OCT / NOV / DEC 2008 Buddies
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to_have_fun08
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wonderance - it isn't working for me. I guess we will have to wait for Kas to get back online.
AFM - I am pretty disappointed, they only got 2 eggs. I am just sick of all of this. Hopefully both will fertilize. I didn't talk to the RE, she spoke to my DH. She said one was really good, don't really know about the other. I know it only takes one but it is just so frustrating.
Chris
AFM - I am pretty disappointed, they only got 2 eggs. I am just sick of all of this. Hopefully both will fertilize. I didn't talk to the RE, she spoke to my DH. She said one was really good, don't really know about the other. I know it only takes one but it is just so frustrating.
Chris
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
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to_have_fun08
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NY - just wanted you to know that you're in my thoughts and prayers for your trigger. sounds like you'll have a pretty good crop to choose from. good luck!!!!!!
chris - yippee!!!!!! you are in exactly the same boat i was (though i pray your luck will be better - but you do have the luck of the irish with you today!) i too just ended up with 2 fertilized eggs after all the drama of the shots and was insanely disappointed but then when i found out both fertilized i was insanely over the moon! what a rollercoaster we've been riding, no? my prayers are with you this next 2 weeks. try to relax and take it one day at a time.
kas and the other photobucket participants - so for the first time since i set up this account i managed to figure out how to check my PMs and had a few pm's in there waiting for me. (thanks so much for your sweet messages - i've read them all now and appreciated them so much, even after the fact, and you ladies rock!!!). i too couldn't get into the photobucket - though my photo will be the only non-pregnant one in there, but anyhoo... it kept saying "invalid username and password". i tried using all lowercase for the password and all caps and then title case and then gave up. kas will hook us up when she's back on the grid. i can't imagine kas how insane life must be for you this past and next week. I HATE MOVING!!! let alone with four babies in me! good lord woman! you'll be in our thoughts and prayers and we look forward to have you back. thanks so much for setting up the photobucket for us. especially with how busy you are with the move, that was way above and beyond sister!
AFM, i have a story to share. this is the kind of thing that only you ladies and those of us that have spent a few years of our lives on this crazy infertility/IVF journey, so i thought i had to share it with y'all.
I have a really good friend who lives in tennessee, about 2.5 hours from atlanta, and she's been trying to have a baby for a few years. she has no real problem getting pregnant but has very low progesterone and has to be supplemented like mad and has suffered 3 miscarriages. then after the third she had another slew of tests and they agree that the progesterone issue was her only problem and her numbers were fine and so now with that issue under control, she still remains in the "unexplained miscarriage" category. so she's going through all the things you all know very well. will this ever work? what if i'm unable to get pregnant again and what if i can't ever carry a baby to term, and the feelings of failure and sheer terrified to have to go through another miscarriage... yada, yada, yada. so she comes to visit me this past weekend and my DH is outta town so it's chick bonding all the way and i can tell she's just sad and beat up and tired and still in the rapids so to speak. and this is one of the times, i actually feel somewhat better off than her, right? i mean i couldn't get pregnant and struggled and it sucked and it still sucks but then again, i've also got my closure and gave up. i threw away my thermometer, my opks, my temperature charts, everything! done, rip it off like a bandaid and move on. though i mourn every day in different ways, and it's not easy at times, i have finally waded to the bank of the river, and she'll probably be in the rapids for a long while.
so friday afternoon, i'm digging through my dresser and find a bunch of temperature charts in the back of the drawer that i'd missed when i chucked the others. here is a timeline of my temperatures, when we had sex, my cervical mucus (tmi), etc.. it's all there for me to peruse and i realize that i need to do something symbolic with it. perform a ritual that is more powerful than just tossing it. i realize after seeing my friend that it would probably help her somewhat to participate in it with me. so we talked about it and decided that we'd burn them in the bar-b-que grill before we went to bed saturday night. so we get home from dinner late and it's raining and i get some sharpee markers and my stack of charts and some matches. i hand her a stack and we start writing our burdens on these pieces of paper... you know anything from "crazy medical bills", "blood work", "four shots a night", "miscarriages", to "the baby aisle at target" and "watching co-workers have no problem getting pregnant"... you get the idea. all the sheets are now written on and when we're done she reads hers out loud and i read mine and then we grab our stuff and go outside and i start lighting them up. it's raining so she has to hold the umbrella over the grill but soon enough, they all burned up and we watched as the fire slowly moved across them and soon enough, they were gone. just ashes in the bottom of the grill. it felt fantastic!!!!! she said she couldn't believe how much better she felt after that. now i'm not saying that that was it and i'm not sad over this all anymore.... and she's still in the rapids... but in that moment for those few minutes, it felt great to empower ourselves that way. not burn them so much out of bittness or anger but more symbolically to cleanse ourselves and sort of give those burdens back to god or whomever. it was really a beautiful moment. then we hugged, went back inside, put on our pjs and ate cheesecake.
ok, i know that was the longest story every but wanted to share with y'all.
chris - yippee!!!!!! you are in exactly the same boat i was (though i pray your luck will be better - but you do have the luck of the irish with you today!) i too just ended up with 2 fertilized eggs after all the drama of the shots and was insanely disappointed but then when i found out both fertilized i was insanely over the moon! what a rollercoaster we've been riding, no? my prayers are with you this next 2 weeks. try to relax and take it one day at a time.
kas and the other photobucket participants - so for the first time since i set up this account i managed to figure out how to check my PMs and had a few pm's in there waiting for me. (thanks so much for your sweet messages - i've read them all now and appreciated them so much, even after the fact, and you ladies rock!!!). i too couldn't get into the photobucket - though my photo will be the only non-pregnant one in there, but anyhoo... it kept saying "invalid username and password". i tried using all lowercase for the password and all caps and then title case and then gave up. kas will hook us up when she's back on the grid. i can't imagine kas how insane life must be for you this past and next week. I HATE MOVING!!! let alone with four babies in me! good lord woman! you'll be in our thoughts and prayers and we look forward to have you back. thanks so much for setting up the photobucket for us. especially with how busy you are with the move, that was way above and beyond sister!
AFM, i have a story to share. this is the kind of thing that only you ladies and those of us that have spent a few years of our lives on this crazy infertility/IVF journey, so i thought i had to share it with y'all.
I have a really good friend who lives in tennessee, about 2.5 hours from atlanta, and she's been trying to have a baby for a few years. she has no real problem getting pregnant but has very low progesterone and has to be supplemented like mad and has suffered 3 miscarriages. then after the third she had another slew of tests and they agree that the progesterone issue was her only problem and her numbers were fine and so now with that issue under control, she still remains in the "unexplained miscarriage" category. so she's going through all the things you all know very well. will this ever work? what if i'm unable to get pregnant again and what if i can't ever carry a baby to term, and the feelings of failure and sheer terrified to have to go through another miscarriage... yada, yada, yada. so she comes to visit me this past weekend and my DH is outta town so it's chick bonding all the way and i can tell she's just sad and beat up and tired and still in the rapids so to speak. and this is one of the times, i actually feel somewhat better off than her, right? i mean i couldn't get pregnant and struggled and it sucked and it still sucks but then again, i've also got my closure and gave up. i threw away my thermometer, my opks, my temperature charts, everything! done, rip it off like a bandaid and move on. though i mourn every day in different ways, and it's not easy at times, i have finally waded to the bank of the river, and she'll probably be in the rapids for a long while.
so friday afternoon, i'm digging through my dresser and find a bunch of temperature charts in the back of the drawer that i'd missed when i chucked the others. here is a timeline of my temperatures, when we had sex, my cervical mucus (tmi), etc.. it's all there for me to peruse and i realize that i need to do something symbolic with it. perform a ritual that is more powerful than just tossing it. i realize after seeing my friend that it would probably help her somewhat to participate in it with me. so we talked about it and decided that we'd burn them in the bar-b-que grill before we went to bed saturday night. so we get home from dinner late and it's raining and i get some sharpee markers and my stack of charts and some matches. i hand her a stack and we start writing our burdens on these pieces of paper... you know anything from "crazy medical bills", "blood work", "four shots a night", "miscarriages", to "the baby aisle at target" and "watching co-workers have no problem getting pregnant"... you get the idea. all the sheets are now written on and when we're done she reads hers out loud and i read mine and then we grab our stuff and go outside and i start lighting them up. it's raining so she has to hold the umbrella over the grill but soon enough, they all burned up and we watched as the fire slowly moved across them and soon enough, they were gone. just ashes in the bottom of the grill. it felt fantastic!!!!! she said she couldn't believe how much better she felt after that. now i'm not saying that that was it and i'm not sad over this all anymore.... and she's still in the rapids... but in that moment for those few minutes, it felt great to empower ourselves that way. not burn them so much out of bittness or anger but more symbolically to cleanse ourselves and sort of give those burdens back to god or whomever. it was really a beautiful moment. then we hugged, went back inside, put on our pjs and ate cheesecake.
ok, i know that was the longest story every but wanted to share with y'all.
- Pixelgirl
Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
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hi all... pixel- I LOVED your story 
very cool...
chris- CONGRATULATIONS!! woohoo....fertilization! i'm so happy to hear this news.
good luck NY..keep us posted.. and to everyone else..hello and hope you're doing ok.
i'm good, feeling the baby lots...and just filled with gratitude lately. i feel like god's smiling down on me.
cheers, karen
very cool... chris- CONGRATULATIONS!! woohoo....fertilization! i'm so happy to hear this news.
good luck NY..keep us posted.. and to everyone else..hello and hope you're doing ok.
i'm good, feeling the baby lots...and just filled with gratitude lately. i feel like god's smiling down on me.
cheers, karen
38 yrs. DOR, TTC since '04, recommended DE but didn't listen
3 IVF's & 1 FET: 1 cancellation, 1 m/c @ 12 wks, 1 chemical, 1 miracle boy & miracle 'natural' PG right now while waiting to cycle (WTF?)
feb 21 hb 154
3 IVF's & 1 FET: 1 cancellation, 1 m/c @ 12 wks, 1 chemical, 1 miracle boy & miracle 'natural' PG right now while waiting to cycle (WTF?)
feb 21 hb 154
hey ladies i know how to use the photobucket to post pics send me a message & i will tell u how i posted a few pics this weekend & kas101 did i think last weekend....hugs to u all
Me 29 pcos
Dh 32 ring chromosomes problem
1st IVF 2003 3trans/ bfn
2nd ivf sept 2008 2 trans/bfn
3rd ivf nov 2008 bfp : )
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Dh 32 ring chromosomes problem
1st IVF 2003 3trans/ bfn
2nd ivf sept 2008 2 trans/bfn
3rd ivf nov 2008 bfp : )
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to_have_fun08
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Gina helped me.
If you can't get into the photobucket account. Don't use the link that Kas put in the message.
Go to www.photobucket.com
username - groupphotos2009
and then use the password that Kas gave us. It just worked for me trying to get in that way.
Chris
If you can't get into the photobucket account. Don't use the link that Kas put in the message.
Go to www.photobucket.com
username - groupphotos2009
and then use the password that Kas gave us. It just worked for me trying to get in that way.
Chris
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
sorry i have been mia.. needed to stay off the boards before ERjust wanted to be calm..
Chris your woo hoo little mouse is SO cute i wish i knew how to do that kind of stuff.. and i am so happy for you .. and yes tomorrow you will have the luck of the irsih ( i have the most irish last name you could ever inagine) .. I will be saying a prayer for you!!!
I just have to say that this board is probab;y the best there evr was .. we will have toall have a reuinion someday
Karen how cool to feel the baby makes all of this worth it
Pixie how cathartic
as for me first of all thanks for all your good wishes,
ER was this am and (drum roll please.....)
I had 21 eggs and 17 mature... i am hoping blackjack will be my lucky batch .. but as most of you know i am freezing and doing cgh so not tryingto get pgt his time..
Now we need to see how many fertilize...
Chris your woo hoo little mouse is SO cute i wish i knew how to do that kind of stuff.. and i am so happy for you .. and yes tomorrow you will have the luck of the irsih ( i have the most irish last name you could ever inagine) .. I will be saying a prayer for you!!!
I just have to say that this board is probab;y the best there evr was .. we will have toall have a reuinion someday
Karen how cool to feel the baby makes all of this worth it
Pixie how cathartic
as for me first of all thanks for all your good wishes,
ER was this am and (drum roll please.....)
I had 21 eggs and 17 mature... i am hoping blackjack will be my lucky batch .. but as most of you know i am freezing and doing cgh so not tryingto get pgt his time..
Now we need to see how many fertilize...
Me 43 dh 65
6 cycles 3 chemicals
13+ banking cycles. 2 failed transfers to Surro
12/9 transfer 2 hatching blasts to surro beta 12/ 15
6 cycles 3 chemicals
13+ banking cycles. 2 failed transfers to Surro
12/9 transfer 2 hatching blasts to surro beta 12/ 15
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to_have_fun08
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NY - Congrats on the 17 eggs. Hope they all fertilize. So will you be doing back to back cycles or are you going to wait a little while before doing your next cycle?
Pixel - I loved your story. I hope your friend has success. Infertility is so frustrating.
Karen - Enjoy being PG as much as you can. You deserve being a Mommy.
Kas - Hope you are having fun moving.
AFM - I am praying that I still have 2 embies left to transfer tomorrow. I was thinking of running out and buying green undies just to have extra luck tomorrow.
Pixel - I loved your story. I hope your friend has success. Infertility is so frustrating.
Karen - Enjoy being PG as much as you can. You deserve being a Mommy.
Kas - Hope you are having fun moving.
AFM - I am praying that I still have 2 embies left to transfer tomorrow. I was thinking of running out and buying green undies just to have extra luck tomorrow.
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
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to_have_fun08
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My 2 embies were still hanging on. THANK GOD. They aren't the best, I had a 3-cell and a 5-cell both with some fragmentation. I am not gettting my hopes up but will try and stay optimistic. I don't know what I am going to do if this cycle doesn't work. I am think I am going to go to a different clinic and maybe do DHEA for 3 months before trying again. That would put me till July before cycling again. I was even thinking about maybe making an appointment with another RE today but figure I might as well wait it out and give these embies a chance. My beta will be March 31. I am going out of town that weekend so at least it will keep my mind off of things but of course I will be POAS.
OH and I also put a couple of pictures on the photobucket last night.
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11
FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13
hey guys just a quick update of the 17 mature 15 fertlized..so now lets see how they do
Chris i am keeping fingers crossed for you..
If you decide to change why dont you do a consult with the guys at SIRM.. and as for DHEA i know it has worked for some but my RE is totally AGAINSt it..
if you decid you do want to take it let me know .. i have a lot of prescrition grade that i bought but never used
Chris i am keeping fingers crossed for you..
If you decide to change why dont you do a consult with the guys at SIRM.. and as for DHEA i know it has worked for some but my RE is totally AGAINSt it..
if you decid you do want to take it let me know .. i have a lot of prescrition grade that i bought but never used
Me 43 dh 65
6 cycles 3 chemicals
13+ banking cycles. 2 failed transfers to Surro
12/9 transfer 2 hatching blasts to surro beta 12/ 15
6 cycles 3 chemicals
13+ banking cycles. 2 failed transfers to Surro
12/9 transfer 2 hatching blasts to surro beta 12/ 15
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to_have_fun08
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NY - thanks so much. i will let you know if I decide to take the DHEA. Yes, I will be checking out SIRM. They have an office in St. Louis and I have talked with several ladies that have gone there and they were very happy with the attention that they got. I think I have worn my current clinic out, I don't know what else they will want to try.
Congrats on your 15 fertilized embies!!!
Chris
Congrats on your 15 fertilized embies!!!
Chris
to have fun and ny - we'll keeping our fingers and toes crossed for you both! good luck!!!!!!
gina - you're a rockstar! i tried to get into the photobucket again after getting your PM and it worked like a charm! thanks!
can i just say how cool it was to actually see you guys??? i feel sort of like we've been pen pals for all these months and now we can finally meet - sort of. setting up that photo bucket was a fantastic idea. i know i'm not prego or will ever be but i will post a few pics tomorrow of my non-pregnant self tomorrow. i don't have any pics on this hard drive. and the only baby pic i've got (and most likely will ever have) are my 2 embryos - 38 years in the making, but i may post them for grins.
today i got the results back from a mole that i had biopsied last week. turns out it's pre-cancerous. great! i'm pretty happy that i got it checked out. all this fertility business the last few years has gotten me side-tracked off of the regular check-up type appts: annual doctor's check-up, annual mole scans at the dermatologist (being that i've got lotsa moles and am pretty fair skinned), pap smears, etc..
now that this baby making business is done for me, my new year's resolution was to finally go and get myself all checked out from head to toe and i'm glad i did. it's been 6 years since my last mole scan at the dermatologist and though i've had several biopsied many years ago, i've never had one come back abnormal. this one was apparently "severely" abnormal. now i've got to schedule it to be surgically removed and since it's on my leg, they say i'll have to stay off my feet for a few days.
let this be a lesson to us all to make sure fertility appts don't push all the "maintenance" appts. out of the way too much. with all the poking and prodding of the RE tests and ultrasounds and bloodwork and bills, it's easy to just let the other stuff go. i'm super grateful that they caught my mole before it ever became "cancerous" or got worse.
enough of this public service announcement... hope everybody has a happy st. patty's day!
gina - you're a rockstar! i tried to get into the photobucket again after getting your PM and it worked like a charm! thanks!
can i just say how cool it was to actually see you guys??? i feel sort of like we've been pen pals for all these months and now we can finally meet - sort of. setting up that photo bucket was a fantastic idea. i know i'm not prego or will ever be but i will post a few pics tomorrow of my non-pregnant self tomorrow. i don't have any pics on this hard drive. and the only baby pic i've got (and most likely will ever have) are my 2 embryos - 38 years in the making, but i may post them for grins.
today i got the results back from a mole that i had biopsied last week. turns out it's pre-cancerous. great! i'm pretty happy that i got it checked out. all this fertility business the last few years has gotten me side-tracked off of the regular check-up type appts: annual doctor's check-up, annual mole scans at the dermatologist (being that i've got lotsa moles and am pretty fair skinned), pap smears, etc..
now that this baby making business is done for me, my new year's resolution was to finally go and get myself all checked out from head to toe and i'm glad i did. it's been 6 years since my last mole scan at the dermatologist and though i've had several biopsied many years ago, i've never had one come back abnormal. this one was apparently "severely" abnormal. now i've got to schedule it to be surgically removed and since it's on my leg, they say i'll have to stay off my feet for a few days.
let this be a lesson to us all to make sure fertility appts don't push all the "maintenance" appts. out of the way too much. with all the poking and prodding of the RE tests and ultrasounds and bloodwork and bills, it's easy to just let the other stuff go. i'm super grateful that they caught my mole before it ever became "cancerous" or got worse.
enough of this public service announcement... hope everybody has a happy st. patty's day!
- Pixelgirl
Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
Hi Pixel, glad to hear your mole was pre-cancerous and not worse. I can relate as I'm very freckly/moley and had 2 melanomas removed already. Very scary stuff! Good luck with your surgery and take it easy afterwards. I agree that the photobucket idea was a great one. I love putting faces with the names after all of this time.
Chris, congrats on your 2 embies. Are you feeling okay? So now you have a little less than 2 weeks until you find out! The countdown is on. I love your pics on photobucket, and Gina and Kas' too.
NY, wow what a great fertilization report! Good for you! Now will you take a break before cycling again?
Hi Gina, Karen, Kas, Babyhope, hope you all are feeling good. Lynnie, how are you?
Chris, congrats on your 2 embies. Are you feeling okay? So now you have a little less than 2 weeks until you find out! The countdown is on. I love your pics on photobucket, and Gina and Kas' too.
NY, wow what a great fertilization report! Good for you! Now will you take a break before cycling again?
Hi Gina, Karen, Kas, Babyhope, hope you all are feeling good. Lynnie, how are you?