2nd Beta Results!!

We got our second beta results today!!

They were....


704!!!!

OMG can you believe it? Our doubling time was 35.27 hours - we're right in the middle of singleton/twin charts - so who knows which way this could go. I'm thinking just one.. Jeff is thinking two.. We'll both be ecstatic with either - we tried for so long and went through so much - that we're just happy to finally be pregnant!!

Beta #1

Well, we had our first beta draw this morning. :) They were STAT orders so we got the results super fast..

At 9dp5dt (14dpo) - our levels were 171. That's a nice STRONG number! We're so incredibly happy!

We'll go in again on Monday (labs closed on Sunday) to retest them to make sure they're going up properly. *fingers crossed* that everything continues to go perfectly.

We also scheduled our first U/S. It's on June 5th @ 9am. So 3 more weeks! We'll be 7 weeks exactly on that date! And we'll hopefully find out if there's one or two in there. I'm thinking only one babe while Jeff is thinking two! Guess we'll see who's right!

<3

Finally Pregnant!!!!

FINALLY!!!! After 18 months and two failed IUI's.. we are FINALLY PREGNANT!!! All it took was ICSI IVF!!

(copy/paste from JM)

So.. I've been an emotional basket case lately.. seriously.. it's been unreal.. lol.

Well.. I guess we have a reason for that

Yup!! 6dp5dt (11DPO) BFP!!!

OK, so I woke up this morning to take my daily test, dipped the test in and went to lay back down. I layed there, holding my stomach, crying and praying that it would come up positive.. At the 8 min mark I went back in the bathroom and saw a faint line.. Holy Crap! I started crying and with shaking hands got the digital.. dipped that in and let it sit... came up PREGNANT! I started bawling and texted my husband that I really needed him to come home. He called about 2 mins later freaking out asking what was wrong, so me, crying, told him that he really needed to come home for a little while. So he did.

I was sitting on the couch with a grin on my face.. and told him to look on his desk.. He did and turned back around to my grin.. turned back around to the test.. back to me and was like ?.. I was like yup I'm pregnant! To which he ran to me and we hugged/kissed and he kissed my tummy and said "told you so".

So.. symptoms..

2dp5dt - I started cramping
3dp5dt - I started getting a metallic taste in my mouth

My boobs were sore the entire time as well and I've also been an emotional basketcase.. I've been consistently crampy since it first started.

Thank you for being there for me during this whole time - I really appreciate it. I'll be keeping all ya'll in my thoughts and prayers that you get your miracle too!

Egg Transfer Take Two!

Well, Wednesday was the day of our egg transfer! I would have wrote about it sooner, but I've been on bedrest and haven't been in the mood. lol.

So I got up, got dressed and all of that lovely stuff. Jeff came back from work to pick me up and out the door we headed. I was expecting some traffic since it was later than we normally go - but alas absolutely no traffic and we got there like a half hour early. lol o well! Parking really sucked that day too, I had to drive around for awhile to even find a spot. It's so annoying!

Well, we headed up to Ward 43 and sat in the waiting room forever drinking my Gatorade and playing the DS. We finally got called into a room, and let me tell you, I had to freaking PEE! LOL. Dr. Payson came in after a little while and we went over everything and signed paperwork. Two of the 4 perfect embryos from Monday made it completely to the Blastocyst stage and were still perfect, the other two hadn't made it to that stage yet and the final 2 had died =(. We agreed to transfer the two perfect ones and let the other two grow out a little more in the hopes of being frozen (they didn't make it to freeze =( ). He gave us our chances of it working - which were about 65% that it would work and about a 40% chance of having twins! OMG those odds are amazing!!

After all that we then were transported into the procedure room. I crawled up on the table and they used the ultrasound to make sure I had a full bladder (YES it was VERY full!!!) The embryologist came in next to get my name and last 4. We then got to see our lil babies on the screen *love* at first site!! They were perfect *swoon* Dr. Payson inserted the speculum and all that buisness and the tech guided everything with the ultrasound machine. Then the embryologist came back in with our babies and they inserted them into my uterus. =) We got pics of where they were placed and the actual embryos - It's so awesome!! (see the pic to the left!).

After that (lol Im saying that a lot!) I was wheeled back into the other room where I had to stay still f0r 20 mins. When the time was up I got up, peed and then we left. We went straight home, where I went straight to the couch and spent the next 3 days. LOL

So yeah.. that brings you up to date.. I'm being cautiously optimisitic.. I'm nervous/scared that it won't work because really we've never had good luck.. but I'm trying my best to not let those thoughts overwhelm me. Today was particulary bad because every month about a week before AF is due I get these cramps and I got some today (a week before AF is due).. I've been trying to convince myself that it's not those cramps and I'm still fine.. but it's hard.. I also tested this morning to make sure the trigger shot was out of my system and it is - so when I decide to test for real the result will be real.. I don't know when I'll actually start testing.. I'm scared too..

Well that's it for now.. obviously I'll update again with the results.. Wish us luck and please keep us in your thoughts/prayers.

Egg Transfer Take One!

So Monday morning we headed down to WR for our Egg Transfer.. I had my big ol' bottle of Gatorade and was drinking it religiously since I had to have a completely full bladder.

Well, we walk up to Ward 43, and at this point I'm dying because I have to pee so bad!! We sit down right away and I pull out my trusty Nintendo DSi (best way to pass time =P). Well, then the Doctor comes up and is like "come back in my office we have to talk first" WOW that can't be good news, I'm like freaking out thinking that none of them made it.. eep!

WELL..

The Doctor goes over our chart, informs me (again) that I've had a picture perfect cycle - exactly what they want out of their patients. etc. etc. That never fails to surprise me since I always assumed they wanted you to have tons of eggs, but I guess 10 is the perfect number and we had 9 :0).

Anyways, she then goes on to give us the quality of the 6 embryos we have.. WELL... 4 of them are doing perfectly (they graded them a Grade 2 - but she also said that WR is VERY strict and they RARELY give out Grade 1's -so ours would be considered perfect anywhere else) and the other two are a Grade 4 (those ones are eh). So because those 4 are doing perfect the embryologist felt more than comfortable taking them out to day 5 Blastocysts. So our transfer was pushed back until Wednesday (May 6th).

OMG can you believe it? FINALLY good news!! We're so excited!!