I can't believe it has only been a week since our embryo transfer! It turned out to be quite a strange experience and I'm not even going to get into everything but our appointment was for 8:15 and before the transfer you have to drink 32 oz of water so that your full bladder will push your uterus to the best place for the doctor to see it.
When we got there we could hear one other couple in the room next to us in for their transfer and it sounded like another couple in for their retrieval. After waiting 15 minutes the nurse told us that the embryologist was last and they were waiting for him to arrive. We heard several different excuses as to why he was late, from car trouble to alarm trouble. Either way, he finally got there probably around 8:30 and they took the couple next to us in. Then we heard the doctor saying something about doing the schedule out of order and then he took the other girl next instead of us.
Finally around 9:15 (with a very full bladder) he came in to talk to us and showed us the picture of 2 embryos that were recommended to be implanted. They really looked great, especially compared to the last time.
And there is more to the story after that, but basically he did the implantation and after resting for 30 minutes we headed home and I was on bed rest for 2 days. We already had one blood test and the numbers looked good, we have another on Monday. Honestly, I don't have a good feeling about it right now but we will see!
Now we are at the lovely time where Jeremy has to give me a very painful shot in the bum every morning and then I get to give myself a blood thinner shot after that, just hoping it is all worth it.
Thanks again for all the support!!
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Saturday!
So we found out on Tuesday that 16 of the 32 eggs were mature and 10 of those successfully fertilized. I am sure by now that number has decreased, maybe not. Either way the doctor is confident that we will make it to the 5 day transfer and our appointment is 8:15 am on Saturday morning! So keep us in your thoughts then (if you're up LOL)
Of course this is a busy Saturday and now we have to miss graduation parties and another friends get together we were looking forward too but there never is a good time and obviously this is much more important.Being on bedrest for 2 days is going to be tough but luckily it is on the weekend so Jeremy can take care of Anna and I'm sure my mom will be by to help as well.
I was feeling great and yesterday was Jeremy's birthday and we took Anna to swim class and then hung out in the pool for awhile before going out to dinner. Today has been much different, I have been extraordinarily tired and Jeremy is not home today at all to help. I have taken 3 naps (before Anna got up, while she was taking a nap and while she was watching Bubble Guppies - don't judge). I also have a new pain and have been very uncomfortable I looked through the materials and it turns out I should not have gone in the hot tub, in fact I probably shouldn't even have gone in the pool because I'm still recovering from surgery but it didn't even cross my mind.
I called the nurse and she said it really isn't that big of a deal, just to watch for signs of infection (fever and extreme pain) so I am all freaked out about that. Always something! So far no fever and I have been on antibiotics since the retrieval so hopefully things will be fine. The other change is that my abdomen has actually swelled even more. I haven't gained weight so I am not worried about OHSS (Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome) but I look about 6 months pregnant at this point and I just don't feel comfortable. I will be glad when this is over because I am still confident we will get the outcome we want so much.
I was feeling great and yesterday was Jeremy's birthday and we took Anna to swim class and then hung out in the pool for awhile before going out to dinner. Today has been much different, I have been extraordinarily tired and Jeremy is not home today at all to help. I have taken 3 naps (before Anna got up, while she was taking a nap and while she was watching Bubble Guppies - don't judge). I also have a new pain and have been very uncomfortable I looked through the materials and it turns out I should not have gone in the hot tub, in fact I probably shouldn't even have gone in the pool because I'm still recovering from surgery but it didn't even cross my mind.
I called the nurse and she said it really isn't that big of a deal, just to watch for signs of infection (fever and extreme pain) so I am all freaked out about that. Always something! So far no fever and I have been on antibiotics since the retrieval so hopefully things will be fine. The other change is that my abdomen has actually swelled even more. I haven't gained weight so I am not worried about OHSS (Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome) but I look about 6 months pregnant at this point and I just don't feel comfortable. I will be glad when this is over because I am still confident we will get the outcome we want so much.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Now I know why no one talks about it
Well, the past week has been a big rollercoaster, I see now why people just don't talk about all of this infertility stuff. I mean I really wanted to be open and honest, but when you are on the low end of emotions you really don't want to talk to anyone, at least I didn't...much less have to broadcast bad news, but here it goes.
So on Tuesday they were able to retrieve 14 eggs and they set them overnight to fertilize, we found out later that they actually put 50,000 sperm with each egg when in the human body the ratio is more like 1,000:1! But despite those more than "ideal" conditions we found out Wednesday morning that none of our eggs had fertilized...NONE! I never ever expected to hear that, we are not going through this process because we have any actual issue with fertility, just the physical act of the egg getting where it needs to be. As I've said many times, all three times I was pregnant it was on the first try - we shouldn't have an issue here and I never thought we would in a million years. But, we did. In fact they discarded 1 egg that was immature and the doctor later told us that when they went in to look Wednesday morning not a single sperm had attached to any of the 13 eggs. Not one! He said usually there are hundreds all over all of the eggs and we had zero.
The Doctor said the sperm looked great, were fantastic quality and the eggs were all really strong too. He had no idea why this happened and said it is very rare even for people with fertility problems that none attach at all.
Well that was pretty devastating, I had always been extremely positive and never had worries everything would go well on our first try. I was more worried about it going TOO well and ending up octomom or something (OK, maybe not that worried).
The nurse told us they were going to go ahead with a procedure called "Second Day ICSI" where they will pick out the best looking sperm and actually inject them right into the eggs to kind of 'force' fertilization. Usually when ICSI is done, the couple is expecting to have an issue and it is done right away, waiting until the second day to do it seems pretty rare from what I've seen online and unfortunately pretty unsuccessful as well. Of course the doctor says that it doesn't decrease the odds at all, but I have a hard time believing him.
So I just had a day of feeling sorry for myself and Jer did his best to put a positive spin on it, but I also was feeling increasingly bad from the Ovarian Hyperstimulation and I kind of just gave up. I was honestly expecting them to call the next day and say that it didn't work.
Well they did call the next day, but they had better news. Of the 10 eggs they did the procedure on, 3 of them had developed into embryos. Because there were only 3 they wanted to implant them right away instead of waiting to see how many make it to the blastocyst (5-day) stage. They set our implant up for the next morning.
As I'm sure you have noticed, the numbers were not on our side, we went from 14 eggs, to 13, to 10, to 3 and by the time we got to the surgical center Friday morning there were 2 good embryos left to put in. So we put them both in! I had to drink 32 oz of water on the way over, which was hard even for me (I love water) so they let me pee and then I had to lay on the hospital bed for 30 minutes before we could leave.
After we got home I was on bed rest for 2 days so my Mother-in-law was there for Friday to watch Anna and Jer was Mr. Mom all weekend while I rested and hopefully created a good environment for the little babies to snuggle in and start growing.
We are now playing the waiting game once again, we won't know anything for 4 weeks. I have a blood test in 2 weeks that should be a good indication of if things are still developing or not and then at 4 weeks they will know with more certainty if the pregnancy is successful.
I have to say that I am not getting my hopes up. I mean I am still treating myself as if I am pregnant right now, but I am preparing myself for bad news. Everything I have seen online does not look great when they have to do second day or "rescue" ICSI, so good news will be really good, and hopefully bad news won't be quite so devastating.
I am still doing 2 shots a day, one that Jer has to administer right into my butt that hurts so bad every time. That is the Progesterone in Oil and that will last for at least a few weeks. The other is Lovenox, which stings, but I do it in my stomach, and I took it twice a day everyday when I was pregnant with Anna so I am used to it.
I will probably check back in with news at the 2 week blood draw, but if we happen to get good news at the 4 week mark I will probably procrastinate a bit on posting ;) Sorry but I am just very superstitious. So no news is good news and keep those prayers coming.
So on Tuesday they were able to retrieve 14 eggs and they set them overnight to fertilize, we found out later that they actually put 50,000 sperm with each egg when in the human body the ratio is more like 1,000:1! But despite those more than "ideal" conditions we found out Wednesday morning that none of our eggs had fertilized...NONE! I never ever expected to hear that, we are not going through this process because we have any actual issue with fertility, just the physical act of the egg getting where it needs to be. As I've said many times, all three times I was pregnant it was on the first try - we shouldn't have an issue here and I never thought we would in a million years. But, we did. In fact they discarded 1 egg that was immature and the doctor later told us that when they went in to look Wednesday morning not a single sperm had attached to any of the 13 eggs. Not one! He said usually there are hundreds all over all of the eggs and we had zero.
The Doctor said the sperm looked great, were fantastic quality and the eggs were all really strong too. He had no idea why this happened and said it is very rare even for people with fertility problems that none attach at all.
Well that was pretty devastating, I had always been extremely positive and never had worries everything would go well on our first try. I was more worried about it going TOO well and ending up octomom or something (OK, maybe not that worried).
The nurse told us they were going to go ahead with a procedure called "Second Day ICSI" where they will pick out the best looking sperm and actually inject them right into the eggs to kind of 'force' fertilization. Usually when ICSI is done, the couple is expecting to have an issue and it is done right away, waiting until the second day to do it seems pretty rare from what I've seen online and unfortunately pretty unsuccessful as well. Of course the doctor says that it doesn't decrease the odds at all, but I have a hard time believing him.
So I just had a day of feeling sorry for myself and Jer did his best to put a positive spin on it, but I also was feeling increasingly bad from the Ovarian Hyperstimulation and I kind of just gave up. I was honestly expecting them to call the next day and say that it didn't work.
Well they did call the next day, but they had better news. Of the 10 eggs they did the procedure on, 3 of them had developed into embryos. Because there were only 3 they wanted to implant them right away instead of waiting to see how many make it to the blastocyst (5-day) stage. They set our implant up for the next morning.
As I'm sure you have noticed, the numbers were not on our side, we went from 14 eggs, to 13, to 10, to 3 and by the time we got to the surgical center Friday morning there were 2 good embryos left to put in. So we put them both in! I had to drink 32 oz of water on the way over, which was hard even for me (I love water) so they let me pee and then I had to lay on the hospital bed for 30 minutes before we could leave.
After we got home I was on bed rest for 2 days so my Mother-in-law was there for Friday to watch Anna and Jer was Mr. Mom all weekend while I rested and hopefully created a good environment for the little babies to snuggle in and start growing.
We are now playing the waiting game once again, we won't know anything for 4 weeks. I have a blood test in 2 weeks that should be a good indication of if things are still developing or not and then at 4 weeks they will know with more certainty if the pregnancy is successful.
I have to say that I am not getting my hopes up. I mean I am still treating myself as if I am pregnant right now, but I am preparing myself for bad news. Everything I have seen online does not look great when they have to do second day or "rescue" ICSI, so good news will be really good, and hopefully bad news won't be quite so devastating.
I am still doing 2 shots a day, one that Jer has to administer right into my butt that hurts so bad every time. That is the Progesterone in Oil and that will last for at least a few weeks. The other is Lovenox, which stings, but I do it in my stomach, and I took it twice a day everyday when I was pregnant with Anna so I am used to it.
I will probably check back in with news at the 2 week blood draw, but if we happen to get good news at the 4 week mark I will probably procrastinate a bit on posting ;) Sorry but I am just very superstitious. So no news is good news and keep those prayers coming.
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