After 24 Hours...

The RE's office called me this morning to let us know that out of the 9 eggs they retreived yesterday we have 4 good looking embryos. They will call me tomorrow to let us know the status of the 4 em-babies tomorrow and also give us a time for transfer. So now we wait and pray and hope that they divide and grow as they should and will hang tough for us.
Today I am a bit tearful, feel optimistic but also worried like hell, that tomorrow I will get some awful phone call and we will never have the chance to have a baby together, I know it only takes one to make a baby that we want so badly this is just very stressfull and scarey.
Tonight will be our first PIO shot I will let everyone know how that goes. And I will post tomorrow about our babies, and when they will be putting them back in the home they need to be in to grow! Please send good vibes to my cyclesista Leigh and her embryo they both need all of our prayers! Chrsiti I hope you get to start your stims today! Will talk to everyone later!
Oh and I forgot TGIF!! I also am going to try something to keep me positive, everyday I post I will post 3 things that I am thankful for.
1. I have 3 healthy children
2. I have a husband that loves me and my children.
3. I am alive to see another day, not matter how gloomy I may feel!

Retreival Day!

Today was my retreival day, we arrived at the RE's office bright and early at 7am. My husband gave his sample and it was good so no TESE for him! So we waited there was one other woman there for her retreival too, so at about 8:30am they called me back I put my gown, booties, and bonnet on and waited and waited, did I say I waited? I sat and waited as the woman before me, husband was having a TESE done, then about 45 minutes later she went back when she was done it was then my turn. I was given some great medicine, wow they should bottle that for over the counter sales!! Once it was all over I was back in recovery and getting dressed at about 10:45am. Oh yeah they retreived 9 eggs, I thought that I would have more since the lady before me had 16 retreived and she was 42, WOW! But I am happy because like they said it is not how many it is the quality of the eggs. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that they are all of the Grade A quality!!
I got home at about 1:00pm and layed down until 3 or so. I dont have too much pain just kinda achey like I have been punched in the guts! No real bleeding which is good, so I am now waiting to hear from them tomorrow to find out how they fertilized.
I do love my husband, he sat so patiently and waited for me this morning and he is so anxious and worried that his sperm wont do what they need too. He is so great, he wants this so bad he cant stand himself. I do love you Mr. B!
The office I go to does three day transfers so hopefully they will be putting my beautiful little pre-babies in on Sunday, I pray that at least one sticks, for me and especially for Mr. B.
My dear friend S from work I tried to call you must not have felt well this am, hope your father is feeling better and he has not passed his sickness on to you, if you read this at this point I am not sure my status for work tomorrow. I am playing it by ear! Feel better and talk to you soon!
Leigh I am so excited for your 6 eggs I am praying they will be growing babies soon! Glad to hear all went well for you, keep that tape from your hand for your baby book!
Christi I will be waiting to hear how your appt goes, I am hoping you will be starting your stim meds and on the way to your retreival too.
Well I have talked and talked but I will post my fertilization status tomorrow, I have my fingers crossed for all of us. Hope we will be barfing by Halloween as Leigh said!

Praying for Grade A!

I went in this morning for our pre-op work up, my goodness was that office busy! I have never seen that many people in the waiting room before! But all was well I had more blood drawn, met with the lady who will put me to sleep and saw my RE. Got the call this afternoon that the trigger shot was a success thank you my nurse friend! We have to be there at 7 am, yes Leigh we are really true cycle sistas! I will be thinking about you hoping for Grade A Eggs for you too as my RE said. But I would just like to say I am so excited to have NO shots tonight!! I know this will be short lived because I am soon to start the progesterone in oil. Yuck! But at this point if if helps me get pregnant and stay that way I am for it. I will post after I get home tomorrow with some stats on egg count! I will be waiting to hear about yours too Leigh! I would assume that Sunday will be transfer day but wont know for sure I guess until tomorrow! Got to go cook supper! Praying for a least a dozen Grade A for all of us!

Trigger Me Up Scottie!

I went to my RE this morning and I figured that all would be the same and I was to come back on Thursday for another scan and bloodwork but that is not how things are going to happen. The nurse called me this afternoon and told me to stop the Lupron, take 3 vials of Follistim, 15 units of low dose HCG and do my trigger shot tonight at 9:30 pm. I knew today I was pretty miserably bloated but I didnt think it would be time so quick for trigger. I go in tomorrow am at 10am for blood work and to see the anesthesiologist (sp?). So it looks like Thursday am retreival not sure what time exactly I am sure I will know after my visit in the am. Leigh looks like retreival and transfer will be the same day for us. I am not exactly sure the amount of follicles I have but I will ask so I can post. I am pretty nervous about the big shot tonight since it has to be given intramuscularly YUCK! I wish I had gotten the kind that can be given in the stomach but I guess this will just prepare me for those progesterone in oil shots. I will keep everyone posted.
On a lighter note I have been tagged, I really have no idea how this is done so I am going to brainstorm and make sure I get it right before I post and in turn tag someone else. Leigh I will get back to you on this :) I will post more tomorrow I hope everyone has a good evening!

Not Much to Report!

I went to the RE on Friday morning and again this morning. I had an ultrasound and bloodwork on both days. My RE says that I am responding well to the stim medication which I guess is what I want to hear! I am still on the same medication amount nothing up or down. My RE showed me how my follicles have grown, they looked to be like nickel to quarter sized, I really dont know how "big" they are supposed to be before retreival. I am thinking by the end of next week I should have retreival scheduled. But nothing is set it stone, kinda in the land of day by day right now. I have an appointment on Tuesday am, so we will see how things change! My back is starting to ache now and I have some strange sharp pains every once in a while but nothing too bad. I am not sure which medication is causing the nagging headaches and the tiredness but I guess this just all goes with the IVF fun! I have to go and help with a friends mother's memorial dedication this afternoon, but I would like nothing more than to just lay around, having to go to the RE on Sunday morning seems like is shortens your weekend but before I know it, it will be over and hopefully I will be preparing for a new baby. :) I am the glass half empty type of person, which I think that my husband cant stand but I tell him that if I dont get my hopes up I wont be so upset if it doesnt work, but deep down I SO want it too. I hope that all my fellow IF gals are progressing well and I am hoping for a good week for all of us! Got to get ready to go to my friends I will post later!

How are my Eggs Growing?

Tomorrow am I have another appointment with my RE. I think this is considered my day 4 bloodwork and ultrasound. I am very anxious to see how things are progressing, I know that I have only been taking the follistim for a couple of days but I am already having some pain in my ovaries so I suppose that is a good thing. I dread the Follistim injections every night, it just seems like a lot of medicine that I am injecting. And it hurts a little too, but no pain no gain, right. I am glad to hear from you again Christi, I would really like to e-mail but I dont know how you do all that, without my posting my e-mail address on the blog front? Let me know! I am excited to hear how your ultrasound and bloodwork goes for you Leigh. I am having positive thoughts for all of us, I saw tonight where Bio Girl got her positive today, how exciting is that! I hope that is soon to be all of us! Well I will post tomorrow after my appointment, I will be waiting to hear from you Christi. Good Night!

Just Call Me Henrietta!!!

I would first like to apologize to the very few people who do read my blog for being a slack blogger. I was HOPING that my new laptop would have arrived by now so I would be posting daily. But it has not arrived, no surprise I seem to have a package omen! Well to start I would like to tell everyone where I am at currently in this infertility journey, I have been on Lupron forever so it seems. I went to the RE Saturday am for an ultrasound and bloodwork to see if I could start my stim medications. My ultrasound was great my RE said that my ovaries looked like that of an egg donor. That may be a future option to pay off my current infertility debts. Or maybe not, me and Lupron dont have the best of relationships. Well anyway the bloodwork said that my estrogen levels were still to high, I figured this may be due to AF not arriving yet. So today we went back to the RE for another round of bloodwork, and for my husband to make a deposit to be frozen just in case. Bloodwork is A OK, so we are full speed ahead in to the land of stimulation! Oh and I forgot my Dr. put me on Glucophage because I have so many follicles, something to do with them bunching together and diabetes medicine was supposed to help??? Not really sure, so I just take them and smile! So I put off my injections until the last possible second because the Lupron makes me feel like crap but tonight I was excited about the new drugs so I took them earlier than usually. I am still taking 10 units of Lupron they think that I may be one of those OHSS people so I have to continue the regular does I guess this is supposed to help prevent this problem, I am taking 15 units of low dose hcg that burns going in ouch, and 225 units or 3 vials of Follistim, that sure is way more to inject and that hurts too, started taking antibiotics 2x a day, glucophage, and a prenatal vitamins. I sure hope I remember all of this. I go back Friday am for another ultrasound and bloodwork. I will post any yucky side effects I am sure they will come everything else has had one!!!!
I would also like to mention I am so excited to have someone post on my blog besides my good friend "S" of course. Fellow blog/infertility friend I cant wait to hear from you again, let me know if you have a blog I would love to know how things are going for you! I am thinking positive thoughts for both of us!
Gotta go cook supper, its been fun!