Handling the tww

The dreaded two week wait has been pleasant. My mom was here for a whole week for starters! We had a great visit, mostly hanging out. I was quite sleepy and I took many naps. :0)

Ok, the info everyone has been waiting for...I took an HPT, home pregnancy test, Wed and it was negative. I took another one Friday and it was positive. My blood test is Monday at which time I will find out what level hcg is in my system. We are cautiously optimistic at this point. :)

Sorry I didn't write for a whole week, I wasn't trying to not divulge I was trying to keep calm and not dwell too much!!
I will make a new post Monday, I promise. Have a great weekend!!

Final fertilization report

2 embryos made it to freeze!!!! That is amazing!!!!

That is all today. Have a good weekend!

Egg transfer

Egg transfer Friday at 1pm. Another shower without shampoo or soap. Oh, and a way too full bladder for the transfer are highlights of my day tomorrow.
I felt pretty terrific today, yesterday I felt like a bus had hit me. Must be the hormones.
I will update here tomorrow after we get back and know all the juicy details. Fingers crossed we have some excellent embryos!!!


We still have all 8 embryos and they are all blastocysts. We transferred 2, one was the best quality they had seen thus far in the cycle of any patient. Both blasts were great! The embryologist will check them tomorrow to see if any are able to be frozen.

I will now rest and go for my first blood test Monday the 27th. :9) It has been a great day!

So looking at the photo of our transferred embryos you can see they are both hatching. There is a small bubble of fluid escaping out of each of them. There are 2 sets of cell clusters the larger mass will become a fetus and the other the placenta. ( I think) Now they need to implant and grow. We were told they should implant within the next 36-48 hours. Wow!!

Embryo Report

It's officially day 2 for the embryos. There are still 8 growing but 6 are good-excellent quality. We will transfer on Friday. We will not know how many the Dr. and embryologist will want to transfer until we show up Friday. Down to one shot a day, progesterone. Happy sticky vibes!!
My belly is a lot better today. I am going to get out of the house for a bit. I got a beautiful Valentines hydrangea, I might go find it a pretty pot!
Happy Valentine's Day!!

Fertilization Report

20 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 8 fertilized and now we wait. I will call tomorrow at 11am to see how they are growing and developing. The nurse will let us know when our transfer should be, could be Wed. but most likely Friday.
I am feeling better today, Cody is taking great care of me. We slept in and are watching movies. :0) A good day!

Egg Retrieval

It is 6:50 Sunday morning and we are sitting in the car because the doors are still locked. Yikes!! I hope there are enough people. Cody is joking he might get to help. I guess I could be the only procedure for the day, probably not.
We should know how many eggs were retrieved before we leave. Science is amazing!! Ok, here we go!
20 eggs and I only babbled a little about random things to Cody as I woke up. ;) I am now perched on the sofa for the duration. :0)
What a great day.

ER in the morning

Woo hoo, no shots today! We will be at the surgery center at 7am. I have had butterflies off and on today, to be expected I think. Thank you everyone for the comments, emails and phone calls. :0)

This is an ovary on estrogen. The black spots are the follicles and this picture shows several growing. My ovaries looked like this over the course of the last week and a half.

 TOMORROW'S PROCEDURE-
An Egg Retrieval is a minor surgical procedure performed by inserting a needle through the upper vaginal wall directly into the ovary. The doctor performs this procedure under direct ultrasound guidance, so that they visualize the location of the follicle and actually see the needle enter the follicle and aspirate the fluid and egg.