The results are in!

According to BetaBase, the average Beta for a successful single pregnancy is 198 at 16dpo.  The average Beta for a successful multiple pregnancy is 537 at 16dpo.  My current Beta?  You ready?

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658!!!!!!!!!!!

I go back Wednesday for a check, but WOOOHOOOO!!!!  The possibility of twins was mentioned, but I'm not even thinking about that right now.  I'd love twins... but I'll take what I can get and I'll be happy!  I just want this baby (these babies?) to come home happy and healthy and perfect in October!!!!!!

Unofficially it's official

So... I'm still feeling gross.  I sound like a frog and I vary between being ridiculously hot and freezing.

That being said... Saturday marked 11dp3dt... 14dpo.  So, of course I had to take a HPT... and then another this AM and another this afternoon.

The results, my friend? 

And we release a collective sigh of relief.  Against conventional wisdom we have told Johnny's brother and parents and my parents.   We felt like they were just as involved in this process as we were-- they deserve to know even if things don't go as planned.  

We get the official results tomorrow AM, but I am enjoying my night with my three little tests.  :)

I'm Embryo-ed

I just had the transfer done.  We transferred 2 embryos.  Stats are...

8 celled, A grade fragmentation, fair symmetry

6 celled, B grade fragmentation, fair symmetry

All together, we started with 8 follicles which resulted in 6 eggs.  Of those 6, 3 fertilized naturally.  Of those 3, only the two continued to divide naturally.  Which leads me to the question... how on Earth do people ever get pregnant naturally?  These just seem like sucky odds.  :o)

Overall, I'm very hopeful.  But I just have to say... the worst part of this whole thing?  Worse than the retrieval and the GonalF and the PIO injections?  The WORST part was having such an incredibly painfully full bladder.  It was torture.  So painful.  I felt ridiculous complaining (and I did a lot) because I know actually having a baby will be a million times worse, but OH. MY. GOD.  

Other than that, things are looking good.  So now we start THE wait.  

Tomorrow It Is

I got the call-- transfer tomorrow afternoon (she said they are crazy-busy tomorrow!).  I'm a little nervous... of our 6 eggs, it seems we only have 2 embryos to transfer.  I don't know their stats right now... I'll update tomorrow!  :)

Woohoo!  Mini-vacation from school!

Day Post Retrieval

The status update one day past retrieval is.... OUCH!

I'm still wicked crampy and my right injection site is very painful.  I don't think I massaged it enough or walked around enough afterwards.  I won't make that mistake today!

Piece of Cake

The injection really wasn't that bad at all!!  Johnny did a great job.  It might be a little tender tomorrow, but I think I can do this.  :)

Now I'm anxiously awaiting the next call for an update!

I survived!

Just a quick update...

We went in at 9am and I got hooked up to the IV and met the doctors and signed some paperwork.  Then around 10am I was brought into the OR.  After they wrapped me up, I was out in seconds.  Then, as predicted I woke up back where I started.

In the end I ended up with 6 eggs.  I'm assuming/hoping this was good for an IUI converted to IVF.  I know there weren't as many as might have been for an IVF, but I'm still optimistic.  We only need one, right?

Now I'm resting... I'm a little uncomfy, but I'm okay.  My mother-in-law is bringing me dinner tonight and my mom is also coming up to show Johnny how to do the PIO injections.  They showed us at the clinic, but the nurse was kind of impatient with Johnny's questions.  But I did get to show off my butt.  :P  So, my mom's coming to be a little nicer in the teaching.  I'm still freaking out about those.  And, though I know it IS worth is, that will not stop me from being nervous.  

So, we're looking at a likely transfer on Tuesday, but who knows, all 6 might fertilize and cleave and be awesome.  See, I'm still optimistic.

PIO Freak Out...

Uuuuhhh....

So, I just read the calendar for the IVF cycle.  I know, I know... I got it on Wednesday, I should have read it Wednesday.  But I didn't.  To be fair, the nurse went over it the day we met with her!

Anyways, I just realized that I am starting the PIO injections tomorrow.  I really thought I had a few more days-- I thought I had until the transfer day.  Is it weird that that is what is scaring me the most???  

Oh jeeze... time for sleep.  

Anxiously waiting!

13 hours away from the retrieval and I find myself ridiculously nervous!  

I'm not sure what I'm nervous about... I think it's just that we got thrown into this so fast that I haven't felt like I've been about to let it all absorb.  Plus, I know how quickly things can change in IVF.  Things looked good yesterday (really good by "converted" standards) but who's to say that the eggs are there or that they will fertilize?  I know there is no way to know-- and I even mentioned to the nurse that my only questions are the uncertain ones-- the ones I can't know the answer to. 

But, despite what we've been through and how things have all turned out until now, I can't help but feel very optimistic.  We were given a 50% chance that this would work.   

The date is set!

Here we are--

Tonight I take the Ovidrel at 10pm exactly.  (On the dot.  Not a second earlier.  Not a minute later... she was very specific on the phone!)  Then NOTHING tomorrow (woohoo!) and then we have to be at RSC on Saturday morning at 9am.  I AM nervous, but VERY excited too.  We have done all we can, so now I can just hope, pray, and wish!

Fingers Crossed!

Feeling a little round...

First, I'd like to point out that I'm not trying to be whiny and say that I hate needles and complain because it's not worth it. I know it totally is. I just HATE needles. Always have. Always will. But I know it's a means to an end, so I'm 110% on board with using them. That being said... I still just really hate them. And the bag of PIO injections look pretty daunting.

So, I'm not sure exactly, but I am pretty confident that I did NOT ovulate on my own. Today we went back and I had a ton of big follicles. On my right I had 3 or 4 between 17.5 and 19.5. On my left I had 5 or 6. And, man, am I feeling it! I feel so incredibly "full" right now it's ridiculous. As in, the pants that fit THIS WEEKEND, they way are too tight. Leaving me with pretty much nothing to wear. Which is fine because I have no problem wearing PJ's all the time... my school does though.

Additionally, it should be noted that my principal is being AWESOME about all this. I have to have an observation and we also have a math rep coming in to team-teach a lesson and plan and stuff. It looks like tranfer day will fall smack in the middle of one of those. She told me to keep her in the loop and that my IVF comes first and she will reschedule the other things if necessary. YES!!! So, things are falling in to place.

Let's just hope that my instinct about not having ovulated is right!

IVF

Let's see, let's see...

Met with Anania about the IVF.  I had to take Ganorelix to make sure I don't ovulate.  I also continue my GonalF injections for the next few days.  I have to order yet more pens.  Maybe this wasn't such a good idea... ?  We'll be ordering our last refill, so next cycle (if this one doesn't work) I'll have to get a whole new prescription under the pretense that we threw out the extra GonalF or accidentally froze it or something (which could have happened in the weather we've been having!).  So... yeah.

So, we got a boat load of needles today.  AHHH is all I can say.  

Blood and u/s tomorrow AM.  Then we'll know better if I DID ovulate on my own or if we caught it in time.  I am praying and hoping and wishing that we DID catch it.