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Today was such an exciting day! We talked to the Dr. before the transfer and he explained the ratings of the embryos and what he recommends. We got six eggs and all six fertilized, but they all end up differently. The rating scale they have is: Excellent, good, fair and poor. When we did Presley we put in three, one was good and two were fair. Today we had one that was excellent, three were fair and two were poor. Two of the fair were better than the third. So we decided we would do the Excellent one and two of the fair. The other three will stay in culture for three more days. If they last we can freeze them and use them at a latter date. The Dr. really does not think they will make it, but of course it is worth a try.
He also told us how the Egyptians are really good at InVitro technology and that over a year ago they starting putting just a little of the HCG hormone inside the uterus about 5 minutes before the transfer because all the embryos have a little HCG in the fluid around them. They thought that it may help with the process. They found in a study of 60 women that it did help 15% more often on the day three transfer, but did not notice a difference on day 5. So the clinic I go to has also been trying for the last year on 90 women and had the same results, so he recommended we do the same since it was a day three transfer. So of course anything to increase our chances I am for, so we also did that today. I'm feeling really good about the whole process and I am so anxious to find out if it worked and if it does how many babies. :)
So now we just wait...for two weeks!!! So keep praying for us!
Thanks so much we can feel all the love and support from you all.
Today the nurse called me to tell me how many eggs fertilized. That was very hopeful to me, since it was the Dr. who calls when it is bad news. She said she had really surprising news. The Dr. was very surprised to see that all six eggs were mature and even more to see that all six fertilized. WOW! Very surprising news! So we will wait till Monday to put the eggs back in. By then we will see the quality of each egg and be able to determine which eggs to put back in. This will also require lots of prayers to know what to do. I am so grateful to have this choice placed before me instead of last time when I had nothing and just felt helpless and hopeless. So thanks for all the prayers, miracles are happening. The Doctor says that this never happens where he saw only two were ready and none of the others and we couldn't wait for the others to mature, but he will take it. So will we!
With Presley we got 5 eggs. One mutated and one was not mature. Three fertilized, so we put in all three because one was good quality and two were fair quality. So I am hoping for an easy choice and a baby or two. :) Keep those prayers coming for our family. We really appreciate all the love and support everyone is showing us. Thanks you all so much we do need all the help we can get in this situation.
I just found this picture and wanted to post. We took the girls sledding this winter and they loved it! They have the best Daddy who loves to take them out to have a good time. He will go up and down as many times as they want. Then is nice enough to pull them up the hill again.
Today was a big day! Ryan and I went to Utah to have the egg retrieval done. The Dr. expected to get two mature eggs from all our ultrasounds and blood work done previously. He did however get six eggs, but told us that most likely only two will be mature enough to be used. I was glad that they did get six though. They will do ICSY on all of the eggs to fertilize them by inserting a sperm into each egg. They will call us tomorrow and tell us how many fertilize and how they look. (Just because they put a sperm into an egg doesn't mean it will fertilize. The Dr. told us the sperm and egg may not like each other and not fertilize.)
We are so excited but still praying that all goes well. We still need at least one egg to be perfect and implant and become our newest member of our family.
So happy we are on this journey and excited about our future.
I have been giving myself shots every night and I have been driving back and forth to Utah for blood work and ultrasounds with the Dr. On Saturday he saw 6 follicles and I was excited. By Monday he told me that only two would be ready in time. He went up on my meds as well. Today he said a third follicle might be in the running, but then when he measured he said he didn't think it would have a mature egg inside. He said with me this is going to be as good as we can get, but to remember we want quality over quantity. So we need lots of prayers that out of these two eggs at least one will work out.
I get to give myself the trigger shot tonight at midnight, then on Friday we will go do the egg retrieval. I am so excited and very hopeful it will all work out.
Ryan and I went to talk to the Dr. a couple of weeks ago and got news we were not expecting. My heart was broken in two. I left the Dr. office not knowing if we could ever have another child other than adoption. My dream of being pregnant was on the fence. The Dr. did more blood work on me and I had to wait until the next day for the news. It was so hard and I did a lot of time on my knees. The Dr. called with some hopeful news that all hope wasn't lost just yet. I was so grateful and cried tears of joy just to have they hope again.
I did have to have my cysts drained again and then wait for my next cycle to start. Tuesday was the big day after my cycle started and I got to go see if my cysts were still gone after having them drained, and I was so happy to see they were gone! So I got to start the medicine last night! I am so hopeful that we can have another miracle baby. So keep those prayers coming our way we need all the help we can get.
Wow! Can you believe that my little girl is Two? The last two years have flown by with this little cutie in our lives. She has been such a blessing to have in our family. It was no easy picnic to get her here. We went through a lot of ups and downs, but it was worth it.
Presley is such a big talker right now. We have watched her vocabulary just soar the last two months. I love to hear her say I love you and ask me questions.
Right now her favorite thing is to read books and sing songs and be anywhere mom is. I love having a mommies girl, it is fun.
She is potty training and is doing great! I think when I can really concentrate on it and have invitro behind us that she will be 100% potty trained.
My little girl loves babies and pretend feeding them.
She also loves markers, not crayons! If she is quite for too long, you know she is hiding with a marker in her hand or pooping.
She loves horses and for her birthday I found a horse in a purse that she was so excited for. Presley doesn't really care for cake, so I just got cupcakes for her birthday and she took a minute to blow out the candle.
I love my little girl so much and we are so fortunate that invitro worked for our family.
