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11-14-2012 at 8:05 PM
SuzanneJes...
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Thank you ladies! re: my Beta bust & testing questions

I just wanted to thank you ladies for sending me your kind words after I got my beta news at work yesterday. I cried some good ole ugly cries yesterday and feel a lot better today.  Your virtual hugs really did help as we haven't told many friends or family about our struggles (and will tell even fewer when we try again - updating everyone yesterday was wickedly, wickedly painful)

Our WTF appointment is in two weeks.  We've be going to the same RE for over 3 years and I'm seriously considering moving.  We have 4 frosties and nothing is going back in my ute until they really check it out.  I've had all the blood tests but I'm not sure that they have really looked at my uterine lining.  Physically, my ute has always looked good, so I've never had a biopsy.  Have any of you guys found anything specific about your uterine lining that I should specifically be asking to check?  I want to go in and TELL my RE what I want to do as opposed to him telling me.  Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

And really, thank you all again for the virtuals hugs.  xoxo 

 



Me: now over 40, careerwoman; DH: 34 love of my life
Blood work, anatomy and his SA = in fine shape say drs
Our journey so far:
7/09: BFP m/c 6w s/e/p, 2 rounds methotrexate
4/10 BFP m/c 6w D&C..it was a boy :(
6/10-2/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
3/11: Clomid cycle, BFN
4/11-9/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
10/11 IUI #1 BFN
Have to breathe over next few months.
Feb 2012: IVF #1, max stims, only 3 retrieved, all fertilized, only 1 transferred on Day 3. BFN.
RE says move to DE. DE it is.
DE IVF #1 - 10/29: 12 eggs retrieved, 10 fert. 11/2: Day5 transfer 2 'perfect' blasts. 4 blasts on ice. 11/11: Beta #1 at 9dp5dt = 72.7 11/13: Beta #2 at 11dp5dt: 30.3 c/p :( WTF appt 11/27: RE a little dumbfounded. Checking Thyroid panel again, Hysterogram as well; FET most likely in Jan. '13.have reconsidered a parallel path of adoption.
PAIF&SAIF always welcome
 
11-14-2012 at 8:18 PM
Ruger04
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Sorry I have no advice on that, but I'm glad your feeling a little better! :)


ITS A GIRL!!! TTC 8/11 November Clomid 150mg+trigger+IUI+TI= BFP
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt
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11-14-2012 at 8:24 PM
SuzanneJes...
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SuzanneJesse is not online. Last active: 12-04-2012, 7:57 PMNewbie

Ruger04:
Sorry I have no advice on that, but I'm glad your feeling a little better! :)

 Thank you! 



Me: now over 40, careerwoman; DH: 34 love of my life
Blood work, anatomy and his SA = in fine shape say drs
Our journey so far:
7/09: BFP m/c 6w s/e/p, 2 rounds methotrexate
4/10 BFP m/c 6w D&C..it was a boy :(
6/10-2/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
3/11: Clomid cycle, BFN
4/11-9/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
10/11 IUI #1 BFN
Have to breathe over next few months.
Feb 2012: IVF #1, max stims, only 3 retrieved, all fertilized, only 1 transferred on Day 3. BFN.
RE says move to DE. DE it is.
DE IVF #1 - 10/29: 12 eggs retrieved, 10 fert. 11/2: Day5 transfer 2 'perfect' blasts. 4 blasts on ice. 11/11: Beta #1 at 9dp5dt = 72.7 11/13: Beta #2 at 11dp5dt: 30.3 c/p :( WTF appt 11/27: RE a little dumbfounded. Checking Thyroid panel again, Hysterogram as well; FET most likely in Jan. '13.have reconsidered a parallel path of adoption.
PAIF&SAIF always welcome
 
11-14-2012 at 11:38 PM
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I am so sorry.  After my first failed DE cycle, I had my RE do immune and clotting testing (lupus anticoagulant, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, beta 2 glycoprotein were the items that my RE was looking at the most).  There are specific panels which can be run- and this can get very complex, very quickly.  One of my tests initially came back a little high; I went to a hematologist for even further follow up.

If your lining was looking good before transfer (and you've had either a saline sonogram or HSG prior to cycling), I'd get those tests next.

I also went to my GP and had a physical for everything under the sun.  My thyroid was high normal and vitamin D was low.  My RE worked with me to correct these prior to my next transfer.

We did go to get a second opinion- it was re-assuring to hear that our cycle was managed properly from a medical perspective, and the second opinion RE believed that it was just a matter of trying again. 

GL to you!  Some of the ladies on the DE check in have had much more complex testing than I and could also provide thoughts on what to do next.



DOR and AMA
2/12-5/12: 4 IUI cycles = all BFN;
7/12: DE IVF # 1 (with ICSI)- 20R, 16M, 14F, 5DT of 2 blasts (4AB & 3BB); 6 frosties = BFN;
Lupus anticoagulant initially high, then found to be normal on hematology consult;
Follow up testing in September all clear;
Started synthroid for "high normal" TSH;
FET # 1- late October 2012- BFP on FRER; beta # 1- 21(low), beta # 2- 48 (still low), beta # 3- 132, beta # 4- 1,293; beta # 5- 5,606; last beta- over 100,000. First u/s 11/21- heard heartbeat
12/12- Officially an OB patient!
Level 2 ultrasound shows vasa previa and referral to MFM
Mandatory c section for delivery
Keeping fingers crossed
Everyone is welcome!  
11-15-2012 at 6:38 AM
SuzanneJes...
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chicagobride_07:

I am so sorry.  After my first failed DE cycle, I had my RE do immune and clotting testing (lupus anticoagulant, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, beta 2 glycoprotein were the items that my RE was looking at the most).  There are specific panels which can be run- and this can get very complex, very quickly.  One of my tests initially came back a little high; I went to a hematologist for even further follow up.

If your lining was looking good before transfer (and you've had either a saline sonogram or HSG prior to cycling), I'd get those tests next.

I also went to my GP and had a physical for everything under the sun.  My thyroid was high normal and vitamin D was low.  My RE worked with me to correct these prior to my next transfer.

We did go to get a second opinion- it was re-assuring to hear that our cycle was managed properly from a medical perspective, and the second opinion RE believed that it was just a matter of trying again. 

GL to you!  Some of the ladies on the DE check in have had much more complex testing than I and could also provide thoughts on what to do next.

 

Thank you so much ChiB.  I had asked about vitamin D before my transfer because I had read about it and my clinic doesn't do it.  Was the protocol for that supplements?  I'm also going to ask about endo - perhaps I'm one of those "lucky" people who have it without major symptoms, from what I read there may be a blood test that checks for it w/o doing a lap.  How long did you wait between your fresh and latest transfer?  was it a couple of months?  thanks for helping me!!  I hope you get to heartbeat stage soon!

 



Me: now over 40, careerwoman; DH: 34 love of my life
Blood work, anatomy and his SA = in fine shape say drs
Our journey so far:
7/09: BFP m/c 6w s/e/p, 2 rounds methotrexate
4/10 BFP m/c 6w D&C..it was a boy :(
6/10-2/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
3/11: Clomid cycle, BFN
4/11-9/11 TTC naturally, BFNs
10/11 IUI #1 BFN
Have to breathe over next few months.
Feb 2012: IVF #1, max stims, only 3 retrieved, all fertilized, only 1 transferred on Day 3. BFN.
RE says move to DE. DE it is.
DE IVF #1 - 10/29: 12 eggs retrieved, 10 fert. 11/2: Day5 transfer 2 'perfect' blasts. 4 blasts on ice. 11/11: Beta #1 at 9dp5dt = 72.7 11/13: Beta #2 at 11dp5dt: 30.3 c/p :( WTF appt 11/27: RE a little dumbfounded. Checking Thyroid panel again, Hysterogram as well; FET most likely in Jan. '13.have reconsidered a parallel path of adoption.
PAIF&SAIF always welcome
 
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