Name: MM as I'm known on the Jan Due Date thread
Age: 32
How long TTC: 18 mos.
Diagnosis or any known issues:large ovarian cysts
Treatments you tried before IVF:two rounds of clomid, hsg, lap to remove cysts, acupuncture every week for ten months
How many IVF did you do before success: two
Are you using donor eggs or sperm: no
Protocol (meds taken): Down Regulation protocol, Lupron, Gonal-F and trigger with Ovidrel
How many follicles at ER:19
How many eggs retrieved:13 (difficult retrievals)
How many eggs fertilized:10
How many days between ER and ET:3
How many and quality/rating of embryos/blasts transferred:four, eight cell embies with little or no fragmentation, one perfect blast to freeze
Symptoms or issues during 2WW:sensitivity to strong smells (like maple syrup and self-tanner!), sleeping really deeply
What day you got your BFP:7dp3dt, but it was faint, bloodtest was 9dp3dt
HPT before blood test
f course, I am weak!
Number of first beta:98
Number of babies:1
Anything else you would have wanted to know before you started this process! This message board! Join a cycle buddy group as soon as you can. I didn't know about it until round II and I wish I would have.
Best of luck to everyone!!! We are all rooting for you.
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Me - 33, chronic ovarian cysts, 4 surgeries to remove
Dh - 37, perfect
Ds - 18 months, 2nd fresh IVF cycle in 07
IVF #1 - Dec/Jan '07, BFN
IVF #2 - April '07, 3dt, four, eight-cell embryos transferred,
one great looking blast to freeze
Ds born Jan '08, perfect
Lap to remove 3rd cyst - Jan '09
Cyst back - May '09
IVF #3 - July/Aug 09
7/16 - Suppression check - cyst is GONE!
18 antral follies, E2 34, start stims on 7/19
7/21 - E2 193, 11 AF on the left between 7.5-11, 5 AF on the right 4.5-5.5
7/23 - E2 690, 11 AF on left btwn 11.5-15.5, 5 AF on right, 8.5-14.5,
7/25 - E2 1108,
7/27 - E2 2070, trigger!
7/29 - ret - 10 eggs
7/30 - fert report - 6 embies
8/1 - day 3 transfer
POAS log: started 5dt3dt and faint
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Beta 11dp3dt: 173.5
Beta 13dp3dt: 241
Beta 16dp3dt: 623
U/s 8/27 - two heartbeats, one gest sac, natural set of identical twins!
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