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Getting Away, Part II
The day after we visited Chichén Itzá, we took a boat tour to Isla Mujeres (Island of Women). On past vacations, Nick and I have done boat tours, and we absolutely love them. Visiting the island was merely an added bonus–our favorite part was the boat ride and snorkeling break. We had an absolutely perfect…
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Getting Away, Part 1
As I mentioned last week, I’m going to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for some posts to tell you about a couple more life events. While we were struggling with the news of our failed IVF attempt, the chromosomal analysis results, and our chances of a successful pregnancy, we were reimbursed for some of the…
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The Response
A day or two after I sent her the info from Dr. T., Dr. G. wrote back: _______ Hi Julie, Thanks for reaching out. A genetic counselor will be able to give you specific numbers regarding chance of having a euploid embryo given his translocation and Robertsonian translocation. This is the number I think would…
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Our Chances
About a week and a half after our appointment with Dr. S., he called us back to let us know what Dr. T. found. We learned that, based on Nick’s translocation between chromosomes 8 and 11, if we conceived naturally again, we’d have a 43% chance of miscarriage. 10% of that is the normal average…
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Emotional Roller Coaster
The saying might be overused, but it’s an accurate description of how Nick and I were feeling throughout this process. Learning we had no embryos to finish the IVF process was incredibly hard. But we became hopeful when Dr. G. told us it was potentially an issue we could fix (egg quality). And then another…
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