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  • lposhlposh Senior Member Senior Member
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  • POT03005POT03005 Senior Member Senior Member
    You'll get questions I am sure. Our daugther is 4 and she knows she has two moms along with several of her friends. She does ask though who her daddy is and why she doesn't have a daddy. Nothing can prepare you for hearing those words the first time. They stung! We just tell her that all families are different. Some have a mom and a dad, some have just a mom or just a dad, or just grandparents. Some have two dads and some have two moms. Doesn't mean that you are loved any less. We are fortuate to know and already have a relationship with two families that have half sibblings to Charlie. One couple lives 30 min from us and we have met on many occasions and consider them friends. She'll get the info when she's older but for now they are just her friends... it's interesting and I am sure is a bit different for everyone but this is what works for us most of the time. Our daugther typically talkes to her "mudder" about it and not me ... I assume because she's a stay at home mom and I am the working mom or could be the fact that I am not the super femme in our relationship. I should look like a hot mess in about 8 months who a mohawk and a pregnant belly! haha!
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  • MoonlitwishMoonlitwish Member Member
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    Houston, keep the countdown coming, we won't get sick of hearing it. Kerri, make sure to post a hot mess Mohawk pic in 8 months, we all need a good laugh on here! Lol. Moonlitwish, hopefully we will be eating m&m blizzards soon because they are a craving for us, I add cookie dough to mine (it's to die for). I go tomorrow for a baseline sono to start it all up again too.
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  • callencallen Member Member
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  • TX_RAINTX_RAIN Member Member
    Lisa, I don't know if you did your counseling session yet, but it is helpful. It can help you think the whole process through in different ways than before. Some of the topics we talked about was donor vs. dad and guilty feeling with decision to be SMBC (no father). One counseling session is built in as part of the cost for each IUI trial. I had not thought about it before the mandatory session but it is something I am considering while I go through this process.
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    This process is so nerve racking, just got back from the clinic and they said I have 4 follicles and now need to decide if I want to proceed this cycle or wait until the next. She said 4 could result in a slim chance of 4 pregnancies but with my age (38) that is a probability that not all are good. And I could also of course result in 0 pregnancies. It is a scary decision to make, my husband is thinking we should wait because he doesn't want to risk it.
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  • HoustonHouston Member Member
    Honestly Jan, I would go for it. I am the same age as you and underwent my first IUI 8 days ago with 3-4 mature follicles. My RE said that 2-4 is ideal given that some will be "duds". Anything over that number and they will cancel the cycle due to risk of high-order multiples. From the statistics I've seen, I'm more concerned w/the IUI not working vs. having multiples (although that would, quite admittedly, freak me the hell out).
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  • HoustonHouston Member Member
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  • POT03005POT03005 Senior Member Senior Member
    I am 34 almost 35 and I had 7 this past cycle and we are not 100% sure yet, but I believe there is only 1. I say go for it Jan, its a very slim chance that all woud take. Like less than 1/2 of a percent.
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  • POT03005POT03005 Senior Member Senior Member
    Houston, I did a test around day 8 or 9 just to see if I got a BFN which I was hoping I would get as it would verify that the trigger shot was out of my system. That way on day 12 when I tested, I knew the BFP was true. Just what I did. :) Good luck....
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    Just talked to my NP and I asked her personally what she would do and she said it's a very hard choice but with my high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and HELLP syndrome I developed with my 1st pregnancy I am at high risk of all that again. She said she wouldn't want to see me pregnant with twins even.
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  • lposhlposh Senior Member Senior Member
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  • D-rizzyD-rizzy Senior Member Senior Member
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    I have been on injectibles a couple of times and usually only have two mature follicles, they switched me from Bravelle 75mg to Follistim 100mg, not sure why she is so concerned this time around with multiples and my health issues. I have worked with 2 different NP's so maybe this one is more nervous about things. My favorite NP is on vacation this week. :-( but now she has me freaked out so I put this cycle aside. When I had the twin pregnancy I had two mature but only one took because they were identical. I was stressed out all morning long trying to make the decision. She said we can take a look next month and see if my ovaries are clear and if so dial down the meds.
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  • lposhlposh Senior Member Senior Member
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  • POT03005POT03005 Senior Member Senior Member
    I can see it!
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    I already backed out, and of course am 2nd guessing myself now, after hearing how many follicles you had POT. It made my husband nervous, with all my health concerns. Next time if I have that many I may just say go for it. Damn I hate making decisions like this.
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  • txgrl74txgrl74 Senior Member Senior Member
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  • txgrl74txgrl74 Senior Member Senior Member
    OH and I can see the pic on the last page.
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  • POT03005POT03005 Senior Member Senior Member
    Tx my first three were not medicated and I had one follie each time number four was clomid w seven follicles
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  • lposhlposh Senior Member Senior Member
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  • lposhlposh Senior Member Senior Member
    Yes it is 545 am and I totally can't sleep. I saw the nurse yesterday and got my ivf protocol. I'm full of fear with all the injections and painful ovaries. I'm gonna need to pray hard for the courage and strength to do this by myself.
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  • callencallen Member Member
    Lisa I just received my big packet for IVF also. We might just be doing this together. :)
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  • janbabyjanbaby Senior Member Senior Member
    Thanks for the encouraging words Lisa, I am use to waiting by now so what's another month right? Torture is what it is, we all know that, but hey we all get to go thru it together on this board. I think you will do just fine with the shots, I was the biggest scaredy cat, I had never even been around shots being administered so I had no clue how they worked at all. These last few days were only my third time at doing injectable and I feel like a pro now, I don't even have to do the count 1, 2, .....no wait, lol now I just stick it straight in there. Best of luck to you and Callen on your IVF's!
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