@mskeenan - Congrats. Vincent is just perfect! So happy you and baby are both doing well!!!
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@mskeenan yay, congratulations!!! Baby Vincent is absolutely beautiful and you look gorgeous going through labor and delivery. Hope you have an easy recovery and glad to hear you and baby are doing well.
***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 had my membranes swept about an hour ago. It was quite painful, to be honest. I lost my mucus plug in the process. Doc stretched me to the full 4cm. I'm surprised I'm not cramping more than I'am. Regardless, I'm heading over to L & D @ 12:30pm EST. I'll update more when I can.
****Siggy TW**** natural pregnancy: 2008 Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35 Together since: 2010 Married: 2013 TTC: 2013 Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5) Met RE: January 2016 ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized) fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted) EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
***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
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
@mskeenan congratulations!!! He is beautiful!!! I'm laying on the couch nursing my little man as I type this!! Aren't they the best??!! Hope you are feeling well!!!
@alexiskiriluk you had him early?! Congrats! Hope your both feeling well.
AFM- Just got my iv put in. I'm not in active labor so they will have to give some pitocin to get things going. Their going to wait for some fluids/ab's (GBS +) to run through me for a few hours before breaking my water in case I progress quickly. So we've got some time to kill. Thanks for the well wishes!
****Siggy TW**** natural pregnancy: 2008 Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35 Together since: 2010 Married: 2013 TTC: 2013 Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5) Met RE: January 2016 ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized) fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted) EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
@capps42613 I will take over for you next week unless sometime else wants to. hugs for you!!
---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
@capps42613 - FX for a safe easy delivery. Hoping all goes well!!!
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
Thanks girls. Sounds good @dragonfaerie. They just broke my water. I'm 5cm dilated & 80% effaced. Contractions are definitely starting to pick up now that my water has been broken, I'll probably get my epidural soon.
****Siggy TW**** natural pregnancy: 2008 Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35 Together since: 2010 Married: 2013 TTC: 2013 Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5) Met RE: January 2016 ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized) fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted) EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
Happy to introduce you girls to my son, Cason Parker. Born 11/30/16 @ 9:01pm, weighing 7lb 12oz & 21.5" long. We are both doing excellent. Since my last post, I basically went from 5-10cm very quickly (no checks in between). I had my epidural for about 20 minutes before it was time to push. No one could believe it. I pushed for 20 minutes and he was here before we even knew it! He came out "stunned" because he dropped so quickly, but he resumed normal color within minutes. He wouldn't latch for 3 hours and cried til I put on nursing shields and he nursed for 1.5 hour a straight. Now he is a nursing champion! I'm so grateful for all of you being with me throughout this journey and I can't wait for all of your miracles to come. I will post more pics later today when he is dressed to impress
@capps42613 Congratulations! what a wonderful boy you have there!
---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
@capps42613 congratulations!!!! I was working on the house and chores all day yesterday I didn't check here much, missed so much! He is beautiful. I might glad to hear delivery went fairly quickly/smoothly!! Enjoy
Married May 2009, TTC since November 2012 (Together since 2006 ish - had my eyes on him since 2001)
Me: 32 (33 in May), Him: 37 (January)
DX: Me: High Prolactin, Possible Autoimmune Disease Issues, though RE not concerned (?) New RE has a plan!!
Him: Minor Varicocele, low morphology, slightly low count
History:
Beta 5/9/2016 BFP!! Embryo transfer scheduled for April 28, 2016 and beta test May 9, 2016 (day after Mother's Day!) Transfer Meds include: Lupron Depot (4/1), Minivelle Patch (every 3rd day), Estradiol (3x daily), Amoxicillin, Progesterone in Oil, Methylprednisonlone. Lovenox and baby asprin added after transfer.
3/22/16 - Sono Saline ultrasound cyst to be aspirated on 4/1/16 if not cleared up by 3/29 US - It cleared on its own Retrieval 3/4/16 - 26 eggs retrieved, 23 mature, 20 fertilized, 14 embryos currently frozen Starting IVF Stims on +/- Feb 22, 2016 HSG scheduled for 1-26-16 - All clear "beautiful uterus" (though inverted)
Switched clinics and now prepping for IVF in February / March
@capps42613 CONGRATS!!! Ahhh, this board is so exciting this week! Cason is gorgeous, and it sounds like you had a labor to be admired! Glad you weren't pushing for too long!
***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
@capps42613 - so happy for you!!! Glad everything went so smoothly!
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@capps42613 so glad everything went smoothly ! Cason looks like a little heartbreaker already . What a stud !! And dang that is awesome he is nursing so well!!!
@laur2444 from earlier I love the pic of your little Landon ! Wow is he cute !! Crazy how fast they grow - I already look at Vince and I'm like ahhh I just wanna freeze this moment .
Yesterday was was really hard for me pain wise and feeding wise . I finally saw a lactation consultant late last night and she saved my life !! Vince was so so fussy and just couldn't latch well because I wasn't positioning him right . Today we just had a record long feed and I'm so happy .
@mskeenan I can't believe how alert he is. He looks much older than a few days! I hope you start feeling better soon. Hopefully you can bust out of there soon.
He's ready for his first Cowboys game with his dad tonight
@capps42613 congrats, he is beautiful! Glad everything went smoothly and Casen is latching now.
@mskeenan love that photo of Vincent! I agree with @capps42613, he looks older than a couple days. Hope you start to feel better soon!
I'm seeing a lactation consultant on Wednesday. Isaiah doesn't have a problem latching, but my let down flow is so strong that he cannot handle it. He gets really frustrated and cries for hours. It sometimes takes 3 hours to nurse him and calm him down.
@capps42613 congratulations! He's beautiful and I'm glad to hear labor and delivery went well for you!
Im loving the baby news this week! So much squishy happiness!
***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
@mskeenan thank you Vince is adorable as well! And now since we are facebook friends we can stay up to date with pics! And yes it's so sad it goes so quick!! We have to soak in every moment!!!
What an exciting week on this board! And what beautiful babies! Congrats @capps42613 and @mskeenan ❤️
Me: 38, DH: 40 living in Asia TTC since March 2015 with known PCOS and MIF IVF in 2015. FET nr 3 in 2016 - BFP. Healthy baby girl born in April 2017. Trying for nr 2
Congratulations @mskeenan and @capps42613 !!! I am so happy for you and your little ones look perfect! I am sorry that I was away from here and mostly offline most of the time. After the arrival of our daughter, i got into a mood where i did not really want to communicate with people much, just spend my whole time with her. I am so happy being completely isolated with her. I am becoming more social slowly. So about my labor story, which is a little similar to @mskeenan : The night before my induction day, my mucus plug came first and at one point i thought my water is leaking a little. i was having contractions but mostly not too painful. I called the doctor and they wanted me to come into L&D and the nurse was not sure if it was really my water or not but i was dilated 2.5cm and effaced a lot. Suprisingly my contractions were regular at 5 min and since i was almost 42 weeks they decided to admit me that night. So i spent the early labor at the hospital unfortunately. In the early morning, my water started to gush and it sped my contractions and made them much stronger. When they were 1.5-2 min apart, they were so strong and i started to have a constant unbearable pressure in my pubic bone. I got my epidural but I was only dilated to 4-5cm. They did not give me pitocin , i think because baby was way too high. At around 10.30pm ,baby's heart started to get irregular and i could not dilate more than 5-6cm, baby was still up. the second time baby's HR dropped, Dr decided that i have to have c-section. I knew that it was coming but still it was so hard to accept. i couldnt stop crying and shivering when they were moving me to the OR. The surgery was very short and easy, but my whole body was shaking. When I heard that first cry, i forgot everything that we went through. She was born 8lb 3oz and 53cm long. We are so in love with our daughter. She is feeding so well, and my favorite activity is to watch her during BFing.
Thank you for sharing your story @zoefer. Its tough when labour doesn't go as planned. The body shaking is something very common I guess...I too was shaking like a Polaroid picture...and it didn't stop for a long time. Mine started after she was born and on the way too OR. I got told it was all the adrenaline that got free.
I love to read that you love watching her during BF. I get often asked if I reply messages while giving a bottle (I unfortunately didn't manage to bf) but just like you I just love watching her and don't do anything else unless I have to. I do midtmight texting when I should be sleeping (not recommended )
Enjoy your little family (love the picture on Instagram) and enjoy being not social. Who can blame you with such a cutie at home!
Re: 3rd Trimester Check-In Week Of 11/28
Hope you feeling better soon. You did well mamma!
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TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
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
TTC #2 starting 9/2019
BFP 7/13/2020!
Due 3/18/2021
TTC #1 since 2/2015
Diagnosis: Unexplained Infertility 9/2015
Moving to IVF with ICSI and PGS 5/2016-6/2016 Just kidding, BFP 4/4/2016!
Spencer Elliott born 12/7/2016
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
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
---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
Hope you are feeling well!!!
AFM- Just got my iv put in. I'm not in active labor so they will have to give some pitocin to get things going. Their going to wait for some fluids/ab's (GBS +) to run through me for a few hours before breaking my water in case I progress quickly. So we've got some time to kill. Thanks for the well wishes!
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
---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
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TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
Sounds good @dragonfaerie.
They just broke my water. I'm 5cm dilated & 80% effaced. Contractions are definitely starting to pick up now that my water has been broken, I'll probably get my epidural soon.
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
@capps42613 good luck and best wishes for a fast and safe delivery!
@capps42613 oh my goodness how exciting ! Hoping all goes well and can't wait to see pics of your little man !!!
@alexiskiriluk awe how sweet ! When did you give birth ?
**BFP and loss warning**
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
---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
Beta 5/9/2016 BFP!!
Embryo transfer scheduled for April 28, 2016 and beta test May 9, 2016 (day after Mother's Day!)
Transfer Meds include: Lupron Depot (4/1), Minivelle Patch (every 3rd day), Estradiol (3x daily), Amoxicillin, Progesterone in Oil, Methylprednisonlone. Lovenox and baby asprin added after transfer.
3/22/16 - Sono Saline ultrasound cyst to be aspirated on 4/1/16 if not cleared up by 3/29 US - It cleared on its own
Retrieval 3/4/16 - 26 eggs retrieved, 23 mature, 20 fertilized, 14 embryos currently frozen
Starting IVF Stims on +/- Feb 22, 2016
HSG scheduled for 1-26-16 - All clear "beautiful uterus" (though inverted)
Switched clinics and now prepping for IVF in February / March
Trying to conceive since November 2012
TTC #2 starting 9/2019
BFP 7/13/2020!
Due 3/18/2021
TTC #1 since 2/2015
Diagnosis: Unexplained Infertility 9/2015
Moving to IVF with ICSI and PGS 5/2016-6/2016 Just kidding, BFP 4/4/2016!
Spencer Elliott born 12/7/2016
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
I agree @wifeinraleigh28, this is indeed an exciting board this week
Glad I kept stalking
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TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@laur2444 from earlier I love the pic of your little Landon ! Wow is he cute !! Crazy how fast they grow - I already look at Vince and I'm like ahhh I just wanna freeze this moment .
Yesterday was was really hard for me pain wise and feeding wise . I finally saw a lactation consultant late last night and she saved my life !! Vince was so so fussy and just couldn't latch well because I wasn't positioning him right . Today we just had a record long feed and I'm so happy .
**BFP and loss warning**
He's ready for his first Cowboys game with his dad tonight
natural pregnancy: 2008
Me: 28 (Hypothyroid), DH: 35
Together since: 2010
Married: 2013
TTC: 2013
Infertility: severe MFI, low AMH (0.5)
Met RE: January 2016
ER: 3/14 (4 follies, 6 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized)
fresh 3dt of 2 embryos= BFP (1 implanted)
EDD w/ baby boy= 12/6/16
@mskeenan love that photo of Vincent! I agree with @capps42613, he looks older than a couple days. Hope you start to feel better soon!
I'm seeing a lactation consultant on Wednesday. Isaiah doesn't have a problem latching, but my let down flow is so strong that he cannot handle it. He gets really frustrated and cries for hours. It sometimes takes 3 hours to nurse him and calm him down.
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
Im loving the baby news this week! So much squishy happiness!
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
TTC since March 2015 with known PCOS and MIF
IVF in 2015. FET nr 3 in 2016 - BFP. Healthy baby girl born in April 2017.
Trying for nr 2
So about my labor story, which is a little similar to @mskeenan : The night before my induction day, my mucus plug came first and at one point i thought my water is leaking a little. i was having contractions but mostly not too painful. I called the doctor and they wanted me to come into L&D and the nurse was not sure if it was really my water or not but i was dilated 2.5cm and effaced a lot. Suprisingly my contractions were regular at 5 min and since i was almost 42 weeks they decided to admit me that night. So i spent the early labor at the hospital unfortunately. In the early morning, my water started to gush and it sped my contractions and made them much stronger. When they were 1.5-2 min apart, they were so strong and i started to have a constant unbearable pressure in my pubic bone. I got my epidural but I was only dilated to 4-5cm. They did not give me pitocin , i think because baby was way too high. At around 10.30pm ,baby's heart started to get irregular and i could not dilate more than 5-6cm, baby was still up. the second time baby's HR dropped, Dr decided that i have to have c-section. I knew that it was coming but still it was so hard to accept. i couldnt stop crying and shivering when they were moving me to the OR. The surgery was very short and easy, but my whole body was shaking. When I heard that first cry, i forgot everything that we went through. She was born 8lb 3oz and 53cm long.
We are so in love with our daughter. She is feeding so well, and my favorite activity is to watch her during BFing.
Its tough when labour doesn't go as planned.
The body shaking is something very common I guess...I too was shaking like a Polaroid picture...and it didn't stop for a long time. Mine started after she was born and on the way too OR. I got told it was all the adrenaline that got free.
I love to read that you love watching her during BF. I get often asked if I reply messages while giving a bottle (I unfortunately didn't manage to bf)
but just like you I just love watching her and don't do anything else unless I have to.
I do midtmight texting when I should be sleeping (not recommended
Enjoy your little family (love the picture on Instagram) and enjoy being not social. Who can blame you with such a cutie at home!
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@capps42613 another handsome boy!!! He is precious! COngratulations!!
Unexplained Infertility- Postive for MTHFR Gene Mutation
Natural cycles with 1 miscarriage
-3 IUI's w/ Clomid= BFN
-IVF #1-Follistim and Menopur= BFN
***11 Eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) 2 made it to freeze
-FET #1- Transferred 2, day 5 embryos =BFN
-IVF #2- Follistim and Menopur = BFN
***11 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 (day 3), 4 made it to freeze (Follistim and Menopur) = BFN
-FET #2- Transferred 2, day 3 embryos = BFN
**Changed doctor**
-IUI #4- natural cycle = BFN
-IUI #5- Follistim (5 eggs) BFP- lead to Miscarriage
-Laproscopic Surgery for Endometriosis, Polyp removal and Cyst removal.
-IVF #3- Menopur, Follistim, Lupron, Ganirellex- BFP lead to Eptopic Pregnancy
***11 Eggs retrieved, 10 Mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 3 embryos (day 3), 0 made it to freeze
-Lapropscopic surgery- Removal of Fallopian Tube
-IVF #4- Estrogen Priming with Vivelle dot, Menopur, Follistim, Ganirellex- BFP
***15 Eggs retreived, 11 mature, 11 fertilized, 2 embryos transferred (day 3), 2 made it to freeze
Found out I was positive for MTHFR Gene Mutation during TWW of IVF #4