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11-13-2009, 10:27 AM
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Nancy - I'm so sorry! Lots of
 to you. I'm glad to hear you get another go...best of luck!Take care!
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Amy Me: 28 - "no issues"  DH: 28 - testicular failure (just accurately diagnosed 8/09) DD: 4 - conceived naturally (5 months, no problem) TTC again x 3 years IVF#1  9/28 Lupron 10 units PM 10/11 AF 10/14 Baseline Visit 10/16 Started stimming (Follistim) 10/27 ER - 14 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized 11/1 Transfered 2 good looking blasts (none to freeze) 11/11 Beta #1 - 189   11/13 Beta #2 - 433 I'm  Praise God!!!11/30 Ultrasound  
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11-13-2009, 04:14 PM
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Haven't been in here for a while, but am so excited to see all the BFPs and am really sorry to hear about the m/c. It's such a heartbreaking thing to go through, please know that each one of you is in my thoughts.
AFM - Just now met with the RE to discuss failed round #2 and it was a shocker. He suggested using DS next round, to see if that's the cause of our lackluster embabies. Well, he wants to do half DS and half my DHS to compare. Crazy, right? I'm still trying to decide if we would even consider DS, it makes me sad, because my husband is just so adorable, and tall and smart, etc. It's these moments that really challenge me, but I am lucky in so many other ways, so I try to focus on that (while also feeling sorry for myself a little bit).
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Elisa: 38, no known problems Jeff: 32, very low sperm count/motility married 3 years  1 fur baby "Louie", crazy Jack Russel mix and love of our lifeTTC since Oct 2007, 2 years now (wow!) 01/08 chemical pregnancy at 5 weeks  06/08 m/c at 9 weeks, D&C 1 IVF cycle 4/29 start Luperon 5/8 start stim meds 5/21 ER 8 eggs 5/24 ET (2 6 cell good eggs) 6/5 1st Beta 112 6/8 2nd Beta 135 - not good 6/10 3rd Beta 160 6/11 Given methotrexate shot pregnancy thought to be ectopicIVF round #2 9/14 start Luperon 9/20 stop pill, continue Luperon 9/25 baseline, bloodwork and ultrasound stims delayed due to the flu/pneumonia 10/2 start stims follistim, menapur, luperon 10/13 ER, 13 eggs retrieved - one fetilized 10/16 ET 10/28 Beta 
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11-14-2009, 08:58 PM
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hopeful2bpg - im so sorry for your loss but glad that you have two more tries. enjoy your pony, and maybe some hot tubbing and wine in the mean time. take these next 3 months to take care of you! you will get your
soon!dragonflygirl - what a rollercoaster this journey is for all of us. and it's great news that your insurance is covering at least some of this. (and you're right, 25k is not a lot ... we spent more than that on one IVF!) have a couple drinks, try to relax, and take care of yourself over the next few weeks. wishing you the best of luck! fun holiday - i'm so sorry about your BFN but am glad to hear that you have 4 totsicles waiting for you!! enjoy some wine, hottubbin and lovin while you relax in preparation for your BFP in december!! machu - you should come join us on the july due date board...it's getting pretty busy over there! how are the suppositories? my golf balls are getting worse so am considering it. also, DH is going to be out of town tuesday through sunday so i'll need to go into the office every day to get the shot. let me know how you're liking them ... well not liking them, but if they're better than the shots!! ahrev - i think you picked a good time to move. you could just sit back and direct traffic! sculli - how sad about your best friend. i'm so sorry for both of you ... very scary! and how sweet that she wanted to will her baby to you. she is obviously a very dear friend to you and am sure she'll get pregnant again soon. my best friend got pg on her first try about two years ago and felt guilty bc she knew how much trouble we'd been having. the day after i heard the heartbeat, she went and got her iud out so they could try for baby number 2. she won't admin it, but i think the timing is a little more than a coincidence. we are blessed to have good friends aren't we?!?! two more days to your u/s!!! ahrev - thanks for sharing the tidbit about once you see the heartbeat, the rest of complications drop to below 5%. i hope that's true ... that's a huge relief! ivfinmd - that is such a difficult decision. for me, i don't think i would want to use DS but if you're comfortable with it, go for it. did you guys use ICSI this time? my RE always uses it unless there is proof that DH's sperm has achieved a pregnancy (and still uses it sometimes even if that's the case.) not sure if it would matter, but may be worth asking.
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Me: (32) Hydrosalpinx - Essure Procedure April '09 DH: (32) Perfect! Married for 8 years TTC: 5 years Jack- very spoiled furbaby IVF #1  09/01/09 - Start BCP 09/26/09 - Start Lupron 09/27/09 - Start Follistim 10/03/09 - Start Saizon 10/08/09 - ER (7 eggs - 5 mature - 4 fertilized) 10/10/09 - Start Progesterone 10/13/09 - ET (transferred THREE 5-day blasts!) 10/23/09 - 1st Beta - 72.1 10/23/09 - Start Estrogen Patch 10/26/09 - 2nd Beta - 228 10/29/09 - 3rd Beta - 844 11/12/09 - 1st ultrasound - Heartbeat confirmed - Released to OB 07/01/10 - EDD http://themillerchapters.blogspot.com/
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11-15-2009, 05:28 PM
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Ivfinmd - your decision is really tough! I agree with LizzyM to do ICSI with DH's sperm if you haven't already. I decided before we began IVF that I wanted to have the mindset that it was just as important to LEARN what was preventing our conceiving as it was to conceive. That made me feel better when we had no totsicles to freeze. Hope that helps as you consider your doctor's option for learning - you've got lots of strength and courage, whatever you decide!
LizzyM - what's the title of the July due date Thread you're on? I'll join you! The Endometrin is MUCH better than those golf ball shots - my bum is thanking me. You'll need a pantyliner 24/7 cause it oozes a little. I'm spotting some pink/brown, which my nurse said can happen with inserting the suppositories and the tender surface of the vaginal skin (might scrape a little)... sorry if that's TMI! The only precaution I heard was to call immediately if you cramp badly or bleed more than a little. I encourage you to ask about it (and save yourself the daily drive!) Let me know what you find out. AFM - my husband and I met with the Dr. Friday to get his advice on a trip our whole family has had planned for 2 years. He gave me lots of stats and precautions to take, but essentially a green light. So, I'm going in this Thursday for an early u/s so they can try to rule out an ectopic. There's no reason I'd have one, but I'll feel better traveling having ruled it out!
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Age: 39 (husband too, no problems) TTC since 2007, 4 unsuccessful IUIs in 2009 Decreased Ovarian Reserve: AMH dropped from 1.4 to 0.8 in 6 mos IVF #1 10/10/09 - Start Dexamethasone and lots of other meds 10/22/09 - Retrieved 10 eggs 10/23/09 - 8 mature eggs, 7 fertilized via ICSI 10/25/09 - Day 3 transfer of 2 embabies (5 and 7 cells, grade A-) PUPO! 10/28/09 - Sad news that we have no good embryos to freeze...  11/4/09 - first beta = 44 11/7/09 - second beta = 180 11/12/09 - switched from PIO to Endometrin prog suppositories 11/13/09 - third beta = 2054
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11-15-2009, 10:18 PM
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Machu - Here's a link to the forum ... July 2010 Due Dates
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Me: (32) Hydrosalpinx - Essure Procedure April '09 DH: (32) Perfect! Married for 8 years TTC: 5 years Jack- very spoiled furbaby IVF #1 09/01/09 - Start BCP 09/26/09 - Start Lupron 09/27/09 - Start Follistim 10/03/09 - Start Saizon 10/08/09 - ER (7 eggs - 5 mature - 4 fertilized) 10/10/09 - Start Progesterone 10/13/09 - ET (transferred THREE 5-day blasts!) 10/23/09 - 1st Beta - 72.1 10/23/09 - Start Estrogen Patch 10/26/09 - 2nd Beta - 228 10/29/09 - 3rd Beta - 844 11/12/09 - 1st ultrasound - Heartbeat confirmed - Released to OB 07/01/10 - EDD http://themillerchapters.blogspot.com/
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11-16-2009, 01:46 PM
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We have TWO!
We saw 2 little hearbeats, both at 150/minute and apparently I was already supposed to have made an appointment with my OB/GYN (which I haven't!). I'm still shocked! 
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Me: 35, Diminished Ovarian Reserve DH: 34, normal No children, 2 kittiesTTC 6 yrs 2006/2007 - Several Clomid cycles, 3 Folistim cycles, 2 w/IUI IVF #1 March 2008 Cycle Cancelled due to Illness IVF # 2 May/June 2008 ER (5 mature follicles resulting in 4 eggs) Transferred 2 embabies, a 2- and 3 IVF #3 - October 2009, Antagonist Protocol 8/26/09 BW and BCP, 9/02/09 SHG 9/28/09 300 Follistim + 1 repronex - 10 follies 10/02/09 Added Cetritide (generic for Ganirelex) - 12 follies 10/08/09 ER - 8 eggs, 7 mature, 6 fertilized via ICSI 10/11/09 ET - 3 low quality embryos (3's on a scale of 1 being best, 3 being worst), none to freeze 10/25/09 Beta 65811/16/09 First U/S, it's TWINS!! 
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11-16-2009, 02:09 PM
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Yeay Sculli!!!
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Me - 37 Anovulatory, irregular periods DH - 40 Just fine Blessed with DD after TTC 10 months 10-25-05 July '09 Clomid, IUI Lupron starts 9/28 10/27 - 7 embabies with ICSI! 10/31/09 - Put back 3. Two hatching-blasts and one early morula. No totsicles. 11/12/09 Meeting with RE to see when we can try again
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11-17-2009, 07:09 AM
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That is soo cool!! Congrats!
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Me 39 (Tied tubes then TR) DH 35 (All Good) 6/04 - Tubal Reversal 5/06 - Natural - msc at 6 wks IVF #1 ER 2/9 11 eggs; 8 mature; 4 fert; 4 blasts (1 grade 1 & 1 grade 2) ET 2/14 - 2 5day Grade 1 & 2 blasts Beta 2/24 & 2/26 IVF #2 9 days of stimming (150 Menapur & 150 Follistim for 3 days then Follistim down to 75) 10/25 - Trigger ER - 10/27 - 7 eggs, 6 mature, 5 fert. ET - 10/30 - 3 3day Embies 2 - 8 cell grade 1 compacting, & 7 cell Grd 1.7. None to freeze Beta 11/9 & 11/11  IVF #3 (3rd time better be the charm!!) It's looking like February 2010.
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11-17-2009, 10:10 AM
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YAY Sculli! Love your story. I just took my last BCP today gearing up for my FET, looks like ET on Dec 2nd. Could be a merry Christmas or a lot of eggnog, the alcoholic kind.
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Me 38, High FSH, 12 Hubby 36, VR, low sperm count 1 Stepdaughter, no natural children TTC for 6 months, Due to high FSH advised for IVF 1st Cycle canceled in April, large ovarian cyst, Surgery 7/09, cyst removed Period expected 9/25 Meds, 150 Menopur, 300 Follistim, upped after poor response on 1st Ultrasound Egg Retrieval 10/10 - Got 17 Eggies! 15 mature, 13 fertilized 10/13, 9 embies are high grade, 4 are C grade Transferred 2 A grade blasts on 10/15, 4 totsicles Beta 10/25 Stop BCP on 11/17 ET on 12/1????
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11-17-2009, 10:10 AM
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Sculli -Congrats on the twins, that's so exciting!!
AFM - We have done ICSI, mainly due to the fact that my DH has very low sperm count. Since this is our last try, our RE is pulling out all the stops and for that, I am grateful. This IS a learning experience. Just a week ago I had no idea that sperm quality could effect the embabie quality. Considering that we will be moving on to adoption if the next round of IVF fails, using DS doesn't bother us as much as it might.
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Elisa: 38, no known problems Jeff: 32, very low sperm count/motility married 3 years 1 fur baby "Louie", crazy Jack Russel mix and love of our lifeTTC since Oct 2007, 2 years now (wow!) 01/08 chemical pregnancy at 5 weeks 06/08 m/c at 9 weeks, D&C 1 IVF cycle 4/29 start Luperon 5/8 start stim meds 5/21 ER 8 eggs 5/24 ET (2 6 cell good eggs) 6/5 1st Beta 112 6/8 2nd Beta 135 - not good 6/10 3rd Beta 160 6/11 Given methotrexate shot pregnancy thought to be ectopicIVF round #2 9/14 start Luperon 9/20 stop pill, continue Luperon 9/25 baseline, bloodwork and ultrasound stims delayed due to the flu/pneumonia 10/2 start stims follistim, menapur, luperon 10/13 ER, 13 eggs retrieved - one fetilized 10/16 ET 10/28 Beta
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11-19-2009, 07:38 AM
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Oh Sculli!!!! That is wonderful news! What is your EDD?
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Me: 31 (ovulation issues) DH: 30 (low morphology) DS: 2 (Best "surprise EVER!!!) 4 furry children - Toby, Simon, Hayley (cats) & Dugan (biggest oaf of a lovable dog ever!) TTC - 17 months 1st IUI - cancelled (Over-stimulated) 2nd IUI - 8/09 (failed) 3rd IUI - cancelled (MANY cysts from previous IUI) 1st IVF - 9/11 - started Lupron 9/18 - started gonul-F & Menapur 9/28 - TRIGGER!!! 9/29 - ER (14 eggs, 14 mature!) 9/30 - 11 fert 10/5 - ET (2 blasts)... 10/6 - found out remaining were not freezable 10/16 - 1st beta - 571!!!! 10/19 - 2nd beta - 1278!!! 10/29 - TWINS!!!! Heart rates = 118 & 129. 11/12 - 2nd u/s Heart rates 164 & 177 12/1 - 1st OB appt
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11-19-2009, 12:12 PM
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Thanks everyone
funholiday - good luck on your FET!! Quote:
July 1st, but I saw my OB this week and she said our goal will be to get to 36-38 weeks. So I assume early to mid-June for an actual delivery date? What does that mean when people ask me my due date? Do I stick with July 1st? I've been wondering that Have you seen your OB yet? Get any interesting news? My first appt was just a lot of conversation - no exam or u/s. She said the key to not having premees is to eat, eat and eat again all through the second and third trimesters. She said as long as I keep gaining weight I should be able to not have premees in the NICU. I don't have another ultrasound until December 15th, so I am going to assume everything is still perfect until then (unless I have reason to worry). Now.. if the next 4 weeks would just go by a little quicker (man it's one wait after another, isn't it??)
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Me: 35, Diminished Ovarian Reserve DH: 34, normal No children, 2 kittiesTTC 6 yrs 2006/2007 - Several Clomid cycles, 3 Folistim cycles, 2 w/IUI IVF #1 March 2008 Cycle Cancelled due to Illness IVF # 2 May/June 2008 ER (5 mature follicles resulting in 4 eggs) Transferred 2 embabies, a 2- and 3 IVF #3 - October 2009, Antagonist Protocol 8/26/09 BW and BCP, 9/02/09 SHG 9/28/09 300 Follistim + 1 repronex - 10 follies 10/02/09 Added Cetritide (generic for Ganirelex) - 12 follies 10/08/09 ER - 8 eggs, 7 mature, 6 fertilized via ICSI 10/11/09 ET - 3 low quality embryos (3's on a scale of 1 being best, 3 being worst), none to freeze 10/25/09 Beta 65811/16/09 First U/S, it's TWINS!!
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11-19-2009, 08:35 PM
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Elisa: Have you made any decisions yet? I know it must be hard but personally I would be open to donor sperm. My DH and I talked about it and we decided that if I had bum eggs or he couldn't fertilize even with ICSI that we'd be OK with donating. I know it's not so simple, but at the end of the day, all we want is a family and we were trying to keep our eyes on the end goal rather than how we got there. Anyway, good luck with your decision, I know it isn't an easy one.
Dragonfly girl: Any news on another try? Funholiday: Good luck with your ET, that's right around the corner! What meds/protocol do you have to do for a FET? Fingers crossed for you! AFM: I haven't posted in a long time, though I have been following you all and checking in every day. Things are good so far but we are taking it day by day. I have been considering attending RESOLVE meetings (the infertility association, they have a new meeting 5 minutes from my house) but I feel that I may not be welcome there. So I'm considering donating or volunteering instead. Even though I am finally pregnant, I still feel much of the same anger and sadness at what we have all had to go through in this attempt to build a family. Anyway, every one of you on this board are in my thoughts. For those of you that didn't have successful cycles, my heart aches for you and I am so proud of your resilience and ability to pick yourselves up and try again. For those of you who have succeeded but then miscarried, I have teared up as I read your stories and again am amazed at your strength and determination. And for you gals that are now expecting, I share in your joy.
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Name: Charlotte Married since 07 to the best husband ever (we all say that, don't we?). no kids, 2 furbabies. Me: 34, no issues except resected uterine septum. DH: 34, varicocele, asthenozoospermia, about 10-30% motility and 10% morph. TTC since 4/2008, all BFN Clomid 11/2008-4/09, all BFN 3/09-8/09: 5 IUIs, all BFN 8/27/09: scheduled to start IVF, hysteroscopy to remove polyp and found surprise uterine septum October 09 ER 10/13: 10 eggies, 9 mature, 8 fertilized w/ICSI ET: 1 beautiful blast (4AB) on 10/18 with 3 totsicles to spare! BFP on HPT 10/25 (6dp5dt afternoon) 1st beta 10/30 (12dp5dt): 392 2nd beta 11/2 (15dp5dt): 1619 Ultrasound 11/16 6w6d, measured 8mm, heartbeat of 129bpm Ultrasound 11/30 Due July 6!
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