Best Day Ever!

Here’s our reaction video to our first IVF beta pregnancy test results. We are so so over the moon and filled with love, joy and gratitude. It still hasn’t really even sunk in yet that we have positive news after the longest, hardest struggle of my life. We finally have our beautiful bundle of BFP!!!!!

2WW Symptoms Video

5dp5dt Symptoms

I’ve made it half way through my 2 week wait cause I’ll have my beta 10 days after our transfer. So YAY for that!!
Here are my signs and symptoms after 5 days. These could all just be in my head, well, not all of them, some of them are literally protruding from my face and body, but I feel super hopeful and excited and positive about this time.
Here is where I’m at 5 days after our 5 day blast transfer:
Gigantic boobs. (.)(.) –> ( . )( . )
Sore boobs. Probably due to the above symptom.
Crampy like AF is gonna knock on my door.
Ravenously hungry. For salt.
Bloated chunky monkey. I don’t know if it even counts as “bloating” anymore, I’m definitely widening, and I’m eating everything in sight so I shouldn’t be surprised.
Twingey. Not sure how to explain this feeling other than twinges in my lady parts.
Acne like never before. This one surprised me a bit cause it’s not like I see every pregnant woman out there with chicken pox all over her glowing smug face. Soooo…. Is this going to go away? Yikes.
Facial hair. Again, where’s everyone else’s beards?!!
Tired.
Nausea. I little bit every once in a while.
Ok, the other thing is, I’m balding. Isn’t pregnancy and prenatals supposed to amp up your hair? It is having the opposite effect on me.

I think that’s pretty much it. No implantation spotting or anything, but I really feel good about everything and I’m counting down the days til our beta. Hurry and get here!!
(We also had a blood test this morning to test estrogen and progesterone levels. Everything looks good, which means I continue on the dose I’ve been using. Great news! No IM shots.)

Stick little ones, stick!

Here’s the video of our transfer day! Thank you all so much for the support, prayers and love we have received during this journey. I have truly felt strengthened by everyone’s positive thoughts.

The Closest I’ve Ever Been to Pregnant

As another blogger recently put it- “embryos on board!”
Today was our FET and it went perfectly. We transferred two beautiful embryos, ( I can already tell they have Jason’s eyes. Haha. )
I accidentally took 2 Valium instead of 1, apparently I was supposed to save one for later today, but it didn’t actually kick in till after the transfer was all done. Oh well, I just conked out on the ride home.
After getting into our “sterile get-up” we went into the procedure room, met with the embryologist, had our mock transfer, and then the real deal. It could not have gone better. I had minimal cramping, and was trying not to pee on the doctor as the nurse was pushing the ultrasound wand in my very full bladder. It was incredible to watch my babies float into my cozy uterus. Amazing!
Afterward the RE gave me three instructions for the rest of the day. First, eat whatever sounds good, don’t worry about healthy, just make sure you’re eating. Second, take it easy, rest and relax today. And most importantly, positive thinking, just think happy thoughts and don’t stress. So that’s what I’ve been focusing on.
As far as bed rest goes, our office does not advice strict bed rest after the procedure, just 2 “lazy days”. So no exercise, heavy lifting, sexy time, baths, swimming, vacuuming, or crazy stuff like that.
Jason got some great footage of the actual procedure. So expect the video soon.
Stick my little embies! Stick!

Dear snow babies…

I can’t wait for you guys to see your new home for the next 9 months. I’m keeping it nice and warm for you. Just counting down the days. I love you.

Our Transfer is “On the Books”

We finally have a date scheduled for our frozen embryo transfer (FET) and I am counting down the days! It seriously went by faster than I thought, I only hope our 2WW time flies by just as quickly…

Embie’s Report Card

Here is the “report card” from our snow babies. We found out the quality of our 7 embryos and I couldn’t be happier. Now we’re just waiting on our transfer date!

She’s Here.

The witch arrived today and I was sure excited to see her! I called the Dr and left a message with the answering service to call me. Not sure when they wanna see me for blood work and ultrasound, and do I start my estrogen patches now!? I dunno. I hope they call soon cause I’m getting anxious to get started.
Update: Office called and I go in tomorrow morning to check for cysts and do a baseline before starting estrogen.

My Snow Bunnies.

Finally the office called at 1:15pm today. Sheesh. Take your time peeps. But apparently 3 embryos were frozen yesterday and 4 today. So we’ve got 7 total. The perfect number. Lucky number seven! I’m relieved to have heard finally, and now we just wait til cycle day 1 and then can get started on estrogen and progesterone. Yeah!