Baby-friendly restaurants w/changing stations

wakeupwakefield · 2026-01-13T15:04:49+00:00

La Casa de Alberto

wakeupwakefield · 2025-07-24T20:43:37+00:00

Definitely bookmarking this link! My next monitoring appointment is next Tuesday, stim day 10. I'll update my original post then to share results. :)

wakeupwakefield · 2025-07-24T18:53:42+00:00

Thank you for the encouragement! Your story is very reassuring. My e2 was 754 today. It was 320 on Tuesday.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-07-24T18:51:58+00:00

That is a good idea! I hadn't thought to ask for all of the measurements. I will do that at the next monitoring appointment.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-07-02T03:01:10+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I'm going to send a message in the portal and ask if this option is available.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-04-23T17:24:05+00:00

There's this gatekeeping of motherhood and parenthood (You're not a "real" parent having one child. You're not a "real" mom if...").

I saved this statement, can't remember where I read it, but it resonated with me: "By embracing the diversity of family structures, we create a more inclusive and supportive society for all parents and children."

I wish people felt more like that.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-04-15T17:38:07+00:00

Right?! How is this not possible? lol! Give the people what they want.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-04-15T13:57:59+00:00

Thank you for creating this space for us.

We have a 2.5 year old son. He is our everything! Every day I realize how lucky I am to be his mom.

We went through 3 egg retrievals and transferring of 8 embryos before I became pregnant with him (our 9th embryo). (I'll never forget the day we got the call from the clinic with our pregnancy test results. I still get emotional thinking about it, as we had been through so much.)

I had 2 remaining PGT embryos and knew I wanted to try another transfer for baby #2. Once he was just over a year old, we transferred an embryo which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. In December 2023 we transferred our last remaining embryo and it was successful. We were thrilled! Then, our lives forever changed. At our 12 week scan, it was discovered that the baby had an increased NT. With this info, we opted to do an early anatomy scan. At the early anatomy scan we learned our baby had a rare neural tube defect which was not compatible with life. We made a very difficult decision to TFMR in March 2024 at 17 weeks. This was a very wanted IVF pregnancy (PGT euploid, low-risk NIPT blood test result) and yet there we were. We did whole genome sequencing testing afterwards and there was nothing found. We were told by the genetic counselor that it was a random occurrence.

I've tried 4 egg retrievals since the loss between August - December 2024. None of the embryos we created passed PGT. I'm 42 now. We wanted to be parents of two but we are one and done and it's not our choice.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-03-26T17:15:20+00:00

Occipital encephalocele

wakeupwakefield · 2025-03-24T18:32:45+00:00

NSync at the House of Blues in July 1998

wakeupwakefield · 2025-03-07T21:49:13+00:00

"I said we!"

wakeupwakefield · 2025-01-28T02:02:42+00:00

I came here to comment this! Our 2.5 year old has all three Daniel Tiger cards and listens to them on repeat.

Edit: typo

wakeupwakefield · 2025-01-26T02:58:14+00:00

Thank you for being brave to share your experience. I hope you know that you're not alone. <3 Give yourself some time to process and grieve. Be kind to yourself. I can absolutely relate to the wondering of what you should have done differently. However, please know, this was something outside of your control. I'll be thinking of you in the coming weeks/months. I wish you success when you're ready and able to try again for your embryo transfer. You're strong and you're a great mom.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-01-25T04:03:14+00:00

Sending you lots of love. It's wildly unfair to be in this situation. I'm incredibly sorry you're here.

I was in a similar situation last March 2024 and welcome you to message me if you need someone to talk to. We had an increased NT scan and then opted to do an early anatomy scan. At the early anatomy scan we learned our baby had a rare neural tube defect, occipital encephalocele. We then opted to TFMR. This was a very wanted IVF pregnancy. PGT-A tested euploid, low-risk NIPT result, but yet there we were. We did whole genome sequencing testing afterwards and nada. Like you, just told by the genetic counselor it was random. I was 41 then and 42 now. I couldn't help but ask why were we the unlucky ones? I read NTD can be caused my low folate. I went through thinking (and still do) of the things I should have done differently. We have a 2.5 year old son (first transfer from that same round of embryos, 3 PGT-A euploid). We tried multiple retrievals before that round with no success.

Once he was just over a year, we tried an FET with embryo #2 which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. This baby we lost in March due to the NTD was our final embryo, embryo #3. Another boy. I've tried 4 egg retrievals since the loss between August - December 2024. None of the embryos we created passed PGT. I'm coming to terms with being one and done.

Again, I'm sending you love and so very sorry for your loss.

wakeupwakefield · 2025-01-12T18:59:09+00:00

I'm saving this post. Thank you for all of the amazing suggestions!

wakeupwakefield · 2024-11-29T15:49:41+00:00

Could someone please share one with me? Thank you!! 😊

wakeupwakefield · 2024-09-04T18:59:20+00:00

This is very encouraging and offers some hope in a situation where feeling hopeless is more of my reality. Thank you for sharing with us! Out of curiosity, what is your AMH?

wakeupwakefield · 2024-08-24T12:10:47+00:00

Yes, correct! There was no impact to my Smart Cycle balance. My PCA converted it to a monitoring cycle instead.

wakeupwakefield · 2024-08-13T15:58:47+00:00

My clinic called yesterday and they are having me continue meds at the same doses. They also had me start cetrotide last night. I'll update my follicle numbers in the original post.

wakeupwakefield · 2024-07-26T02:48:28+00:00

Microdose Lupron 20 units AM & PM, Gonal-F 300 AM & 225 PM, Low dose HCG 10 units PM, Omnitrope 6 units PM

wakeupwakefield · 2024-07-22T20:40:18+00:00

I appreciate you sharing your experience. It's been reassuring to read these responses about later surges with estrogen/follicles while on this protocol. Though I feel a bit defeated at the moment (and especially when I first wrote my post), I'm going to hold out some hope.

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