[Prayingforbabies]

Originally Posted by GracieB

Hey Isabel,

Yes I am young at 30 but I was diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality called a balanced robertsonian translocation. Dont worry about the questions... that is how we all learn.
And if i didn't have family whose worries would affect me then i would share with them now. but i am choosing to wait to tell them until i have finished having kids as i cannot take the added stress of thier emotions to as such a hormonally emotional time. But i really hope to speak out about this publicly soon as most people have no clue and are unaware about themselves.
I had several miscarriages and found this out during my 3rd pregnany so i worried endlessly but have beautiful daughter that by God's grace has the normal 46 chromosomes. I have 45 as two had short arms that are non essential for life that broke off and the remaining halves united. So i look normal and suffer no problems other than reproduction. I unlike most of the wonderful women suffering infertiliy don't really have a feritlity problem in the sense that i easily concieve but unless my conception is a perfect one or a balnced one , well i will most likely miscarry and then there is the scary odds of me having a child with severe malformations that will die shortly after birth or survive into adulthood with multiple special needs. So i feel like an outsider as i intrude on your struggles that are somewhat more difficult than mine. at the same time i am blessed to be with you all ... as i sincerely believe we are all i n this together.
I wanted to ensure that i could avoid being faced with a fetal demise or severe malformations as best i can. My translocation is fairly normal but often most people have no idea they have it. I would say this is the reason for multiple miscarriages and for those families with a special needs child. I really wish that chromosome analysis was routine for all people. But then i guess some people prefer not to know. I am so thankful i do know and that my obgyn was so proactive in my diagnosis. While it is sad ... it just makes me more determined to end the grief of miscarriages with me. As i want the best for my babies. Since i have a balanced translocation it means that my eggs are as follows 16% chance of stillborn, 32% chance of miscarriage, 16% chance of baby with severe birth defects that dies shortly after birth or requires life long care, 16% chance of balanced translocation like me so no real issue but will have reproductive problems and then 16% chance of a perfect chromosome baby. So God graced me once with my angel and then this information and now i am taking the available option of pgd and hoping i did right by my faith. I recognise i will be discarding malformed embryos but this is more in line withmy morals than terminating a pregnancy that is trying to make it. I hope this info helps and thanks for the question. =) Now please no feeling sorry for me because i also feel i was given this burden as someone else may not have been able to carry it.

Thank you for sharing your journey. What a beautiful perspective. I admire your strength and your confidence. I am cheering for you in your unique journey!

[Prayingforbabies]

Originally Posted by nursesunshine

Just dropping in to say hello from Barbados! Looks like everyone is progressing well. Congrats to those who have great numbers on embryos and follicles! Very exciting and happy news. Barbados is beautiful but not what I expected - not very commercialized at all! The beaches are lovely though. I am pretty stressed out about my follicle numbers but I am hoping everything will work out okay. I wrote another post about that though.

Baby dust to everyone!

Nursesunshine-Thanks for dropping in! I'm sorry Barbados isn't what you envisioned, but I'm glad it is still beautiful. I know it's easy to say, but try not to be stressed about your folly numbers. Your body has just begun. I hope your follies get big very soon!

[Prayingforbabies]

Originally Posted by tracilynn

yeah, I guess... she probably forgot about us.

I have been in the funkiest of all funks today. I woke up mad, can't really call it waking up b/c I haven't slept and Ive just been in a rotten mood with an eyeball ache for 2 days and DH isn't helping at all. I just get the speech about how I don't need to take my bad mood out on him. I guess Ive been snappish but not THAT bad. I mean I literally could blow up and snap his neck so to me just snapping seems minor hehehe. I'm just mad at the world right now for no reason. What's wrong with that???

I can TOTALLY relate today Tracilynn. Everytime my DH touches me I scream out in pain. Not that he is hurting me, but he just might. My boobs are sore, my ovaries are sore, and my head weighs 100 lbs. I want to karate chop him for no reason. I think we need to both take a nap.

Get out into your garden and see what you can plant.

[J-LYN]

Cathy,

I was supposed to start stims tonight, but I had 2 cysts at U/S yesterday, so I'm doing 2 days of cetrotide, and go have BW tomo to make sure my estrogen dropped. I'm so frustrated.

[Prayingforbabies]

J-LYN-Those darn cysts! I'm so sorry. How frustrating it is to be postponed during this process. That really is lame. I hope that the Cetrocide does its thing and that you are up and moving towards IVF very soon!

[marcia9043]

Tomorrow is my transfer and I can't wait to find out how many embies we have and how they are doing.... also to get my first baby pics!! I can't believe it is already to this day... the days really start to fly by when there is something going on each one.... appt, shots, trigger, b/w, ER, embryo update, and now here we are.... Thanks to everyone for your support with everything!

[LittleLadySky]

Originally Posted by marcia9043

Tomorrow is my transfer and I can't wait to find out how many embies we have and how they are doing.... also to get my first baby pics!! I can't believe it is already to this day... the days really start to fly by when there is something going on each one.... appt, shots, trigger, b/w, ER, embryo update, and now here we are.... Thanks to everyone for your support with everything!

Marcia many blessings your way!!!
at what time is yours??
Mines is at 10:45am

[irena_adler]

Originally Posted by Nolla08

HI to all! I just came across this forum, and would love to join...if it's not too late. I have my first baseline u/s on 4/09 and with much luck I can move on to the next step. My first IVF cycle got cancelled due to my BCP not being strong enough, and the lupron not having enough effect. I had two big follicles show up during my first u/s & only one went away after increasing lupron dosage. So, I am praying this time around we won't have the same problem!
This seems like such a great way to get through this whole process...I would love to get to know you all!

Baby dust to all

Welcome to April! Hope that your meds will be right for you this time!

[blessings]

Originally Posted by LittleLadySky

Marcia many blessings your way!!!
at what time is yours??
Mines is at 10:45am

Hugs,
Isabella

[blessings]

Originally Posted by marcia9043

Tomorrow is my transfer and I can't wait to find out how many embies we have and how they are doing.... also to get my first baby pics!! I can't believe it is already to this day... the days really start to fly by when there is something going on each one.... appt, shots, trigger, b/w, ER, embryo update, and now here we are.... Thanks to everyone for your support with everything!

Hugs,
Isabella

[irena_adler]

Originally Posted by babycrzy

irena_adler -
You are moving ahead of me! It looks as if I have to stim for 2 or 3 days more.....I have lots of follies just not growing as fast as needed. Congrats on your great RE news today!!!! I so was ready to stop doing all the dang injections! Oh well.......I go back Tuesday am for b/w and u/s.....he is thinking thurs or even friday now. I guess I need to be patient since I want good mature eggs! Isnt there a saying "good things come to those who wait?"!
Let me know how tommorrows appt goes!

I'm sure you'll be catching up quickly! Hopefully I did my last stimms and Lupron tonight.

[irena_adler]

Originally Posted by cherymybaby

Hi everyone,
Thanks for responding to my dilemma...we decided not to freeze because of the expense for one and because we really didn't think past this cycle..it's not positive thinking as much as it was naitivity...we would never have thought to freeze so we just said no...it's not too late to change my mind I guess...we will see how tomorrow goes..we go in first thing in the am.
Thanks everyone,
Cheryl

Especially with your insurance running out, it seems like it would be worthwhile to freeze that embryo since FET cycles are cheaper than a full IVF.

Hope things go well tomorrow!

[marcia9043]

Originally Posted by LittleLadySky

Marcia many blessings your way!!!
at what time is yours??
Mines is at 10:45am

It is at 9:00am
Wishing you lots of also!!

[Prayingforbabies]

Okay ladies, just 78 minutes until the trigger. I'm scared! Any tips I should keep in mind??!

[irena_adler]

Originally Posted by Prayingforbabies

I can TOTALLY relate today Tracilynn. Everytime my DH touches me I scream out in pain. Not that he is hurting me, but he just might. My boobs are sore, my ovaries are sore, and my head weighs 100 lbs. I want to karate chop him for no reason. I think we need to both take a nap.

Get out into your garden and see what you can plant.

I should have my hubby read these posts so that he knows how lucky he is. ;D I'm doing okay today, if a little grumpy and weepy. For example, we had a great oak queen-sized platform bed that I loved but we decided that when I get pregnant, I'll really want a king-sized plus we'll want to use a co-sleeper and our old bed was really tall. So we ordered a king bed and sold our queen bed and the buyers picked it up today. It's the only bed we've owned since we were married, 17 years ago! I got all weepy when I saw the bed going away ...