thin (2.45) lining | BFN
July 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 10), thin (~4) lining | BFN
August 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | BFN | Referred to specialist, visited once, was told we have less than a 3% chance even on medication, recommended to IUI for up to a 50% chance, decided not to pursue at this time | Stopped "trying"
October 2016- We became licensed foster parents
November 9, 2016- Arrival of DD#1, 4yo
March 1, 2017- 1 day late, feel like crap (low fever & exhausted) | Mom suggested test before taking meds, I laughed but did it anyway | BFP! *shock*
Love this!
1. Anywhere in Europe
2. Loyal, hardworker, level-headed (most of the time, at least in work situations I tend to be and then my DH gets the crazy side of me )
3. I have WAY too many guilty pleasures - trash, reality TV, can't wait to watch the bachelorette which I have DVR'd. My DH pretends not to like it but if he's home when I'm watching he tends to be on the couch right next to me. Pizza, ice cream. I could eat those every day and never get sick of them!
4. Free day and money no issue? Rent a private island for a day with my own butler and just relax and be served food and drinks all day long.