Hi all, how is everyone?
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Hi! How are you doing? I know last week was full of introspection. I hate weeks like that honestly.
No news here. Aggravated that we STILL haven't heard back about DH cryo. Wednesday is two weeks. I called the Monday after thanksgiving and spoke to someone and he said they were doing initial thaw of sample and then would get back to me. All we know that is was at least decent enough to freeze where last ones weren't.
As soon as he gets a thumbs up we are ready for IVF. Well, not really as they do batch retrevials around the holidays and my cycle fell in the middle.
my period starts next week and DH wants to try one more IUI as we only tried successfully once(cancelled two others due to sperm). He thinks it's silly to not try the cheaper option...I don't really know as to me it's just an additional $700 to shill out when we have IVF costs coming up. I have tons of great childhood memories of Christmas! Mine is the memory of always looking over our balcony and seeing the goodies Santa brought! We still do it to this day.
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we are looking into egg donation (with reminders, once again, of how everything gets more complicated as a minority :p). If we adopt, we're completely fine adopting a child of a different race, but the prospect of carrying a child of a different race somehow feels different (though it would be faster/easier to do so).
We don't celebrate christmas, but my favourite part of this year has always been that idea of a fresh new year
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@endymion4: It can be any holiday! Doesn't have to be Christmas
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Nothing too new for me. Just still trying to decide what to do - another retrieval, egg donor, or done. I've been leaning towards done myself, but my husband really wants to try one more time. Our odds for a normal embryo are 1/8. We've only tested 6 between the two rounds combined, so he feels like we'll always wonder if we don't test a full 8. I think I'll be ok with that but he does not. And I really want to respect his wishes. I get all "well I'm the one doing all the work!" but I still don't want to dismiss his feelings on it. It's not his fault that I have to do all the work. And it's not his fault that we have to do this (it's my translocation).
But. 100000% beyond a shadow of a doubt. If I do one more I. Am. DONE. I've said it the last two rounds but I didn't know how strongly he felt about continuing. So I'm doing my best to go with the flow. But I do have to draw a HARD line somewhere! A third round would be it. Seriously. For real this time. No, really though.I also have so many memories!
I have two that really come to mind stronger than others - the year my sister and I got bikes. Mine was white with a pink seat and pink and purple streamers. And my sisters was white with a purple seat and pink and purple streamers. We were so excited.
Also, at my grandmas each year she had a neighbor dress as santa (of course we didn't know it was her neighbor) and we'd all sit around and sing "santa Clause is coming to town" and wed faintly start to hear jingle bells and "hohoho". He'd show up in the living room and he'd hand our gifts from his bag. It's so vivid in my mind even though it was 30+ years ago! -
Hi ladies. I'm following along because I'm gearing up for a FET in the spring. I have one embryo left frozen. Honestly my family feels complete to me now, but I want to give the last one a shot. It's a complicated set of emotions.
If anyone has questions about parenting a child not genetically related to you feel free to ask. DD is the result of a donor embryo. The embryo we have frozen is her full genetic sibling.
I really loved that my dad would take me out for dinner just me and him on my birthday.
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Love and prayers always!!!!!
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@endymion4: as if IF isn't hard enough. I'm sorry you have to deal with an added layer or complications. Frustrating and issues we never think about.
@sweetiepie I love those memories!!! Good thoughts you guys Come to a mutual conclusion. I wish we could see 12mos or 24mos down the road and know the right answer. -
@LibbyLou: thanks! i'm just hoping the search for donor doesn't delay us too much (i'm not getting any younger :p)
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@Mrs. Pickle: I totally hear you on the complicated emotions.
So exciting you'll be doing another FET soon. It'll be here before you know it! -
@endymion4: maybe you could go to a college campus and stop girls who would be a good fit- "Hey you ever think of donating eggs? It pays well"
it's too bad we get the good eggs while we are too dumb to know what to do with them (well I was at least).
my period starts next week and DH wants to try one more IUI as we only tried successfully once(cancelled two others due to sperm). He thinks it's silly to not try the cheaper option...I don't really know as to me it's just an additional $700 to shill out when we have IVF costs coming up. 
it's too bad we get the good eggs while we are too dumb to know what to do with them (well I was at least).
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