Sad Day

Well we got the results from the doctor and they were unfortunately negative. We are all ok right now, just trying to get through the shock of it. We will call on Monday and try to get an appointment to meet with her. We will see where we will go from there. I'll post more when everything sinks in.........

More Waiting........

I cannot even tell you how hard this wait is until our first blood test on Nov. 9th. I knew that these two weeks would be long, but I seriously feel as if time has just stopped. I have parent/teacher conferences this week and I am hoping that this will keep me busy. Our test is on Friday and we will not get the results until after 4:00 p.m. I will make sure to post after we have told our families what the results are. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers until Friday. We are on pins and needles right now and we just need a lot of prayers right now. Hopefully we will be posting some good news soon..................

No Frozen Eggs

Our doctor's office called yesterday and said that we didn't have any eggs make it far enough to freeze. I wasn't surprised because the criteria is so hard. Only about 15-20% of people can freeze, so I wasn't expecting much. Oh well, we have the best two eggs in me and that is all that counts. I'm feeling pretty good, just anticipating our first blood test. My kids and the holidays are definitely keeping me busy. The progesterone shots are going well, in fact I have been giving them to myself. The doctor told me to use the muscle in my hip area, so I can reach this just fine. Sometimes the nurse at school helps out if I'm not in the shot giving mood. I haven't had any side effects from the shot, no stomach aches or bruising and knots. I'm pretty happy about that :)

Thought this was sweet..........

I just had time to put this picture on. On Tuesday after my retrieval, i went to my parents to rest and they were making us dinner. My parents surprised us with a cake to wish all of the 17 eggs good luck. We both thought it was so cute and thoughtful. Hopefully all of that luck will go to my two eggs that are now in me. By the way, the cake was really good. My dad said that the lady who put the writing on was kind of looking at him like what are writing on this cake. He told what it was for and she said "Oh, I understand."

Transfer Today

Sorry that I am just now posting...everything went really fast today. The lab called this morning at 8:00 and said that the transfer would be today, day 3. I was at work and so was Jared, so I called him and he quickly left to come and get me. We had our appointment at 10:35 this morning. The doctor came in first and gave us a picture of both of the eggs that w ere going back today. They had 9 and 8 cells. He seemed pretty happy with this and he said that they looked real good. After we talked they took us back to the procedure room. Even Jared had to wear a gown, hat and booties. The procedure went pretty well. He had a little trouble getting the catheter in, but finally he got through and he transferred the two eggs in. We watched on a ultrasound monitor and they went right where they were suppose to. To me it looked like two little lights snuggled into the top of my uterus. Hey who can say that they actually got to see their babies being conceived. I had to lay for about 30 minutes afterwards and I couldn't wait to go to the bathroom (you have to go with a full belly). I feel pretty good right now. I want to keep still so I don't disturb them and their process. ha ha. They told me to take it easy for today and tomorrow and then slowly bring activity into my day. Unfortunately the hard part is now.....we wait two weeks for our first blood test followed by another blood test the following week. It will be the longest time of our lives. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers and we will let you know something as soon as we do............................

Update on Eggs

I just got off of the phone with the nurse about all of our little eggs. She said that they wanted about 50% to make it. Well.............We had 8 make it! In my eyes that is close enough to 50%. They fertilized 9 of the eggs conventionally (just putting the sperm around the egg) and they fertilized 8 using ICSI (they inject the sperm into the egg). 2 of the 9 conventionally fertilized and 6 of the 8 fertilized with ICSI. She was pretty happy with the results and she said that they would call tomorrow with another update and a tentative time for a day 3 transfer (Friday). We are saying lots of prayers that they eggs keep growing. Please say some extra ones for us while we wait.......

17 Eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a short post.....I got home today about 3:00 and I have been sleeping since. The meds are wearing of and I was sleepy and a little sore. I feel pretty good overall. They took out 17 eggs, which they were extremely happy about. They said that I might be a little more sore because of how many eggs I had. So pretty much it is just water and tylenol and lots of rest. They said that they would call me around 12:00 tomorrow to update us on our eggies.....I'll post more tomorrow when I feel up to it.