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Monday, April 12, 2010
One Little Line
I told myself I wouldn't, but I just couldn't wait. I purchased a pack of early result home pregnancy tests. I did one test Saturday and one Sunday, all the while knowing that it may be entirely too early, so I would not let the negatives get me down. Sunday night I actually had a dream that I took the next test and got a positive result. I woke up at 4:00 am on Monday morning and tried to go back to sleep, but I kept thinking of the dream. So I took the test, and true to my feeling, that little pink magic second line appeared this time. Over the course of the day I have run back to look at the test dozens of times. I just cannot get over this tiny little line that means so much to two people who deserve it.
You can barely see the second line on the left. It may be faint, but it IS there. A friend of mine was sceptical when I showed this to her, but I know that it is impossible to get a false positive result.
This is a testament to the 'First Result' Early Result pregnancy tests. With my own children I could never get a positive result on a home test until around 5-6 weeks. This came up at 3 weeks and 3 days, which is actually only 5 days after the embryos were transferred into my uterus. I find that to be amazing.
You can barely see the second line on the left. It may be faint, but it IS there. A friend of mine was sceptical when I showed this to her, but I know that it is impossible to get a false positive result.
This is a testament to the 'First Result' Early Result pregnancy tests. With my own children I could never get a positive result on a home test until around 5-6 weeks. This came up at 3 weeks and 3 days, which is actually only 5 days after the embryos were transferred into my uterus. I find that to be amazing.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
My mom and I flew to New York on April 6th, and I did the embryo transfer on April 7th. Now on day 4 after the procedure, I can hardly wait until the 15th when I go in for a pregnancy test.
After all this time preparing for it, the procedure was so quick and easy that it just seamed surreal. In the days after, I kept thinking that I should feel different now, which even I know is completely ridiculous.
The embryos are graded on viability, and two grade As, which is the best quality, were transferred. I do not fully understand if this ups the odds of success. I think they try to do everything as best they can, but it all comes down to statistics in the end. I was told at the clinic that I basically had an 80% change of a successful pregnancy, but on their website (for my situation) it basically says that each of these two embryos has a 78% chance. Together, that makes the odds of at least a single pregnancy even higher.
After all this time preparing for it, the procedure was so quick and easy that it just seamed surreal. In the days after, I kept thinking that I should feel different now, which even I know is completely ridiculous.
The embryos are graded on viability, and two grade As, which is the best quality, were transferred. I do not fully understand if this ups the odds of success. I think they try to do everything as best they can, but it all comes down to statistics in the end. I was told at the clinic that I basically had an 80% change of a successful pregnancy, but on their website (for my situation) it basically says that each of these two embryos has a 78% chance. Together, that makes the odds of at least a single pregnancy even higher.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Ready Or Not
I started my hormone injections March 5th. For the first 12 days I did one subcutaneous injection daily of Lupron. March 16th I added twice weekly Delestrogen, given intramuscular. Yesterday I stopped the Lupron and it has been replaced with once daily Progesterone. Today I also started taking two different antibiotic pills.
The retrieval was done TODAY. Jill said they got 12 good eggs. Now I am waiting for Margie to hear from the embryologist tomorrow. I was told that the most likely scenario is that I will be flying out Tuesday for a Wednesday embryo transfer.
I counted it up on the calendar, and I wonder if Margie knows that based on the April 2nd retrieval, the baby/babies will be due on Christmas Eve. I think that is fitting. What a wonderful Christmas for them! Ok, I know that if they get twins they will surely be born a little earlier than that, but I still think it is a neat due date.
I think I will be sent in for the pregnancy test on around April 16th. But I cannot imagine it not being successful. I think it is just a matter of whether they get one baby or twins.
The retrieval was done TODAY. Jill said they got 12 good eggs. Now I am waiting for Margie to hear from the embryologist tomorrow. I was told that the most likely scenario is that I will be flying out Tuesday for a Wednesday embryo transfer.
I counted it up on the calendar, and I wonder if Margie knows that based on the April 2nd retrieval, the baby/babies will be due on Christmas Eve. I think that is fitting. What a wonderful Christmas for them! Ok, I know that if they get twins they will surely be born a little earlier than that, but I still think it is a neat due date.
I think I will be sent in for the pregnancy test on around April 16th. But I cannot imagine it not being successful. I think it is just a matter of whether they get one baby or twins.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Post Trip...
Jason and I finally got to go to New York to meet Mark and Margie! We flew out January 14th, 2010. We checked into our hotel that night and Mark and Margie picked us up Friday for our big appointment in New Jersey. At one of the IVF clinics they ran a bunch of tests on all of us and then gave Jason and I a lesson on the hormones I will be taking, and Jason even got to practice sticking me with a needle. Then we went to another office for our psych evaluations. We got to spend the entire day Friday with Mark and Margie, and then Jason and I went sight seeing Saturday and half of Sunday since they had been generous enough to set us up for the entire weekend.
Long story short- we love Mark and Margie, Manhattan was wonderful, and we had an amazing time. I am also putting up a separate post on my personal blog about all our running around.
Now I just wait for Jill (my IVF coordinator) to let me know when to start taking my injections. The next time I go out there it will be for the actual embryo transfer.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
New York bound in one week!
It is finally here. I signed up with Reproductive Possibilities in August of 2009 and was matched with Mark and Margie in October. With every ones' busy schedules it has taken 3 months to find a time when myself, Jason, Mark, Margie and all the doctors we need to see would be available.
Jason and I fly out on Thursday the 14th! One week from today. I finally get to meet my amazing couple. We will arrive late in the evening Thursday and head to our hotel, and our appointment at IVF New Jersey is on Friday the 15th.
Margie and Mark were kind enough to set us up for 3 nights in Manhattan, even though they only needed us for 1 night, and in New Jersey. We get to go sight seeing and I am sooo excited. There is so much to see and do there that it is overwhelming. This is not the kind of thing we would be able to do on our own. The funny thing is, I am most excited to see things that most New Yorkers probably yawn at- like Central park! It will be amazing and I will take plenty of pictures.
Jason and I fly out on Thursday the 14th! One week from today. I finally get to meet my amazing couple. We will arrive late in the evening Thursday and head to our hotel, and our appointment at IVF New Jersey is on Friday the 15th.
Margie and Mark were kind enough to set us up for 3 nights in Manhattan, even though they only needed us for 1 night, and in New Jersey. We get to go sight seeing and I am sooo excited. There is so much to see and do there that it is overwhelming. This is not the kind of thing we would be able to do on our own. The funny thing is, I am most excited to see things that most New Yorkers probably yawn at- like Central park! It will be amazing and I will take plenty of pictures.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
It's Official
Well I could have written this post days ago, but I have been pretty busy getting ready for Eden's birthday party.
I'm excited to announce that I will be working with the couple I spoke to on the phone last Thursday. Their names are Mark and Margaret and they have a home in New York as well as in London. I of course have only spoken to them once, but they seem just wonderful. I will soon be flying into Newark, New Jersey (paying a surrogate is illegal in New York, narrow minded people!) to visit the couples' fertility doctor for a bunch of medical testing and a psychological evaluation. That last one ought to go well;) I will get to meet the parents for the first time that day, too. And boy oh boy I couldn't be happier about the area I "have" to visit. I'm feeling pretty lucky right now. What an experience this whole thing is going to be.
I'm excited to announce that I will be working with the couple I spoke to on the phone last Thursday. Their names are Mark and Margaret and they have a home in New York as well as in London. I of course have only spoken to them once, but they seem just wonderful. I will soon be flying into Newark, New Jersey (paying a surrogate is illegal in New York, narrow minded people!) to visit the couples' fertility doctor for a bunch of medical testing and a psychological evaluation. That last one ought to go well;) I will get to meet the parents for the first time that day, too. And boy oh boy I couldn't be happier about the area I "have" to visit. I'm feeling pretty lucky right now. What an experience this whole thing is going to be.
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