Blood draw.

I got the result from my blood pregnancy test. The level was a perfect 111. I have another HCG level next Wednesday and our first ultrasound on April 28th where we will see the heartbeat or heartbeats(good gosh!). This week the baby is the size of a poppy seed. Stay tuned.

Oh what a beautiful sight.

Holy Crap!!!

I got two pink lines yesterday on a pregnancy test. Today it's a little darker but still pretty light. This is great news but only the beginning of about a thousand milestones, so I am still hesitant in getting too excited. The blood work on Tuesday will confirm it and then another recheck to make sure the HCG continues to rise, so until then keep our little baby(s) in your prayers. According to my calander I am 3 weeks and 4 days..... wow that was cool to write :)

Babies are in!

The two with black arrow's are the one's they transferred:)

Waiting on the doctor.

The day of the transfer went really well. We got to see and keep the pictures of our little babes, which was just awesome! We met with our doctor and decided to follow his suggestion of transferring 2 embryos instead of 3 because of their perfect quality. He said transferring 3 would not increase my chances of getting pregnant, only getting pregnant with multiples. So on to the treatment room we went where I lay in wait with a very FULL bladder. Funny little story, the embryology lab is connected to the treatment room by a tiny little window that opens and closes. While Tom and I were waiting for the doctor, the embryologist kept opening the door and peeking in, It was kinda creepy, but I'm assuming she was checking to see if the doctor was there yet.

The doctor came in and after shooting the breeze with Tom a bit and comparing what applications they had on their I-Phone's(they both had the shotgun.....*sigh*) we got down to business. The two embryos were transferred together(the doc said they were holding hands :) without a hitch and I had to lay another hour before going home. I was on bed rest for two days, which about drove me batty. I am up and about, but taking it very easy and I do not have to go back to work until Tuesday.

I find out later today how many of the other embryos survived until today so they can be frozen. They can not freeze them until the 5th day after fertilization because they would not be strong enough otherwise. My blood pregnancy test is not until 4/7/09, so now some more waiting. I guess I will have to keep myself distracted.

The big day.

More good news! The nurse called this morning to say all seven embryos are growing and doing what they should. They gave them grades based on their quality. There are 3 A's(the best!) and 4 B's. No "bad" looking embryos!!! I will be on bed rest starting tomorrow after the transfer for three days, so I will not be able to update my blog :( But I can update my status on facebook from my phone, so that's something. I can't believe this day is here. I will post a picture of our little "embies" as soon as I can. We are soooo excited!

Fertilization Report.

We got the fertilization report today and it's GOOD news! Out of the nine eggs that were retrieved, seven were mature and out of those seven, ALL of them fertilized normally! Many have asked, "Are you going to transfer all 7?" The answer to that is "Are you nuts?" We will decide with our doctor on Thursday morning before the transfer how many to implant. It will depend largely on the quality of the embryos at that time. Most likely 2-3 will be transferred. That's the word for now. Peace out.

We have eggs!

Nine eggs to be exact! We checked in at 6:45 this morning. I got dolled up in lovley surgical garb. I then got some very nice drugs and the next thing I remember is the nurse practitioner telling me they got nine eggs and going over discharge instructions. I was only there an hour and a half total. Tomorrow we get the fertilization report. I had a great experience and the discomfort has been minimal. Enjoy a few pics we documented from our BIG day! P.S. Blog is back to black, any other color annoys me after a while.

Getting ready!

Nice nurse took a picture.

Yay! 9 eggs~Recovering after.

That Versed is some good stuff.."What's the street name for this?"