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Topic	After over 4 years, a little one is on the way!
Cleo_II 10/08/20 4:06:56 PM #29:	Thank you everyone! emblem boy posted... Yooo!!!! Congratulations Cleo!! When is the due date? Thought of any names? Im due April 11th Weve had some preliminary talks but my husband doesnt like the names I like and vice versa lol littlebro07 posted... Congrats! Did your insurance cover IVF? Ours doesn't so the reproductive health clinic has my wife on all these crazy medications (that also aren't covered but a couple hundred bucks > several thousand for IVF) and so far they've helped her cycle get back on track and we're hoping to find out she's pregnant within the next month Im very lucky that everything was covered except meds. Which then became covered after I already did 2 egg retrievals and didnt need them anymore lol My RE figured since I was covered with IVF we might as well go with it and not waste my time since I was 33 at the time and egg quality was bound to get even worse. Good luck, I hope it works for you! Pikachu_Vought posted... Human pin cushion? what does IVF entail? Well, the biggest thing about IVF is you need to be on daily injections to stimulate your follicles for egg retrieval. Youre on these hormones for 10-12 days or so, with a few ultrasounds in between so they can check the growth of follicles. Then they retrieve your eggs, fertilize them with sperm and observe them growing. They want to see that embryos can get to day 5 or so with appropriate cell division (though they will monitor up to day 7 for slowbies) The process from egg retrieval to fertilization to embryos tends to have a lot of drop off. Not all eggs will fertilize, not all who do will survive. So its nerve wracking. Then they do a fresh or frozen transfer. For me they were frozen as they have a higher chance and we also opted for genetic testing to discard any abnormal ones (typically $4-5k but my insurance covered it). Then they have you on estrogen supplements and daily progesterone injections (which hurt like hell) starting a few days before transfer until you are 10 weeks if successfully pregnant (they have you stop if your blood test comes back negative). Which you find out about 10 days after transfer. Between 2 egg retrievals and 3 transfers (this one being successful), Ive been poked at least 100 times lol Lost_All_Senses posted... I remember reading a post from you that made me sad, cause it touched on you struggling to get pregnant. And of course it was in one the 10,000 topics of CEmen stating how much people shouldn't have kids and how much they hate them. Super happy for you. And it's satisfying to me that's it's a big "fuck you" to all those people who were insensitive to the plight of these situations :3. Everything I've read from you leads me to believe you're exactly the type of person we need raising the next generation. Congratulations. Aww thanks dude, that means a lot. I know there were some rude comments. Its expected when people dont understand something. But I will still continue to share this because I know Im not the only one to live through it. I know I felt very alone at first but Ive learned so many people struggle at it helps them to know that success is possible <cite>Cleo_II posted [p:945618694] in After over... [t:79028026]...</cite> <quote>Thank you everyone! emblem boy posted... </cite> <quote>Yooo!!!! Congratulations Cleo!! When is the due date? Thought of any names?</quote>Im due April 11th Weve had some preliminary talks but my husband doesnt like the names I like and vice versa lol littlebro07 posted... </cite> <quote>Congrats! Did your insurance cover IVF? Ours doesn't so the reproductive health clinic has my wife on all these crazy medications (that also aren't covered but a couple hundred bucks > several thousand for IVF) and so far they've helped her cycle get back on track and we're hoping to find out she's pregnant within the next month</quote>Im very lucky that everything was covered except meds. Which then became covered after I already did 2 egg retrievals and didnt need them anymore lol My RE figured since I was covered with IVF we might as well go with it and not waste my time since I was 33 at the time and egg quality was bound to get even worse. Good luck, I hope it works for you! Pikachu_Vought posted... </cite> <quote>Human pin cushion? what does IVF entail?</quote>Well, the biggest thing about IVF is you need to be on daily injections to stimulate your follicles for egg retrieval. Youre on these hormones for 10-12 days or so, with a few ultrasounds in between so they can check the growth of follicles. Then they retrieve your eggs, fertilize them with sperm and observe them growing. They want to see that embryos can get to day 5 or so with appropriate cell division (though they will monitor up to day 7 for slowbies) The process from egg retrieval to fertilization to embryos tends to have a lot of drop off. Not all eggs will fertilize, not all who do will survive. So its nerve wracking. Then they do a fresh or frozen transfer. For me they were frozen as they have a higher chance and we also opted for genetic testing to discard any abnormal ones (typically $4-5k but my insurance covered it). Then they have you on estrogen supplements and daily progesterone injections (which hurt like hell) starting a few days before transfer until you are 10 weeks if successfully pregnant (they have you stop if your blood test comes back negative). Which you find out about 10 days after transfer. Between 2 egg retrievals and 3 transfers (this one being successful), Ive been poked at least 100 times lol Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>I remember reading a post from you that made me sad, cause it touched on you struggling to get pregnant. And of course it was in one the 10,000 topics of CEmen stating how much people shouldn't have kids and how much they hate them. Super happy for you. And it's satisfying to me that's it's a big "fuck you" to all those people who were insensitive to the plight of these situations :3. Everything I've read from you leads me to believe you're exactly the type of person we need raising the next generation. Congratulations.</quote>Aww thanks dude, that means a lot. I know there were some rude comments. Its expected when people dont understand something. But I will still continue to share this because I know Im not the only one to live through it. I know I felt very alone at first but Ive learned so many people struggle at it helps them to know that success is possible </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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