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Weekly Randoms w/o 11/14

bearmomma1bearmomma1 member
edited November 2022 in Trying to Get Pregnant

TTC History:
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010.
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP.  MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.



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  • stormageddon-darklordofallstormageddon-darklordofall member
    Dude, this place has become Peggy Central.  What gives?
    *TW All the Loss* #BitterHagPartyOf1

    October 2015 - 1st MC.  7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.

    June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained'  "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"

    Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks

    RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.'  Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot

    Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks

    IUD - March 2019-March 2023

    RE 3:  Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.

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  • gingermama29gingermama29 member
    @stormageddon-darklordofall it was a full moon last week and a lunar eclipse so I’m blaming that on all the crazies.
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  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    @stormageddon-darklordofall what @gingermama29 said but also we've had quite the exodus around here and so the peggy posts take on a larger-than-life place on our message board. i'm too exhausted to tackle most of them so glad to see folks like @sunshine134 stepping in.
    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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  • gingermama29gingermama29 member
    edited November 2022
    @optimistgardener yeah this place has felt like a ghost town over the last couple months

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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    Happy to help! It is very quiet here. But, I like that it's been easy to get to know your names and more about you for those that are here. Hoping we can all continue to get to know eachother for as long as we are here together. 

    How is everyone's Tuesday? We have our first snowfall in WI today. Ugh. I hate snow and winter. I live in the wrong state lol. Other than that things are pretty good. Hope you all are having a nice week!
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  • anniemarie887anniemarie887 member
    dude what a peg-ocalypse. toooo much.
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  • stormageddon-darklordofallstormageddon-darklordofall member
    Dayum, @sunshine134 you are way too upbeat and happiness for me!  LOL.  Thanks for handling the peggies!

    Homer Simpson GIF

    Bitter me reading the peggies before seeing Sunshine's response:
    Happy Hour Wtf GIF
    *TW All the Loss* #BitterHagPartyOf1

    October 2015 - 1st MC.  7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.

    June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained'  "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"

    Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks

    RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.'  Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot

    Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks

    IUD - March 2019-March 2023

    RE 3:  Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.

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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @stormageddon-darklordofall I'm not sure if I should say thank you or sorry. LOL! 

    I work in HR, so I'm a pro at making bitchy things sounds sweet. Hehehe That's why my name is Sunshine :smile:

    It really is not that hard to read the very clear rules at the top of the thread. "read me first." Nah- I'm just gonna do THIS! 

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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    I go for my flu shot tomorrow. And I have a cool event with other management, team leads, etc. from other scale ups. It’s about emotions at work from a leadership perspective so I’m intrigued. 

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @wanderlustsoul, that sounds fun. I've attended seminars like that and I like them hope yours is great!
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    I was thinking about my comment earlier and realized it could be taken differently than I I intended. I definitely wasn't saying any of the responses from others are b*tchy or anything like that. I hope my intent was understood better than I worded it. I'm sorry!
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  • wanderlustsoulwanderlustsoul member
    @sunshine134, I’m excited. And it’s a chance to network to win business from other companies. Some people are from 2 of the companies that I’m the account lead on so that’s fun for me. 

    *Live, Love, Laugh, Learn*

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  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    @sunshine134 oh it's perfectly fine with me if people think my peggy replies are bitchy. most of the time they are probably are. :)
    my tuesday is marginally improved by being maybe the first day in ages where i actually get to work on my own research instead of frantically prepping for classes or doing administrative stuff. i took full advantage and am now annoyed that i have to spend my evening prepping.
    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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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @wanderlustsoul that sounds fun! Enjoy!

    @optimistgardener I don't think they are bitchy. You, and everyone, are always very supportive to me and anyone who follows the rules. ❤️ Glad you had a devmcent day. Are you a teacher?
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  • gingermama29gingermama29 member
    @sunshine134 oooh you are so nice to the peggies. I’m feeling too bitter to be anything but snarky so I’m trying not to reply if I can help it.
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @gingermama29, I definitely understand where you are coming from. I know many of you have been here much longer than me. I can't imagine what that's like and I will try to support in any way I can, even if that means replying to the peggies. 
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @bearmomma1, I didn't realize how offensive that phrase was until I came here, but once I understood, it was so obvious. Ugh, I can't imagine. 

    Thanks for calling me the MVP. I feel good that I know enough to answer questions. Then, again, maybe I don't want to know enough... 

    Sending all the positive vibes to you. 
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  • gingermama29gingermama29 member
    @sunshine134 it’s definitely appreciated. It’s hard to have the energy to be nice to them. And I will admit that sometimes I love the drama with the snarky responses.
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  • maggiemadeitmaggiemadeit member
    I totally agree that this pegpocalypse is bananas! @sunshine134 I love that you respond to them all. I have no energy for that mess and I always ignore. You’re definitely nicer than I am! 

    Here’s a little random as long as I am here…

    I have been having the most insane dreams recently! Last night in my dreams I was woken by a geodesic sphere (Bucky ball) made entirely of giant spiders!!! I actually jumped all the way out of bed, lol. Do you think I could be pregnant? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    @gingermama29 "And I will admit that sometimes I love the drama with the snarky responses." - I knew it! LOL! They are definitely entertaining sometimes. 

    @maggiemadeit happy to help! I definitely think  your dream is a preggo symptom LOL I get crazy dreams when I'm stressed... you don't have anything to be stressed about, do you??? ;)
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  • sunshine134sunshine134 member
    Ok, the one got me... WTF??
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  • anniemarie887anniemarie887 member
    I’ve been really MIA this week…. But what the actual 
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  • stormageddon-darklordofallstormageddon-darklordofall member
    @sunshine134 Oh, mine can definitely be bitchy :lol:
    *TW All the Loss* #BitterHagPartyOf1

    October 2015 - 1st MC.  7-8 weeks along. Suspected molar PG, but luckily just a MMC.

    June 2016 - 2nd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    September 2016 - 3rd MC: 4-5 weeks CP

    RE 1: ALL the testing - 'unexplained'  "Yinz can do IVF or try on your own"

    Feb 2017 - 4th MC: 6 weeks

    RE 2: More tests. Still 'unexplained.'  Called fat for an entire hour-long appointment, cried a lot

    Feb 2019 - 5th MC: 6-7 weeks

    IUD - March 2019-March 2023

    RE 3:  Repeat all the tests. Hoping to try IVF.

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