Just found this forum - hoping to re-connect!

[TwoSweetGuys]

I gave up on the other site for a long time, was directed here today. I was hoping to run into some "old friends" from the PGD forum and see how everyone is doing! I will keep reading around. In the meantime, here's my update:

After a long, horrible, tedious, ridiculous 2 years, I'm currently on my last cycle of IVF / PGD ('m 37 now). The last round went so horribly (7 follicles but only 1 egg!) that my guilty-feeling doctor gave me a free round this time. You know you're responding poorly when that happens!! :-)

So this time we got 5 eggs, 4 fertilized, 3 grew, then we batched it with the one little embryo from last time and sent to PGD. Results Saturday night: only one normal embryo out of all four, and it was a girl! Transferred it yesterday (already hatching) and now I'm just waiting for Saturday to test.

I am hopeful, but realistic too. I've only had 2 transfers out of all my cycles but both were BFN. You just never know what's going to happen! I stayed on the couch most of yesterday but did get up to do a few things, today I'm just going to take it easy but get back to cooking and moving around normally. The studies on bed rest are funny - it seems to make it even LESS likely to get pregnant (some of them), so who knows what's best anymore?!

This is our last cycle. We move overseas in July (Foreign Service) and I'm hoping to go with a baby on board. If not, we're either going to stick with our really wonderful family (my GD is only 10% of what it used to be, and totally livable - my boys are amazing and great fun as they get older (especially the 6 year-old)), or look into adoption from the Democratic Republic of Congo - my heart is drawn to Africa.

Again, it's great to find you all again and I can't wait to catch up!

[jils04]

Thats lovely Twosweetguys. welcome and I remember you from IG.
Good luck on saturday, it only takes 1 and after all your efforts,I hope you're rewarded.
Otherwise your plan B's sound great too.

[nuthinbutpink]

Welcome! Glad you found us! Little different here- we have most people posting in the Member forum(the oldtimers you would recognize!). I'm glad you got a transfer and I really hope she sticks! Congrats!

[purpledream]

Yes, I remember you, too. I'm formarly patienceforpurple and I'm back to cycling after two miscarriages-one from FET and one natural. I'm also about to start my last fresh cycle, so it's nerve-wrecking. Good luck and really hope this is for you!

[TRL]

You have been through a lot. Good luck to you, it only takes one?

[TwoSweetGuys]

I 100% can't believe it, but I tested positive this morning. Absolutely surreal. I don't know what to do with myself. I'm sure a darker test tomorrow will help make this more real, but for now I'm going to enjoy seeing two lines for the fist time in 5 years. This would mean so much for our family in so many ways. At least now I have hope. Thank you all for your welcome!!!!

Sarah

[Flava]

Welcome here and congrats on your bfp!!!!!!!!!!!

[michaela]

I remember you!! How exciting and CONGRATS!!!!!!


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[TRL]

Great news!

[lisvna]

Wow! Congratulations im so happy for you!

[onlythelonely]

Congrats

[ELP]

Amazing news!!!!! Many congratulations:hug2:

[stepbystep]

Congratulations!

[Myloves]

Congrats!

[Myloves]

I remember you from IG too :)

[TwoSweetGuys]

Thank you SO MUCH ladies. I've been waiting for two years to be able to post this. The line was darker this morning so I feel a bit more reassured. Going for a beta tomorrow morning. I hope it's okay to update this thread, I'm just so excited and we haven't told anyone IRL yet (well, not TOO many people). :-) Thank you thank you!!!!

[perrypop3]

I 100% can't believe it, but I tested positive this morning. Absolutely surreal. I don't know what to do with myself. I'm sure a darker test tomorrow will help make this more real, but for now I'm going to enjoy seeing two lines for the fist time in 5 years. This would mean so much for our family in so many ways. At least now I have hope. Thank you all for your welcome!!!!

Sarah

So excited for you!! Fantastic news, you so deserve it, you have been through so much! X

[TwoSweetGuys]

Thank you so much everyone! I feel more relaxed today; was actually able to FOCUS on the taxes for an hour. I've been so scattered this cycle, so worried. I never imagined I'd have good news come from it. Now I have to keep myself from imagining what comes next, just in case she doesn't make it. This is all so hard!

[Ashgirl]

TSG! Of course I remember you! :) I'm so glad to see this update on you. A HUGE congratulations to you!! :)

[HopingForPigtails]

No way!!! That is such fabulous incredible news!! I am so keeping my fx for you!! Yay!!

[I♥DKB?]

Congratulations. So happy for you. What a wonderful way to start Spring.

Whenever I read a success story it gives me so much hope.

Saw your post on the other site. Actually I didn't know this site existed until someone responded to your post. Hoping this site is more reliable. I always have trouble with the other one.

[jils04]

Oh that is truly wonderful news. You've run a marathon and now its your turn finally to smile.
Congrats!!

[TwoSweetGuys]

I can't tell you all how much I appreciate your kind words, especially being new to this site.

Forgive me for obsessing for a minute: today's test wasn't darker than yesterdays (a bit lighter, actually). It's there, it's still positive, but not STRONG like I wanted to see. Ugh. I'm going for my first beta today (I'm 8DP5DT) so I guess I'll have a better sense of how things are going after the second beta (Wednesday?) I don't know how I'm going to make it until then! Inch by inch, I guess, like I tell the kids: you can do anything if you take it inch by inch. Now I have to practice what I preach! Darnit. :-)

[lisvna]

Good luck!!!

[babynumber3]

Hi, I remember u too! I really hope ur beta doubles.... Try not to stress as I tcant be doing u any good....ur so brave to have ivf 7 times! U really deserve some good news now. Ps where did u have all ur treatments?

[TwoSweetGuys]

Thanks Babynumber3! I had my treatments at GW University in Washington, DC.

[jils04]

Good luck today !!