We are 9 weeks pregnant today. I can’t believe how fast it’s going. Today is the last day I have to give myself a hormone injection in the ass with a giant needle. That’s a celebration all in itself. But today, I am finally feeling pregnant. I slept last night for 10 hours! I passed out on the couch around 8pm and didn’t wake up until 6am. You would think I would be feeling pretty good, huh? Nope. I am still SO tired and have been very “barfy” all...
We had our big ultrasound today to check how many babies I am pregnant with. I am SO SO happy to tell you that Shannon and Mike are going to be having ONE BEAUTIFUL BABY!! Please help me congratulate them! They are still very nervous, they have dealt with so much heartbreak and loss. But I know in my heart that this little baby will be welcomed into their arms come May, 2010! We saw the baby’s heartbeat, which is VERY good considering we are only at 6 weeks...
I told you all about the positive pregnancy tests I was getting last week. Well it’s been confirmed and we ARE pregnant! Woot! I got my beta blood test on 9/8 and I got a number of 143. Then on 9/10 it was 356. So it’s doubling nicely and my doctor confirmed that we are definitely pregnant. I certainly feel pregnant. *blah* I’m so tired and feeling a little barfy. I’ve never actually been sick (throwing up) during pregnancy, so I hope it doesn’t start, but I do get...
This morning me and my IP’s are 9.5dp3dt. In English, this means that we are 9 and a half days past our 3 day embryo transfer. Most people don’t really count half and three quarter days, but in surrogacy you do! Oh, and if you wonder, a 3 day embryo transfer just means we put the embryos inside of my uterus 3 days after they were fertilized. Yesterday afternoon I finally saw two pink lines on my pregnancy test! I swear, all this waiting in surrogacy is torture! But...
I got the call on Sunday (at the hotel) that we might be heading into a 3 day embryo transfer instead of our expected 5. I can’t really give you all the medical reasons behind why a Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility doctor) would choose one over the other. From what I do understand, sometimes if there are not a lot of embryo’s or if they are poor quality, they like to get them into a hospitable environment (ie: uterus) before they die. We only had 7 embryos so our Doctor...
We had our embryo transfer today for my surrogacy. I will come back and post all the details later…but since this IS “Wordless” Wednesday…I thought I would just take a moment to introduce you to “Seven and Eight.” This is the embryo numbers that were assigned at the clinic. For some reason, me and their mommy thought “Seven and Eight” were cute enough names for now.
I don’t really have an entire blog post right now. Actually, I have a few that I need to do, but no time to do them. So I just thought I would quickly share what has been happening the last couple days. Yesterday – Tuesday. I had a lining check and Estrogen blood level check at the fertility clinic. My uterine lining is thickening up nicely and should be perfect for transfer day…which is NEXT WEEK! Holy crap! This has gone by so quickly. My IM (Shannon) also had...
