Saturday, December 27, 2014

I have an addiction

I have an addiction and I'm not afraid to admit it. All of my fellow surrogate sisters talk about having an obsession of POAS (peeing on a stick). Before the transfer I thought, nah, that won't be me. I'll maybe do it a few times but I won't go crazy. I thought this way up until the day of transfer. LOL. Seriously...I was ready to POAS that evening. They clearly were correct and I should have just accepted the facts that I would soon feel that same way! So since Thursday, day of transfer, I've peed a lot. As soon as I got a positive I have been doing it every morning.



Yes, yes I know. You're probably thinking "wont that get a little expensive??!" Not when Walmart sells them for 88 cents!!! Oh yes! I bought a ton of those and then the clear blue digital pack of 2.

I was able to test Christmas morning and I sent a picture to my IM. They were so excited! What a great gift I was able to give them that morning/day.


So now we wait, till Monday. Praying the numbers continue to climb. I'll go once and then go back 3 times I believe for them to test my beta and make sure the pregnancy is staying. Hopefully all of this works out the way its been going!! I'll keep you posted on Monday!!

Transfer Day

Please forgive me, its been a while since I've posted. We had the transfer and we are now currently patiently waiting until Monday for beta!
 
The actual transfer was a breeze, showed up downtown Chicago at the clinic, met my IM for the 2nd time and she even gave me a transfer gift. Comfy clothes from The Gap! She's so incredibly sweet!
 
So they take us 3 back to the room. Go over some paperwork, make sure we're all on the same page about how many embryos were transferring. As the RE is explaining the embryo she goes on to say "we had 1 healthy MALE embryo." I didn't know if we would find out with all the genetic testing that was done, but we did. It was so exciting to hear it was a little boy. My IM didn't even know! Poor thing, she was almost in shock, she didn't expect her to say male. It certainly makes it even more real.
 
Transfer was done literally in about 5-10 minutes. Its amazing what science is capable of letting us do these days. We were home within an hour or two and I was instructed to be on bed rest for 48 hours. Which I gladly did! :)
 
Now we wait the 10 days for the beta results. Praying for high numbers and that the little guy stuck and made himself comfy!


 

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

2 More Days!!!!

 
 
 
We've got 2 more days till transfer!!!! Haven't received a call from the clinic on a time yet but I'll be sitting by my phone all day tomorrow till we get the call. Its hard to even believe we're up to this point already. Its so exciting!!
 
 
On another note, I started the progesterone shots. The ones I was pretty nervous about doing. They're a pretty big needle that goes into your hip. You do one shot a day up until I believe the 2nd trimester. What a long time that will be but I'll just be happy if I can make it to that point!
 
 
I'm not as nervous as I thought I would be though. I'm really calm and at peace with everything so far. With all the hiccups we've had on this journey I'm just glad I can be where I am now.
 
We're only transferring one embryo. So hopefully the little one sticks. :)
 


Monday, December 8, 2014

Second Lining Check




So I had my lining check last Friday. While my lining was at a 9....which is great. My estrogen levels were only at 86 when they really would like to see 150 at the lowest. So they added an estrogen pill to my schedule and I went back on Monday (today) for more blood work and a lining check.

Got a call from my RE and my lining is now at
 
wait for it....wait for it........
 
drumroll please.........
 



 
The RE on Friday was originally concerned though not about my lining, but about my estrogen count. I was at 86 on Friday, I'm now at.....

 
 We are SO excited and happy that as long as everything goes according to plan, the transfer will still be on December 18th. Can't wait!!! :):):):)