https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:06:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599512 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:29:48 +0000 yellowbeach 2599512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Can anyone do that? I'd be happy to start IVF#4, but I'm not sure I know how to close the old one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599475 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:52:35 +0000 GreenThumb 2599475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Congratulations on your results!! To have both normal come back is wonderful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599407 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:42:40 +0000 BSB 2599407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just popping in and saying hello to fellow IVFers! Hoping you all get some good news soon. Hang in there. I remember the IVF rollercoaster ride.</p> <p>@PurplePumps: Exciting! :boy: :boy: Finger and toes of mine and the twins' are crossed for you! </p> <p>Oh, so I know large threads usually bogs down the server from what MrBee told me (I inquired since I was confused on why the last IVF thread was closed)... do you mind starting a new thread? And maybe closing this thread after the new one is created. </p> <p> :goodluck: :heart: to all on this thread! I hope you all get your miracle baby (or babies) like I did. I'm thinking of you all in your journey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599402 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:34:06 +0000 agold 2599402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: That's great you have two normal embryos! I'm hoping for the best for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599276 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:34:26 +0000 Mrs. Pajamas 2599276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps I can totally understand why you would be disappointed in 2 blasts but both normal is amazing!!! just focus on that. Are you banking at all?</p> <p>I'm not getting my PGD results back for another 2 weeks and I'm dying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599273 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:23:09 +0000 NorthStar 2599273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Yay for two normal boys! That is amazing that both were normal :grin: I agree with your husband that it is definitely time to look into other issues as you don't want anything to happen to those precious boys. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599078 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:44:36 +0000 yellowbeach 2599078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Very exciting! I always forget you get to know the sex as well. :heart: :boy: :boy: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/101#post-2599040 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:31:42 +0000 SweetiePie 2599040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still waiting for AF over here. Boooooring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2599039 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:30:34 +0000 SweetiePie 2599039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pajamas: 9/7 is my birthday so sending some luck your way ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2599038 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:29:57 +0000 SweetiePie 2599038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: PGS normal is great news! If nothing else because it gets you one step closer to figuring out the underlying issue.<br /> Gotta keep on keeping on and we're all here rooting so hard for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2599034 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:22:06 +0000 PurplePumps 2599034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: Congrats!! </p> <p>Well, I had to take some time off after being down that we only ended up with just 2 blasts. I thought we were off to such a good start too. But, with an amazing stroke of luck, both came back pgs normal! (both male too). So we're revisiting some immunology testing since my RE is second guessing the easy assumption that my miscarriage was due to chromosomal issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2598481 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 12:34:23 +0000 yellowbeach 2598481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: Feeling good! Night before last I was feeling nauseated, but I was also taking care of two patients with hyperemesis gravidarum at work, so it was probably in my head. Otherwise just trying to keep myself busy until our 6wus a week from today :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597976 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:26:11 +0000 Winnie13 2597976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: That is just beautiful!! That is wonderful you were able to help your sister like that! How so very special! Thank you for your well wishes!<br /> @yellowbeach: What a sweet story! Thanks for sharing!! How are you feeling? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597726 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:24:12 +0000 agold 2597726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: Oh my goodness. What an amazingly sweet story!!! Wow. The sister doing traditional surrogacy is truly amazing. That's beyond what I think I could do. (Although I also never thought I could donate my own eggs, but I did!) My sweet sister said she'd be a surrogate for me in a heartbeat if that is what I needed. Obviously none of this was like a quick easy decision, but its what worked out best for my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597718 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:17:10 +0000 yellowbeach 2597718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: a little off thread, but these guys are two of my friends. :heart: warming story about creating a family.</p> <p><a href="http://thenextfamily.com/2016/07/how-i-helped-my-brother-and-his-husband-create-their-loving-family/" rel="nofollow">http://thenextfamily.com/2016/07/how-i-helped-my-brother-and-his-husband-create-their-loving-family/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597714 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:14:01 +0000 agold 2597714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: So my sister used all of the eggs and fertilized them with her husband's sperm. So I suppose if I wanted to use one of my eggs mixed with her husband's sperm, I could have. But no, I didn't want that. Plus, she ended up using up all of what she had. With the egg retrieval for my own purposes - about 4 years later - I got much less eggs initially. That was shocking, but not really, I suppose, since I was older. But I had responded so well the first time around that the RE office used to call me frequently for quite a while asking me to be a donor for other couples. Ha! No one is calling me now for that!! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597696 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:51:51 +0000 yellowbeach 2597696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I love hearing stories of egg donors and surrogates. What an amazing gift. I don't know much about egg donation, but were you able to use any of your younger eggs, or is it that once they are gifted, even if unused they are gone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597255 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:51:25 +0000 agold 2597255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: I'm just now seeing the update on your brother and SIL. That's horrible. I watched my sister go through the same thing. She ultimately had to go the donor egg route and I volunteered to be her egg donor! Too bad (or maybe better, depending how you feel) you can't be an egg donor in your situation because (a) he's your brother, and (b) you are going through your own IVF stuff. I never thought at the time that I was donating my own then-fabulous eggs that I would end up going through IVF myself. Such a crazy turn of events. I wish your brother all the best. Its such an awful time to go through, that's for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597189 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:35:01 +0000 Winnie13 2597189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all so much for your love, support, thoughts, prayers, and encouragement. It's so hard to see the ones you love suffer so much! I know their miracle will come and I'm praying for their next steps! </p> <p>@Mrs. Pajamas: I'm not too far behind you. Today is CD 5. I'll be on Lupron starting on the 20th, then I slowly start in the estrodial and then the PIO about a week before transfer. Mine is the 22nd!! Praying for awesome results!! When do you think you'll hear? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597080 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:02:59 +0000 Mrs. Pajamas 2597080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13 Oh my gosh I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through and my heart hurts so much for them. I mean, I have been through what I feel like is hell to build my family but their story really seems like a whole other level. Wow. i know they will get their miracle in the end but I'm sending so much love for them and your whole family. </p> <p>You asked a few days ago about where I am in my cycle. I am CD9 today. So on BC for a little less than 2 more weeks and awaiting results of PGD on our 5 frosties. Transfer is set for 9/7.</p> <p>@LoveHope @yellowbeach how are you lucky ladies feeling these days? any u/s appts on the horizon? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597059 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:22:19 +0000 SweetiePie 2597059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: I'm so heartbroken for your brother and SIL. I can't even fathom so many roadblocks. I'll pray that they get their miracle soon, one way or another. ❤️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2597020 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:34:16 +0000 LoveHope 2597020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: My heart hurts for them. It's bad enough to go through IF and to keep having to go through treatments is absolutely heart wrenching. Praying for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2596792 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:50:58 +0000 Amorini 2596792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: oh my, how heartbreaking! Sending love their way. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2596777 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:50:54 +0000 yellowbeach 2596777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: ugh that's so difficult - I'm sure they are understandably devastated. I will say that sometimes God rewards people after struggle. My best friend just called me today to say they are 9weeks pregnant with their little accident. They went through 6 IUIs, 5 rounds of IVF including 4 retrievals and 2 miscarriages before they had their IVF twins. This time they weren't even trying and conceived this little miracle. I'm hoping your brother and SIL can find the same reward at the end of their journey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2596759 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:57:11 +0000 momazon 2596759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: I'm so sorry to hear about your brother and his wife - what a horrible journey they've been on, trying so hard to welcome a child into the world. Hopefully they are working with great doctors who can help them navigate all the additional testing and treatments, etc to make their dream a reality. I'll say a prayer for them and send all the best wishes that their journey ends happily. I went through three IUIs, six fresh own-egg IVF cycles, one frozen cycle and three (early) miscarriages before I moved on to the donor egg IVF cycle that brought me a healthy pregnancy and my perfect little son. We went through a ton to bring this little guy here, and I'm thankful that we were able to keep moving forward after each failure along the way. Sending tons of positive thoughts towards your family during this long struggle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2596569 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:54:27 +0000 Winnie13 2596569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girls, my heart is just broken right now. I know this is a place to vent and find some encouragement!<br /> **Trigger warning**<br /> My brother and sister-in-law have been trying to get pregnant for nearly 7 years now. They started their IVF journey about 2 1/2 years ago. They were successful their very 1st time and were over the moon. Sadly, they miscarried at 16 weeks. She did a FET with their only embie and it ended with a negative. They did another ER and implanted all 3 embies and that ended with a CP. They did another ER and it was successful, only to miscarry at 8 weeks. It was devastating. They did another ER and they got 3 embies. They implanted 2 and it ended with a CP. They just transferred their last little embie 2 weeks ago and received a negative result on Friday. It's so hard to understand why they are going through all this, but I would appreciate any prayers and positive thoughts for them. I don't know what their next steps will be, but I'm just praying they get their sweet miracle. I know that is all what we want at the end of this IF journey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2596134 Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:58:10 +0000 yellowbeach 2596134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wishing :goodluck: to everyone with appointments and tests this week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2595443 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:10:37 +0000 yellowbeach 2595443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Winnie13: I'm so glad you brought up the sex thing. I feel like that's been the great irony of IVF - all these hormone meds finally ramping up my libido. I'm feeling like a frisky 22 year-old and and I'm not allowed to do anything about it :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2595422 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:45:43 +0000 Winnie13 2595422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: That's wonderful!! Ditto to @Northstar!<br /> @SweetiePie: LOL!!! Sex... what is that??? Poor DH! Between Egg retrieval and OHSS he hasn't gotten ANY... Just when I start feeling better... guess who shows today?? LOL! Poor thing! Glad you were a little later in your cycle and you're still on track! Hopefully once you start BC you can get the ball rolling! I start mine in about 2 days!<br /> @Mrs. Pajamas: What CD are you on? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-thread-3/page/100#post-2595248 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 10:17:15 +0000 NorthStar 2595248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: yay! That is awesome! Yes, ask about an ultrasound date. Are you on any meds (estrogen/progesterone)? I would also ask how long you would be expected to take them. I stopped mine at 10 weeks. They are so dang expensive, so I wanted to know how long I had to take them. </p>