@nomangos23 Yaaaassss! So happy for you! Hoping you have the most boring 9 months ever.
Me: 35 DH: 35 TTC since 9/2018
Dx: MFI 10/19- First RE visit 2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles 7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN 9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal 11/20- Mock transfer/ERA 12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN 3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021 12/21- Baby girl born!
@nomangos23 I’m so glad your dream was wrong! I would be lying if I said I didn’t just shed a tear at my desk for you, so freaking excited!!!! Congratulations, friend ❤️❤️❤️
Me: 34 DH: 36 | Together since 2007 | Married July 2016
TTC #1 since 7.2017 Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3| all BFN IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name" RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer 2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20 Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21 Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023 Consultation with RI | 6.6.23 Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56 Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox Repeat labs in 8 weeks Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues TTC put on pause
Feeling trepidatious to post here b/c 1) the Rules scare me & I haven’t been here as long as some 2) TTCAL brain & it’s still so early...Also sorry for the long post, I’m still processing.
CD/DPO of first BFP? 24/9DPO First Response was BFN, several Pregmate HPTs were very very faintly positive, Pregmate OPKs were BFP.
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP? 8/4, 2 a/l
What did your chart look like?
What were you doing TGKU? FF, CP, CM, OPKs, SMEP/HIO. Prenatals w/Folate, Baby Aspirin, DHA/Fish Oil, CoQ10/Ubiquinol, Vitex, Maca, NAC, DHEA, Vit D, extra Folate. Put DH on CoQ10 & NAC too. (Basically did everything in the book “It Starts With The Egg”)
How was your timing? This joke is so old now, but I keep saying “Best I ever had” -5, -4, -3 non-finish(a.k.a. “almost” doesn’t count), -2, -1, O, +1
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)? Slight lower abdominal cramping & extreme fatigue on DPO 7, 8, 9. Weirdly, also increased sex drive. When I put this last symptom into FF, along w exercise, it dropped my pregnancy likelihood from 10 points to 2 points hahaha.
How are you going to/did you tell your partner? DH the Jokester handed me a plastic pee stick & said seriously, “I just took this test.” It was very positive & he had written "HORNY" on the handle in black Sharpie. It was one of my old positive OPKs!!!😂😂😂 So to tell him the good news I poured him a glass of good wine & poured myself some alcohol-free wine, reminded him of all the sex we’d already had recently, & showed him this funny meme my doula friend had posted for NYEve. We toasted to good timing.
Anything else to add? I just want to thank you all for your kindness, uplift, & understanding. Going through a *TW* late loss of a perfectly healthy baby was devastating, but having this group to support, distract, & inform has been wonderful. I’ve learned so much here. To the IF mamas, thank you for helping make our looming journey toward IF treatment a lot less scary.
Also, to all the AMA ladies—don’t let the hype about age & all the crap that it entails get you down. I was recently diagnosed w/diminished ovarian reserve (AMH at .72) on top of being 40+ & having autoimmune issues. Still, here we are with a BFP. It’s not the age that matters but the egg quality. I’m praying for ALL of us (myself included) that we all make healthy happy embryos that become our take-home babies. Much love to you all.❤️
yay @nomangos23! I’m so happy to see this news. I hope you have an easy 9 months and this is finally your rainbow baby . Feel free to PM me anytime if you want to talk PGAL brain, it can be so hard sometimes.
Me: 35 H: 35 Married: 4/5/13 "You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be waiting." ~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #1: 11/12/12 EDD 7/25/13 Baby boy: 7/27/13 BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18 BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18 RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28 BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19 Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19 BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
@nomangos23@keikilove So many congratulations to both of you! I hope with all my heart that these are your take home babies. September is a lucky BMB to have you both. Healthy and happy pregnancies to you both!
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
TTC#1 10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml) 11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged 1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele 4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery 6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020 7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
Dx: MFI 10/19- First RE visit 2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles 7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN 9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal 11/20- Mock transfer/ERA 12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN 3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021 12/21- Baby girl born!
@keikilove and @nomangos23 I really don't know either of you nor have we exchanged words, but I'm so happy for you. PGAL brain is hard like @coco2787 said. My inbox is also open for you if you need it. I hope that you both go to S19 and stay over there.
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
*lurking* @keikilove So excited for you!!! Praying this is your little THB!
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
CONGRATS @lillywonderland and @nomangos23!!! I Remember very fondly how sweet and supportive you were to me on this board. Beyond thrilled for you ladies!
Re: TTGP Grad Thread w/o 1/7
married 11.1.14
ttc #1 since 5.18
bfp 12.22.18 letrozole + progesterone
d&e due to trisomy 13/hydrops at 15wks
bfp 7.21.19 letrozole + IUI
little girl A born 3.26.20
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
Congratulations @nomangos23 !!!!
Edited to add more: I just want you to know how supportive you have been in the TTCAL world, you will be missed dearly!
Also, OMG WHAT A GREAT GRAD WEEK!!! ❤❤❤❤
TTC #1 since 7.2017
Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3 | all BFN
IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20
Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22
DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023
Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
Repeat labs in 8 weeks
Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
TTC put on pause
@nomangos23 @keikilove There's not enough words that I can express for how happy I am for you both! I wish you the happiest and healthiest 9 months
TTC #2: October 2018, BFP 02/02/19, EDD 10/14/19
@keikilove Congrats!
What a fantastic grad week!
ETA: SORRY! I have been having TB app tech issues all week so haven't been able to post properly. I had to delete the original unfinished post & re-post! But thank you so much @galentine, @daisy0322, @mamanbebe, @nmbrcrnchr1, @themadcamel, @stephanie123456, @sparklingdiamond, @kbrown2385
Feeling trepidatious to post here b/c 1) the Rules scare me & I haven’t been here as long as some 2) TTCAL brain & it’s still so early...Also sorry for the long post, I’m still processing.
CD/DPO of first BFP? 24/9DPO First Response was BFN, several Pregmate HPTs were very very faintly positive, Pregmate OPKs were BFP.
How many months/cycles had you been TTGP? 8/4, 2 a/l
What did your chart look like?
What were you doing TGKU? FF, CP, CM, OPKs, SMEP/HIO. Prenatals w/Folate, Baby Aspirin, DHA/Fish Oil, CoQ10/Ubiquinol, Vitex, Maca, NAC, DHEA, Vit D, extra Folate. Put DH on CoQ10 & NAC too. (Basically did everything in the book “It Starts With The Egg”)
How was your timing? This joke is so old now, but I keep saying “Best I ever had” -5, -4, -3 non-finish(a.k.a. “almost” doesn’t count), -2, -1, O, +1
What symptoms did you have, if any (CS & CD breakdowns welcome)? Slight lower abdominal cramping & extreme fatigue on DPO 7, 8, 9. Weirdly, also increased sex drive. When I put this last symptom into FF, along w exercise, it dropped my pregnancy likelihood from 10 points to 2 points hahaha.How are you going to/did you tell your partner? DH the Jokester handed me a plastic pee stick & said seriously, “I just took this test.” It was very positive & he had written "HORNY" on the handle in black Sharpie. It was one of my old positive OPKs!!!😂😂😂 So to tell him the good news I poured him a glass of good wine & poured myself some alcohol-free wine, reminded him of all the sex we’d already had recently, & showed him this funny meme my doula friend had posted for NYEve. We toasted to good timing.
Anything else to add?
I just want to thank you all for your kindness, uplift, & understanding. Going through a *TW* late loss of a perfectly healthy baby was devastating, but having this group to support, distract, & inform has been wonderful. I’ve learned so much here. To the IF mamas, thank you for helping make our looming journey toward IF treatment a lot less scary.
Also, to all the AMA ladies—don’t let the hype about age & all the crap that it entails get you down. I was recently diagnosed w/diminished ovarian reserve (AMH at .72) on top of being 40+ & having autoimmune issues. Still, here we are with a BFP. It’s not the age that matters but the egg quality. I’m praying for ALL of us (myself included) that we all make healthy happy embryos that become our take-home babies. Much love to you all.❤️
@nomangos23 I’m not crying, you’re crying!!! I am so so so so SO excited for you and YH!! Have a H&H&BORING AS F*CK 9 months!!
@keikilove Congrats!! So excited for you!!
@keikilove congratulations!! So excited for you and your DH! I hope you have the most boring nine months ever and that this is your rainbow! 💜🌈
@nomangos23 and @keikilove Congratulations ladies!!!!! Wishing you both a very uneventful 9 months!!! I’m always lurking the Sept board ❤️
yay @nomangos23! I’m so happy to see this news. I hope you have an easy 9 months and this is finally your rainbow baby
Married: 4/5/13
"You know that place between sleep and awake,
that place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I will always love you.
That's where I'll be waiting."
~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks
BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18
BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18
RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal
BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl
Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28
BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19
BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
H&H 9 to you both!!!
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
omg @nomangos23 and @keikilove, so thrilled for you!!! Wishing you the most healthy, happy, and boring 9 months ever!
Married: 2016
BFP #1 4/23/18, blighted ovum 5/29/18
BFP#2 7/14/18, DS 4/5/19
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
CONGRATS @lillywonderland and @nomangos23!!! I Remember very fondly how sweet and supportive you were to me on this board. Beyond thrilled for you ladies!