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@MoonMoon @raspberries: thanks ladies

@paranundrum: Have you heard from the hospital yet? I'm sorry for a delay again.

@yellowbeach: I am grateful for your work, and the work of all our health professionals, during this craziness. Take care of yourself, and thanks for checking in!

@Shybee23: for Friday!

AFM, hcg came back lower (49) so OB is officially calling it a miscarriage, and now they just want to make sure it makes it to zero. I redraw hcg on Monday. Over the weekend, I would say I had what is a normal period (normal for me). Wondering if I'll have another period when it makes it to zero?

We are still going to see MFM next Monday, and we'll talk about Lupus & thyroid considerations moving forward. I anticipate waiting a few cycles, rheumatologist and endocrinologist want numbers to move in the right direction before we try again. Fingers crossed that happens quickly Going to enjoy extra time with my kids & DH in the meantime!

@DamnedSpot: I’m sorry to read your news. I hope the progress with the oncologist and rheumatologist helps with the next cycle when you do start up with ttc!

I wanted to chime in as a long time lurker! Sorry in advance for the long post. My husband and I have been TTC for approx 2 years now. I am 35 and my husband is 36. This would be our first pregnancy/baby.

Our first fertility appt was in early Nov 2018. We thought the problem might just be on his end but after testing, my numbers were just below where they should have been. We have done approx 4-5 IUIs and tried one IVF cycle but I did not have enough mature eggs for us to move forward with the retrieval so we converted that cycle to an IUI. None of those treatments succeeded in a BFP.

After a short break from trying we made the decision in December 2019 to move forward with an egg donor. My clinic recruits all of the donors and coordinates their care. You had an option of selecting to obtain 10 eggs or all of the eggs. We opted for all of the eggs.

Donor's egg retrieval was last month. We got 23 eggs(!) and ultimately 5 good embryos. All of my life I have been hoping to have a daughter so I was VERY bummed when 4 out of the 5 embryos were male but I'm becoming more resigned to the possibility of being a boy mom.

We had the first embryo transfer today (sooo crazy and surreal with all of the C19 news at the moment). We opted to transfer the female embryo first. My POAS/pregnancy blood test will be on Mar 26 (I have one other blood test on Mar 20 before then to check on my other hormone levels). Please add me to the list and keep your fingers and toes crossed for me. We also lost my mom on Jan 24 of this year after a long battle with brain cancer so I could really use something to work in my favor right about now.

@laurelew: I'm a cheerleader to and I want to welcome you! I'm sorry you guys have had such a long road, but I'm very excited about a possible pregnancy confirmed in just a couple of weeks!

Also I also always fantasized about having a daughter but I fell so in love with my son! There's nothing like it. Now with this pregnancy I think I'm hoping for another boy!

@paranundrum: so sorry. Sending hugs ️

@paranundrum: so frustrating I'm so sorry!

@mrsjbeeg, @moonmoon, @yellowbeach, @paranundrum: Thank you for the warm welcome!

@paranumdrum: I am so sorry to hear about your transfer for this week being cancelled. I have conflicted feelings about having mine happen according to schedule. With everything going on in the world right now, it might not be the worst thing to wait until there is less uncertainty to proceed. I have a lot of friends who are major worriers who seemed very skeptical of my clinic still going ahead with the transfer this week. I just hope that I have made the right decision in having gone through with mine and that I haven't just wasted one of my "chances."

@laurelew: Welcome! So hoping everything works out for you!!

@paranundrum: Ugh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Sending you strength and love.

I'm not really sure what to do - I'm supposed to be going in for an ultrasound when I get a positive OPK, both to check for cysts and to confirm ovulation. I suppose I'll call my doctor when I get a positive OPK and see if they think it's okay to come in? I might ovulate at any time between next Thursday and the third week of April, so I'm just sitting tight for now.

@yellowbeach: this kills me, as I have a fairly high chance of being exposed in the next few weeks

@raspberries: TTC right now is so weird! I wish you much luck with the Clomid this month.

I'm currently in my TWW after a FET on 3/16 and it's been torture. My husband and I are both working from home. As someone who is currently child free and whose work has been pretty light the past week (whereas my husband's has been pretty steady, so much so that he's even been putting in overtime hours), this scenario has been pretty hard on my mental health -- too much time to wonder and dwell on everything.

I am 90% positive this month is not my month. I've been consistently mildly crampy all day yesterday and so far all day today. I did try an at home test yesterday morning and it was super negative (although I don't find that as telling as the mild cramps since they say you can get false negatives after FETs). I have my beta test scheduled for tomorrow morning.

It's just been super discouraging that nothing has worked for me so far in spite of all of the time, money, and emotional costs that I have invested. This was also my only shot at having a girl baby.

@laurelew: I know you know yourself and probably know how you feel in your cycles. But I did want to post that I had mild cramping right before one of my pregnancies to the point I counted myself out and took Motrin for it. And then found out I was pregnant just a few days later when AF was late. So I wouldn’t lose hope until the beta rules it out completely or AF actually shows - that’s just my two cents. Keeping fingers crossed for you this cycle!!!!!

@laurelew: Hope you get some good news this morning

@laurelew: So so sorry

Hey ladies, what a weird time we’re in.

I saw our babe on ultrasound this morning, measuring at 9w6d, which is one day ahead of my original calculation, so pretty spot on. I am strong my new job on Monday and I am very hesitant about everything going on. Do I tell my new employer? Because I don’t want to be put on the COVID-19 testing team and I’d rather work from home at this point doing telemedicine. I don’t know what to do!

@mrs.panda: Congratulations on getting to see your LO on the ultrasound.

If I were in your shoes, I would tell your new employer. In the midst of this pandemic, I feel like all of the usual rules of etiquette regarding when to reveal information have gone out the window. I found myself telling my boss and a few colleagues about my FET in advance because it came at a time when my employer was allowing people to work from home by exception only (now everyone is at home since our state is shut down). Ordinarily I am much more private and would have preferred to keep that information to myself.

In my experience, people are generally kind and good, especially right now. I'm sure your new employer will be understanding as well. Best of luck with everything! Let us know how it goes.

@Shybee23: I will be meeting with my manager for the first time on Tuesday, so I’m not sure what will be available to me. I hope they can provide me a telemedicine option.

@DamnedSpot: hugs