TTC thread take 2

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Hi Everyone,

Hope you don't mind me hanging around.

We had infertility treatment for 3 years, 5 miscarriages and a recently failed international adoption that was canceled 3 weeks before we were due to travel because the babies Grandparents claimed him. So we are going the next step.

We have found a wonderful gestational surrogate and our transfer is scheduled for August 18th.....we are thrilled, scared, excited and hopeful that our dream may become a reality within the year~

Maria~

 

[tinytreasures]

Huge hugs BELoveDisney I am so sorry for your loses.
I wish I could answer you questions but I have no idea what to tell you.

Good luck Falltime

NEVERENOUGHWDW Welcome. I am so sorry your adoption and miscarriages.
Fingers and toes crossed for a healthy baby.

Small update on us.
We decided we are not done with our family so we opened up our adoption file. We need to get in for finger printing and fill out a bunch of paperwork

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

confirmation today that bean number four passed away at 7w2d, one week after my last u/s. eveerything seemed to be going well till i went in for my appt on wednesday when at a bedside u/s the couldnt find a heartbeat. today the confirmed and i was supposed to have a d and c but they couldnt fit me in. it was a missed miscarriage. im now in limbo of waiting again for them to call me monday. as we were leaving they threw out at me again that there is a possibilty of a partial molar. we had a complete mole 2 yrs ago. i cant and do not want to go through this again. on top of this were to leave for jamaica on the 20th to renew our vows.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

So I guess I just post my question here?

My husband and I decided to start trying for a baby when he returns from deployment next year...

Backstory-
Husband and I originally did not want to have anymore kids. He even went as far as to have a vasectomy done...First 2 tests were done afterward and he was still showing LOTS of sperm...They sent him to a urologist who said it looks(an felt apparently) that they cut the same side twice and that it would have to be redone. So I am wondering about his counts with this...

I am scared that we will have problems TTC another...does anyone have any experience like this?

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

confirmation today that bean number four passed away at 7w2d, one week after my last u/s. eveerything seemed to be going well till i went in for my appt on wednesday when at a bedside u/s the couldnt find a heartbeat. today the confirmed and i was supposed to have a d and c but they couldnt fit me in. it was a missed miscarriage. im now in limbo of waiting again for them to call me monday. as we were leaving they threw out at me again that there is a possibilty of a partial molar. we had a complete mole 2 yrs ago. i cant and do not want to go through this again. on top of this were to leave for jamaica on the 20th to renew our vows.

I am so very sorry. My thoughts are with you.

Maria

 

[Rayvn]

I just wanted to wish everyone lots and lots of luck and baby dust.

I had a miscarriage in Feb. 1997 and 10 years later with the help of injectibles, RE, losing weight, and an IUI, I conceived my eldest son.

I am now the proud mom of a 3yo and 10 month old.

Hold on to your dreams!

Leslie

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

Hi all! New to this thread and wanted to introduce myself.

I found out recently that I am a carrier for a genetic disorder fragile x and have a 50/50 chance of having a child with a "full mutation." We are completely devestated to find this out before we start trying. We were planning on TTC in the next fews months, but now are not sure what to do. It looks like our best route for having a healthy baby is to start IVF with PGD. I am so sick to my stomach about all of this. I feel like my dreams of being a young mommy and having multiple children are gone. I am trying to hold my head up high, but it is so stressful. How do you all do it? Anyone done PGD before? Any tips for a newbie going to start IVF soon?

Thanks ladies

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Hi all! New to this thread and wanted to introduce myself.

I found out recently that I am a carrier for a genetic disorder fragile x and have a 50/50 chance of having a child with a "full mutation." We are completely devestated to find this out before we start trying. We were planning on TTC in the next fews months, but now are not sure what to do. It looks like our best route for having a healthy baby is to start IVF with PGD. I am so sick to my stomach about all of this. I feel like my dreams of being a young mommy and having multiple children are gone. I am trying to hold my head up high, but it is so stressful. How do you all do it? Anyone done PGD before? Any tips for a newbie going to start IVF soon?

Thanks ladies

Just don't give up. I had the same dream of my family complete by 30. We are in our 40's and still working on it.

Know there is a different plan for everyone.

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

I am so very sorry. My thoughts are with you.

Maria

thank you maria. were beyond devastated, mil tried to blame my crohns and meds for the loss. this from a woman who had a mc and knows they just happen. dh is torn up really bad, hes blaming himself for it all and i just cant get it through to him its no ones fault.

 

[DisneyElite4]

Hi Ladies

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I go in today for my first IUI - didn't sleep well at all as I am excited, nervous, and scared. We are doing IUI this month before moving on to IVF in Sept if necessary. I only had one mature follicle but I did finally get a + OPK yesterday on my own without the trigger shot and my lining on Friday was at a 9 so I am hopeful.

How's everyone else doing?

Hi Falltime! Everything sounds great for you this month, please keep us posted on your progress!

It's been a long time since I posted to this thread. I had laparoscopic surgery in April to diagnose my Stage 3 endometriosis. I had an endometrioma and a dermoid cyst in one ovary, and Stage 3 endo behind both ovaries. Of course nobody wants to have endometriosis, but I was glad to finally have a diagnosis and my doctor was able to clean it all up. The plus side is that my tubes and uterus were completely free of any endo and perfectly normal!

We started our first month of fertility meds this month. We are doing Clomid+IUI+Trigger - I had the IUI today and officially started the 2ww!

Falltime, I only had one mature follicle as well, so I am right there with ya! I hope everyone else is doing okay - this thread has been quiet for awhile, and I know there are still a lot of us out there.

 

[Kennywife]

confirmation today that bean number four passed away at 7w2d, one week after my last u/s. eveerything seemed to be going well till i went in for my appt on wednesday when at a bedside u/s the couldnt find a heartbeat. today the confirmed and i was supposed to have a d and c but they couldnt fit me in. it was a missed miscarriage. im now in limbo of waiting again for them to call me monday. as we were leaving they threw out at me again that there is a possibilty of a partial molar. we had a complete mole 2 yrs ago. i cant and do not want to go through this again. on top of this were to leave for jamaica on the 20th to renew our vows.

I am in crampville today. AF is here and wreaking havoc!

Kenny and I have decided to do the lap/hysteroscopy at the end of the year before our insurance rolls over. Even though it is not covered, part of it may be if I can use up enough of it. (If that makes sense).

Anyhoo, dad is doing better. Things are calming down here finally. Sooo looking forward to getting out of here!

After many changes, I think I know what we are going to do about our Nov. trip.

Nov. 9--stay at Monumental Movieland (see WWOHP/Universal!) (We have a hot tub suite.)
Nov. 10-14--POFQ!!!!

Sooo excited!

How is everybody today? Hope all is well.

Gabbie

 

[cherbear]

I have a question and I truly hope that it doesn't offend anyone. That's not a very good start, is it? Here's some back story. A year ago, I gave birth to a baby boy who only lived two weeks due to some serious genetic issues. We were told our risks of it happening again and decided to try again to have a baby. I got pregnant in March. On Thursday, I found out that the baby I was pregnant with had the same genetic issues. We were unable to continue the pregnancy because of those issues.

Here's where the question comes in. My husband and I are just beginning to discuss our options. The pregnancy ended on Saturday so it's still very, very early. Our options are sperm donation, ivf with preimplantation genetic diagnosis (pgd), or adoption. Does anyone know anything about sperm donation and ivf with pgd? Does anyone know if your chances of success increase if fertility isn't a problem? Just getting the genes in the right order is an issue.

As I said, I truly hope I haven't offended anyone. I think that the journey you all are taking is one of the scarier journeys there are. Big hugs and don't give up hope!

Thanks in advance.

I know there are a lot of blogs out there about PGD, if you check the Stirrup Queen's blogroll you may be able to find something.

http://www.stirrup-queens.com/a-whole-lot-of-blogging-brought-to-you-sorted-and-filed/

There's the link and I believe there's a search feature there. Hope that helps!

We go in for our first IUI tomorrow and Monday mornings. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time

ahh, I hope it went well! Hope this gives you that ever-desired BFP!

I swear to God, if one more thing happens this year.....

I am running off to WDW and never coming back. There, I said it.

My dad was going to go to rehab and decided he wasn't bad enough. My grandma (he lives with her) decided to let him stay. He went on an uber bender and tried to drink....get this....2 quarts of vodka! What the....?!

He was hospitalized, but he didn't want any part of it. My grandma has asthma and can't be around that stress any longer. My mom came and decided to take him back where she lives for a couple of days. They are putting him in a rehab center.

I'm upset, scared for my dad, and mad. This is just so nuts! I went out for a day to go shopping and come back to this?!

Sorry for the vent, I needed to let it out.

Oh, and today I was in line getting some stuff for my dad, when this woman proceeds to tell me about her 4 boys and why "Disney is just for kids." Whatever. I am usually uber polite. I told her in a nice way her opinions were not wanted.

Gabbie

I'm sorry you are dealing with such a huge mess right now. Let's ALL run away to Disney....mmmmmk?

and that lady, I could totally slap her. Actually, I feel sorry for her because she obviously doesn't know all the fun that she can have in Disney as an adult!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you don't mind me hanging around.

We had infertility treatment for 3 years, 5 miscarriages and a recently failed international adoption that was canceled 3 weeks before we were due to travel because the babies Grandparents claimed him. So we are going the next step.

We have found a wonderful gestational surrogate and our transfer is scheduled for August 18th.....we are thrilled, scared, excited and hopeful that our dream may become a reality within the year~

Maria~

ugh, I'm so sorry!!! What a trial that must have been, to have an international adoption cancelled.

How wonderful though, that you found a surrogate! That's not very far away, it will be here before you know it!

Small update on us.
We decided we are not done with our family so we opened up our adoption file. We need to get in for finger printing and fill out a bunch of paperwork

Many prayers and thoughts, and pixie (baby) dust to you!

confirmation today that bean number four passed away at 7w2d, one week after my last u/s. eveerything seemed to be going well till i went in for my appt on wednesday when at a bedside u/s the couldnt find a heartbeat. today the confirmed and i was supposed to have a d and c but they couldnt fit me in. it was a missed miscarriage. im now in limbo of waiting again for them to call me monday. as we were leaving they threw out at me again that there is a possibilty of a partial molar. we had a complete mole 2 yrs ago. i cant and do not want to go through this again. on top of this were to leave for jamaica on the 20th to renew our vows.

There just are no words.

Are you still travelling this month? I hope you will be able to enjoy your vow renewal despite such terrible circumstances.

Hi all! New to this thread and wanted to introduce myself.

I found out recently that I am a carrier for a genetic disorder fragile x and have a 50/50 chance of having a child with a "full mutation." We are completely devestated to find this out before we start trying. We were planning on TTC in the next fews months, but now are not sure what to do. It looks like our best route for having a healthy baby is to start IVF with PGD. I am so sick to my stomach about all of this. I feel like my dreams of being a young mommy and having multiple children are gone. I am trying to hold my head up high, but it is so stressful. How do you all do it? Anyone done PGD before? Any tips for a newbie going to start IVF soon?

Thanks ladies

If you read my first comment above, you will see a link to a blogroll site, where you should be able to search for blogs about PGD. I really hope this helps, as I do not personally know much about PGD.

Hi Falltime! Everything sounds great for you this month, please keep us posted on your progress!

It's been a long time since I posted to this thread. I had laparoscopic surgery in April to diagnose my Stage 3 endometriosis. I had an endometrioma and a dermoid cyst in one ovary, and Stage 3 endo behind both ovaries. Of course nobody wants to have endometriosis, but I was glad to finally have a diagnosis and my doctor was able to clean it all up. The plus side is that my tubes and uterus were completely free of any endo and perfectly normal!

We started our first month of fertility meds this month. We are doing Clomid+IUI+Trigger - I had the IUI today and officially started the 2ww!

Falltime, I only had one mature follicle as well, so I am right there with ya! I hope everyone else is doing okay - this thread has been quiet for awhile, and I know there are still a lot of us out there.

so glad you are in the clear after your diagnosis and had your iui! Good luck!!

I am in crampville today. AF is here and wreaking havoc!

Kenny and I have decided to do the lap/hysteroscopy at the end of the year before our insurance rolls over. Even though it is not covered, part of it may be if I can use up enough of it. (If that makes sense).

Anyhoo, dad is doing better. Things are calming down here finally. Sooo looking forward to getting out of here!

After many changes, I think I know what we are going to do about our Nov. trip.

Nov. 9--stay at Monumental Movieland (see WWOHP/Universal!) (We have a hot tub suite.)
Nov. 10-14--POFQ!!!!

Sooo excited!

How is everybody today? Hope all is well.

Gabbie

HOpe you got some midol and wine, girlie!!

that trip sounds AWESOME!! I am really yearning for a Disney fix lately... but we are going on a nice 5 day trip next week to the north which will just have to do LOL

 

[cherbear]

one detail of our trip is we're headed to Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio. I always say, if I'm not pregnant than I'm getting on some thrill rides.

 

[soontobewed07]

Amber I am so sorry for your loss

Neverenough- Sorry for the miscarriages and the adoption, but it sounds like you may have a beautiful munchkin soon enough. I will be sending positive thoughts and babydust for your transfer. Good Luck to you and your surrogate

Well I go in for another sonohyst. today and more bloodwork. My estrogen was so high from being on the incredible dose of BCP's to stop my abnormal bleeding that now I have to wait for my body to kick it all out. Which means another month delay and now my bleeding has come back I think it is time to have a serious discussion about going right to IVF and not wasting anymore time. I also had to go low carb and I am feeling the sugar withdraw and the headaches are incredible.

Baby Dust to everyone

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

Gabbie

There just are no words.

Are you still travelling this month? I hope you will be able to enjoy your vow renewal despite such terrible circumstances.

Amber I am so sorry for your loss

Well I go in for another sonohyst. today and more bloodwork. My estrogen was so high from being on the incredible dose of BCP's to stop my abnormal bleeding that now I have to wait for my body to kick it all out. Which means another month delay and now my bleeding has come back I think it is time to have a serious discussion about going right to IVF and not wasting anymore time. I also had to go low carb and I am feeling the sugar withdraw and the headaches are incredible.

Baby Dust to everyone

thanks so much ladies. yes were still travelling to jamaica next week. altho im a bad flyer and from philly to mo bay were not even sitting together. travel agent says get to the airport early and perhaps they can change it. um we always do regardless but weve never had any luck. and i dont know if theyll change it here or if we'll have to fight this on top of the switching terminals in philly. ugh. i just want to chill on the beach and drink now! lol

soontobe- this last part made me think of our circumstances years ago. my dingbat obgyn had me taking 3 bcp a day to either stop the flow or atleast decrease it. it never did help me at all. i have very heavy flow periods as well. after almost 2 yrs of that i gave up and went off the pills cus it was horrible. growing up i never had cramps until he perscribed 3 a day to me. then once i went off them it took us a year and a half to get pg with dd. it was an emotional time for sure. after i had her the flow lightened, not enough as far as i was concerned, then i got pg with ds. i cried when it came back even tho i was nursing! lol after my d and c 2 yrs ago it came back again with a vengence. hoping this time its not as bad.

 

[soontobewed07]

Amber- I have had this flo since about 6 months after DS was born so about 4 years now. I am tired of buying any sort of feminine care product

On a positive note the doctor agreed to IVF so now we are filling out 100 forms and once we turn them in it's waiting for insurance approval and hospital committee to approve everything and then we are a GO So fingers crossed we will turn the paperwork in and should know if everything in 2 weeks

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

Amber- I have had this flo since about 6 months after DS was born so about 4 years now. I am tired of buying any sort of feminine care product

On a positive note the doctor agreed to IVF so now we are filling out 100 forms and once we turn them in it's waiting for insurance approval and hospital committee to approve everything and then we are a GO So fingers crossed we will turn the paperwork in and should know if everything in 2 weeks

have you tried the diva cup? after yrs of crazy bleeding and then once it got even worse after the last d and c...think filling a heavy duty tampon every 45 minutes i said enough and tried that instead. it holds 2 fluid ounces and you change it every 12- 16 or so hrs depending on your flow. it takes a bit to get used to it, putting it in and taking it out and judgining when it may be full etc but its great, esp at disney! you buy one and apparently they say they last ten yrs altho in the packagining due to health regulations they say replace it once a yr etc. mine was 35-40 dollars, but ive seen it a bit pricier. if you google it there is a website for it.

 

[cherbear]

well, I have some news. Yesterday we met our BIRTHMOM! She already has a scheduled C-section....on November 17, the day before our 5 year anniversary!!

It happened very very quickly. We are not using an agency. This just sorta fell in our lap a couple of weeks ago. We are EVER grateful. I know that many people have to go through SOOOO much to adopt, and we do not take this amazing blessing for granted!

I'm TERRIFIED now. It doesn't feel real. It seems too good to be true. And I won't let myself get too excited. Nothing is ever set in stone with these things, until you have the baby in your arms--or rather, at HOME with us.


We are still on the embryo list at the RE. When they call, we are able to accept any embryo they offer, and we can keep it/them in storage until the time is right. Hopefully this adoption works out, and we will wait to use the embryo in about a year, 2 max.

 

[Minnesota!]

well, I have some news. Yesterday we met our BIRTHMOM! She already has a scheduled C-section....on November 17, the day before our 5 year anniversary!!

It happened very very quickly. We are not using an agency. This just sorta fell in our lap a couple of weeks ago. We are EVER grateful. I know that many people have to go through SOOOO much to adopt, and we do not take this amazing blessing for granted!

I'm TERRIFIED now. It doesn't feel real. It seems too good to be true. And I won't let myself get too excited. Nothing is ever set in stone with these things, until you have the baby in your arms--or rather, at HOME with us.


We are still on the embryo list at the RE. When they call, we are able to accept any embryo they offer, and we can keep it/them in storage until the time is right. Hopefully this adoption works out, and we will wait to use the embryo in about a year, 2 max.

I just got CHILLS reading this!!!!!!!

Congrats congrats congrats! I will say a prayer that everything falls into place and that in just 4 short months you will be holding YOUR CHILD!!!!!!!!

WOW!!! I love seeing such happy news on this thread!

 

[Rayvn]

well, I have some news. Yesterday we met our BIRTHMOM! She already has a scheduled C-section....on November 17, the day before our 5 year anniversary!!

It happened very very quickly. We are not using an agency. This just sorta fell in our lap a couple of weeks ago. We are EVER grateful. I know that many people have to go through SOOOO much to adopt, and we do not take this amazing blessing for granted!

I'm TERRIFIED now. It doesn't feel real. It seems too good to be true. And I won't let myself get too excited. Nothing is ever set in stone with these things, until you have the baby in your arms--or rather, at HOME with us.


We are still on the embryo list at the RE. When they call, we are able to accept any embryo they offer, and we can keep it/them in storage until the time is right. Hopefully this adoption works out, and we will wait to use the embryo in about a year, 2 max.

Good Luck!

Leslie