Well, I have spent the last 4 days so excited about our good news and a tiny bit of the shock of finally being pregnant is starting to wear off. But then my shock started all over again today! I went to get my second blood test today to see where my hcg level was at. I had to go to a labcorp since the clinic was closed today. I immediately noticed the family pictures on the women's bulletin board as she is checking me in. Are those twins I asked? She said yes, my son had twins. So I rubbed the picture for good luck and she laughed at me. Then it took her 2 needle sticks (1 in each arm) to get the blood draw! What is it with people who draw blood? If that is all you do all day, shouldn't you be REALLY good at it? Ugh, annoying!
So remember my hcg level was at 846 on Tuesday which as I said is REALLY high and a strong indicator of multiples. Well my level today came back and it is at 1701!!! Which means that it more than doubled that already high number in 48 hours. This means there is a VERY VERY strong probability that we have more than 1 baby in there. The nurse seems to think twins. Twins would be amazing! But this news is still not 100% confirmed until we get the ultrasound a week from Friday. But the nurse coordinator, Shawnee seemed very confident that it is twins. I got very hot and sweaty after her phone call. I am thinking that was the shock setting in all over again. Twins? Really? I'm sweating just thinking about it now. And not for the reason that most would be sweating about it. But because.....
Holy crap!!! I never actually thought I would get what I always wanted and dreamed about and was told I would have! Unbelievable! Ok, I don't want to think into it too much until I have a visual picture of how many are in there, so I'll leave it at that.
I am headed to Scottsdale for the week to hang out with my mom and Bruce and just relax and enjoy the good news. I come back next Thursday and then ultrasound Friday.
Until then, thank you for all the well wishes through emails, texts, and phone calls! We are surrounded by so much love! And we send that love right back out to all of you!
Jenny +2???
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I have never said these words.....
I AM PREGNANT!!!!!! And I never thought I would! It is unbelievable and I think I am still in shock! I never thought this day would come. Justin and I are so happy we just constantly look at each other and say, "can you believe it?".
So let me back up for one minute and let you know about the days leading up to this awesome day.
The 2 week wait was the longest 2 weeks of my life!!!! I was crabby, moody, nervous, and every other awful emotion there is. I snapped at Justin a handful of times and at some points I thought about locking myself in a padded room for the safety of others, and for the sake of my marriage. I am happy to report Justin survived my madness, and we are still married. Wanna test your marriage and how strong it is? Go through this process.
We had finally made it to this past Sunday the 19th and I decided after reading several things online that if I was pregnant a pregnancy test would be positive by this time. And so at 11pm on Sunday night (Justin had gone to bed), I quietly went into the bathroom and did a test. And I told myself I had seen so many negative tests in the past, that I would just set the stick aside and wait the full 3 minutes before looking. Do you think that's what I did? Nope! I waited a whole 10 seconds and looked over and saw 2 bold strong pink lines. I immediately started yelling, "Holy shit" over and over. I walked into the bedroom turned on the light and said to Justin, "holy shit look at this." Little did I know he had taken cold medicine and was totally out of it when I woke him up. He grabbed the stick and said "what is this? What am I looking at? I was not thinking he was a guy, half asleep and on cold medicine and who had never read a pregnancy test. So I just kept saying "holy shit, look at it!!" and he was like "what am I looking at?".
I finally calmed down and told him it was positive and he immediately hugged me and we cried for about 10 minutes. Then we looked at each other and continued to say holy shit for about the next hour. And, "can you believe it? Does it seem real? No, it doesn't. Does it seem real to you?
Needless to say I could not sleep after that and was up till 4am just excited! I woke up at 6am to get my daily progesterone shot and decided to do another test and once again it was positive within 10 seconds. Yay! And the excitement started all over and I couldn't go back to sleep.
I spent all day Monday excited and nervous and wanting to tell someone besides Justin, but we agreed that we should wait till the blood test confirmation today before we tell anyone. Sorry Mom! I took another test this morning (I mean why not, right!?) and got my third confirmation that I was pregnant. Honestly I could take one of those everyday for the entire pregnancy, because those 2 little lines make me so happy!
This morning at 9am we went to the doctors office to have my blood test done. I had decided I would attatch my 3 pregnancy tests to a piece of cardboard and stick it in a plastic ziplock bag, like some weird art project and take it with me to the appt. We walked back to where the nurses were and Shawnee was standing there and I said hey I wanna show you something, and I pulled out my crazy art project and she screamed and grabbed me and hugged me for like 5 minutes! All the other nurses came over and were so excited for us and hugging us. Then the doctor came back to where we were because he could hear the commotion and said what's going on? I showed him the tests and he grabbed Justin and gave him a big hug and me the same. He said this was the best news and that since we were voted as the staffs' favorite couple, we had made everyones year! It was really nice to hear how much everyone there was rooting for us!
So I did the blood test and honestly I was so consumed with everyone's reaction to my news I barely flinched at the blood draw needle. Shawnee said she would put a rush on it and call me within 2-4 hours.
She called in 2 hours! She said I am just calling to confirm what you already know! Awesome! And she said I have some results on your levels that we tested. Note: when they do a blood pregnancy test it measures your progesterone level and hcg level. She said my progesterone level looked great, but that I still had to continue to take the daily injections until further notice. Then she said that the hcg level determines how things are progressing. A normal hcg level for 13 days past transfer is 100-200. Mine is at 846. Yes, that's right I said 846!!!! What does that mean? It means we MIGHT have more than one baby in there. It isn't 100%, but the chances are much higher to be carrying multiples with high hcg levels like mine.
What's next? Well, I'll try and soak it all in and enjoy saying, I'm pregnant!
Then another blood test this Thursday to look at my hcg level again. This second test will also be another good indicator of how many are in the oven.
Then a week from Friday, which is march 2nd we will go in for our first ultrasound and we will see how many babies are in there! Yes, another waiting game, but this time any news is good news, so no stress or crazy Jenny. The ultrasound will also give us a better idea too of due dates and moving forward what the plan is. We will continue to stay with our clinic for at least another few weeks until we are turned over to a high risk Obgyn.
I think that's all for now. We are just so excited, greatful, happy and over the moon! And we have to say that we couldn't have made it this far without all the love and support, prayers, positive energy, kind words and thoughts, emails and texts, and just being surrounded by all of you wonderful people!
One last thing I must say. This is very early to be telling people. But because we have invited everyone in on our journey we felt like we wanted to let everyone know right away. So please continue to send us positive energy to get to the safety point.
Love
Jenny
Injections: 131
Blood draw vials: 41
So let me back up for one minute and let you know about the days leading up to this awesome day.
The 2 week wait was the longest 2 weeks of my life!!!! I was crabby, moody, nervous, and every other awful emotion there is. I snapped at Justin a handful of times and at some points I thought about locking myself in a padded room for the safety of others, and for the sake of my marriage. I am happy to report Justin survived my madness, and we are still married. Wanna test your marriage and how strong it is? Go through this process.
We had finally made it to this past Sunday the 19th and I decided after reading several things online that if I was pregnant a pregnancy test would be positive by this time. And so at 11pm on Sunday night (Justin had gone to bed), I quietly went into the bathroom and did a test. And I told myself I had seen so many negative tests in the past, that I would just set the stick aside and wait the full 3 minutes before looking. Do you think that's what I did? Nope! I waited a whole 10 seconds and looked over and saw 2 bold strong pink lines. I immediately started yelling, "Holy shit" over and over. I walked into the bedroom turned on the light and said to Justin, "holy shit look at this." Little did I know he had taken cold medicine and was totally out of it when I woke him up. He grabbed the stick and said "what is this? What am I looking at? I was not thinking he was a guy, half asleep and on cold medicine and who had never read a pregnancy test. So I just kept saying "holy shit, look at it!!" and he was like "what am I looking at?".
I finally calmed down and told him it was positive and he immediately hugged me and we cried for about 10 minutes. Then we looked at each other and continued to say holy shit for about the next hour. And, "can you believe it? Does it seem real? No, it doesn't. Does it seem real to you?
Needless to say I could not sleep after that and was up till 4am just excited! I woke up at 6am to get my daily progesterone shot and decided to do another test and once again it was positive within 10 seconds. Yay! And the excitement started all over and I couldn't go back to sleep.
I spent all day Monday excited and nervous and wanting to tell someone besides Justin, but we agreed that we should wait till the blood test confirmation today before we tell anyone. Sorry Mom! I took another test this morning (I mean why not, right!?) and got my third confirmation that I was pregnant. Honestly I could take one of those everyday for the entire pregnancy, because those 2 little lines make me so happy!
This morning at 9am we went to the doctors office to have my blood test done. I had decided I would attatch my 3 pregnancy tests to a piece of cardboard and stick it in a plastic ziplock bag, like some weird art project and take it with me to the appt. We walked back to where the nurses were and Shawnee was standing there and I said hey I wanna show you something, and I pulled out my crazy art project and she screamed and grabbed me and hugged me for like 5 minutes! All the other nurses came over and were so excited for us and hugging us. Then the doctor came back to where we were because he could hear the commotion and said what's going on? I showed him the tests and he grabbed Justin and gave him a big hug and me the same. He said this was the best news and that since we were voted as the staffs' favorite couple, we had made everyones year! It was really nice to hear how much everyone there was rooting for us!
So I did the blood test and honestly I was so consumed with everyone's reaction to my news I barely flinched at the blood draw needle. Shawnee said she would put a rush on it and call me within 2-4 hours.
She called in 2 hours! She said I am just calling to confirm what you already know! Awesome! And she said I have some results on your levels that we tested. Note: when they do a blood pregnancy test it measures your progesterone level and hcg level. She said my progesterone level looked great, but that I still had to continue to take the daily injections until further notice. Then she said that the hcg level determines how things are progressing. A normal hcg level for 13 days past transfer is 100-200. Mine is at 846. Yes, that's right I said 846!!!! What does that mean? It means we MIGHT have more than one baby in there. It isn't 100%, but the chances are much higher to be carrying multiples with high hcg levels like mine.
What's next? Well, I'll try and soak it all in and enjoy saying, I'm pregnant!
Then another blood test this Thursday to look at my hcg level again. This second test will also be another good indicator of how many are in the oven.
Then a week from Friday, which is march 2nd we will go in for our first ultrasound and we will see how many babies are in there! Yes, another waiting game, but this time any news is good news, so no stress or crazy Jenny. The ultrasound will also give us a better idea too of due dates and moving forward what the plan is. We will continue to stay with our clinic for at least another few weeks until we are turned over to a high risk Obgyn.
I think that's all for now. We are just so excited, greatful, happy and over the moon! And we have to say that we couldn't have made it this far without all the love and support, prayers, positive energy, kind words and thoughts, emails and texts, and just being surrounded by all of you wonderful people!
One last thing I must say. This is very early to be telling people. But because we have invited everyone in on our journey we felt like we wanted to let everyone know right away. So please continue to send us positive energy to get to the safety point.
Love
Jenny
Injections: 131
Blood draw vials: 41
Monday, February 13, 2012
5 days post transfer
Well, here I sit........and wait.....and wait......and wait. It has been the longest 5 days of my life, and I am sure the next 9 will be just as long! I have been trying to keep myself busy and entertained, but honestly it is still all I think about. Remember when you were little and in school and you would just sit and look at the clock and 5 minutes seemed like an eternity! Well, I am right back there. I won't mention anything about how I am feeling physically because I am trying not to read into anything that is there or not there. But mentally I am screaming! A nice glass of wine would be nice to calm my anxiety and the slowness of the days......Oh wait, that's right I can't have any wine, ugh! Well I will leave it at that for now. If you find any patience laying around, toss it my way.
Jenny +2
Injections: 123
Jenny +2
Injections: 123
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The adventure... I mean the wait begins again!
Justin and I woke up at the crack of dawn because our appt this morning was at 730am!!! Ugh, that's early! So we stumbled out of bed, got ready, stabbed me in the butt with my progesterone injection and headed out the door at 630am. I took some orange juice and a big glass of water with me for the road because in order for this procedure to work well you have to have a full bladder.
We arrived at the clinic and Shawnee the nurse took me back to the little area with the 2 gurney's and separating curtains and I got into my lovely open backed gown. The embryologist came over with a picture of our 2 embryos and handed it to us. Before I go any further I must say that Aaron the embryologist is a very straight forward science guy. No small talk, no conversation, just the facts mam. So anyway, he handed us the picture and it had our 2 little embryos floating with the ratings below each one written on the photo in ink. Ok, so remember how I said 6-10 is ideal and A is the best right? Well we had a 5B and a 4B. My first initial reaction was disappointment. I immediately asked him why their weren't more cells. (4 and 5 are the amount of cells seen in the embryo). He said sometimes the embryos just develop slower and don't divide as quickly. It wasn't the answer I was looking for and my disappointment probably showed on my face. I signed some paperwork with him and he left to prepare the embryos for transfer.
The doctor arrived about 5 minutes later and I immediately showed him the embryo photo and asked his thoughts. He said both embryos did not have any fragmenting (which is good) and both had oblong looking cells which means they were getting ready to split or multiply into more cells. I asked if people had gotten pregnant with this rating and he said absolutely. I also asked the embryologist that and he said he knew of 4 for sure in the last several cycles that had. Ok, so I am still disappointed, but I just needed to stop thinking about it and move forward with the transfer.
So Justin and I headed into the procedure room which was freezing by the way!! I forgot my socks, and I was wearing an open backed thin little gown! Shawnee let me bring the gurney blanket in to cover my shoulders and wrap around me and I put my gloves on my feet to keep them warm! Talk about hilarious looking! Just imagine, legs in holsters, hospital gown, feet dangling off with Cruella Deville dangling glove fingers hanging from my feet! The doctor came in and just started laughing at me and my feet! So here we go. We didn't play any music this time and I didn't have one of those crazy moments like last time, but hey it didn't work last time, so let's change it up, right!?
The doctor got everything prepared and after about 5 minutes Shawnee put the ultrasound thingy on my stomach and pushed down (which feels great when you have a full bladder!) and the doctor called to the embryologist that we were ready. I have to say it is one of the coolest things to see on the ultrasound screen. You see the tiny catheter placed in the uterus and then the embryologist puts his catheter inside that one and slides it up and they say "ok release" and you can see the 2 embryos deposited into the uterine cavity. And wha-la done. Justin and I just watched in awww as it happened and held each others hands.
I laid on the table for another 5 minutes or so to let everything settle and then I walked back to my gurney curtain room with my gloves still on my feet to lay down for another 10 minutes. Mind you I still haven't gone to the bathroom, so I was starting to freak out a little. It's a weird thing because you want to concentrate on what is happening in the procedure room and relaxing after, but all you can think about is your bladder exploding. Ok, maybe that's too much info, but just the honest truth.
I got dressed and was finally able to use the facility. What a relief! Ha ha! Justin drove me home, got me some breakfast and set me up on our couch for a nice relaxing day. I have decided that I am NOT going to lay down for the next several days, but instead continue with my life in a very relaxed way. The whole thing with laying down for several days is something I had read online, and again we didn't have any luck last time, so I'm changing it up. Our doctor does not tell you to lay down, but just to take it easy.
So the waiting begins....
We will wait 12-14 days and then go back in for a blood test to see if we are pregnant or not. I told Shawnee since I am doing everything different this time around, I am going to cheat and take a home test around day 12. She just laughed at my theory and said ok, but that is NOT going to get you out of a blood test and another needle. I laughed and said ok, fine.
So I am filling my time up in the next 2 weeks to keep myself busy. I have lunches and dinners with friends scheduled and other events Justin has planned to keep me occupied. So if any of you local friends or family want to get together to keep my mind off things please let me know, I am available!
Also, 1 request....please don't ask me how I am feeling or if I "think" I have any symptoms. Anything but that. It just makes my mind race and question what I am feeling or not feeling and will make me think because I am not feeling something that it isn't going to work. You can ask me anything but that.
Ok, so we will continue to do the HUGE progesterone needle injection every morning for the next 2 weeks until we get our results. Loving that!
And I will be practicing the art of patience in the meantime....
Jenny +2
We arrived at the clinic and Shawnee the nurse took me back to the little area with the 2 gurney's and separating curtains and I got into my lovely open backed gown. The embryologist came over with a picture of our 2 embryos and handed it to us. Before I go any further I must say that Aaron the embryologist is a very straight forward science guy. No small talk, no conversation, just the facts mam. So anyway, he handed us the picture and it had our 2 little embryos floating with the ratings below each one written on the photo in ink. Ok, so remember how I said 6-10 is ideal and A is the best right? Well we had a 5B and a 4B. My first initial reaction was disappointment. I immediately asked him why their weren't more cells. (4 and 5 are the amount of cells seen in the embryo). He said sometimes the embryos just develop slower and don't divide as quickly. It wasn't the answer I was looking for and my disappointment probably showed on my face. I signed some paperwork with him and he left to prepare the embryos for transfer.
The doctor arrived about 5 minutes later and I immediately showed him the embryo photo and asked his thoughts. He said both embryos did not have any fragmenting (which is good) and both had oblong looking cells which means they were getting ready to split or multiply into more cells. I asked if people had gotten pregnant with this rating and he said absolutely. I also asked the embryologist that and he said he knew of 4 for sure in the last several cycles that had. Ok, so I am still disappointed, but I just needed to stop thinking about it and move forward with the transfer.
So Justin and I headed into the procedure room which was freezing by the way!! I forgot my socks, and I was wearing an open backed thin little gown! Shawnee let me bring the gurney blanket in to cover my shoulders and wrap around me and I put my gloves on my feet to keep them warm! Talk about hilarious looking! Just imagine, legs in holsters, hospital gown, feet dangling off with Cruella Deville dangling glove fingers hanging from my feet! The doctor came in and just started laughing at me and my feet! So here we go. We didn't play any music this time and I didn't have one of those crazy moments like last time, but hey it didn't work last time, so let's change it up, right!?
The doctor got everything prepared and after about 5 minutes Shawnee put the ultrasound thingy on my stomach and pushed down (which feels great when you have a full bladder!) and the doctor called to the embryologist that we were ready. I have to say it is one of the coolest things to see on the ultrasound screen. You see the tiny catheter placed in the uterus and then the embryologist puts his catheter inside that one and slides it up and they say "ok release" and you can see the 2 embryos deposited into the uterine cavity. And wha-la done. Justin and I just watched in awww as it happened and held each others hands.
I laid on the table for another 5 minutes or so to let everything settle and then I walked back to my gurney curtain room with my gloves still on my feet to lay down for another 10 minutes. Mind you I still haven't gone to the bathroom, so I was starting to freak out a little. It's a weird thing because you want to concentrate on what is happening in the procedure room and relaxing after, but all you can think about is your bladder exploding. Ok, maybe that's too much info, but just the honest truth.
I got dressed and was finally able to use the facility. What a relief! Ha ha! Justin drove me home, got me some breakfast and set me up on our couch for a nice relaxing day. I have decided that I am NOT going to lay down for the next several days, but instead continue with my life in a very relaxed way. The whole thing with laying down for several days is something I had read online, and again we didn't have any luck last time, so I'm changing it up. Our doctor does not tell you to lay down, but just to take it easy.
So the waiting begins....
We will wait 12-14 days and then go back in for a blood test to see if we are pregnant or not. I told Shawnee since I am doing everything different this time around, I am going to cheat and take a home test around day 12. She just laughed at my theory and said ok, but that is NOT going to get you out of a blood test and another needle. I laughed and said ok, fine.
So I am filling my time up in the next 2 weeks to keep myself busy. I have lunches and dinners with friends scheduled and other events Justin has planned to keep me occupied. So if any of you local friends or family want to get together to keep my mind off things please let me know, I am available!
Also, 1 request....please don't ask me how I am feeling or if I "think" I have any symptoms. Anything but that. It just makes my mind race and question what I am feeling or not feeling and will make me think because I am not feeling something that it isn't going to work. You can ask me anything but that.
Ok, so we will continue to do the HUGE progesterone needle injection every morning for the next 2 weeks until we get our results. Loving that!
And I will be practicing the art of patience in the meantime....
Jenny +2
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday and today!
We went in Sunday morning bright and early for the retrieval. I got into my lovely open-backed hospital gown and the embryologist, Aaron, took Justin to his room to provide his sample. I waited for a bit and sat and talked with the nurse coordinator, Shawnee and my favorite nurse Jennifer. I have become very close with both of them, so it was nice to just chat with them and feel relaxed before having my procedure. The anesthesiologist was also there chatting with us. I just love the environment. Justin came back and the anesthesiologist said she was going to start my IV. I held on hard to Justin's hand and told myself I wasn't going to cry this time. And guess what!!! I didn't! We all had a good laugh at my expense because everyone in the office knows by now what a baby I am when it comes to needles. So IV done, and then the doctor showed up. He sat down in a chair by the other 2 nurses and we all chatted it up for about 5 minutes about sports and the Super Bowl. It's so cool to have a staff and doctor who are so down to earth and cool. Then Shawnee said it was time, so I hopped off the gurney trying not to flash anyone my backside and I shuffled into the procedure room. Justin waited outside as they closed the door and I laid on the table. And then I was out. The procedure I was told took about 20 minutes.
The first thing I said when I woke up was that I had been in a warehouse with Whitney Houston and Paula Abdul!! Ha ha ha!! Not sure where that came from, but everyone had a good laugh! I woke up in quite a bit of pain and the doctor and nurses came over along with the anesthesiologist to ask me what my pain level was at. I said a 7, so they gave me some morphine for the pain. It didn't seem to do much, so after about 10 minutes, they gave me a little more, which seemed to do the trick. The doctor came over and said they had retrieved 3 eggs. But where was the 4th one we had seen on ultrasound? Well, he said they worked and worked and flushed it and aspirated it and could not get the egg out of the follicle. Apparently sometimes that happens if the follicle gets too big. But he said the 3 they got looked really good and mature!
After that I got dressed and they wheeled me out to the car to head home. I was told Aaron the embryologist would call me Monday with the egg qualities and to tell us how many had fertilized. I spent Suberbowl Sunday on the couch, sleeping most of the day. I was in a little more pain this time around because they had to do so much maneuvering with my ovaries to get the eggs out. Not fun!! But by the evening I was doing pretty well and getting up and around.
This morning I woke up to a phone call from the embryologist with the results. So here we go!!!
We had 3 mature eggs, with a mature quality of M2. YES!!!!! Hurray!!! (Remember we only had M1 quality last time, and M2 is better!) He said out of those three eggs 2 fertilized!!!! So we are at double the amount we had last time and a better more mature quality! I'll take it!
So, we will head back to the office on Wednesday for the transfer of the 2 embryos!! I am super pumped and excited! Although, for most people getting 2 embryos out of an IVF cycle is low, it is what we have to work with and it is better than none right!?
I just hope this is our time!
Oh, also I started the dreaded HUGE needle progesterone shots on Sunday directly after my procedure. These are the oil based ones that go in your butt. I will do them every morning until we get the results, 2 weeks after the transfer. (Well I say I will do them, but lets be honest, my awesome nurse husband administers them every morning. Thanks baby!) Then if we are pregnant, I will continue to do them for like 8-10 weeks or something like that. I will also continue on the Predisone steroid prescription for about 8-10 weeks if we are pregnant.
If this whole experience has taught me anything it is that, patience is virtue! Everything is hurry up and wait! So once again, I will sit here and wait till Wednesday until we do the transfer and then patiently wait the 2 weeks till we find out if it worked. Ugh, I hate being patient! But this must be one of my life's big learning lessons. So in the meantime, please send good thoughts to those 2 little embryos to grow big and strong! We appreciate all your support, messages, love and prayers!
Patiently waiting.....
Jenny
Injections: 116
Blood Draws: 16 Vials: 40
IV's: 4
The first thing I said when I woke up was that I had been in a warehouse with Whitney Houston and Paula Abdul!! Ha ha ha!! Not sure where that came from, but everyone had a good laugh! I woke up in quite a bit of pain and the doctor and nurses came over along with the anesthesiologist to ask me what my pain level was at. I said a 7, so they gave me some morphine for the pain. It didn't seem to do much, so after about 10 minutes, they gave me a little more, which seemed to do the trick. The doctor came over and said they had retrieved 3 eggs. But where was the 4th one we had seen on ultrasound? Well, he said they worked and worked and flushed it and aspirated it and could not get the egg out of the follicle. Apparently sometimes that happens if the follicle gets too big. But he said the 3 they got looked really good and mature!
After that I got dressed and they wheeled me out to the car to head home. I was told Aaron the embryologist would call me Monday with the egg qualities and to tell us how many had fertilized. I spent Suberbowl Sunday on the couch, sleeping most of the day. I was in a little more pain this time around because they had to do so much maneuvering with my ovaries to get the eggs out. Not fun!! But by the evening I was doing pretty well and getting up and around.
This morning I woke up to a phone call from the embryologist with the results. So here we go!!!
We had 3 mature eggs, with a mature quality of M2. YES!!!!! Hurray!!! (Remember we only had M1 quality last time, and M2 is better!) He said out of those three eggs 2 fertilized!!!! So we are at double the amount we had last time and a better more mature quality! I'll take it!
So, we will head back to the office on Wednesday for the transfer of the 2 embryos!! I am super pumped and excited! Although, for most people getting 2 embryos out of an IVF cycle is low, it is what we have to work with and it is better than none right!?
I just hope this is our time!
Oh, also I started the dreaded HUGE needle progesterone shots on Sunday directly after my procedure. These are the oil based ones that go in your butt. I will do them every morning until we get the results, 2 weeks after the transfer. (Well I say I will do them, but lets be honest, my awesome nurse husband administers them every morning. Thanks baby!) Then if we are pregnant, I will continue to do them for like 8-10 weeks or something like that. I will also continue on the Predisone steroid prescription for about 8-10 weeks if we are pregnant.
If this whole experience has taught me anything it is that, patience is virtue! Everything is hurry up and wait! So once again, I will sit here and wait till Wednesday until we do the transfer and then patiently wait the 2 weeks till we find out if it worked. Ugh, I hate being patient! But this must be one of my life's big learning lessons. So in the meantime, please send good thoughts to those 2 little embryos to grow big and strong! We appreciate all your support, messages, love and prayers!
Patiently waiting.....
Jenny
Injections: 116
Blood Draws: 16 Vials: 40
IV's: 4
Friday, February 3, 2012
Sorry for not updating sooner!
I know I am behind from blogging about our dr visit on Wednesday! So sorry about that. Anyway, we have had really good news both Wednesday and this morning (Friday). Wednesday we had 4 large follicles and possibly 2 tiny ones, and today again we had 4 large ones and maybe a couple tiny ones. I was cut back on my injection doses Wednesday because the doctor didn't want the follicles to grow too big too fast. We learned something new in that the scale for egg maturity is either m1 or m2. M1 is less mature and that is what we had last time because we did so few days of stimulation. So the doctor was shooting for m2 quality eggs this time, so hence the reason for more days of stimulation. M2 quality eggs produce better embryos, which in turn gives the embryos a better quality marks like A or B. So we are shooting for m2 quality eggs, hopefully at least 4 of them and then hopefully 4 high quality embryos.
So here is the plan. Tonight are my last 2 injections at 7pm, and then we will do the trigger shot to induce ovulation at 830pm tonight. Then we will head to the doctor at 8am on Sunday for an egg retrieval at 830am. I will go under anesthesia for the procedure which takes about 20 minutes. I don't know how quick they can judge the quality of the eggs, but I am assuming it is pretty quickly after retrieval.
Oh I think I forgot to mention too that the doctor has decided that we will put the embryos back in this round and not freeze them. (well if there are extras they will be frozen) so it will be a "fresh" cycle. The doctor said we will decide together based on the egg quality and embryo quality how many we will put back in. We have had discussions about 2-3 embryos being transferred based on quality. For instance, if we had 2 good ones and 1 not so good one he might just put all 3 in. A little scary to think about the possible outcome of that, but hey this is our last chance with my eggs, so we have to go for it!! Like I have said before if we don't have to do this again, awesome! And twins would be awesome! Not so sure about triplets, considering i only have 2 arms. The tentative date for the embryo transfer will be next Wednesday the 8th.
So we will be spending Super Bowl Sunday morning at the doctor,and being lazy recovering and relaxing in the afternoon watching my favorite part, the commercials!
I will update again after our harvesting procedure on Sunday afternoon.
Jenny
So here is the plan. Tonight are my last 2 injections at 7pm, and then we will do the trigger shot to induce ovulation at 830pm tonight. Then we will head to the doctor at 8am on Sunday for an egg retrieval at 830am. I will go under anesthesia for the procedure which takes about 20 minutes. I don't know how quick they can judge the quality of the eggs, but I am assuming it is pretty quickly after retrieval.
Oh I think I forgot to mention too that the doctor has decided that we will put the embryos back in this round and not freeze them. (well if there are extras they will be frozen) so it will be a "fresh" cycle. The doctor said we will decide together based on the egg quality and embryo quality how many we will put back in. We have had discussions about 2-3 embryos being transferred based on quality. For instance, if we had 2 good ones and 1 not so good one he might just put all 3 in. A little scary to think about the possible outcome of that, but hey this is our last chance with my eggs, so we have to go for it!! Like I have said before if we don't have to do this again, awesome! And twins would be awesome! Not so sure about triplets, considering i only have 2 arms. The tentative date for the embryo transfer will be next Wednesday the 8th.
So we will be spending Super Bowl Sunday morning at the doctor,and being lazy recovering and relaxing in the afternoon watching my favorite part, the commercials!
I will update again after our harvesting procedure on Sunday afternoon.
Jenny
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