This is a weekly check-in for those in their 1st trimester: weeks 1 through the end of week 13. We've all gone through a lot to get to this point so congratulations and best of luck to all of you over the next several months!
If you are just joining us, please post a little about yourself, your EDD (if it’s not listed below) any upcoming appointments, symptoms, etc. Feel free to also share your IF journey - many of us can relate.
QOTW: Is your family sentimental about baby related things? What will be passed down to your new baby (clothing, cribs, a book, a nick name, etc.)?
Congrats to all of the Mommies & Daddies to be:
@vlbartlett EDD 3/5/17 - Graduated to 2nd trimester!
@msirni0 EDD 3/8/17 - Graduated to 2nd trimester!
@kfras EDD 3/15/17 - Graduated to 2nd trimester!
@scooteriste EDD 3/25/17 - Graduated to 2nd trimester!
@AandDM2014 EDD 3/3/17 TRIPLETS!
@pdbird EDD 3/28/17 BABY BOY!
@mrygoround EDD 3/28/17 BABY GIRL!
@Sunflower5678 ;EDD 4/6/17
@2legbaby EDD 4/6/17 BABY GIRL!
@jenn6782 EDD 4/7/17
@cmm012 EDD 4/9/17 BABY BOY!
@ale9687 EDD 4/11/17
@Rachnan EDD 4/13/17 BABY BOY!
@Knottie36622473 EDD 4/13/17
@ConstanceGoodspeed EDD April '17
@babylonghorn16 EDD 4/16/17
@flanners1 EDD 4/17/17 TWINS! BABY BOY and GIRL!
@Happydays13 ;EDD 4/19/17 TWINS! GIRLS!
@frustrated and ttc EDD? TWINS!
@babymama619 ;EDD 4/30/17
@BornReady EDD 4/28/17
@ADRIANAC1982 ;EDD 4/28/17
@halips EDD 4/30/17
@Steff_99 ;EDD 4/30/17
@clt2pwm11 EDD 5/1/17
@teriulbricht EDD 5/1/17
@SanBL ;EDD 5/3/17
@BlueEyedDreamer ;EDD 5/5/17
@TuluminaEDD 5/5/17
@kristynelson13 EDD 5/7/17
@cato99 ;EDD 5/9/17
@LSatturo126 EDD 5/25/17
Let me know if you have any updates or need to be added!!
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IVF/FET with PGS
EDD March 28, 2017
Re: **First Trimester Check-in - Week of September 19th**
QOTW: My mother saved my bassinet, and DHs mother has been holding on to the one she bought for DHs sisters kids. I don't think we'll be taking either though, especially since mine is quite old. If we have any other things coming to us, I don't know about them. I've gotten a few things from one of DHs cousins and a breast pump and swing from my SIL.
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
QOTW: I have been handed down all the toddler clothes from my nephew for my first son. Now that my DS is almost six, I've saved all clothing, so I won't have to buy a single item of clothing for this boy.
10/2009 - TTC#1 Stopped BCP! Let's DO this!
7/8/2016 - FET #2 with Grade B (8 cell - 3 day embryo), fingers crossed this one sticks.
7/19 - Beta was 74. BFP!!!!; 7/21 - Beta was 182; 1st U/S on 8/2; 2nd U/S on 8/16
AFM - Today is the first day in a few that I've had a proper nap... and I was in bed for nearly 4 hours. Guess I really needed it! Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight!
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
@pdbird I updated the OP. I'm ready to be done with 1st trimester too! And I just told DH I feel gross - must be a 13 weeks thing. Hope you had a good appointment today. I think we are skipping the NT because I'll be past the window (11-14 weeks) during my next appointment. I'll have to ask my OB or see if DH remembers discussing that.
QOTW: We don't have any family passing down baby items that we know of yet. I've heard talk of a crib, but I'm sure it was manufactured before safety standards changed.
I'm still feeling nauseous about half the time at almost 13 weeks. My weight hasn't changed yet (probably due to MS and food aversions), but my belly and breasts are definitely growing. Time for new bras and maternity pants.
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EDD March 28, 2017
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Qotw: my mom bought a bassinet for my sister when she had her first, once she's done using it w her second I'll take it for this little one. I think that's really all that was purposely bought to be passed around between my two sisters and me. My sister has a boy and is pg with a girl so no matter what I have I'll get some hand me down clothes from her.
Opposite of you, I am gaining weight which is not cool cause I know it isn't the baby. The doctor called and told me my A1C is at 6.1 and I have to go see a nutritionist, so I need to add that to my "to do" list. Kinda annoying, but I get it. I'm getting tightness or cramping at the top of my belly and it is sometimes hard to breathe (mostly at night). Going to as the doc about that in a week.
Have a great week ladies!
10/2009 - TTC#1 Stopped BCP! Let's DO this!
7/8/2016 - FET #2 with Grade B (8 cell - 3 day embryo), fingers crossed this one sticks.
7/19 - Beta was 74. BFP!!!!; 7/21 - Beta was 182; 1st U/S on 8/2; 2nd U/S on 8/16
Edit:
I busted out my doppler this morning, and I'm pretty sure I heard two of the three hearts! I think the third one is tucked behind the other two, based on how the ultrasounds look, so I wasn't expecting to find them all.
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
So last week I posted about having sex. Well, husband I ended up messing around (not actual sex...sorry tmi) and I started bleeding. Not just a little or spotting or a light period. LIKE GUSHING BLOOD ALL OVER! I'm so upset. It was like 1:30am and I rushed myself to the hospital. They did an u/s and the babies look great. Measuring on time (11w3d and 11w6d)and great heartbeats. There is no answer on why its happening except for us getting intimate. At this point they say there is nothing they can do except just wait it out. I had no idea that much blood could happen just from getting intimate. Like seriously, when the doc was doing a pelvic exam it was dripping out of me and on the floor and all over the table. I'm worried sick. If you believe in God I'm asking for prayers to stop the bleeding. If you don't then sending good thoughts will work too. Please keep us in your thoughts.
I am nauseous as crap this week, and it lasts all day long. I've been eating tiny meals throughout the day, but I'm really concerned about weight gain. I've always weighed about 125 pounds, and I can tell I've really put it on. I have a pooch already and I'm only 8 weeks. I have one pair of pants that fit. I'm trying to eat as healthy as I can, but my food aversion is off the chart. I've definitely been eating less healthy than I normally do, but I know I have to eat something or I'm going to vomit. It's a catch-22. Today was slightly better. I started with multigrain waffles (not Eggo because apparently those have been recalled), and then I had an orange and nuts as a snack two hours later. I'm just praying things get more tolerable soon because I have PCOS, and I really don't want my symptoms to flare because of what I've had to eat just to manage. I hope that made sense.
As far As the QOTW, my grandmother made blankets for all of us to use for our babies. She died when I was 13, but I've kept it all these years. I probably won't actually use it but will display it in the nursery so I can pass it down one day.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
@clt2pwm11 I'm 5'2 and started at 118 then with all the ivf meds and strict no working out I went up to 128. I seriously thought at my first ob apt I was going to be at least 130+ surprisingly I didn't gain a pound. My bloat looks like a bump but it's really just bloat.
@pdbird Yet another test you've mentioned that my OB didn't (or I don't remember), fetal echogram. I will ask about it. We did IVF too. I'm glad you had a good appointment. I would probably be gaining weight if I wasn't still feeling icky most of the time. I am so hungry and rarely feel satiated because I'm still having food issues and have to keep meals small. I am not wasting away though. I gained about 10 lbs. during IF treatment and I'm not losing weight. Seeing a nutritionist is not a bad idea. I have been trying to make sure I get protein and good fats, but like others have posted, all I want are carbs.
@frustrated and ttc I am so sorry for the scare and I'm glad the babies are ok. I hope the bleeding has slowed down or stopped and I hope you are able to rest (try to relax, feet up, drink water - that's what our doctor told us).
@clt2pwm11 and @AandDM2014 I can't imagine having to avoid carbs right now. Plain, toasted whole grain waffles are one of my go-tos also.
@clt2pwm11 That's so sweet that your grandma made blankets to pass down and you've carefully kept it.
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EDD March 28, 2017
@ale9687 I hope that it is the same with me. I don't mind gaining the weight if it is good for the baby, but like most women I'd rather not gain more than I need to!
@mrygoround She was 87 when she knitted it. I can remember her working on it. She specifically made the blanket gender neutral because she knew she wouldn't be around to see my babies. She was truly a wonderful woman.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
@clt2pwm11 I got mine at Target at they were like $11. They should sell them at drug stores too, near where they keep the other motion sickness stuff.
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Hi Ladies! I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow and MS is definitely getting better. It usually hits the hardest in the afternoon, but every week it's definitely subsiding! I was released by my RE last week but have to go back for a blood test on Friday and then I get to see my OB right after! Hopefully they'll take me off crinone, I'm so over it!
QOTW: Nothing really passed down, but this little boy will get everything from his big brother! It's kind of exciting to know we don't have to buy tons of clothes.
**Warning - Child Mentioned**
Me: 33, DH: 39 Unexplained Infertility
4 IUIs (chlomid) in 2013 which resulted in DS born in April 2014
TTC #2 since August 2015
5 rounds of IUIs (1 chlomid: resistent, 1 femara, 3 gonal f) = all BFN
ER March 9: 26 eggs retrieved, 19 mature and 17 fertilized, 8 made it to genetic testing, 4 normal!
FET #1 5/31 = BFN
FET#2 7/26 = BFP!
@Rachnan Congrats on graduating from RE and glad to hear your MS is subsiding. That's great that you won't have to buy as many clothes and things for little brother.
@ale9687 I thought my MS was going away, but it still comes and goes. Compared to others I was on a lot of hormones during the first 11 weeks because my pre-pregnancy hormone levels were low. Women on hormone replacement therapy and hormonal contraception can get MS too. So maybe those of us with MS are still getting used to these pregnancy hormone levels. And the 50% of pregnant women who don't get any MS adapt to the hormone changes more quickly. Maybe you're a quicker adapter.
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EDD March 28, 2017
QOTW: My family moved around a lot so there isn't much baby stuff left over from my siblings' and my childhoods, but I know my father is in search of a replica of my favorite stuffed bear from when I was a toddler.
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
QOTW- I have a couple of hand me down clothes from my sister's son, but that's it.
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
@LSatturo126 WELCOME!!! So happy to see you here! Praying for your u/s tomorrow!! What do y'all think about potentially having twins?!
@cmm012 my SIL swears by her maternity pillow! I am considering ordering one soon! I hope it helps you. Glad you are feeling better!
QOTW: getting lots of hand-me-downs from my SILs! One had a baby in July and the other is currently 30 weeks pregnant. They both say they are done having kids, so they are planning on giving us everything they don't currently need! Will be very nice!
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.
Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
AFM - My symptoms have started to subside, which of course has me worried. Luckily my next appointment is on Monday, so I don't have to wait too long to see my babies again!
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
I am officially 12 weeks today! I think we are waiting till after our 14 weeks appt to announce to everyone else and on social media. Our immediate family and a few friends already know. I think the nausea subsiding a little bit. I bought some seabands around week 9 and I'm a believer!
QOTW : my brother and SIL are giving us some hand me downs as well as some friends. My Motto is if it's free it's for me after paying for IVF! But no real heirlooms that I am aware of though
Me - 28, Lean PCOS
DH - 31
Married June 2010, TTC since March 2014
Blog: ourbinarystar.com
FET cycle #3 Transfer July 28th 2016, Triplets born healthy on February 26th 2017 at 33w1d!
Well today we went in for our 5wk 1d US. All is looking good. Better than what the dr thought it would be. Gas Sac and Yolk sac and even a small fetal pole. We will be waiting another week to hear the heartbeat.
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
So I'll be 9 weeks Monday, and I've been having periodic sharp pain in my girl bits. It last for literally one second and then disappears, and I only experience maybe two stabs a day. It has been happening off and on all week. Anybody else experiencing something like this? I'm not very worried because I was having rectal spasms earlier and they went away and that is what this feels like but I muh lady parts.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
@Sunflower5678 Glad you're finally done with those nasty things. Hubs and I called my estrogen suppositories my "v pills" lol. It's the small things that keep us going
@clt2pwm11 I've experienced this as well! Didn't last for long though. There have been a lot of twinges and pains here and there, but I just chalk it up to my uterus growing and ligaments stretching to make way for babe! If you try to over-analyze every little ache and pain, you'll drive yourself crazy! That being said, I tend to worry a little more than I should as well. That's when I chant my mantra (that I stole from someone else lol): "I'm pregnant TODAY and I love my baby!".
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.
Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
@frustrated and ttc I am so sorry you had that experience! I had something similar happen to me during my first pregnancy (although not related to fooling around), and it turned out to be a sub-chorionic bleed. But everything turned out ok! Hopefully your regular OB can see you and figure things out.
@clt2pwm11 I experienced similar feelings during my first pregnancy. I asked my doctor, and he said what @babylonghorn16 said - that it is just your body adjusting to the new position and size of all your organs in there!
AFM, I am 8 weeks today! Our next u/s is on Wednesday. I am hoping that they will let me start weening off PIO, suppositories, and e-patches after that. Nausea is in full force, along with fatigue. Had a hard time explaining to my toddler why mommy was busy dry-heaving in the sink while he wanted to play this morning... Not fun!
QOTW: We received a lot of keepsakes and hand-me-downs when we had DS, including nursery furniture from my SIL and lots of toys and decorations from my childhood that my parents had saved. This baby will also get all of those things, and if it is a boy he will get lots of his big brother's clothing, toys, and gear, too! If it's a girl, she will probably just wear a lot of blue!
TTC #1 since March 2011
1 medicated TI cycle & 4 clomid IUIs = all BFNs
DS1 born 2/14
TTC #2 since December 2014
May 2015 unassisted BFP ended in m/c at 7wks
April 2016 FET #1 = BFN
June 2016 FET #2 = c/p
August 2016 FET #3 = BFP!
DS2 born 4/17
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
I have been lurking on this board since my BFP but have been so nervous about everything I haven't posted yet (glad to see it is not just DH and I who are worried seemingly all the time!). We are at 12 weeks 2 days! We got to see our little munchkin on ultrasound Wednesday because OB couldn't find her heart beat on doppler (4mins of serious panic until ultrasound!) but she was bouncing in and out of my pelvic area so everything was fine and she may be a circus performer when she grows up lol
So glad to see so many familiar names on this board and be in the company of those who really understand our journey to get here!
QOTD: We are naming our little girl after DH mother who passed away before we met and I have a quilt that she had made (baby quilt, mostly blue with pink and yellow patches within) that we are using to design a nursery, I also have lots of friends who have been holding onto baby things during our IF journey to pass down to us and are anxiously waiting to bring them to my house (which I wouldn't allow until after first trimester!)
Me 39 DH44
1st DE FET 5/16-BFN
2nd DE FET 7/18-BFP
8/17 Baby HR 140/min EDD 4/6/17
Have been reading these posts for a few weeks but too nervous to post myself, based on the insane logic that if I say I'm pregnant then I will jinx it. I've had spotting off and on, they saw a subchorionic hemorrhage and a "vanishing twin" so either could be causing the spotting but it's still hard to relax. However, we had an u/s two days ago and everything looks good!
I am happy to see so many other women on this board. AFM we don't have any hand me downs or heirlooms yet. We haven't told anybody (except one sister in law) and are planning to wait till at least 12 weeks, but I'm sure my mom will be thrilled to give us tons of stuff then!
TTC since 2010
History: Too many IUIs, 2 cancelled OE IVF cycles, 4 DE cycles with two different donors, all failed
5th DE transfer with third donor, August 2016: BFP!
u/s confirmed HB 9/15, 2nd u/s 9/22 - everything's still on track, EDD 5/5/2107.