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04-07-2008, 08:17 AM
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Good Luck Ladybug!!!
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Me (Suzi):39 DH (Mike):38  (Beans) mini doxie:11 TTC 2+ years 2007-2008 5 IUI's  2008 3/1 -Lupron & FSH 3/11 -Ovidrel Trigger 3/13 -ER 3/16 -ET  3/26 -HPT Very Faint 3/27 -1st Beta 14 DPO: 96!   3/29 -2nd Beta 16 DPO: 237!!  4/15 -1st u/s 1 Bean measuring 6wks5days heartbeat 138!!!  5/5- 1st appt. with OB our plum is measuring 9 1/2 weeks right on target and was moving around like crazy!! 5/21- appt. w/ CNM heard the HB on doppler 1st time 6/18- u/s anatomy scan-perfect! It's A GIRL!!! EDD 12/4 11/9 - Gianna Michelle  6lbs 6oz 19.5in.  
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04-07-2008, 08:54 AM
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Hi ladies. Don't forget me!!
Jamie - Dec 1st (PA) Amy - Dec 1st Suzi - Dec 2nd? (MA) Shannon - Dec 3rd Marilynn - Dec 6th Joli - Dec 6th (KY) Rebecca - Dec 12th (IL) Jenny - Tami
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Me (Suzi):39 DH (Mike):38 (Beans) mini doxie:11 TTC 2+ years 2007-2008 5 IUI's 2008 3/1 -Lupron & FSH 3/11 -Ovidrel Trigger 3/13 -ER 3/16 -ET 3/26 -HPT Very Faint 3/27 -1st Beta 14 DPO: 96! 3/29 -2nd Beta 16 DPO: 237!! 4/15 -1st u/s 1 Bean measuring 6wks5days heartbeat 138!!! 5/5- 1st appt. with OB our plum is measuring 9 1/2 weeks right on target and was moving around like crazy!! 5/21- appt. w/ CNM heard the HB on doppler 1st time 6/18- u/s anatomy scan-perfect! It's A GIRL!!! EDD 12/4 11/9 - Gianna Michelle 6lbs 6oz 19.5in.Last edited by sukiqo1 : 04-07-2008 at 09:30 AM.
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04-07-2008, 10:02 AM
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Morning Ladies!
I went in for my 3rd beta this morning and am anxiously awaiting the results. I asked them to check my thryoid this time too. From what I've read, it seems pretty standard to need to increase thyroid meds during pregnancy and they haven't been checking it so far. I don't want something so simple to cause any problems. Thanks for making the due date list, Jamie! (It was you who did it, right? I would check back but this site loads sooo slowly for me at work that it would take 10 minutes.) Here it is updated with my info: Jamie - Dec 1st (PA) Amy - Dec 1st Suzi - Dec 2nd? (MA) Shannon - Dec 3rd Marilynn - Dec 6rd Joli - Dec 6th (KY) Jenny - Dec 9th (AL) Rebecca - Dec 12th (IL) Tami -
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Me (Jenny): 27 - PCOS, hypothyroid DH (James): 29 - Slightly low morphology TTC 3+ years; 1st year and a half wasted with a worthless doctor 2007 2 failed Clomid cycles Ectopic pregnancy  2008 3/5 - new cycle - Clomid and Follistim 3/31 - positive hpt 4/2 - 1st beta - 48.5! Estrogen 324, Progesterone 35.9 4/4 - 2nd beta - 113.8! 4/7 - 3rd beta - 487!! 4/11 - 4th beta - 2987 4/16 - 1st u/s - 1 beautiful healthy peanut in exactly the right place! 4/23 - 2nd u/s - everything still great. Saw and heard the heartbeat! 122bpm! 5/6 - 3rd u/s- Absolutely amazing. Measuring 8w6d, 172bpm; released to OB 6/4 - Everything is still perfect. Measuring right on track, hb 161bpm 6/26 - Couldn't be better; 148bpm 7/21 - Anatomy Scan!! It's a GIRL! 11/26 - Kathryn Lakhari Ann born at 38w1d due to pre-eclampsia! 8lb 4oz, 20 1/2" long   "The prize is always worth the rocky ride."
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04-07-2008, 11:15 AM
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QUESTION about counting weeks
Team, I have a question, I have calculated my due date appropriately, but as I try to read about what's happening to my baby/body this week, I wonder if I am still in week 4 or now in week 5?
My cycle started march 7th, so I was exactly 4 weeks pregnant on april 4th. Thanks for helping me out 
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Me: 35 healthy DH: 44 born w/o vas deferens, did TESE once, opted out of more 10/2005 IVF unsuccessful, with TESE Adopted our baby boy: May 2006 IUI#1 3/3 chemical pregnancy  IUI#2 3/18 trigger, one Big follie, 25.5, endo lining 12 3/19 IUI 101.6 million post-wash with 91% motility 3/20 IUI 82.1 million post-wash with 88% motility Did acupuncture and energy work - amazing. 3/31 & 4/1 POAS 4/2 1st beta 65! 4/4 2nd beta 158 4/8 3rd beta 1650!! 4/22 u/s saw one perfect bean, HB 146, 6wks, 5 days 5/1 first OB appt - u/s HB 174, 1.8cm - all perfect 5/23 appt, switched to Certified Nurse Midwife 6/24 Heartbeat strong and clear at 150bpm 7/2 amnio 7/7 results confirm Healthy Baby Boy! 7/29 21 week u/s, baby weighs 1lb, fluids and measurements all good. 10/2 decided on home birth - so excited, can't wait 12/10/08 our due date - we will get to meet our 2nd little boy!  
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04-07-2008, 12:05 PM
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Stopping progesterone
Hi everyone,
I go in for my first ultrasound on Friday, I can't wait. When I spoke to the Dr. last Friday, she said if all looks well, we will be discontinuing the PIO shots. I kind of freaked out b/c my progesterone has been fluctuating between 20.5 (barely making it) and 28. I told her I was worried about it, NOT that I wanted to keep taking the shots which are killing me, but still....She said if this were a normal pregnancy we wouldn't know so much about it (to freak out over). I guess I'll just wait to see what happens Friday, but I was wondering if anyone has ever stopped progesterone this early (with fairly low progesterone levels).
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__________________________________________________ ______ ~ Amy Me: 35 DH: 29 Married 5/07 TTC 1 year IUI #1 January FAILED 2/29 IVF start stims 3/13 ET 3/24 BETA #1 (11dpt) 57 Thank you God!3/26 BETA #2 135 3/28 BETA #3 352 4/2 BETA #4 2288 4/11 1st ultrasound...saw our little bean! measuring 6w1d / 128bpm 4/23 1st appt. with OB 4/24 2nd u/s...baby bean is 8w3d / 175bpm 5/9 u/s scheduled to hear the heartbeat! 
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04-07-2008, 12:16 PM
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Rebecca, I think the way it works is that you are 4 weeks, 3 days pregnant (according to your ticker) which means you have completed your 4th week and are in your 5th. Does that make sense and/or answer your question?
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Me (Jenny): 27 - PCOS, hypothyroid DH (James): 29 - Slightly low morphology TTC 3+ years; 1st year and a half wasted with a worthless doctor 2007 2 failed Clomid cycles Ectopic pregnancy 2008 3/5 - new cycle - Clomid and Follistim 3/31 - positive hpt 4/2 - 1st beta - 48.5! Estrogen 324, Progesterone 35.9 4/4 - 2nd beta - 113.8! 4/7 - 3rd beta - 487!! 4/11 - 4th beta - 2987 4/16 - 1st u/s - 1 beautiful healthy peanut in exactly the right place! 4/23 - 2nd u/s - everything still great. Saw and heard the heartbeat! 122bpm! 5/6 - 3rd u/s- Absolutely amazing. Measuring 8w6d, 172bpm; released to OB 6/4 - Everything is still perfect. Measuring right on track, hb 161bpm 6/26 - Couldn't be better; 148bpm 7/21 - Anatomy Scan!! It's a GIRL! 11/26 - Kathryn Lakhari Ann born at 38w1d due to pre-eclampsia! 8lb 4oz, 20 1/2" long "The prize is always worth the rocky ride."
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04-07-2008, 01:36 PM
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Me: 35 healthy DH: 44 born w/o vas deferens, did TESE once, opted out of more 10/2005 IVF unsuccessful, with TESE Adopted our baby boy: May 2006 IUI#1 3/3 chemical pregnancy IUI#2 3/18 trigger, one Big follie, 25.5, endo lining 12 3/19 IUI 101.6 million post-wash with 91% motility 3/20 IUI 82.1 million post-wash with 88% motility Did acupuncture and energy work - amazing. 3/31 & 4/1 POAS 4/2 1st beta 65! 4/4 2nd beta 158 4/8 3rd beta 1650!! 4/22 u/s saw one perfect bean, HB 146, 6wks, 5 days 5/1 first OB appt - u/s HB 174, 1.8cm - all perfect 5/23 appt, switched to Certified Nurse Midwife 6/24 Heartbeat strong and clear at 150bpm 7/2 amnio 7/7 results confirm Healthy Baby Boy! 7/29 21 week u/s, baby weighs 1lb, fluids and measurements all good. 10/2 decided on home birth - so excited, can't wait 12/10/08 our due date - we will get to meet our 2nd little boy!
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04-07-2008, 02:01 PM
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I'm pretty sure that's right, Rebecca. Sounds logical to me anyway.
Well I have great news. My nurse just called with my 3rd beta and it's 487!! It quadrupled in three days! I asked about my thyroid and she said she has to get the doctor's approval and he's out of town. But she said she would talk to him tomorrow and that the lab still has the blood that was taken today so they can still check it. She also said that this early on, it probably wouldn't be an issue yet so that's reassuring too.
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Me (Jenny): 27 - PCOS, hypothyroid DH (James): 29 - Slightly low morphology TTC 3+ years; 1st year and a half wasted with a worthless doctor 2007 2 failed Clomid cycles Ectopic pregnancy 2008 3/5 - new cycle - Clomid and Follistim 3/31 - positive hpt 4/2 - 1st beta - 48.5! Estrogen 324, Progesterone 35.9 4/4 - 2nd beta - 113.8! 4/7 - 3rd beta - 487!! 4/11 - 4th beta - 2987 4/16 - 1st u/s - 1 beautiful healthy peanut in exactly the right place! 4/23 - 2nd u/s - everything still great. Saw and heard the heartbeat! 122bpm! 5/6 - 3rd u/s- Absolutely amazing. Measuring 8w6d, 172bpm; released to OB 6/4 - Everything is still perfect. Measuring right on track, hb 161bpm 6/26 - Couldn't be better; 148bpm 7/21 - Anatomy Scan!! It's a GIRL! 11/26 - Kathryn Lakhari Ann born at 38w1d due to pre-eclampsia! 8lb 4oz, 20 1/2" long "The prize is always worth the rocky ride."
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04-07-2008, 02:06 PM
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 Yay for a great beta! Amy-I'm not sure about that. Could you just tell her that you're really concerned about it, and would prefer to go ahead and stay on it? I mean, it won't hurt anything, so she should let you, ya know? Do you have any extra that you could just keep taking if she won't write you a new script? Maybe she'll let you take the suppositories instead of the shots.
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Me: Joline 30 (PCOS)DH: Rod 30 (Healthy) 10-20-07 BFP! 11-9-07 we saw and heard the heart beat! 11-15-07 the heart stopped beating -2 more failed rounds of clomid (50mgs then 100mgs) 3-26-08 BFP x3 (150mgs of clomid) 3-26-08 First Beta at 11 DPO=51 Prog=51 3-31-08 2nd Beta at 16 DPO=339 Prog=53.5 4-14-08 1st u/s=TWO little beans with perfect HB's over 160 bpm. Baby A measuring 6w3d Baby B 6w2d! 6-23-08 It's 2 BOYS! Madden and Myles!9-3-08 bed rest 9-24-08 Hospital bed rest 10-12-08 Madden Riley was born vaginally weighing 3 lbs. 15 oz. 10-13-08 Myles Lee was born via emergency c-section weighing 4 lbs 5 oz. www.myspace.com/missjoli The Thornton family is expanding!    
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04-07-2008, 02:25 PM
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So happy for you
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Me: 35 healthy DH: 44 born w/o vas deferens, did TESE once, opted out of more 10/2005 IVF unsuccessful, with TESE Adopted our baby boy: May 2006 IUI#1 3/3 chemical pregnancy IUI#2 3/18 trigger, one Big follie, 25.5, endo lining 12 3/19 IUI 101.6 million post-wash with 91% motility 3/20 IUI 82.1 million post-wash with 88% motility Did acupuncture and energy work - amazing. 3/31 & 4/1 POAS 4/2 1st beta 65! 4/4 2nd beta 158 4/8 3rd beta 1650!! 4/22 u/s saw one perfect bean, HB 146, 6wks, 5 days 5/1 first OB appt - u/s HB 174, 1.8cm - all perfect 5/23 appt, switched to Certified Nurse Midwife 6/24 Heartbeat strong and clear at 150bpm 7/2 amnio 7/7 results confirm Healthy Baby Boy! 7/29 21 week u/s, baby weighs 1lb, fluids and measurements all good. 10/2 decided on home birth - so excited, can't wait 12/10/08 our due date - we will get to meet our 2nd little boy!
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04-07-2008, 04:01 PM
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Jenny,
What a great BETA! I am so happy for you
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ME: 41 DH: 43, somewhat low morphology TTC 3 1/2 years (began seeing RE 02/07) August 10, 2004 BFP naturally January 17, 2005 Our angel arrived at 26 weeks. She was with us for 3 precious days. December 2006 BFP naturally January 2007 MC 5 wks March 07 Clomid 50 mg 5-9, timed BD BFN Apr - June 07 IUIs 1-#3 (Clomid 50, 5-9; prog supp) BFN August 07 IUI #4 (Clomid 50, 5-9; prog supp) BFN 09-07-07 IUI#5 w/HCG trigger, U/S 3 good follies on right, possibly 1 already released on left (clomid 5-9) 11-03 IUI #6 no meds BFN 3-14-08 IUI #7 Bravelle & HCG trigger (4 good follies; all between 20-24) 12dpo BETA 33 BFP14dpo BETA 66 19dpo BETA 611, prog 48 MC 7 weeks 6 days
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04-07-2008, 04:10 PM
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My RE's general protocol for people with historically low progesterone is 10 weeks of progesterone supplements. I am taking progesterone suppositories twice daily and mine is at about 48 as of this past Thursday. They are making me continue them until 10 weeks. Your date to quit them does seem early to me, but I am obviously no expert on this so .... for whatever it's worth.  When I am uncomfortable with something my RE has suggested, I just try to talk it out with them. It may be irritating to them a bit, but I think it's best that you are comfortable with the decision. Hope this helps a bit.
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ME: 41 DH: 43, somewhat low morphology TTC 3 1/2 years (began seeing RE 02/07) August 10, 2004 BFP naturally January 17, 2005 Our angel arrived at 26 weeks. She was with us for 3 precious days. December 2006 BFP naturally January 2007 MC 5 wks March 07 Clomid 50 mg 5-9, timed BD BFN Apr - June 07 IUIs 1-#3 (Clomid 50, 5-9; prog supp) BFN August 07 IUI #4 (Clomid 50, 5-9; prog supp) BFN 09-07-07 IUI#5 w/HCG trigger, U/S 3 good follies on right, possibly 1 already released on left (clomid 5-9) 11-03 IUI #6 no meds BFN 3-14-08 IUI #7 Bravelle & HCG trigger (4 good follies; all between 20-24) 12dpo BETA 33 BFP14dpo BETA 66 19dpo BETA 611, prog 48 MC 7 weeks 6 days
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04-07-2008, 06:14 PM
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Jenny,
Congrats on a wonderful BETA! Thank you everyone for your responses on the progesterone. I think I will push for the suppositories. I could barely walk today b/c of those darn shots. For some reason my right side takes it much harder than the left, whether I do it in the leg or backside. I'll keep you posted about Friday...I can't wait!
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__________________________________________________ ______ ~ Amy Me: 35 DH: 29 Married 5/07 TTC 1 year IUI #1 January FAILED 2/29 IVF start stims 3/13 ET 3/24 BETA #1 (11dpt) 57 Thank you God!3/26 BETA #2 135 3/28 BETA #3 352 4/2 BETA #4 2288 4/11 1st ultrasound...saw our little bean! measuring 6w1d / 128bpm 4/23 1st appt. with OB 4/24 2nd u/s...baby bean is 8w3d / 175bpm 5/9 u/s scheduled to hear the heartbeat!
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04-08-2008, 08:08 AM
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Good luck with your 3rd beta today, Rebecca!
Tami, how did your 3rd beta go yesterday?
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Me (Jenny): 27 - PCOS, hypothyroid DH (James): 29 - Slightly low morphology TTC 3+ years; 1st year and a half wasted with a worthless doctor 2007 2 failed Clomid cycles Ectopic pregnancy 2008 3/5 - new cycle - Clomid and Follistim 3/31 - positive hpt 4/2 - 1st beta - 48.5! Estrogen 324, Progesterone 35.9 4/4 - 2nd beta - 113.8! 4/7 - 3rd beta - 487!! 4/11 - 4th beta - 2987 4/16 - 1st u/s - 1 beautiful healthy peanut in exactly the right place! 4/23 - 2nd u/s - everything still great. Saw and heard the heartbeat! 122bpm! 5/6 - 3rd u/s- Absolutely amazing. Measuring 8w6d, 172bpm; released to OB 6/4 - Everything is still perfect. Measuring right on track, hb 161bpm 6/26 - Couldn't be better; 148bpm 7/21 - Anatomy Scan!! It's a GIRL! 11/26 - Kathryn Lakhari Ann born at 38w1d due to pre-eclampsia! 8lb 4oz, 20 1/2" long "The prize is always worth the rocky ride."
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04-08-2008, 09:16 AM
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Me: 35 healthy DH: 44 born w/o vas deferens, did TESE once, opted out of more 10/2005 IVF unsuccessful, with TESE Adopted our baby boy: May 2006 IUI#1 3/3 chemical pregnancy IUI#2 3/18 trigger, one Big follie, 25.5, endo lining 12 3/19 IUI 101.6 million post-wash with 91% motility 3/20 IUI 82.1 million post-wash with 88% motility Did acupuncture and energy work - amazing. 3/31 & 4/1 POAS 4/2 1st beta 65! 4/4 2nd beta 158 4/8 3rd beta 1650!! 4/22 u/s saw one perfect bean, HB 146, 6wks, 5 days 5/1 first OB appt - u/s HB 174, 1.8cm - all perfect 5/23 appt, switched to Certified Nurse Midwife 6/24 Heartbeat strong and clear at 150bpm 7/2 amnio 7/7 results confirm Healthy Baby Boy! 7/29 21 week u/s, baby weighs 1lb, fluids and measurements all good. 10/2 decided on home birth - so excited, can't wait 12/10/08 our due date - we will get to meet our 2nd little boy!
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