Grad Check-In - 7/28

[specter]

Welcome to the check-in, aprilz81 and Dogpaddle29!!!! Woohoo!!!

aprilz81
EDD: 1/31/18
Diagnosis: Anovulatory PCSO (non-IR)
BFP Treatment: 7.5mg Femera and TI


@bluefairy5
Born: 10/26/15
Diagnosis: anovulatory PCOS + MFI (low everything)
BFP Treatment: IVF #1 w/ ICSI (antagonist protocol)
Team Pink

bocaburger
Born: 8/10/16
Diagnosis: MFI, Hashimoto's, PCOS
BFP Treatment: IVF #2 with ICSI
Twins! Team Purple!

bootsorhearts
EDD: 10/18/17
Diagnosis: DOR
BFP Treatment: Frozen donor egg IVF
Team Pink

cateyes
EDD: 6/11/17
Diagnosis: Tubal issues, PCOS, MFI-Low Morph
BFP Treatment: FET with Donor Embryos
Team Blue

crazycatlady6
Born: 2/25/17
Diagnosis: Stage 1 Endo, unexplained
BFP Treatment: FET #1 from IVF #2
Team Blue

@disneykate
Born: 7/19/16
Diagnosis: Unexplained, possible MFI
BFP Treatment: FET #2 after IVF #1
Team Pink

Dogpaddle29
EDD: 3/9/18
Diagnosis: DOR and possible poor egg quality
BFP Treatment: FET after IVF #1 w/ DE
Twins!

@easilyunamused
EDD: 7/29/17
Diagnosis: Unexplained
BFP Treatment: IVF+FET
Team Blue

@emmuffy
Born: 2/2016
Diagnosis: low ovarian reserve (plus various other problems)
BFP treatment: FET w/DW as carrier for my embryos
Team Pink

evelyn
Born: 2/12/17
Diagnosis: Unexplained
BFP Treatment: FET #1 (3 day embryo) after IVF and 1 fresh transfer

goldenlove
EDD: 11/9/16
Diagnosis: Unexplained IF
BFP Treatment: FET#1 after IVF freeze-all
Team Blue

codex320
EDD: 10/17/17
Diagnosis: Unexplained, mild MFI
BFP Treatment: IVF with ICSI

hrushka
Born: 07/22/16
Diagnosis: RPL, mild endo, ovarian dysfunction
BFP Treatment: IVF#2 with an eSET
Team Blue

@jennykat
Born: 3/29/17
Diagnosis: MFI (low everything), epilepsy and hypotension for me
BFP Treatment: FET after IVF freeze all, ICSI and PGS
Team Pink

kensie5226
Born 11/5/15
Diagnosis: MFI
BFP Treatment: IUI #1
Team Pink

ketchup
Born: 10/20/15
Diagnosis: PCOS and uterine didelphys
BFP Treatment: Medicated TI #4 - 2.5mg Letrozole + trigger
Team Pink

BFP #2
EDD: 8/23/17
BFP Treatment: Medicated TI #1 - 2.5mg Letrozole + trigger
Team Pink

king26
EDD: 8/25/17
Diagnosis: DOR and endo
BFP Treatment: FET #1 after IVF #4

laurensc927
EDD: 11/23/17
Diagnosis: Unexplained (Mild PCOS)
BFP Treatment: IVF with ICSI, FET #3

@lindy04aggie
Born: 3/1/16
Diagnosis: PCOS
BFP Treatment: IVF #1
Twins! Team Purple!

mikaela20
Born: 2/22/17
Diagnosis: PCOS, Didelphys uterus, hashimoto's.
BFP Treatment: Femara TI
Team Blue

murrt
Born: 10/3/16
Diagnosis: MFI (low everything)
BFP Treatment: Transfer #4. IVF #2, FET #2.
Team Pink

nikiswims
Born: 1/26/16
Diagnosis: Unexplained IF
BFP Treatment: IVF # 1!
Team Pink

@rainbowbridge14
Born: 12/2/15
Diagnosis: PCOS and MFI (low morph and low/borderline motility)
BFP Treatment: IVF #1 with ICSI, SET.
Team Pink

@remylove1011
Born: 8/25/16
Diagnosis: MFI (low all the things)
BFP Treatment: FET #1
Team Pink

rn1175
Born: 7/22/16
Diagnosis: DOR
BFP Treatment: DE FET
Team Blue

shananagins
Born: 4/13/16
Diagnosis: DOR
BFP Treatment: two back to back IVF cycles, PGS testing, FET #1
Team Blue

smootiepie
Born: 9/30/2015
Diagnosis: Severe MFI
BFP Treatment: IVF #1
Team Blue

@snd1231
Born: 10/22/15 at 25w5d
Diagnosis: Low AMH, damaged ovaries and anovulatory cycles due to chemo.
BFP Treatment: IUI #2 with Gonal F, Trigger, and Progesterone
TRIPLETS! Team Magenta 2 girls, 1 boy

@spring78
Born: 10/14/15
Diagnosis: UE
BFP Treatment: IVF#2 with ICSI, freeze-all for PGS and subsequent FET
Twins! Team Purple!

tikoberry99
Born: 7/11/16
Diagnosis: Unexplained
BFP Treatment: Ivf#1 with icsi, fet
Team Blue

wanderlust508
Born: 5/31/16
Diagnosis: Left removal of ovary/tube, uterine fibroids and endometriosis
BFP Treatment: FET #1 after freeze all IVF cycle and PGS
Team Pink

@wannabmama
EDD: 9/2/17
Diagnosis: DOR, MFI, AMA
BFP Treatment: IVF #3 with ICSI

westiemom
Born: 4/20/16
Diagnosis: Anovulatory PCOS and MFI (2% morphology)
BFP Treatment: we got a surprise bfp while we were on a break waiting for our third FET.
Team Pink

wineandcupcakes
Born: 2/08/17
Diagnosis: Mildhyperphenylalanemia/Maternal PKU, MTHFR, Poor blood flow to uterus & 16mm cyst in uterus, Borderline high Th1/Th2
BFP Treatment: FET #1 after IVF #3
Twins! Team Pink

yoshijo
EDD: 8/4/17
Diagnosis: PCOS and severe MFI
BFP Treatment: FET from IVF+ICSI & CCS testing
Team Pink

If you are new to the check in please tag Specter and provide the following information.
What is your EDD?
Do you know the gender?
How many babies are you expecting?
What was your diagnosis?
What treatment worked for you to finally get your BFP?

If you have already answered the above questions, let us know what is going on with you!
How far along are you?
How are you feeling?
Have any important dr. appts?

**Ladies please remember if anything happens during yours or someone else's pregnancy on this check-in please send me a PM or tag me and let me know so that I can modify the check-in to avoid any extra harm.**

QOTW: How did you get into the line of work you're in?   

[aprilz81]

How far along are you? 13w2d

How are you feeling? Great! Stressed out with work, but pregnancy stress is fading for now. Randomly threw up yesterday after being nausea free for about 5 weeks. I think it was stress relief related because I got sick about 3:30 in the afternoon about 30 minutes after the nurse calling with the Panorama results. Baby was low risk for chromosome issues and the other things they test for. We are TEAM PINK!!!!! I had about 1-2 minutes of disappointment because I was kinda hoping for a boy, but that quickly faded when I realized that so far baby looks perfectly healthy. Girl names and nurseries are hard for me, but I think we have a tentative (very tentative) name of Faith Elizabeth and possibly a nursery theme of "greater than the waves of the sea is His love for you" Psalm 93:4. I'll probably do some wallpaper ocean waves on the main wall, colors will be shades of blue and grey and possibly some pink/coral to keep it from being too masculine with the blue. I found some adorable prints on Etsy that I might order and I'll make a sign and some of the bedding myself.

Have any important dr. appts? I have a free scan next week (volunteered to help train ultrasound techs on dating pregnancy scans), OB appointment on the 10th and a detailed scan with MFM on the 16th. This is more of a "let's ease your mind" scan so we can get reassurance as often as possible until we get the all clear at the 20 week anatomy scan.

[yoshijo]

Hi guys. I had a baby! Alexa was born 7/13 at 36+6. She spent 4 days in the NICU but is doing well now!

Qotw: my friend was the HR recruiter and he got me an interview

[codex320]

Thanks for the check-in specter

Congrats on the baby yoshijo!!!! Sweet name

Congrats on team pink aprilz81! I like your possible theme too. We haven't thought of a theme for the nursery yet but we'll figure it out!

How far along are you? I am now 28 weeks and 3 days.
How are you feeling? good! No complaints. tired and hungry aren't complaints, they are a fact of life.
Have any important dr. appts? Had the glucose test on Wednesday and I passed! Whew. Now we are doing every two week appointments.

QOTW: a lot of my family is already in this line of work and out of sheer luck, or coincidence really, I managed to get into it too!

[nikiswims]

aprilz81 congrats on a healthy baby and on team pink!

yoshijo congratulations again, Alexa is precious!

codex320 hooray for being done with the glucose test!

specter thanks for the check-in!

AFM, E is 18 months old and alternates between being the most fun and the most sassy. Full on toddlerhood here! We're going on vacation in August and I can't wait to have a week to just hang out with her.

Also, I am 2dp6dt of one PGS normal boy. So, crossing the things and trying to be patient. If this is a BFN, we're taking a break from the TFAS thing for a while. These three cycles in a row have been exhausting.

QOTW: only thing I've ever wanted to do and spent 10 years after college training to do it!


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Thanks for the check in specter!

I'm always lurking and rooting for you ladies!

I'm 40 weeks today and (im)patiently waiting for this little man to arrive. Hopefully soon! Other then that, just feeling good and can't believe it's time to meet this baby I've waited years for!

QOTW: I'm currently not working and will be a SAHM for the foreseeable future.

[rn1175]

Well I can't believe I made it over. Thanks for the check in specter! I'm always rooting for you ladies and lurking.

L just turned one a week ago and I still can't believe it. He's been walking since 10 months old, loves the cat and bird watching, and is happiest when he's around his sisters and playing! He has been having a bit of seperattion anxiety lately but, totally age appropriate so I'm not too worried.
He's the love of my life and such a sweet, sweet boy. I would add a pic if I knew how on here.
We have one 6 day embryo left that I am hoping I can talk MH into using here one of these days.

Always rooting for more BFP's!

QOTW: I knew I wanted to be a nurse after I had hand surgery at age 27 and got such good care by a nurse. Now I am in a Hospice and Rehab unit and get to see my patients get better and go home or go to another home so peacefully and I love my role in their journey.

[king26]

Hey all,
I'm 36+3 and it's my birthday! I wondered if little man would come today but while he is super active, he's snuggled in. Everything looks good, he's in position ready to go. I'm doing pretty well except for insomnia and feeling large and uncomfortable.

[Dogpaddle29]

nikiswims everything is crossed for you!! How are you feeling? Are you beta or bust or will you test?

king26 happy bday!!

I am 8w1d with twins.
I am sorry I have been kind of MIA. I have been having a pretty hard time.
I guess after all we have been through to get pregnant I though actually being pregnant would be a breeze... well I was very mistaken. At least for me. I've had around the clock nausea, very little vomiting though. I had a terrible migraine over last weekend that kept me in bed for two days. I started getting a fever that would spike around 4pm on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. So I had to take Tylenol which I really didn't want to take anything during this pregnancy. But I did go in to see my doctor and she let me see the babies again. Such a relief to see the two heart beats and know they are still doing ok.
I hate to complain about pregnancy because I am very grateful, it's just really hard on your body, harder than I imagined. I'm used to feeling good, so feeling crappy for so many days in a row starts to drain you. I know it's temporary and will all be worth it. I hope to see the other side soon though!

QOTW: I work at a family business, so I guess I was kind of born into the job.


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king26, happy birthday!

Dogpaddle29, I'm so sorry you're feeling so terrible right now. It does not matter how hard of a road it was to get to this point, you are allowed to hate being pregnant and can most definitely complain. It's shitty to feel like shit day in and day out. Pregnancy is just plain awful for some women. Hang in there and do little things that make you feel better. A little Tylenol will be fine. I didn't want to take anything either and now I've been eating tums in 3rd tri like candy. 😆

[nikiswims]

Dogpaddle29 I'm so glad the babes are doing well! I had a really rough pregnancy with E so I totally get your feels. I kept thinking I should be enjoying this but I'm so miserable! Are you taking anything for your nausea? I'm doing ok, just tired from the PIO, and yes, we're beta or bust!


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[Dogpaddle29]

nikiswims the doctors have offered me stuff for the nausea but I'm trying to push through with natural remedies. I've actually had a pretty good day today and am hoping once I've been weened off all the progesterone and estrace meds I'll feel better. I've also learned more about the foods I can and can't eat to make me feel better/worse so I think that's helping.

I admire your will power for beta or bust. I'm weak and caved as soon as I thought I felt the hormones surge through my body. I am keeping all things crossed for you!


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[evelyn]

I haven't updated in a long time, nice to come and lurk over here again. I really do think about you ladies often

LO is 24 weeks old. I can't believe how fast time is flying. He's so happy and so sweet, I am truly blessed he is a part of our lives.

Dogpaddle29 congrats! I hope things get easier. I had nausea constantly, i found light snacking almost constantly really helped me. some days I just felt so so sick. I didn't want to take anything either, so I understand.