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optimistgardener
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TWW Weekend 1/1/2022 New Year's edition!
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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.
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.
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.
Re: TWW Weekend 1/1/2022 New Year's edition!
Month/Cycle: 5/4
CD/DPO: 30/12
Timing: -2
Typical LP length: 14-16 days
Testing: BFN this morning.
R/R: I tested this morning because my temp shot back up. It was on a downward trend for a few days and I didn’t test yesterday cause we stayed at my in-law’s on NYE and I forgot my thermometer. So I don’t know what yesterday’s would’ve been, but today it was back up to my highest. Got a BFN though so…I have no idea what that temp means. lol Also, tomorrow is my first day back to work after my vacation and I’m already tired haha
CS/Q: nope, on mobile today.
Month/Cycle: 3 AL
CD/DPO: 18/4
Timing: -4, -1, 0
Typical LP length: One hundred years with progesterone.
Testing: Next weekend.
R/R: It’s so hot and humid here (Orlando). 😩 Luckily, it should be in the 60s tomorrow so that I can wear a sweatshirt and pretend it’s winter. I think we’ll go to the botanical gardens this afternoon and try to walk off some of the holiday treats.
Did anyone watch the Harry Potter reunion yet? It was so good!
CS/Q:
@annanbby Sorry for the BFN and good luck going back to work tomorrow.
@elle-0409 I haven't seen the reunion yet but I'm looking forward to it!
Month/Cycle: 5/5
CD/DPO: 17/3 (or 4)
Timing: almost all the days
Typical LP length: 11-12
Testing: Nope
R/R: Still in isolation over here but the whole household is (my 'in-laws') so at least we've got company. Planning to head home on Friday if everything works out which will be really nice. We were not planning for such an extended 'vacation'... I debated bringing my laptop and am very glad that I did! If I only I'd packed extra vitamins. I'm now taking them every other day to prolong my supply.
CS/Q: FF keeps flopping my CH. It was either CD 13 or 14 and I'm just mentally committing to CD 14 because I'll be less likely to get my hopes up if AF shows based on a CD 13 O date. That's what I'm telling myself anyway.