Finally making the move to intro!
Feb 1, 2015 15:56:37 GMT -5
Post by vballbaby on Feb 1, 2015 15:56:37 GMT -5
Hi ladies! I'm very happy, and a little nervous, to be moving over the PAIF board. I'm very excited to be able to talk freely about being pregnant! So here's a little background on me. I'm 42 and I just got married last June to my DH who is 9 years younger. We dated about six years prior to that. While we only "really" started TTC a little over a year ago, we haven't used birth control for about 5 years and didn't try that hard to prevent becoming pregnant. I seemed to ovulate regularly but never temped and charted and only got a faint line on OPK.
With me being AMA we didn't want to waste any precious time so we went to the RE in September, had all our tests done and found out I'm fine other than low AMH and DOR (but otherwise no blocked tubes, and no other female problems and always had regular cycles). DH has low morphology (1%) and low volume, but has high numbers and great motility (Dr. actually asked him if he "missed" the cup).
So we decided to at least try an IUI before jumping to IVF even though the Dr. recommended it. I took 100 mg of clomid and had two big follies, did back to back IUI and BFN. Dr. only gave us a 13% success rate on the IUI.
Next cycle we went right to IVF w/ICSI where the Dr. said I had closer to 15% chance of having a live birth with a 30% chance of becoming pregnant - yea those odds suck!!
I took BCP for four weeks (an extra week due to Xmas) and did 225 Gonal F and 225 Menopur per day and stimmed for 9 days - they explained this was a mother load dose. Added Ganirelix on day 4. I also started going to acupuncture when I started the BCP (which I think helped A LOT in this process).
I only ever had 8 follies and only 2 were measurable and the smaller ones were not catching up. Dr. told me that most people would convert to an IUI but gave me the option of going through with the IVF if I felt emotionally that I wanted to. So, my DH and I decided to go for it! Dr. supported us and gave us "a chance."
So we ended up having 4 retrieved and 3 were mature! Only 1 fertilized w/ICSI and was of "grade 1" (best quality) and we did a 2 day transfer and it worked!!! My little bean stuck and here I am. My first beta was 86 and my second was 176, so a little more than double and Dr. said that was good. I peed on a lot of sticks and watched the line get darker everyday.
I'm excited yet terrified. My worst fear is finding out something is wrong with it and having to make a decision. I hope and pray that the embryo was a healthy one and it sticks around for 9 months
I'm a very healthy person and exercise regularly and people don't believe me when I tell them I'm 42. I'm hoping that I can pull off this miracle!!!
I'm looking forward to getting to know this group and I'm thrilled with all the BFP's we've had in our January group from the IF board!
With me being AMA we didn't want to waste any precious time so we went to the RE in September, had all our tests done and found out I'm fine other than low AMH and DOR (but otherwise no blocked tubes, and no other female problems and always had regular cycles). DH has low morphology (1%) and low volume, but has high numbers and great motility (Dr. actually asked him if he "missed" the cup).
So we decided to at least try an IUI before jumping to IVF even though the Dr. recommended it. I took 100 mg of clomid and had two big follies, did back to back IUI and BFN. Dr. only gave us a 13% success rate on the IUI.
Next cycle we went right to IVF w/ICSI where the Dr. said I had closer to 15% chance of having a live birth with a 30% chance of becoming pregnant - yea those odds suck!!
I took BCP for four weeks (an extra week due to Xmas) and did 225 Gonal F and 225 Menopur per day and stimmed for 9 days - they explained this was a mother load dose. Added Ganirelix on day 4. I also started going to acupuncture when I started the BCP (which I think helped A LOT in this process).
I only ever had 8 follies and only 2 were measurable and the smaller ones were not catching up. Dr. told me that most people would convert to an IUI but gave me the option of going through with the IVF if I felt emotionally that I wanted to. So, my DH and I decided to go for it! Dr. supported us and gave us "a chance."
So we ended up having 4 retrieved and 3 were mature! Only 1 fertilized w/ICSI and was of "grade 1" (best quality) and we did a 2 day transfer and it worked!!! My little bean stuck and here I am. My first beta was 86 and my second was 176, so a little more than double and Dr. said that was good. I peed on a lot of sticks and watched the line get darker everyday.
I'm excited yet terrified. My worst fear is finding out something is wrong with it and having to make a decision. I hope and pray that the embryo was a healthy one and it sticks around for 9 months
I'm a very healthy person and exercise regularly and people don't believe me when I tell them I'm 42. I'm hoping that I can pull off this miracle!!! I'm looking forward to getting to know this group and I'm thrilled with all the BFP's we've had in our January group from the IF board!
