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Old 08-07-2008, 11:33 PM
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Hello friends - friendship needed!

Hi ladies - dh and I are embarking on IVF #3 (started BCP 8/5) and I find I need a diversion from thinking about our upcoming shots, challenges and 2ww. Yikes - not looking forward to doing this a 3rd time, although I'm taking royal jelly this time- who knows! There are a few websites I frequent every day, and I'm curious to know what my cybersisters are interested in. Diversion is a healthy thing in IVF! Here are my faves (other than this one, which I log on to about every 10 minutes!):

1. cnn.com, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com, jsonline.com - national and local news-sites
2. tmz.com - hollywood/entertainment guilty pleasure website.
3. blockbusteronline.com - we rent movies online and I'm constantly updating our "queue." Last good movies we saw were "21" and "The OTher Boleyn Girl."
4. foodnetwork.com - I love to cook when I have the time, although Rachael Ray is getting a bit exhaustive and commercialized for my taste - I still get her magazine though!

Thanks for sharing your fave websites ladies,and keep me in your thoughts for a successful IVF#3!

Buffy
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DH: 31 and studly!
DS - 4 year old sweetheart conceived w/Clomid
16 year old bichon mix
4 cycles of Clomid
1st IVF
2/22 begin BCPs
3/13 Lupron
3/24 Gonal F
4/4 ER: 8 eggs, 6 fertilized (grade A-, B, B, C, C, C)
4/9 ET: transferred 3 embies (grade A-, B, B)
4/17 BFN

2nd IVF
4/20 begin BCPs
5/11 Start Lupron (flare protocol)
5/13 Start Gonal F 300
5/19 Gonal F 450
5/21 Gonal F 600 (I'm a hormonal basketcase!)
5/27 ER 12:00
5/31 ET: transferred two Grade B embryos
6/5 started bleeding/spotting
6/9 Beta
8/5 AF

3rd IVF
8/5 Start BCP
8/24 Start Lupron
9/10 ER, 3 eggs
9/13 ET - transferred 2 embryos, grade B and grade C (sounds an awful lot like my college transcript!)
9/21 AF (and my 1st speeding ticket and 2 cavities! Talk about kicking a girl while she's down!)
10/20 AF

THROWING IN THE TOWEL!



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Old 08-08-2008, 09:36 AM
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sorry i don't have much to offer with the websites, but i find people.com entertaining and i love nicholas sparks novels because they just are so easy to read and they make me believe in the magic of life again. good luck with your cycle!!!
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Me - RPL
DH - Normal
Trying - March 2006
3 unmedicated IUIs - BFN
Laporoscopy 4/07
- Everything perfect....
4 IUIs w/ Follistim - BFN

3.08:1st IVF - miscarried 8 weeks, our little angel

6.08: 2nd IVF - miscarried 7 weeks, another angel to watch over us
testing for recurrent miscarriages, karotyping - again, all is normal!!! WTF?
10.20.08: 3rd IVF w/ PGD

10.28 - prog +20
11.5 - beta 225
11.11 - beta 1978
11.13 - beta 5100
11.21 - 1 pefect little peanut!!
Maddie (Boxer) & Bear (Rottweiler)




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Old 08-08-2008, 09:44 AM
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I like people.com too - I always click on "photos" there.

I also follow this blog - she had 5 or 6 failed IVFs then the last one all 4 took and one split so she was preg with 5, she's down to 3 now and in the hospital - but she usually updates daily now.
From the Peanut Gallery


Good luck on IVF#3. I hope this is the one for you
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TTC ~3 years
Me: 38, LAP + HSG in '07 = mild endo(I), DH: 30, stud
dd:10 yrs old
7 failed IUIs w/ follistim, femara, ovid
IVF in April '08 please God
Feb 24, start bcp
Mar 29, start lupron (10iu)
Apr 9, start stims, foll (150) & menopur(75), lup (5iu)
Apr 11, 2 days stims E2=106
Apr 14, 5 days stims, 16 follies, E2=511
Apr 17, 8 days stims, 16 follies in the 12-17 range,E2=2380, Trigger tonight!
Apr 19,ER = 18 eggs, 13 mature, 8 fertilized
Apr24, ET 2 blasts
6dp5dt= faint + HPT ! 7dp5dt= strong + HPT !!
May 2 Beta #1 8dp5dt = 153 ! finally!
May 5 Beta #2 11dp5dt = 533 ! dx:mild OHSS
May 12 Beta #3 18dp5dt = 8635 !!
May 20 u/s ONE little heartbeat flickering away
Csection scheduled for Dec 31st - New Year's Eve Baby!!!
started weekly 17P shots @ 16 weeks

We're having a "surprise" Connor or Ella?
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Old 08-09-2008, 06:44 AM
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Good Luck. #3IVF was the charm for me. The waiting to start can be hard. this is your time!!!

I look at people.com,cnn.com daily.
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DH 38 yr

3rd IVF May 2008
Beta 5/30 105
Beta #2 6/3 502

Beta #3 6/9 3000
US--Twins EDD: 2/7/09

Level II Ultrasound TWO GIRLS

Bedrest 25 weeks
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Old 08-09-2008, 10:03 AM
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I follow a ton of blogs - if you get onto Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters blog she has a huge list of links on there.

I also like Perez Hilton's blog. He always seems to have the scoop on celebrity gossip.

The Drudge Report has good articles and it is constantly updated from newspapers all over the world.

Good luck with #3! Hope this is your time!
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DH: 37, antisperm antibodies
TTC x almost 3 years
09/09/07 iui w/ clomid (7 mill. sperm, 5 follies)
10/15/07 start meds (BCP, Lupron, Menopur, Gonal F)
11/27/07 ET 2 blasts, 2 frozen - chemical pregnancy
02/14/08 started meds (BCP, Lupron, Menopur, Lovenox, ASA)
04/02/08 Barbados!
04/09/08 ER 5 follies, 4 eggs
04/10/08 all 4 fertilized
4/12/08 3dt 1-8cell, 1-7cell, 2 frozen (6 & 4cell)
4/19/08 POAS
04/22/08 beta 235 Praise God!!
04/24/08 2nd beta :531
05/14/08 7 week u/s TWINS!! Heartbeats 139 & 150
05/27/08 9 week u/s - hbs 158 for both
06/11/08 11 week u/s hbts 162 for both
All scans are showing a little boy and a little girl



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Old 08-11-2008, 07:13 AM
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Hi there! I am addicted to this site of course! And CNN.com, yahoomail.com, and I have google desktop so click on links all day that have titles that interest me! I LOVE to read everything from romance novels, to drama, to mystery/crime.

Never seem to have enough me time though - but thats what work is for! LOL!
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Secondary Subfertility
Me - 31 - not sure - dr said all tests were good

DH - 33 - slight morphology issue
DS - born January 2006
TTC since January 2007
IUI cycle # 1
IUI 5/31 CD 11 - 66M guys and gals with 45%M
6/14 = (nuts!)

IUI cycle #2
IUI 6/29 -80ish boys and girls
7/13 = (seriously?)

IUI cycle #3 - last IUI cycle
IUI 7/22 CD10 - 71M runners with 49% motility
7/30 = (WTF?)

IVF #1 -
BCP, Gonal F, Lupron, Ovidrel and Crinone
ER - Last Thursday: 29 retrieved, estrogen over 5K only 7 fertilized
ET - Sunday 10/26: only 2 made it and transferred
11/6: Beta - Holy Crap I'm pregnant! beta 135
11/9: Beta #2 - 690!
11/20: Ultrasound: saw fetal pole and sacs - 1 little bean! hb 120
12/3: Ultrasound #2 - hoping for a higher hb!
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