I need to be better about taking pictures!!! I don't have that many good ones! I have some on my phone, but I need to try to take pics more often with my normal camera. Took some tonight since it was big brother's fourth birthday!
Jan 2006- Dx Male factor. Low count, motility, morphology IVF/ICSI only option.
Cycle #1: 5/06 Long lupron 225 U FSH- 19 eggs retrieved/15 mature/5 fertilized 3 transferred on day 3- okay quality- BFN
Cycle #2: 8/06 Long lupron 225 U FSH- 11 eggs retrieved/11 mature/3 fertilized- transferred 3 on day 3- okay quality- BFN
Cycle #3- 11/06 New RE- long lupron 225 U FSH/75U LH 17 eggs retrieved, 14 mature- 8 fertilized, transferred 3 perfect embryos on day 3 -First BFP ever!!!!!! 4 frozen embryos (not vitrified and frozen on day 3) Delivered a boy on 8/23/07!!
Frozen Cycle #1 7/09-frozen embryos from previous fresh cycle- transferred 4 embryos on day 4., but only 2 were growing well. BFP!, but no heartbeat at first u/s at 7wks :( D&C showed Normal boy 46XY.
Cycle #4 11/09- Long lupron 150U FSH/150 U LH- 17 eggs retrieved, 12 mature, 5 fertilized. Transferred 3 on day 5 (1 perfect blast, 2 early blasts) BFP!!! Heartbeat at 7wks!! No heartbeat at 8wks :( D&C showed Monosomy X ("turner's syndrome")
Cycle #5- 3/10 MDL protocol. 450 U FSH- 27 eggs retrieved, 20 mature, 12 fertilized. Transferred 3 PGD normal on day 5. 2 early blasts-okay/good quality and 1 perfect blast- BFN
Cycle #6- Plan to cycle at CCRM in July/Aug with CGH. 8/10 Long lupron with saizen 30 Eggs retrieved, 27 mature, 19 fertilized 6 blasts- 5 good enough for CCS testing CCS results: 3 normals 10/14-transfer 2 blasts 10/23-14dpo Beta #1: 181 10/25- 16dpo Beta #2: 476 10/29-20 dpo Beta #3 3428 11/2- 24dpo Beta #4 11700 1st ultrasound 11/12:
Our diagnosis is male factor infertility. We started trying for kids in our late 20s and struggled a lot. We had our first son in 2007 after two IVF failures. We struggled again to have a sibling at local clinics in California. We ended up at CCRM for one last try and did CCS testing. We had 3 normal embryos and transferred 2 in 2010. Our boy/girl twins are now 4yrs old. We recently went back for our one last CCS normal embryo this Aug 2015. Currently pregnant and due in April 2016!!
They are so adorable!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!! I can't believe how similar they look to each other. Big brother looks proud. : ) Hope you are feeling well and getting some rest!
ReplyDelete