Me: 33 DH: 34 Unexplained Infertility Off BCP Sept 2012. Referred to RE Oct 2013 Testing done Nov/Dec 2013 *IUI #1-#4 2/14-7/14 7/2014- DH and I decided to stop TTC and focus on us. 1/24/15- Surprise BFP!!!! Little E born 10/7/15!!
I was about to see my first RE (switched later). DH and I had just returned from our delayed honeymoon just before Christmas 2013. I was also applying for jobs.
I was in the middle of a 2 month waiting period to start my 1st IUI cycle due to getting the chicken pox vaccine. I (as well as my entire family) was also just learning of how sick my gram was (she was admitted to the hospital and never left) . I've noticed I've been very emotional the past week or so and can't stop thinking of her. I know she is watching over me and these babies though, so that eases things a bit.
Post by sunshinedaisies on Feb 3, 2015 16:59:31 GMT -5
Oh wow...I feel like the past year has been crazy.
One year ago, we lost my aunt (who struggled to get pregnant - which I never knew until the day she passed) on New Year's day, the same day I injected myself for the first time for IVF #1. I had my retrieval/transfer in late January, got a BFP, and now I am a few weeks away from my loss anniversary, which shattered my confidence.
What a difference a year makes, in so many good ways.
DH and I were NTNP, but I was pretty convinced that we were going to be CFNBC (and was, surprisingly, ok w/ it). At the time, IVF and adoption just seemed too out of reach.
DX: MFI TTC April 2011 BFP #1 7/15/11, EDD 3/22/12 - CP Varicocelectomy surgery 9/4/12 - T improved to normal, but still MFI IVF #1 w/ ICSI Jan 2015 - 11R/6M/6F, ET of a 3AB expanded blast w/ none to freeze.
**warning** A year ago I was prepping for FET #1 which ultimately ended in an early M/C. I'm hoping that the end of the month / early March isn't too rough for me. Also that is about the time I will have my A/S so I think I will be a bag of mixed emotions trying to look on the bright side of things.
Diagnosis: PCOS TTC since 1/12 IUI x 3- BFN IVF #1- OCT/ NOV 2013-BFN FET #1- February 12 2014- M/C at 5+4 FET #2- July 2014- BFN IVF #2- 11/9/14 Transferred 1 BB expanding blast Baby girl born 7/26/15 Hysteroscopy/D&C/Polyp removal- 10/16 Unexpected BFP 12/16- EDD: 8/11/17- It's a Boy!
Post by purpledaisy923 on Feb 3, 2015 17:22:35 GMT -5
A year ago, I was taking letrozole in preparation for IUI#2 that happened to end up on Valentine's Day. I wish I would have skipped all of those IUI's and gone straight to IVF, but I was so terrified of needles!
Post by katemonster on Feb 3, 2015 17:36:10 GMT -5
I was in Mexico since I was benched in Dec and Jan. I was on BCP getting ready for letrazole IUI #1 with my first RE. What a difference a year makes. My due date (July 2) will be the one year anniversary of my first failed IVF. None of my eggs fertilized due to poor quality and I was convinced I would never get pregnant. So grateful to be here!
One year ago i was prepping for my IVF miracle baby's first birthday. It was also the time DH and i decided to officially start trying for #2...little did we know that four months later...
We were coming of the bench from our mmc and getting ready for IUI #2. I also happened to have found out that I had ovulated by myself for the first time in a couple years (first cycle after d&c).
I believe I was coming off a drinking bender after IVF #1 failed. Lots of soul searching while drinking wine, but nothing like a trip to New Orleans to get your mind off IF stuff!
I was prepping to start my first IVF cycle. I was just coming off of a break from a year of failed timed Clomid cycles and IUI's. My first IVF resulted in a loss and a D&C that spring. I often think about how if I had not lost that baby, I would be a mother to a new born now, instead of a pregnant woman waiting for twins. It's hard to wrap my head around either, really.
I was engaged last xmas eve so in feb I was planning for my June wedding. We had a very short 5 month engagement so we could get to baby making! We were also trying to have TI not caring if I got pregant before the wedding. We pretty much threw caution to the wind.
Post by daydreamernyc on Feb 3, 2015 21:11:56 GMT -5
Like purpledaisy923 I was preparing for IUI#2 and we should have just gone to IVF. Would have saved a lot of heart ache but I was so scared about the process. In hindsight it was nothing, piece of cake, especially since I now get to be here with all of you, talking about our pregnancies!
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January & February: 2 IUIs, BFN
March: IUI, ectopic, 2 surgeries with 1 tube removed
May - July: 3 more IUIs, all BFN, on to IVF
August: IVF#1, BFN
September: FET#1, BFP!!!
It's a girl!!!
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I was on my period and was grieving the loss of opportunity to have my HSG because I called on day 5 which they considered too late to schedule. We had just started infertility treatment a month ago and It was all still very overwhelming. Lots of tears and wine
Post by snarkysparklefart on Feb 3, 2015 23:01:33 GMT -5
early 2014 I met with my OB, coming off a gazillion day cycle. I explained to him our TTTCAS. He suggested meeting with the RE on the following cycle & gave me Provera to start AF.
Post by beachbum913 on Feb 3, 2015 23:30:30 GMT -5
I was anxiously awaiting the insurance change at my company to go through. The previous policy did not cover IVF, the new one would. The switch took forever...or so it seemed at the time.
Post by runawaylaurel on Feb 4, 2015 17:20:23 GMT -5
I was mentally recovering from a long, terrible stim cycle for an ultimately cancelled IUI and getting ready to go on a 2 month treatment break. What a difference a year makes!
-Me: anovulatory/ hypothalamic amenorrhea / H: all good
-IUI Medicated TI Cycle #1 (Dec): Menopur + Ovidrel + TI = BFN
-Benched for work issues Jan/Feb
-IUI 1.2: Menopur + Ovidrel = BFN
-IVF #1- Menopur + Follistim = 12R / 7M / 4F -- first beta-260, second 520. EDD 2/22/15- Baby D entered the world on 2/9/15!
Love this thread - it's great to see how so much has happened in the last year. Last February, I was getting drunk with DH on our trip to San Francisco, which was our last hoora before IVF attempt #1 in March/April.
We were starting our 2nd IVF cycle (which also failed) since having our LO to TTC a sibling. It was a really hard month. I had no idea 1 yr later I'd be pregnant with twins. Still doesn't feel real.
I was still sans period, coming up on my third month. I had to wait until either I got my period or until March, when my PCP would give me Provera. I just had a feeling though that things weren't going to clear up naturally for me.
One year ago I was feeling relieved that we had found an RE we really liked and that my husband's MFI had reduced dramatically so we could try timed intercourse again. Little did I know what the rest of the year would have in store for me. Three factors of infertility left me wondering if we were just not meant to have kids. I'm so thrilled to be pregnant now, but I keep thinking 'I'll feel better after I see the heartbeat' which turns into 'I'll feel better after the first trimester' which turns into 'I'll feel better after it's born' which turns into 'I will worry for the rest of my life' hahahahahahahahha!
We were still going through testing and the RE was speaking to specialist to come up with a plan. It took close to two years from my first appointment with the RE to our first IVF.
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