UO Thursday 1.6

Re: UO Thursday 1.6

• optimistgardener member

  January 2022 edited January 2022

  1. Lettuce is a pointless vegetable (says I, a vegetarian).
  2. Rain storms are all the car wash my car will ever need.
  3. Spider plants are the worst houseplants.
  

  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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• shortstack930 member

  January 2022

  @optimistgardener totally agree with #2. I never wash my car!

  TTC History
  

  Me: 35 DH: 34
  Married 07/2012
  DD born 07/2014
  DD2 born 10/2018
  DS born 10/2022
  
  IF history:
  TTC #2 since January 2016
  June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
  Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
  Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
  Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
  Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
  Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
  FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
  FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22

  
  

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• abjm0325 member

  January 2022

  @optimistgardener Um, but how do I feel okay about eating my delicious, fattening dressing with lettuce? (Unless you are allowing spinach, cabbage, etc.)

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• abjm0325 member

  January 2022

  Also, all houseplants are awful and a terrible obligation foisted on me by people who gift plants. 
  
  Random plant anecdote: I have succulents in my work office (see above re: terrible gifts). Two are alive, one is made of felt (way better). I asked a student to water my plants this summer while I was off work and they very dillingently watered my felt plant for two months. Bless their heart. 

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• elle-0409 member

  January 2022

  @abjm0325 Oh my gosh, that’s amazing. 😂

  TTC History
  

  Me: 38 DH: 52

  Started trying June 2018
  

  BFP Jan 2019 DD born October 2019

  TTC July 2021 BFP, ended in MMC August 2021

  TTC October 2021
  

  BFP January 2022

  MMC March 2022

  Beginning May 2022 under the supervision of an RE - Benched while undergoing testing
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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