I never knew..

I never really thought about everything that could go wrong during a surrogacy journey. As you know I posted yesterday about my lining numbers. I was super excited about it and glad we were moving through this journey at a steady pace. Until this afternoon....

 

I received a phone call from my RE. She said my IP's had decided to do the PGD testing on the embryos once they were retrieved. PGD is Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. Its basically if the doctor recommends it or the parents choose to do the testing for a wide range of genetic disorders.

 

What this means for me....well its not great news and not horrible news. My RE said I need to cancel this cycle and stop all my meds I'm on because it will take several weeks to get the results back. My IP's had always said they wanted to do the genetic testing on the embryo's but apparently my coordinator at the clinic didn't communicate that to the RE. If they continued with me on meds my lining then would probably be too thick. So...I am back to square one. As disappointed and upset I am that this wasn't caught by the clinic, I believe everything happens for a reason and its all in God's timing.

 

Basically I will wait to get my period and then start back on birth control then start up again on Lupron, patches and pills and so on. So now the transfer will be pushed to November or December, depending on how the testing goes and the thaw of the embryos once I'm ready to go.

 

I really never knew all the different situations or scenarios that could come up during all of this. I know things can't go according to the way I want them to go but it really is disappointing. This is my 2nd cycle we've tried and the first time it was the embryos not making it through thaw and now this. I'm determined that this will happen, one way or another though. I have to keep reassuring myself that things could always be worse, right? 

Lining Check

 

Went in for my lining check this morning. Was a tad bit nervous about my results (which I will get to in a minute) but much to my surprise there was no reason to be nervous at all. As she was doing the ultrasound she said things looked pretty good. Told me my lining was a little thicker on one side but that she would say it was about a 10-12. Instant relief was all I felt.

 

If you're not familiar with all of this stuff, usually a doctor wants your lining anywhere above a 10. Now all doctors are different but you always want something greater than 10. Which is what I have!

 

Once she was finished I did some lab work and then I was finished. My RE called me later this afternoon and said my doctor had reviewed the results and said that things looked perfect. My lining was at 11.5 which was wonderful. Yes, I asked again, "Perfect? So I won't need to add any other new meds? Just stay on the Lupron and the patches?" She said I was correct and my next scan would be October 15th.

 

 

 

 

 

So back to when I said I was nervous about what my lining was going to be. During my last cycle they had me on Lupron, patches, a couple different pills during my lining scans. My number then was 12.6. I thought for sure this time on less meds my numbers maybe wouldn't be that great. But apparently I was wrong. Which I don't mind being proven wrong in something like this. Haha!

 

So this time around my number is lower than last time but I'm feeling pretty good and things are going according to plan and I'm definitely okay with that.