same sex mummies to be

Hey, I posted this in another thread but just thought I'd share hear too.

DW and I started our conception journey Dec 2011 when we first went to FA. We were not given the green light to start until 2 Oct 2012, as I had to have a laparoscopy (found nothing, tubes clear) and it took about 8 months to be at the top of the donor list.

Thankfully it was a short wait to our first CD1. I started on 25 Climod bc of history of long/irregular cycles. I was completely gutted when after 3 blood tests the nurse told me I was not ovulating. Next CD1 was 8 Nov 2012, with an increase to 50 Clomid. Again 3 bloods and no movement, i begged for another test on the basis my cycles are so long. They let me but still nothing. Next day they decided to just start Clomid straight away at 100. First blood test Mon 26 November, awesome result, my estrogen had risen! Scan showed two follicles, good sizes apparently. Blood tests tues, weds, thurs. each day was torture waiting for the afternoon phonecall. Finally 2.10pm thurs nurse told me I needed trigger injection. Triggered midnight thurs for IUI midday today.

I have no idea how I am going to make it to 21 Dec (BT day) when I'm so impatient waiting to ovulate was like torture. I'm scared the trigger didn't work and we just wasted our money. I'm scared bc DW has AF and I don't want the hormones to rub off on me before the potential implantation.

Hope there's some more of us out there and it's going we'll with the baby making

Hi all - first child for us together, both 32, due nov
2013 very exciting! 9 weeks now and still hard to
Believe. We were lucky with a donor and first go a
Success! We aren't telling anyone immediate until
We are at the 12 week stage which is hard to keep
Quiet at this point :) glad to see other same sex mommies
To be. We will be looking for Auckland groups to attend
With baby once here, anyone know of any?

Great to see this thread, my DW and I are expecting our first child on our 4th round of IVF. Hard to be other mother but very excited.
We were hoping to do IUI with donor super but at our first FA appointment they discovered I had a large ovarian tumour. Luckily it was benign but I lost left ovary and Fallopian tube, so we qualified for public IVF.
Round 1 in May 2011 was a total flop, no embryos survived for transfer so got a repeat cycle in Sept with a BFN.
We decided to both have AMH test and mine showed diminished ovarian reserve so for third cycle we used my DWs eggs and I got pregnant but miscarried at 7 weeks in August last year.
We had a break and began again in February, I decided to take a break so my DW had IVF and is now 12.5 weeks pregnant, yah! Best of all we have a frozen embryo for me to try next year.
Love reading all of your stories, helped me lots while waiting to get. We 12 weeks

Congrats AMK11, sounds like you had a long hard journey like we've been having. I get pregnant (doing home insemination) 2 X out of 4 attempts back in 2011/early 2012 but miscarried both at 12 weeks. Seems that it was thyroid issues for me causing it. Since then we've tried 7 more cycles but had no joy. It really sucks. Our donor is my wife's brother and he lives in the Caribbean so we have visa and financial restraints on bringing him here to try. So we are I limbo right now trying to work out why to do next. He is a bit of an anomaly in that his sperm doesn't survive freezing well enough, so can't be used for IUI, only IVF with ICSI, and I don't think the thyroid issues qualify us for funded IVF.

Hi AMK. Sounds like you have been through a lot. I don't know if I could be that strong.

Where abouts are you based?? We are in Auckland.

Pepi-Babe, did you have a midwife in Auckland at any stage? If so can you recommend them?

Pepi I went back and finally read all the old posts and so totally disregard my previous comment about your donor.
I completely understand where you are coming from, about your wife having that connection to your baby. I just hope thatvwhen your BIL can come back that you are blessed with a sticky bubba. I had a miscarriage at 7 weeks last year and it was horrible, so deepest sympathies that you have had two. My wife is now pregnant as I didn't feel quite ready to try again. What've a kind known donor, who is involved from a far but doesn't want to be a father figure.
Want a bought some maternity clothes for DW today, as everything is getting a little tight. We had such great service at all the stores we went to (hot gossip, jeans west and egg maternity). This was a big relief, plus we put a stroller and capsule on lay buy..... Scary

Hi all! We are now 17 weeks :) saw posts on here, congrats
To all of us! We have found lots of our friends are due end of
Year too recently, seems lotsa December babies :) we are awaiting
Next two weeks eagerly to go for scan to hopefully see a gender
If bump is willing to co operate! My partners doing great, she's tired
And had morning sickness but she's very excited!
We will be awaiting mid November for a bundle of joy to join us
And our 13 year old daughter. We have a really cruisey midwife in
Auckland from mama maternity :)

How are all the mummies doing? Have our scan in 3 days and be good to see a healthy baby....
So far so good, my wife is doing well. She is still working about 50 hours per week so is very tired... Encouraging her to start reducing her hours as I worry it is a bit much and her blood pressure was a little high at 16 weeks.

Hi all! So exciting our happy news is we have a little girl on the way!
We've had the privilege to have two scans, one finding
Out the gender! We are excited and now have in true fashion
Many little pink things ready! All is healthy, baby is happy and
Active, carrying mum g is tired going into 24th week after the weekend.
Baby got to come cruising with us to Sydney for a week but no more
Travelling now for mum and bump. We are beginning to see outside
Movement on tummy and feel kicks in the last two weeks, what a
Journey it will be for us all! Wondering if anyone else has a Facebook to
Connect :) hope everyone else is healthy and happy, we forget about this
Forum!!

:) exciting! Soon you will feel the kicks and that's a buzz!
We are renting so babies in with us for now but we have a large
Room so she will have her own "area". I thought we would have a
Boy but mummy g knew was a girl. We have a set of same sex aquaintances due
To have baby boy in sept and another 2 weeks behind us with a boy too!
It's all a thrill buying bits and pieces! Can't wait for November we will be going
To a concert in October so the baby will really hear the music :)