Donor 4940

Laurenblum
Laurenblum Member Member
in Same Sex Couples
After 3 years of trying with donor 4610, my wife had multiple miscarriages so we switched to me, I have had 2 miscarriages. We decided something needed to change and after careful consideration we picked donor 4940 and will do IVF next month. Has anyone used 4940? I am hoping this is the change we need to finally have our take home baby!
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  • sprinklesmom
    sprinklesmom Junior Member Junior Member
    Hi There.

    I wanted to let you know that I have used donor 4940 four times using IUI and I did not get pregnant. I am now undergoing IVF with the same donor and I was able to make 6 embryos - five boys and one girl. Only 3 (all boys) tested normal when they were genetically screened (which is good for my age - 37). My transfer is planned on 8/5 - I'll let you know how it goes.

    Good luck to you and your wife! I just fell in love with this donor - it's a weird feeling I am sure only few understand.
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Good luck! I hope the transfer goes well for you!

    We absolutely love this donor and everything about him! Keep me posted on your progress! Keeping our fingers crossed for you!
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  • chaffinsl
    chaffinsl Member Member
    We have a GORGEOUS 4.5 month old baby girl with 4940- feel free to message me with any questions!!
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    We have tried 3xIUI with no luck. Beginning ivf with 4940 next month! Good luck all !
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Chaffinsl: That is great!!! I am so excited for our next round of IVF. I saw yu requested me as a friend, I hope I accepted it correctly!

    Django25: Good luck! Keep us posted!!
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    Thanks guys! We just did egg retrieval today! Hoping to inseminate this weekend
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  • chaffinsl
    chaffinsl Member Member
    Keep us updated! Message me if you guys want to get into a group or text! I can send you baby pics. ��
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Good Luck Django25!! Let us know how it goes!
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  • rebeccam13
    rebeccam13 Junior Member Junior Member
    I'm on my 4th cycle of IUI with donor 4940. Had an early miscarriage on the 3rd try so hoping for #4!

    Good luck to you all!
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  • aggienurse
    aggienurse Junior Member Junior Member
    I am so sorry to hear that mykiwi :( I can't imagine how you're feeling right now. I agree he is the perfect donor. I lived in Austin for 9 yrs...am a nurse and worked in Maternity at Seton Main. May I ask what RE group/doc you use? Just curious...no other reason. I'm in Houston now where I was born and raised. I had my first IUI with this donor on 8/27 and tomorrow morning us my beta test. I have 2 vials still at Fairfax but who knows how many tries I'll need to attempt. I will keep you in mind...I know how expensive all this is and I would hate for you to just lose all that $$$. Again I am so sorry to hear your news <3
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  • mykiwi
    mykiwi Junior Member Junior Member
    aggienurse - you may have delivered one of my daughters at Seton Main ;)

    We used Texas Fertility Center, but are looking for another RE to see what other options are.
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  • Toomoms
    Toomoms Junior Member Junior Member
    Any updates on pregnancies/births with this donor? Thinking about choosing him.
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    We're five weeks pregnant on our second attempt using FET with donor 4940. Think sticky thoughts for us!
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  • chaffinsl
    chaffinsl Member Member
    We have a gorgeous 7 month old baby girl with this donor! 😍
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    We just did an egg retrieval and retrieved 34 eggs, and we were able to freeze 13, 5 day blastocysts. These numbers are WAY better than any other time and we are hoping it is due to this donor. Transfer is November 17th! I can't wait.

    Django25 Good luck! I hope it all works out!!! Sticky dust to you!
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    Excellent let us know! From personal experience FET is way less stressful than fresh! Good luck!
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    We have been at this for 3 years now and have done IUIs, fresh, and frozen transfers. At this point it is all stressful for us but we are extremely hopeful that with this new donor it is the one!! After 5 miscarriages between my wife and I... I am not sure how much more bad news we can take! Keep your fingers crossed and we will keep you updated!! Keep us updated as well!!
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    How did you go Lauren? We're at 10 weeks thursday. Had our first scan, all looks good so far :)
    Thinking of you!
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    We have our first beta tomorrow morning! So glad everything looks good for you so far! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
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  • mykiwi
    mykiwi Junior Member Junior Member
    We are scheduled for our transfer on Feb 13. Can't wait! (We have 4 frozen embryos with this donor)
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  • RJW77
    RJW77 Junior Member Junior Member
    Hi,
    I am day 1 post frozen embryo transfer with this donor. We have 6 excellent quality embryos from 2 cycles and this is our first attempt to transfer. Hoping for good news for us both! If successful we would be on a very close timeline ��
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Hope all is well with everyone! So update on us, we transferred 2 in November which lead to a positive beta. At about 6 weeks it stopped growing. This was miscarriage #6 between me and my wife, I have had 3 and she has had 3. Because of all the complications with no explanation, we decided to save the money and have the remaining 11 embryos genetically tested. We got the results and 6 out of the 11 were genetically normal. We are planning another FET around the 15th of March.
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  • Toomoms
    Toomoms Junior Member Junior Member
    Laurenblum wrote: »
    Hope all is well with everyone! So update on us, we transferred 2 in November which lead to a positive beta. At about 6 weeks it stopped growing. This was miscarriage #6 between me and my wife, I have had 3 and she has had 3. Because of all the complications with no explanation, we decided to save the money and have the remaining 11 embryos genetically tested. We got the results and 6 out of the 11 were genetically normal. We are planning another FET around the 15th of March.

    So sorry to hear about your six losses. Have you ever switched donors, or have they all been from 4940? Glad you were able to screen the remaining embryos. I wish you all the luck and sticky baby dust!!!
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    We had donor 4610 up until this last try which resulted in a miscarriage. So 5 losses were a different donor. We thought switching would be the answer we needed but it happened again. The weirdest part is the losses are all, for the most part, happening around the 6-7 week mark. Getting ready to do an FET next Thursday!
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  • Toomoms
    Toomoms Junior Member Junior Member
    Laurenblum wrote: »
    We had donor 4610 up until this last try which resulted in a miscarriage. So 5 losses were a different donor. We thought switching would be the answer we needed but it happened again. The weirdest part is the losses are all, for the most part, happening around the 6-7 week mark. Getting ready to do an FET next Thursday!

    Good Luck! Let us know how it goes. Wishing you well and a sticky bean!
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  • A&amp;DHarter
    A&amp;DHarter Member Member
    Laurenblum, my wife and I are sending you positive thoughts and baby vibes! Good luck with the transfer.
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    How did you go Lauren?

    We're still chugging along over here. We found out we're having a little boy, due June 22.
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Django25: thanks for checking in. We found out last Wednesday we had yet another miscarriage. I am super bummed as this transfer was used with PGS tested embryos. I am just at a loss and not sure what to do. Congrats on finding out its a boy!
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  • Django25
    Django25 Junior Member Junior Member
    I'm so sorry to hear that Lauren. We're on quite a good TTC facebook group. It's very supportive, let me know if you want the details. Not an easy journey!
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  • Laurenblum
    Laurenblum Member Member
    Absolutely I would like the details!
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