21 Days

I had an appointment this morning and all went well.  It was just blood work and an ultrasound so nothing too exciting to report.  Everything is right on track!  I start the estrogen pills tomorrow.  I'll take 1 pill a day for 2 days, 2 a day for a few days, and then 3 pills a day until after the implant.  I start the progesterone on July 7th.  I have been having a hard time with the side effects from the lupron this time around.  I am thinking the heat is making it a little harder to tolerate.  I am thankful for such a wonderful and patient husband for dealing with all of my mood swings!  Our friends and family has been so great calling and checking in on me.  I appreciate it so much.

I can't believe the the transfer is only 21 days away.  That's 3 weeks!!!  It's crazy to think that in 3 weeks I could have a life (or two) growing inside of me.  Dave and I went on a date the other week -Thanks to Stacy and Rob- and we went to target and walked around the baby section looking at the cribs and bedding and everything.  It is the first time I have been able to go in the baby section and not feel massively depressed.  We spent the day dreaming about our future and where our family will be this time next year.  It was so fun.  Then we went to dinner at Paradise Bakery which is really Panera.  We used to go on dates to Panera in Pennsylvania all of the time.  We both ordered the same food we would always get.  :-)  It was great to spend a day dreaming of the future and reminiscing about the past.

30%

We had our frozen IVF consultation today and got a lot of information.  10 of our 14 eggs were fertilized and separated into two sets of 5.  They were frozen on day 1 and all 10 were level 1 embryos which she said was really good.  They will thaw 5 of the 10 embryos and then they will watch them develop until day 5 when it becomes a blastocyst.  At that point they will implant 2-3 embryos.  That is different than the fresh cycle.  The fresh cycle they would only implant 1-2 embryos.  The chance of success is still 40% just like with the fresh cycle but our chance of having twins is now 30%.  I will be thankful with how ever many babies we have, I just was not expecting that high of a chance for twins!  So now I will be starting the lupron injections on the 14th along with the estrogen patch (I think that is starting on the 14th) and then I will start on the progesterone around July 7th.  The transfer will happen between the 11th and the 13th and then 10-12 days after I will take a pregnancy test.  If it is positive then I will go for 3 more tests a few days apart after to make sure my levels are continuing to rise.  It was a lot of information that we received today.  A little overwhelming but I am just going to take it one step at a time.

We Have A Date!

Either July 11th, 12th, or 13th is going to be the big day!  That is when the embryo implantation will happen.  I will have to go for 6 appointments between June 11th and the implantation.  I will also be put on an estrogen patch, progesterone injections, and lupron injections.  So here we go again with lots of appointments and injections.

I am feeling so many different emotions.  I am so excited to know when it is going to happen.  I am feeling so impatient about having to wait more than a month and at the same time trying so hard not to wish the time away.  I do think that this whole process is teaching me patients.  It is certainly not happening as fast as I would like but I just have to accept it.  I am TERRIFIED of it not working but trying to focus positive results.  I have so much nervous energy that it has been making it hard to sleep.  On the plus side the nervous energy is making me very productive!  I finally finished Logan's playroom mural and I have made most of a wedding dress in 3 days!

An update on the quilt sales.  One down, 77 to go.  I have faith that Coryell's Craft Corner will work and we will be able to pay off this financing before the baby comes.  I am going to look into craft shows to see if I can set up a table at them.  I'm not sure how to find them but I'm sure I will be able to find something!  Hopefully our facebook page will pick up some business too.  Thanks to everyone who has liked it and passed the word onto their friends!  We really appreciate everyone's support!