Here We Go................

I feel like we are getting on a roller coaster and going up that first hill. You don't know quite what to expect and your so nervous, excited and ready for it to be over. I know that we are in for the ride of our life.

Today was my mock embryo transfer. Everything was great, but it hurt like crazy. I came home and slept for about 2 hours. They also took 3 vials of blood from me so that did not help anything. All of the previous tests that we did last week were fine and she said that we are done and our folder is getting passed on to the next person. Please pass that folder as fast as possible because I am getting so anxious to start. Betty, our nurse, will call us in the next few days to give us our calendar and timeline for when everything will start. We will definitely be using the Sept. cycle. I thought that we couldn't do shots until around Sept. 12 because that is the beginning of the new cycle. But she said today that we will be starting shots before that. Probably only a couple of days after our orientation on the 30th. I can't believe that it is here already.

We are so ready to get started and our hearts are ready for baby hansley to come. Thanks for all of your support. I will post more after our orientation next Thursday.

Tests, Tests, and More Tests

So we just wanted to check in and let you know that all of the extra tests that we had to do are almost over. Jared finished his last two tests last Friday, and I have my final tests next week. We both had to have some blood tests performed to check for anything that may interfere with the possibility of freezing some of our eggs after the transfer. We are only putting two eggs back, so if some more make the cut, we can freeze them for up to a year. My final test is next Thursday and it is a mock embryo transfer. It is just like the day I will go and do my real transfer with two eggs. They have to do some measuring and get things ready for the real deal. After this test we just wait until August 30 for orientation.

We also found out that when they remove the eggs from me, they are going to fertilize them in two different ways. Half of the eggs will be sprinkled and then half will be injected (known as ICSI ). We are excited that they are doing both and we hope that this increases our chances.

I think that the excitement has started to set in. I know that I cannot wait until the 30th. I think about it everyday and all day long. Imagine that? I have started my school year again and both Jared and I are going back to school this fall also. I am taking two classes to get my middle school endorsement and Jared is going back to get his masters. Do you think that we could do anything else? Hopefully this will keep us busy while we are waiting to find out if this works. Thanks for all of the support. More to come later........

Our first Appointment

Wow...I am so glad that today was finally our appointment. I could hardly sleep last night because I was so excited to get into the office and find out what was going on. First of all before I share everything that we learned today, I want to thank everyone for their support and the love that all of you have expressed to us. Not one person has questioned our decision to do IVF, in fact, everyone has been happy and even shed a few tears with us. Now to the exciting part. We met with the doctor at 11:30 today and she said that everything is a go for the IVF. We were so excited to hear those precious words. Our next step is our orientation on August 30 and this is where they give us the shot training and we sign all of our consent forms. We have to have a few more tests run before the orientation. After the orientation we then wait for my Sept. cycle and then we start. The whole process takes about a month and a half after that. So we are looking at the end of Oct. beginning of Nov. to get the pregnancy test results. I know that seems far away, but I think that it will go really fast. I think that this news and getting everything set up is finally bringing some excitement to us. We don't feel quite as overwhelmed as before.


I found a website on another woman's blog that explains all of the steps to IVF. I thought that I would share this for anyone who might want to look it up and learn more about what we are going to be doing. It is http://www.rscbayarea.com/articles/ivfvsgif.html.

That is all for now. We will post when we know more. Thank you so much for all of your love and support. Every one's well wishes has made this process a little easier.