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Old 04-25-2008, 09:43 AM
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Celeste Celeste is offline
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 919
Name: Celeste
Age: 33
How long TTC: 5 years TTC #1, 6 months TTC#2
Diagnosis or any known issues: unknown
Treatments you tried before IVF: clomid, IUI
How many IVF did you do before success: 7 IVF's the first time around, 4 FET's and 1 IVF the second time around
Are you using donor eggs or sperm: no
Protocol (meds taken): lupron, menopur
How many follicles at ER: many
How many eggs retrieved: 24 for #1/27 for #2
How many eggs fertilized: 12 for #1/14 for # 2 but only 6 made it to the blast stage each time
How many days between ER and ET: 5 days both times
How many and quality/rating of embryos/blasts transferred: 3 excellent blasts transferred both times
Symptoms or issues during 2WW: nothing other than panic and stress, the 1st time I felt pretty positive about the cycle with my second pregnancy I was convinced it didn't work until beta day
What day you got your BFP: 11dpt for #1/9dp5dt for #2
HPT before blood test: no
Number of first beta: 234 for #1/154 for #2
Number of babies: 1 the 1st time around/2 this time

Good luck to everyone and I hope that you all find success. It is a long painful, expensive struggle but it will be worth it.
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Me - 33 years old
DH - 44 years old
Unexplained infertiltiy
DD Elizabeth Grace - 3/06
Zoe (7 year old golden retriever)

ttc for 4 years
IUI 6 times 2003
1st IVF - 12/03 - no embryos to transfer
2nd IVF - 6/04 - BFN
3rd IVF - 10/04 - BFN
4th IVF - 12/04 - BFN
5th IVF - 2/05 - BFN
FET - 3/05 -
m/c 5/16/05
6th IVF - 6/05 - chemical pregnancy
7th IVF - 7/05 -
DD born 3/27/06
FET - 9/07 - BFN
FET cycle cancelled 10/07
FET 11/10 - BFN
FET 12/19 - BFN
8th IVF - Beta #1: 2/1 - 145!!
Beta #2: 2/4 - 698
Beta #3: 2/6 - 1981
US #1 2/8: TWINS!!!, Beta-6529
Beta 2/14: >40,000
Caroline Andrea and Peter John born 9/22/08





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