finally, it happened to me....
Name:Heather
Age:37
How long TTC:2 years
Diagnosis or any known issues:pcos
Treatments you tried before IVF:iui,clomid,femara
How many IVF did you do before success:1st try
Are you using donor eggs or sperm:no
Protocol (meds taken):lupron, follistim, repronex
How many follicles at ER:20+
How many eggs retrieved:20
How many eggs fertilized:16
How many days between ER and ET:5
How many and quality/rating of embryos/blasts transferred:12 'fair' quality, 4 'poor' quality, the lab didn't elaborate.
Symptoms or issues during 2WW; breasts tender, very '*****y',almost imperceptable cramps, and felt absolutely normal- it was disconcerting!!
What day you got your BFP:6dpt
HPT before blood test:yes!!
Number of first beta:60.4 7dp5dt
Number of babies:????
Anything else you would have wanted to know before you started this process:
It is frightening process to begin, and
so important to share feelings with people going through it ( if your clinic has a support group, go and make friends and forums here are very very very supportive too.)
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trying: 2+ years
me- PCOS
dh- perfect
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2006, metformin, clomid  , 
2007, femara, 5 cycles 
2008, femara, 2 IUI
1st IVF June 2008
trigger 6/17
ER 6/19. 20 eggs retrieved, 14 fertilized 6/20
ET 6/24. 2 blasts .
6/30. hpt @ 6dp5dt
7/1 beta=60.4 @7dp5dt
7/3 beta=307
7/8beta=593
7/10 beta=1785!
7/11 u/s to rule out ectopic (not!)
7/16 u/s 2 heartbeats! 
 Fita, Foxy, Stryker, Thea
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