Lauren - You realize your transfer will be right around my anniversary (which btw is the day that I will probably test). Good luck, my friend! Maybe we could be preggo buddies??

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http://rchiprean.abmp.com/index.html

Bec~ I can't imagine anything better than us both getting our bfps!

Cassie~ Thank you!

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Yay yay yay Lauren. I am getting SUPER excited for you!!!!!

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Yay Lauren!

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We are so excited for you Lauren!

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Hi Lauren, I am so excited for you! Your BFP is right around the corner.

My only successful IVF was on the antagonist protocol. It produced the most and best quality eggs. I used no Lupron at all - which is the reason I believe my eggs were never great quality! With this protocol - I started estrogen prior to stims (not sure if everyone does?). I did not suppress AT ALL!!! Instead I started my stims and when it started to look like I was getting close to surging I had to take an injection of cetrotide (?) - I can't remember if that was the name. That stops you from ovulating. I had to take that two days in a row with stims before triggering.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Jen

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Thanks so much for all of your excitement girls!! I am getting REALLY excited too!!!

Jen~ Thanks for letting me know... hopefully this will be a good protocol for her too.

I have now stopped my bcps and my lupron goes down to 10u in another day, or so. I got a call about the donors meds, so I have paid for those. It was $2500. The nurse said they would call me when she started her stims, and I would start estrogen shots that day.

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Lauren - It's getting really close!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!

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Lauren-I just looked at your ticker...only 15 days to go!!!

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OMG, OMG, OMG!!!

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OMG, Lauren!!! YAY YAY YAY!!! This is sooo exciting!!!

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I found this and wanted to save it somewhere:

Genes must be ‘expressed’ within an individual in order to have an effect.

The same gene or genes can express in a number of different ways depending upon the environment. A gene can remain ’silent’ or unexpressed; it can be expressed strongly; it can be expressed weakly, and so on. There is also an entire field of study called "imprinting" having to do with which gene you ‘activate,’ the copy you received from your mother, or the copy you received from your father.

The field of epigenetics studies these phenomenon, and popular journalism is just starting to write about it. While the Human Genome Project was still underway, we usually heard genes referred to as ‘the Bible’ of the human being, as a kind of absolute truth concerning the
fundamental nature of the individual.

That is now changing.

In a donor egg pregnancy, the pregnant woman’s womb is the environment. It is her genes that determine the expression of the
donor-egg baby’s genes. A donor egg baby gets her genes from the egg and sperm; she gets the ‘instructions’ on the expression of those genes from the woman who carries her to term.

This means that a donor egg baby has 3 biological parents: a father, the egg donor, and the woman who carries the pregnancy. The child who is born would have been a physically & no doubt emotionally different person if carried by his genetic mother.

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WOW!! Glad you found that Lauren!

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Lauren~ I am really excited for you to get the ball rolling on this. You are going to be a mommy soon! The article that you found is amazing-I had no idea.

Thinking lots of positive thoughts for you.

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Huh! That's pretty fascinating. Sometimes, 'this' (the ttc stuff) all gets so mundane and run-of-the-mill, we become so jaded, and loose touch with how fascinating it all is...

I'm so excited for you Lauren!

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Lauren ~ Very interesting stuff!

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