The Blood test revealed

     Saturday was a very exciting and scary day. I went in early Saturday morning to find out if we were pregnant. It’s crazy that through this entire IVF journey it was ending with a simple blood test. I have always wanted to do something special for Kelcey when I found out I was pregnant and surprise him. This time was not what I expected; no matter what it would not be a surprise for Kelcey. We decided that Kelcey would answer the phone because I was too scared to hear another negative. So he got the opportunity that most guys don’t get, he was the one that told me I was PREGNANT. I couldn’t believe it because when he was talking to the nurse on the phone he didn’t seem excited he seemed sad. I was super excited and just wanted to sing praises to the Lord.  God has been working in all of this and I am so thankful that he blessed us with a baby/ies. My beta (HCG level) on Saturday 10 past transfer was 130 and on Monday it not only doubled, but went a little over to 316. We are so excited and happy to finally be parents. Our sono is scheduled for November 11^th J I can’t wait to see our miracle.

Transfer Day

All 5 of our embryos made it to transfer day. The embryologist chose the best 2 to put inside me. We are so blessed to have all 5 survive. God has been so faithful J

 Our beautiful emybroys that God created, one is 6 hrs ahead of the other. Its crazy to see such difference.

We were thinking that I would be given valium to make the transfer easier, since my uterus was hard to reach because I’m curvy J  We never got the RX for the valium; we didn’t we were supposed to go get it :( So, I did the transfer with no pain meds. Thankfully it was an easy transfer, the stitch they put in at egg retrieval made a huge difference. The Dr. had an easy path way to make it to my curvy uterus.  

After my transfer I laid back for 30 minutes for the embryos to settle in. Now the wait begins J We should know something around 10/22. Please pray that this is God's will and these babies make it. We also had 2 embroys make it to freeze :) We have had so many miracles along the way!

God is so good!

Saturday morning we got the call that said  5 embryos  fertilized correctly. I was really nervous about only having 5 to work with, that some wouldn't make it to Wednesday transfer. Waiting on phone calls to see how they are doing are so hard. It's hard to be patient when you want to know so badly how they are doing. Kelcey and I have never gotten this far, to actually be "parents" to fertilized eggs. I am so overwhelmed with how everything keeps falling in place so wonderfully. God truly has his hands in this process. Yesterday I was a nervous wreck wondering how the embryos were doing. The embryologist only calls every other day to tell us how they are doing, so we had to wait till today to get the 3 day results.  God kept leading me to verses in the bible about faithfulness and to rely on him. 

We got the call earlier than I expected and I was thinking that it must mean bad news, it was only 10:45 in the morning and they weren’t supposed to call until mid-afternoon. I was wrong, all 5 embryos are still going strong and she said they were right on track J I am so excited that we still have all 5. God is so good!! We are scheduled for a transfer on Wednesday at 3:15. Then it will be strict bed rest for a couple of days. I pray that our little fighters make it till Wednesday.  I will get pictures of them soon J

Egg Retrieval

Today was the day we made our babies :) It’s so exciting because this is the first time we actually made one for sure. Everything turned out great, God is so faithful. I am not sure how many eggs they took out for sure but we do have 12 mature eggs that were fertilized today. Tomorrow we will get the call to see how many made it. I am pretty sore still, hopefully this weekend I will feel better. Wednesday is the day for transfer if everything goes correctly. Here are some pictures of today (I look horrible by the way)

                                                                    Before

After

Kelcey said that I was mad at him for drinking my juice :)

                                            Funny stuff after being put to sleep ;)

bye bye injections

I decided to take a picture of all the injections I have taken :) A farewell and a hope for a miracle :)

We are so close :)

Today my Dr. said I was ready to trigger and I am finished with injections except for the trigger shot and last Lupron shot tonight :) YAY, my poor tummy has had it with needles; it is swollen and has numerous red dots and bruises. I would take a picture, but it is not a pretty sight :)

I will trigger tonight at 10:45 and then go in on Friday morning for the retrieval. Tomorrow is my shot honeymoon, which means that I have no more injections or medicine to take except my antibiotics to keep my follicles healthy. After the retrieval I will start progesterone suppositories and other medicines to help my uterus get ready for the transfer. We are so thankful for the Dr.'s positive attitude and my body for responding correctly. Praise God J

More updates on Friday to see how many eggs they retrieved J Pray for our Dr. hands and wisdom and for us to get a good number of mature eggs. Also for Kelcey to produce enough strong sperm.  I am giving this fully to God and I know that he will place his hand on me during this time.

Update

Saturday’s appointment went very well, praise the Lord J. My body responded well to the injections and I had 17 beautiful follicles. I am so glad that those little ones caught up. 17 is a perfect number.  I went back this morning and now I have about 20 follicles. My endometrium lining looked wonderful and the follicles were around 13-14 in size. They will be mature around 21 in size. The Dr. said I have two more day of stimming before I give myself a final injection (trigger shot) which makes the follicles release the eggs.  This afternoon I will get a call to tell me how my estrogen level is doing. That is the main indicator on how much longer before we retrieve. I think it will be Friday morning. I am so thankful for God’s faithfulness during this; he has definitely been with us through the details.