Trying to Get Pregnant
keikilove
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WTO Weekend 6.13-6.14
keikilove
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Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity?
CS/Q:
keikilove
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Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity?
CS/Q:
Re: WTO Weekend 6.13-6.14
Month/Cycle: 6/7
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Praying for a miracle, waiting to do IVF
R/R: Another pandemic weekend woohoo. We did our weekly Whataburger run this morning and are prob doing Tex Mex curbside tonight. I am still being good and not eating carbs though, my diet bet ends on Tuesday and it's looking like I will win unless I somehow gain 3 lbs by then, lol. I started watching the last season of 13 Reasons Why last night but think it might be a bit too heavy for my current mental state so I might have to find something funnier/lighter.
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity? Normally swimming and grilling with family/friends but I don't know how much of that we will be doing this year, womp womp.
CS/Q: Nothing to see yet
Me: 37, MH: 38; Married August 2017
TTC #1 October 2017: BFP on 12/1/2017, DD born 7/24/2018 @ 37+1 after induction due to preeclampsia
TTC #2 January 2020: AMA, dx with DOR in May 2020
IVF July 2020: 16 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 12 fertilized, 3 blasts, 2 PGT-A normal
FET 10/7/20: BFP on 10/12/20!!! (EDD 6/25/21); First beta 10/16/20 (9dpt): 148; Second beta 10/19/20 (12dpt): 621; Third beta 10/26/20 (19dpt): 4732; Fourth (and final!) beta 11/2/20 (26 dpt): 22,000+
Month/Cycle: 25
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: Lots of supplements from It Starts With The Egg, plus some anti-inflammatory meds
R/R: Work was hell this week, and continues into this weekend. But today I got to sleep in and make my own schedule so I’m loving it! And very grateful to have the work/paycheck so not really complaining too much
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity? Usually it’s lying on the beach or at a pool with a magazine. But lately the sun has been soooo hot that me & my siblings have been avoiding beach days unless we go at sunset. It’s just too brutal otherwise. I ordered a long-sleeved swimsuit this week, that’s how insane the sun has felt on my skin. (And I don’t even normally get sunburns. But this sun feels like it will age you 10 years within an hour!)
CS/Q: Nothing to show. Forgot to temp or chart until this morning hahah.
@keikilove where did you get your long sleeve swimsuit? I've thought about getting one of those because sunburn HURTS horribly sometimes.
Month/Cycle: 36
CD: 18
WAYDTGKU: HIO with Conceive Plus & menstrual cup, supplements, OPKs, temping, GF and DF diet
R/R: having gotten the stuff out of our garage yet... But we did tidy it up a bit. DH has a headache now so who knows if we'll remove the stuff today. *Sigh*
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity?
I'm always a fan of swimming although I really don't do it much anymore. Love just relaxing outside. The zoo is also a big summer activity for us.
CS/Q: my temp didn't jump up too much this morning so maybe O is today? OPKs went negative this afternoon. Should be in the TWW for sure Monday.
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
@keikilove - where are you that's so hot?! The beach sounds nice though. I'm currently planning on taking the 2nd week of July off to get out of the city (SF) and drive down to San Diego to lie on a beach for a few days. Also planning to leave DH at home, as long as it lines up with my cycle. Ha!
Month/Cycle: 5/5
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: HIO, bbt, OPKs, CM, seed cycling (first month trying it out), myo-inositol (because PCOS), C0Q10 (started today), Proov strips to confirm ovulation, and went for my first fertility acupuncture session yesterday!
R/R: My bbt has been all over the map this month
So much so that FF has decided that I ovulated on Day 14 because of a major dip and then spike. Not sure why it only uses BBT to pinpoint ovulation when I also enter CM & OPK information and they have both been VERY negative. I had a CD12 ultrasound on Monday (June 9) and my biggest follicle was 12mm. At the 1.4mm/day growth rate, I'm expecting I'll be ovulating either Mon or Tue. LH strips started getting darker today, so I think I'm on track. That is... if I ovulate; I didn't last month. 
GTKY: What is your favorite summer activity? Oh man... drinking wine and BBQing - but I've given up drinking while ttc. Also haven't purchased a BBQ since moving into our new place.
CS/Q: my temps are totally inconsistent this month, though I've read that PCOS can do that. But, I also haven't been sleeping well so that is probably impacting things. Also I just started using Tempdrop last week, but even that shows ups and downs: 96.90, 97.32, 97.7, 97.53, 97.97 are the temps since I started. 96.90 is the lowest temperature I've measured since starting to temp in February. Can I read anything into that?
TTC#2
TTC #2 ... preparing as of March 2024
TTC #1
TTC #1 02/2020 - 07/2022
2009 | Dx PCOS; likely a misdiagnosis
07/14/20 | Dx Hashimoto's Thyroditis
07/21/20 | 1st RE appointment
07/2120 - 08/20/20 | so much testing; no signs of PCOS
08/20/20 | Dx Unexplained; AMA
09/08/20 | IUI #1 Clomid + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
09/30/20 | Urology consult; more testing required
10/2020 | Clomid + OPK + TI + Prometrium | BFN
10/26/2020 | Starting 2nd IUI cycle, with Letrazole and with a new RE / different clinic
11/03/2020 | New Dx "poor egg quality"; IUI cancelled in favor of Trigger + TI + Prometrium | BFN
11/26/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Menopur) + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
12/20/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Gonal-F) + Trigger | IUI Cancelled due to thin lining; TI only | BFN
01/14/2021 | Combo IUI (Letrazole + Menopur) + Trigger | BFN
02/06/2021 | Switched to a new RE (TEW) ; trying naturally until we complete additional testing
03/14/2021 | Hybrid Double IUI, with Zymot (Letrazole, Gonal-F) + Trigger + Endometrin | Ovulated 4 mature eggs but still a BFN ☹️
04/07/2021 | Natural cycle while we regroup | BFN
04/09/2021 | Employer announces fertility benefits starting 05/01/2021! | Search for a new doctor who accepts insurance
05/10/2021 | New RE consult & plan for IVF
05/13/2021 | Mid-luteal IVF cycle #1 interrupted; had to get cancer genetic screening done to make sure I didn't have the same SDHA gene mutation as MH.
06/10/2021 | Aygestin priming IVF cycle #1; opted to Cx after 9 days of stims since only 5-6/12 follicles responded
07/26/2021 | Attempt #2 at IVF cycle #1 (mid-luteal start): 8 retrieved, 8 MII, 6 fert (1 PN3), 3 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 3AA, 3AA, 6AB; 3 euploid
08/09/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC | Shockingly, a BFP! EDD: 5/25/202 | CP at 4w4d
09/23/2021 | IVF cycle #2 (mid-luteal start): 14 retrieved, 13 MII, 11 fert, 5 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 2 x 3AA, 2 x 3AB, 3BB; 2 euploid
11/12/2021 | IVF cycle #3 (mid-luteal start): cancelled due to ovaries being on vacation
12/20/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + Pregmune Immunology Testing; BFN
01/22/2022 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + understanding uncovered immunological issues; BFN
02/18/2022 | Mock transfer cycle! ERA, ReceptivaDx, EMMA/ALICE; start Prednisone to address NK activity
03/16/2022 | Final, "Hail Mary" super-ovulation + TI cycle before FET; BFP! EDD: 12/21/2022 | MMC 05/08/2022
05/20/2022 | D&C; recovering...
06/21/2022 | Trying naturally until October 2022
07/21/2022 | BFP! EDD 04/02/2023; 👦🏼 born on 4/5/2023