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Post by Carmichael on Aug 5, 2020 17:07:27 GMT -6
Thanks everyone! sally I hope you hear something soon!
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Post by champagne on Aug 5, 2020 20:27:02 GMT -6
I’m sorry for the wait. I know that must be hard. Hopefully something will open for you soon. How are you doing? Thanks for asking. I have been...not in a great place lately. My birthday is coming and all it seems to be doing is reminding me I’m getting even older and this may never happen for us. We passed the 7 year mark in June and it’s just crushing at times. Earlier this year we decided to try donor embryos and we were considering foreign travel for them but then COVID happened. Trying to get positive again and planning to maybe try to privately match for donor embryos.
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Post by champagne on Aug 5, 2020 20:29:45 GMT -6
Can I go here? A small intro - we did round 2 of IVF at the end of November last year. (Round 1 was successful and I have a 14 month old). That ended in a D&C at the end of January, and then I got pregnant without intervention in June, which ended with a miscarriage early July. So, we have finally schedule our FET (originally scheduled for May but was pushed because of Covid) for Sept 18, but we do our treatments in the Caribbean, so this will include a whole lot of quarantining and nerves. We only have 2 embryos waiting and at this point I just want to go and get them and come back home. Anyway, I am excited to have this done and hopefully have success and hopefully can see others do the same! Welcome! I’m sorry for your loss. Fingers crossed for a safe and healthy trip for your upcoming transfer.
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Post by sally on Aug 6, 2020 7:33:11 GMT -6
Thanks for asking. I have been...not in a great place lately. My birthday is coming and all it seems to be doing is reminding me I’m getting even older and this may never happen for us. We passed the 7 year mark in June and it’s just crushing at times. Earlier this year we decided to try donor embryos and we were considering foreign travel for them but then COVID happened. Trying to get positive again and planning to maybe try to privately match for donor embryos. I’m sorry it’s been so rough, and stupid COVID messed with your plans (that you probably agonized over in the first place). There is nothing about this that’s easy. I hope you’re able to get together a new plan and move forward if that is what you decide to do!
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Post by champagne on Aug 6, 2020 9:14:00 GMT -6
Thank you sally! I really appreciate your kind words. 💛
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Aug 6, 2020 10:23:05 GMT -6
champagne, I'm sorry for the situation you're in. It's so emotionally draining. Sending you hugs. I hope things can clear up soon and you can move forward with your plan. I know that birthday feeling. Once I turned 30, and every year after, I had that same thought. IF/loss robs you of joy from every aspect of life, I swear. Hang in there. <3
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Post by champagne on Aug 6, 2020 20:27:17 GMT -6
champagne, I'm sorry for the situation you're in. It's so emotionally draining. Sending you hugs. I hope things can clear up soon and you can move forward with your plan. I know that birthday feeling. Once I turned 30, and every year after, I had that same thought. IF/loss robs you of joy from every aspect of life, I swear. Hang in there. <3 Thank you! That last line is so, so true.
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Post by sally on Aug 10, 2020 9:04:30 GMT -6
We got the call! Thaw tomorrow! I’ve been waiting for this for months, but at the same time I’m not sure I’m ready for the emotional rollercoaster to come.
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Post by champagne on Aug 10, 2020 20:24:46 GMT -6
We got the call! Thaw tomorrow! I’ve been waiting for this for months, but at the same time I’m not sure I’m ready for the emotional rollercoaster to come. Woohoo! So excited for you! Sending good thoughts your way.
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Post by Carmichael on Aug 11, 2020 7:58:20 GMT -6
We got the call! Thaw tomorrow! I’ve been waiting for this for months, but at the same time I’m not sure I’m ready for the emotional rollercoaster to come. The waiting is the worst! I hope the time passes quickly and you hear all good news!
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Aug 11, 2020 8:02:06 GMT -6
sally, FINALLY YAAAASSSSSSS LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD. Crossing everything for you!!
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Post by sally on Aug 16, 2020 12:54:39 GMT -6
We had 7 eggs, 1 didn’t survive the thaw. They biopsies 4 today and will wait on the other 2 to see if they can biopsy them tomorrow. I realize that having something to biopsy on day 5 is fairly normal, but we’ve never had anything to biopsy on day 5 before. I cried when we listened to the message. MH was so confused- he was like, isn’t that good? Lol. Yes it’s fantastic, I’m just a mess.
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Post by miawallace on Aug 16, 2020 16:27:15 GMT -6
Let’s get this show on the road sallyWoot woot
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Post by Carmichael on Aug 16, 2020 22:53:08 GMT -6
sally that is awesome news!
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Post by sally on Aug 18, 2020 13:00:59 GMT -6
They biopsied the last 2 blasts yesterday, and sent everything off for testing. We should have the results within 2 weeks!
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Aug 18, 2020 22:50:45 GMT -6
FX for a great report, sally!!
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Post by sally on Aug 19, 2020 15:23:57 GMT -6
FX for a great report, sally!! Thank you! How are you doing? ❤️ ETA let us know what we can do for you. Distracting GIFs, leaving you alone, shaking our fists at the sky, whatever. We’re thinking about you.
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Post by champagne on Aug 23, 2020 20:36:13 GMT -6
They biopsied the last 2 blasts yesterday, and sent everything off for testing. We should have the results within 2 weeks! That’s great news! Keep us posted.
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Post by sally on Aug 25, 2020 7:54:32 GMT -6
5 out of the 6 are euploid! We meet with our RE in a couple weeks and I anticipate we can do a transfer early October.
I’m trying to be hopeful without getting my hopes up because hope is dangerous, but necessary.
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Post by Carmichael on Aug 25, 2020 9:19:44 GMT -6
5 out of the 6 are euploid! We meet with our RE in a couple weeks and I anticipate we can do a transfer early October. I’m trying to be hopeful without getting my hopes up because hope is dangerous, but necessary. That is great news!
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Post by miawallace on Aug 25, 2020 14:58:00 GMT -6
sally yes!!! Come on October!!!
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Aug 26, 2020 9:38:35 GMT -6
FX for a great report, sally !! Thank you! How are you doing? ❤️ ETA let us know what we can do for you. Distracting GIFs, leaving you alone, shaking our fists at the sky, whatever. We’re thinking about you. Aww, thank you for the support (she says a whole-ass week later). I'm trudging forward. It's getting better slowly, but it's getting better. I kind of feel like this a lot right now: But I also am giving myself grace to be like that for a little bit. LOL. I had a D&C last Wednesday, and I will have a beta next Wednesday to start tracking it down to 0. We'll schedule a WTF meeting sometime soon. I already know that my RE office is going to want to do some testing prior to my next FET. One thing they'll for sure want to do is an ERA. I wanna look at some stuff on the reproductive immunology side of things. I'm starting to think my body is attacking anything that implants. Anyway, we'll keep trying.
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Aug 26, 2020 9:39:35 GMT -6
5 out of the 6 are euploid! We meet with our RE in a couple weeks and I anticipate we can do a transfer early October. I’m trying to be hopeful without getting my hopes up because hope is dangerous, but necessary. Yay for so many good ones!!! Hope is SOOO dangerous!! LOL. But we keep doing it, don't we. FX for things to stay on track for October!!
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Post by sally on Aug 26, 2020 15:15:24 GMT -6
Thank you! How are you doing? ❤️ ETA let us know what we can do for you. Distracting GIFs, leaving you alone, shaking our fists at the sky, whatever. We’re thinking about you. Aww, thank you for the support (she says a whole-ass week later). I'm trudging forward. It's getting better slowly, but it's getting better. I kind of feel like this a lot right now: But I also am giving myself grace to be like that for a little bit. LOL. I had a D&C last Wednesday, and I will have a beta next Wednesday to start tracking it down to 0. We'll schedule a WTF meeting sometime soon. I already know that my RE office is going to want to do some testing prior to my next FET. One thing they'll for sure want to do is an ERA. I wanna look at some stuff on the reproductive immunology side of things. I'm starting to think my body is attacking anything that implants. Anyway, we'll keep trying. I’m glad to hear you’re still kicking. And no one is side-eying you if you are a mess (and if they are tell us who they are and we’ll give them a talking-to). It’s not like you’re going through Fun Times. Wallow if you need to. My RE is pretty big into the immunology stuff. I’m a little meh on it because there isn’t a lot of good research on it, from what I’ve seen, but I think he’s had a lot of success and has a lot of anecdata. We’re not there yet and I haven’t done any testing (and I hope I don’t have to) but he’s talked about it a bit. I have done the ERA. I hope your follow-up is productive.
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Post by Carmichael on Aug 29, 2020 13:44:54 GMT -6
♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ feeling like that is completely understandable. It took me a long time to not randomly cry. I hope you have a good follow up and hopefully get some more information.
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Post by sally on Aug 31, 2020 10:06:02 GMT -6
Carmichael how are you doing? When do you start FET prep?
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Post by Carmichael on Aug 31, 2020 13:53:25 GMT -6
Carmichael how are you doing? When do you start FET prep? I started Lupron and prednisone on the 21st, stopped my pill on the 27th and then today I begin my aspirin, estradiol and lovenox (blood thinners). I had my first ultrasound today, but because we are not with a fertility clinic, they wouldn’t give results to me and wouldn’t only say it would be done within 2 business days (ahh, Canada). So my clinic is kind of blind starting my medication today, hoping for the best. My next ultrasound to check my lining is Friday and I will call my doctor here to see if they can get the result rushed. We leave next Wednesday to give us enough time to do all the covid texting and quarantining and transfer is set for the 18th! Sorry, that feels like a lot of information. It was a littler longer than intended.
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Post by sally on Sept 1, 2020 11:55:13 GMT -6
Carmichael how are you doing? When do you start FET prep? I started Lupron and prednisone on the 21st, stopped my pill on the 27th and then today I begin my aspirin, estradiol and lovenox (blood thinners). I had my first ultrasound today, but because we are not with a fertility clinic, they wouldn’t give results to me and wouldn’t only say it would be done within 2 business days (ahh, Canada). So my clinic is kind of blind starting my medication today, hoping for the best. My next ultrasound to check my lining is Friday and I will call my doctor here to see if they can get the result rushed. We leave next Wednesday to give us enough time to do all the covid texting and quarantining and transfer is set for the 18th! Sorry, that feels like a lot of information. It was a littler longer than intended. Exciting! I hope everything goes smoothly, and you get to enjoy at least some of your time away. I don’t think I knew you were also in Canada.
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Post by Carmichael on Sept 1, 2020 13:10:10 GMT -6
sally thanks! And I am! I didn’t realize you were in Canada either. I am in AB
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Post by sally on Sept 3, 2020 7:10:03 GMT -6
sally thanks! And I am! I didn’t realize you were in Canada either. I am in AB ON!
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