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WTO Thursday 10/28

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History
I am doing this on my own. Left ovary and fallopian tube removed due to cyst/necrosis just after birth. Right ovary and tube still purport to function.
Began TTC in Aug '18 @ age 35
5 or 6 (or 7?!) cycles using frozen donor sperm, ICI. All BFN
Mar-Jun '19 IUIs, all BFN
Began process of referral for RE in spring of '19, blood tests confirm low AMH (.54) but all else is good.
May '19 HSG shows open tube, but ultrasound suggests fibroids
MRI in June '19 confirms two large fibroids, one growing through wall of uterus
In June '19 I move from California to Oregon, disrupting my insurance, referrals, etc. 5 months spent piecing it all back together.
Nov. '19 attempted myomectomy (vaginal approach) failed. 2nd surgery using laparoscopic method in Jan '20 is successful.
April '20 --> June '20, natural IUIs, all BFN.
July? saline ultrasound and bubble test demonstrate open tube
July '20 clomid cycle cancelled for thin lining
Aug-Oct, 3 femara cycles, all BFN
RE referral. While waiting to set up an appointment Nov-Jan,I continue with natural cycles and ICI, using a known donor, BFN...
Jan '21 more bloodwork, AMH is worse (.30), FSH high albeit not catastrophic at 13.2. hysteroscopy all good. "looks cozy!" says the RE.
Feb '21, injectables (menopur, novarel), iui, BFN (doc said the frozen donor sperm sample had the "best numbers she'd ever seen!")
Mar '21, injectables, iui cancelled due to lack of follicles, converted to at home-insem. BFN
May '21, first IVF round cancelled due to cyst.
July '21 IVF: standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 7; 6 days of stims. 8 eggs retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilize, 4 made it to blast. 3 are 4AB, 1 is 4BB. PGT-A results all abnormal.
Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
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Re: WTO Thursday 10/28

  • fantasyflytefantasyflyte member

    @anniemarie887 woooo, that's awesome on the tickets!


    Month/Cycle: 12/12

    CD: 17

    WAYDTGKU: bbt, cm, opks, cinnamon, metformin for me, vit e and c for him, RE appointment next week

    R/R: going to be an interesting week coming up. I should O Sunday, which is fine, except we're getting our covid boosters tomorrow, so I'm hoping we feel well enough to have sex tomorrow or Saturday. Also hoping it doesn't mess up my O date. Then we have our RE consultation on Wednesday, so that ball is starting to roll and I'm both excited and super nervous about it. So I probably won't be able to talk much about much else for the next few days lol.

    CS/Q: I feel like I'm slightly halfhearted on charting this month between the covid shot and the RE appointment.



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  • anniemarie887anniemarie887 member
    @fantasyflyte oooh fingers crossed you feel great after your covid booster! i get mine in about 10 days
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  • fantasyflytefantasyflyte member
    @anniemarie887 I'm not SUPER hopeful given I had to take a sick day aftery 2nd shot, but we've both taken the next day off so at least we'll be home to veg if we do feel gross.
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  • PaturkeyPaturkey member
    ** lurking from TWW ** @anniemarie887 Congratulations on the tickets!!! That's so exciting to look forward to!

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  • jellie603jellie603 member

    @anniemarie887 yayyy for the tickets! I LOVE concerts and miss them so much. I hope you have so much fun when it rolls around!
    @fantasyflyte good luck with your boosters! My husband got his unexpectedly yesterday afternoon (he works in a hospital so they all have access to the vaccines first). He was fine all night and morning. Around lunch time today he said he was starting to feel rundown but he hasn't come home yet haha. When he got his second shot, he was down for the count for 24 hours....so this looks promising. 


    Month/Cycle: 3/4

    CD: 10

    WAYDTGKU: Charting, temping, OPKs. pnv, sex, basic testing for MH and I

    R/R: TBH, I'm having a very monotone day where there aren't a lot of rants but also not a lot of raves. Nothing really overly exciting to contribute here 🤷🏻‍♀️

    CS/Q: So the male nurse (not sure why it matters that he is male, I guess just his deep voice makes everything sound more 'I hate my job') who has no bedside manner from my OB office called me back this morning finally. He said that the doctor on duty reviewed my labs/US and said that "everything was normal". Which, to me, is very vague and not very helpful. I mean, cool I guess? But I'd like some further clarification on what they tested and what actually came back. He said we could schedule a time to come in to discuss with a doctor - but we are waiting for MH to do his SA. Should we schedule something when his come back in so that we know what they heck is going on and discuss further tests/processes? Or just, like, keep trying? 

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  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    edited October 2021
    eta *lurking from TWW and 3 years of medical office BS juggling*
    @jellie603 dude. insist that they give you a printout of your lab results. you don't need to meet with your doctor about it (unless you want to). if the doc says it's fine, then you already know what their opinion is. but you have the medical right to your own lab results, and you should already have them in your hands by now. "oh they all look fine" is Not. Enough. sorry i have really strong opinions about this, but having family with serious medical diagnoses plus your own IF diagnosis will do that to a gal.
    History
    I am doing this on my own. Left ovary and fallopian tube removed due to cyst/necrosis just after birth. Right ovary and tube still purport to function.
    Began TTC in Aug '18 @ age 35
    5 or 6 (or 7?!) cycles using frozen donor sperm, ICI. All BFN
    Mar-Jun '19 IUIs, all BFN
    Began process of referral for RE in spring of '19, blood tests confirm low AMH (.54) but all else is good.
    May '19 HSG shows open tube, but ultrasound suggests fibroids
    MRI in June '19 confirms two large fibroids, one growing through wall of uterus
    In June '19 I move from California to Oregon, disrupting my insurance, referrals, etc. 5 months spent piecing it all back together.
    Nov. '19 attempted myomectomy (vaginal approach) failed. 2nd surgery using laparoscopic method in Jan '20 is successful.
    April '20 --> June '20, natural IUIs, all BFN.
    July? saline ultrasound and bubble test demonstrate open tube
    July '20 clomid cycle cancelled for thin lining
    Aug-Oct, 3 femara cycles, all BFN
    RE referral. While waiting to set up an appointment Nov-Jan,I continue with natural cycles and ICI, using a known donor, BFN...
    Jan '21 more bloodwork, AMH is worse (.30), FSH high albeit not catastrophic at 13.2. hysteroscopy all good. "looks cozy!" says the RE.
    Feb '21, injectables (menopur, novarel), iui, BFN (doc said the frozen donor sperm sample had the "best numbers she'd ever seen!")
    Mar '21, injectables, iui cancelled due to lack of follicles, converted to at home-insem. BFN
    May '21, first IVF round cancelled due to cyst.
    July '21 IVF: standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 7; 6 days of stims. 8 eggs retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilize, 4 made it to blast. 3 are 4AB, 1 is 4BB. PGT-A results all abnormal.
    Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
    Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
    Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
    May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
    July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
    Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
    From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
    Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
    July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
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  • jellie603jellie603 member
    @optimistgardener this is great thank you! I've only had minor surgeries and no one else around me has had issues...knock... so I was curious if they'd even print my labs for me and wasn't sure if it was useless to ask. I was shocked when all he said was "looks normal". I literally don't even know what the "normal" baseline is, let alone what they tested. I am going to see if they will drop them in my patient portal. 
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  • abjm0325abjm0325 member
    Month/Cycle: 2/2 AL

    CD: 10

    WAYDTGKU: OPKs, vitamins

    R/R: Had a busy day, sorry to be so late checking in! Nothing too interesting about today for me. Just a dreary day getting caught up on work projects. I did get to have lunch with my work bestie though, so that's always a rave!

    CS/Q: Nope
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  • abjm0325abjm0325 member
    @anniemarie887 Yay!!! That will be such a great concert.
    @fantasyflyte I hope your symptoms are mild and that you all still manage to HIO. Hooray for the booster though!
    @jellie603 This nurse sounds...not great. I definitely think you should ask for more info. 
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