My wish is that come August we have a healthy baby (or two). I hope that baby knows how much we wanted him or her and feels comforted in that and it drowns out any potential negativity surrounding using a double donor embryo. My wish is that he or she goes to a good school without fear of bullying or the terror that comes from a madman with a weapon. My wish is that they will grow up happy and healthy, fall in love, be gracious, smart, giving honest individuals capable of hearing opinions different than their own with open minds.
Merry Christmas y'all, I hope all of our Christmas wishes come true.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Betas
Betas are in. The first one was Monday which was 10dp5dt (15 dpo in a normal scenario) and it came back at 255. My nurse called to tell me we're 'very pregnant' lol. The second one was 12dp5dt and it was 646 so my doubling time is around 38 hours which is good.
Betas can indicate twins but they are not difinitive. I looked ours up on betabase.info and we are almost the exact average for a twin pregnancy but I know someone who' first base was something like 35 and she had twins so until we get an ultrasound there's no way to know what's going on. The clinic we used for the transfer sent an order to our local RE for an ultrasound at 7 weeks but since that's a Sunday they sent it for the Monday after. I'm going to call my local RE and see if they'll see me the Thursday or Friday before. I figure next week I'll be distracted with Christmas, then New Years the following week but I'll make myself crazy going thru another weekend to find out how many are in here.
Symptom wise I've been doing ok. I've been really sleepy and my boobs are sore but I'm otherwise ok unless someone eats fish around me then I get nauseous. I'm. It complaining, it could be much worse and it's so worth it!!!
Betas can indicate twins but they are not difinitive. I looked ours up on betabase.info and we are almost the exact average for a twin pregnancy but I know someone who' first base was something like 35 and she had twins so until we get an ultrasound there's no way to know what's going on. The clinic we used for the transfer sent an order to our local RE for an ultrasound at 7 weeks but since that's a Sunday they sent it for the Monday after. I'm going to call my local RE and see if they'll see me the Thursday or Friday before. I figure next week I'll be distracted with Christmas, then New Years the following week but I'll make myself crazy going thru another weekend to find out how many are in here.
Symptom wise I've been doing ok. I've been really sleepy and my boobs are sore but I'm otherwise ok unless someone eats fish around me then I get nauseous. I'm. It complaining, it could be much worse and it's so worth it!!!
Sunday, December 16, 2012
We're pregnant!
Sorry for the suspense but its been a super busy week. We found out we were pregnant and are over the moon excited! Hubby still thinks both of them stuck, I don't have a feeling one way or the other, we won't know for sure until sometime in January.
I got in for my blood test Monday, then a repeat test Wednesday to make sure my hormones are going in the right direction. Those levels can indicate if there is more than one in there but it's nothing difinitive so we are all gonna have to wait.
I've had a little spotting off and on, nothing major but it has me worried. Hubby said its normal so I've just been spending as much time off my feet as possible and praying its just one or both of them snuggling in.
Once we get some beta numbers back I'll check in with a quick post.
This is so exciting!
I got in for my blood test Monday, then a repeat test Wednesday to make sure my hormones are going in the right direction. Those levels can indicate if there is more than one in there but it's nothing difinitive so we are all gonna have to wait.
I've had a little spotting off and on, nothing major but it has me worried. Hubby said its normal so I've just been spending as much time off my feet as possible and praying its just one or both of them snuggling in.
Once we get some beta numbers back I'll check in with a quick post.
This is so exciting!
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Weekend whirlwind
The last three days were such a whirlwind I'm not even sure where to start. We flew to San Francisco Thursday, got in around 3pm and did a little sight seeing. Neither of us had ever been there so it was nice to see the pier and the crazy streets, Chinatown, and so much else. We packed about 3 days of sightseeing into 5 hours then drove up to Sacramento. The good thing about that is I was too exhausted to stay up all night worrying/excited about the next day.
Our transfer was Friday morning and it went beautifully. We transferred two fresh 5day grade 2 expanding blast embryos. They sent us home with a picture of each and one of both of them, the embryologist called it a family photo, lol. They are pinned up on our fridge, hubby keeps calling it babies first photo shoot.
Our flight home was early Saturday morning so we drove back down to San Francisco and did a little more mellow sight seeing, we did a boat cruise and found a restaurant with a view of the sea lions on the pier and had an early dinner. We were tucked into bed by 8pm.
So now we wait. My goal is to make it to Thursday to test, that's 6 days past 5 day transfer. If I can make it till Friday even better but I know me and I doubt I'll be able to do that. My beta is scheduled for Monday the 17th which seems like soo far away! They tell you not to test till the beta but seriously? That's too long to wait.
Hubby is super confident it worked, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high but the truth is I'm gonna be crushed if it didnt work. Maybe I can sleep for 6 days so I don't have to deal with the wait... I'll be back when we test and post the results.
Our transfer was Friday morning and it went beautifully. We transferred two fresh 5day grade 2 expanding blast embryos. They sent us home with a picture of each and one of both of them, the embryologist called it a family photo, lol. They are pinned up on our fridge, hubby keeps calling it babies first photo shoot.
Our flight home was early Saturday morning so we drove back down to San Francisco and did a little more mellow sight seeing, we did a boat cruise and found a restaurant with a view of the sea lions on the pier and had an early dinner. We were tucked into bed by 8pm.
So now we wait. My goal is to make it to Thursday to test, that's 6 days past 5 day transfer. If I can make it till Friday even better but I know me and I doubt I'll be able to do that. My beta is scheduled for Monday the 17th which seems like soo far away! They tell you not to test till the beta but seriously? That's too long to wait.
Hubby is super confident it worked, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high but the truth is I'm gonna be crushed if it didnt work. Maybe I can sleep for 6 days so I don't have to deal with the wait... I'll be back when we test and post the results.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Here we go!
We've been (not so) patiently waiting to see how our egg donor progresses through this cycle and hoping we'd have a wonderful Christmas because we were finally pregnant. Everything seemed like some far off goal and wasn't really real until the patient coordinator at our clinic called Friday to tell us we are transferring next Friday! We've booked our plane tickets and rental car, made arrangements for a cat sitter and spent a lot of time with really goofy grins on our faces.
If all goes well we'll get a bfp sometime around the end of next week!
If all goes well we'll get a bfp sometime around the end of next week!
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