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A journey towards our dream, a dearly wished for daughter.
I am relieved to have this first phase over with. The consultant asked ALOT of questions as to why I was doing IVF, and why I was going abroard. Slightly difficult to answer, especially with my son sitting on my lap. However, I was honest and straight...
Most Recent Post: 18-Nov-2009 6:55 PM (Comments: 1)
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An emotional journey in order to get my little girl!
I'll be 20 wks on Wed (today's Mon) but since both of my boys were born at 37 wks I've considered myself halfway at 18 1/2 wks. I'm excited to have this milestone reached but I feel like I've accomplished so little on preparing for...
Most Recent Post: 16-Nov-2009 3:02 PM
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My stop-start journey to my daughter
Oops I did it again... or more precisely we did it again. Whilst still deciding whether we were even going to have a 4th child with DH's travel schedule and living in a new town, it was very much up for debate, Nature took her own course and we are...
Most Recent Post: 12-Nov-2009 3:20 AM (Comments: 2)
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Follow the twists and turns of an ART newbie navigating international IVF in the USA!
Term for a singleton is 40 weeks. But for twins, is considered 36-37 weeks. So I am considering myself half-way today. Yay!! I am starting to feel the babies move more, which is cool. But also, some nasty Braxton-Hicks contractions have started. Am not...
Most Recent Post: 8-Nov-2009 5:47 PM
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One of the things that I've been really interested in since I first learned about swaying is ph. It makes a lot of sense to me that low ph would favor girls and high ph would favor boys. But how much does ph sway? Is it more effective than timing...
Most Recent Post: 31-Oct-2009 3:39 AM
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Our o/s adventure into MS/PGD/IVF
Negative beta result. Sad and disappointing, I finally cried today. But its also releasing to know that this is over - we can move on now. We're going to go natural for a while - I want a baby more than I want my girl. And if we dont get her this...
Most Recent Post: 26-Oct-2009 10:40 PM (Comments: 4)
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This blog was made to document the journey I took to find our dreamed and prayed for son
Someone suggested I discuss what was talked about with all the past people. So I will label these by parts. This is party one and will included the inventor of preseed, the acijell and vinegar study I cant really recall the year it was, but when preseed...
Most Recent Post: 9-Oct-2009 11:12 PM
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I hate being the person who analizes every detail of my life wondering if its a sign of pregnancy. sigh. but here I am. I wish I could know now, but I am only DPO 6. Time is crawling by....
Most Recent Post: 25-Sep-2009 12:07 AM
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Yesterday, I went in for my 6 week ultrasound, only I was 7 weeks 1 day. I went to a local HRC and a PA came in, introduced herself and performed my U/S. My DH and I saw our baby almost instantly, the PA said everything looked good and pointed out the...
Most Recent Post: 24-Sep-2009 1:33 AM (Comments: 1)
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Step right up, get your ticket...the PGD/IVF roller coaster is leaving the station.
YAY! I have been waiting to write my blog post and officially announce that we are expecting twins! We are nervous and excited. All of our ultrasounds look great, and the girls are measuring exactly spot on! Just one more week till the magical 12 week...
Most Recent Post: 19-Sep-2009 1:38 AM (Comments: 4)
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Life is beautiful, thanks God!!
I always wanted at least 2 kids… After we had our boy Octavio I wasn’t sure about have any more… But after a couple of years I felt that Octavio has to have a little company… I have 2 younger brothers and thought wasn’t fear for him to not have any… Is...
Most Recent Post: 10-Aug-2009 6:31 PM (Comments: 1)
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Follow Pippi on her adventures through IVF/PGD at HRC in July 2009.
The rest of my miserable cycle in a nutshell. Sunday morning- 12 eggs retrieved! Drove home feeling over the moon that we got so many little eggies. Day one fertility report- only 6 mature- only 4 fertilized- only 2 still growing. Two eggs!! Now the wait...
Most Recent Post: 26-Jul-2009 7:07 PM (Comments: 7)
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Hi again! If you haven’t seen it, I hope you will check out the link to my sway. It’s been updated since my last blog post with new information, so if you haven’t read it recently, check it out! http://www.ingender.com/cs/forums/t/89266.aspx My ultrasound...
Most Recent Post: 14-Jul-2009 3:06 PM (Comments: 1)
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Dr. Daniel A. Potter, MD, FACOG, is a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Huntington Reproductive Center in Laguna Hills, California. HRC offers gender selection with MicroSort and PGD, and is a world-renowned infertility research center.
This is a pilot study that we are starting. It may provide the opportunity for couples to access IVF with minimal expense. Study Title: Creation of differentiated, patient-specific stem cell lines through somatic cell nuclear transfer Institutional review...
Most Recent Post: 1-May-2009 7:59 AM (Comments: 1)
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My journey to add to our family has only just begun.... My baby girl passed away five years ago this past January 3rd. This April I will be having my tubes reversed so that we can try to have another DD. I have started taking the basic supplements and...
Most Recent Post: 20-Feb-2009 7:12 PM (Comments: 3)
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Our journey through the high tech world toacheive our dream of a daughter for some balance in our family.
I have tried to figure out in my mind what to even say.. My embie did not survive the thaw.. I got the call on Nov 13, 2008 I had just left the accupuncturist and I was feeling great.. Then I saw I had 3 missed calls and I just KNEW!!! I called the RE...
Most Recent Post: 24-Jan-2009 11:53 AM (Comments: 2)
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Thoughts on twins These forums are for us to support and offer advice both for those going through the process and those who have been there. I came into IVF thinking I would only do a SET because I was terrified of having twins. When I had a sketchy...
Most Recent Post: 12-Aug-2008 3:08 AM
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Follow our adventure into unknown terriory... the land of PINK Dreams!!
ok so prog was 9!!! yes,9!!! I immediately busted out the doppler and found her hb. Things sound fine. So I gave myself PIO right after the call. trying another week on PIO and then off one day, blooddraw and then see whats up. Scared to death. I dont...
Most Recent Post: 11-Aug-2008 11:28 PM
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Hi everyone thanks for your messages yesterday I had an unsettled night but didn't have to wait too long as I got a call this morning with the news, the kids were screeching in the background and the reception on the mobile was terrible cutting in...
Most Recent Post: 5-Jul-2008 11:50 AM
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Our son is 5 months now, and he coos, he grows and grows. All the time we buy clothes for him.What I feel is the hardest is when people say I must adore this little gold nugget, or they say: "I must admire this little masterpiece" or "...
Most Recent Post: 1-Jul-2008 8:58 PM (Comments: 2)
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After a short battle with cancer, my partners father passed away in mid April. My partner has taken on the responsibility of completing the task of restoring his dads antique car, his pride and joy. He has also restored a very old chainsaw and has cleaned...
Most Recent Post: 30-Jun-2008 4:14 AM
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Most Recent Post: 18-Jun-2008 5:13 PM
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Well, we have been saving money and just enjoying our life. I think we both really needed this time "off". I sort of lost myself going through this whole process. My relationship with DH has never been stronger and I have had some wonderful...
Most Recent Post: 21-May-2008 6:34 PM
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Today I went for my second ultrasound. I did not have my DH come with me because this is my 5th pregnancy and I thought everything would be fine. I have been feeling nauseous for most of the day. At the ultrasound the tech asked me what they told me at...
Most Recent Post: 8-May-2008 4:49 PM
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Well the two week wait was a ferocious one but my mind was not on our implanting little girl all of the time. I lost my grandfather- my poor sweet grandfather. He was so proud, so strong all the time it was an epic loss to not have him here with us anymore...
Most Recent Post: 28-Apr-2008 3:15 PM
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my journey through swaying the odds towards twin girls.
so I thought we would have a week of experiments since dh needed to "clean his pipes" every day before our actual attempt, and of course a week is plenty of time to get it figured out right?! Yeah, that is if you don't ovulate a week early...
Most Recent Post: 10-Dec-2007 7:16 PM (Comments: 1)
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I wanted this blog to keep track of my attempt. Hopefully, it will help to verbalize my actions. I really would love to add a third child to our home which consists of myself, DH, and 2 adorable DS's!
Well, I'm new to this blog thing, so I hope I'm writing in the correct area... Anyway, I wanted to keep this blog as a diary of my attempt. It always helps to verbalize your thoughts and actions when you are trying really hard for something. Well...
Most Recent Post: 24-Oct-2007 7:56 PM
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Well no BFP for me. I will take a break for a while and see about coming back at some other time. I'm thinking that I will wait to see what happens with Microsort. Best of luck to all of those on their journey. Hope my blog helps some of you....CD...
Most Recent Post: 20-Sep-2007 6:34 PM
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My crazy at home adventures of TTC the baby girl of my dreams.... come along for the wild ride!
Sorry I haven't posted in a bit... just nothing really to report on...LOL I have been busy reading my books and finding out alot of stuff... simple stuff that helps alot that I never knew a thing about. I find it very intresting... it may not nessasarily...
Most Recent Post: 21-Aug-2007 7:12 PM (Comments: 2)
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I seriously can't catch a break . I called Cigna before accepting the job at Talbots JUST to make sure that there was indeed infertility coverage, and that my doctor was in network. I was told that there weren't any exclusions, so I thought that I would...
Most Recent Post: 24-Mar-2007 2:16 AM (Comments: 6)
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Living in a testosterone zone and hoping for some girly company.
I am finding staying on the girl diet really hard, so I decided to first focus on the supplements and then go from there. And today I managed to get them all in! Breakfast: Yogurt, Cal-Mag, Cranberry, Cup of chocolate milk, 2 cups water Lunch: Low-salt...
Most Recent Post: 17-Mar-2007 4:36 AM (Comments: 1)
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I will start by telling you that I did not try to have my first son. He was a surprize! Then after 2 and a half years my husband was really wanting another child, I said ok after mounths of him asking for the baby . I did not know that there was anything...
Most Recent Post: 25-Feb-2007 2:29 AM (Comments: 4)
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Cycle day 1 - 5th February 2007 Cycle day 19 34 day cycle Ovulation day 19 Ph levels Cycle day 12 - 6.5 Cycle day 13 - ? Cycle day 14 - 6.25 (light ewcm) sharp pains in right side Cycle day 15 - 6.25 (light ewcm) pains in right side Cycle day 16 - Cycle...
Most Recent Post: 17-Feb-2007 1:25 PM
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Background With both of my pregnancies, I suffered from severe gender disappointment. My Mom died tragically when I was relatively young and I had always wanted a daughter. I just couldn't imagine going through my life without that Mother-Daughter...
Most Recent Post: 2-Feb-2007 12:16 AM (Comments: 6)
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"Now you can design your own baby. But should you?" is the tantalizing teaser for this week's much-quoted article about preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the online magazine Slate. The inaccurate and sensational lead-in is entirely appropriate for...
Most Recent Post: 16-Sep-2006 8:25 AM (Comments: 1)
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Danielle is a mother of two boys, and used Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor test to learn whether her third baby, due in December 2005, is a boy or a girl.
As I sit here holding this baby girl, I am in awe of her beauty. Her sweet lips and soft skin are to die for and her little coo sounds of contentment make my heart melt. I am so in love with her- as is my entire family. She is a miracle! A liitle girl...
Most Recent Post: 13-Jan-2006 5:31 PM
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When I had my second son, 4 years ago, I knew I wasn't finished. I knew that there was at least one more little being waiting to come to life. I knew though that I had to take a bit of a breather. My oldest son David will be 6 this coming Sunday and my...
Most Recent Post: 11-Dec-2005 10:58 PM (Comments: 10)
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Well today is the day I have been waiting for. The day I can test to see if the MS IUI worked. I did not test today, but I did test yesterday and got a BFN. It is really dissapointing to keep seeing negatives. So I decided I would not torture myself today...
Most Recent Post: 12-Nov-2005 2:03 PM (Comments: 1)
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CD 11 I had my first monitoring ultrasound today. Everything looks good. I have “3, maybe 4” follicles that look like they will be ready come IUI time. I can’t remember for certain, but I think they ranged from 14-18. I have 2 more days of repronex (for...
Most Recent Post: 23-Sep-2005 5:33 PM (Comments: 2)
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It was an uneventful evening after the afternoon stress test I had just had. I got my boys in bed, my dh was playing online poker, I took a nice warm bath and got into bed to watch the news! I was watching the preparations for the "rose bowl" parade....
Most Recent Post: 17-Aug-2005 12:37 AM (Comments: 1)
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I decided to fly home Saturday night and excape back into my own element. It sure did help I felt a lot better being home with my family than alone in La La land. I am now trying to gather my thoughts to write a letter to dr. potter asking for answers...
Most Recent Post: 14-Aug-2005 3:37 PM (Comments: 3)
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My IVF with PGD experience with the Genetics and IVF Institute (GIVF) in Fairfax, Virginia, in July 2005.
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