HCG tests

We had the first HCG test Tuesday, Kathy's level was 45. From what the doctor said that is every good. It felt so wonderful when he said Congratulations you are pregnant. :) They left a message with the results on kathy's phone and she waited until she got home from work to listen to it, so we could listen together. When we found out there was a lot of screaming and crying. It was such a happy moment. She went back in Thursday morning for a follow up HCG test to make sure her numbers are increase properly. hey are suppose to double every two days for the next 10 weeks, then start dropping off around 25,000. He level Thursday was 131.

It has been such a wonderful week. We also found out that our due date is April 4th, which is Kathy's Grandma's birthday, who passed away this past years. I'm not sure if that day will become the actual birthday, but for now it is kind of special. Lots more to come...

Trasfer

Well the transfer went well. Of the 8 eggs they fertilized, only two developed to the stage that we could transfer. They wouldn't put more than two in any ways, but we were hoping to freeze a few incase it doesn't work. I guess God doesn't need backup plans. So here goes our best try with two beautiful little embryos.

Probably won't be any posts for a little while, not sure when we will be telling the family, but will likely post shortly after that.

Thanks for your prayers.

Big Day

Well tomorrow is the big day. Kathy has to take her Valium at 9:15 am and we have to be there at 9:45 am, transfer at 10:15 am. We found out Thursday that they were only able to fertilize 8 eggs, not sure what was wrong with the other 5 eggs. Might have been too small or something. Of the 8, they said on Thursday that 6 of them had split. We haven't heard anything since then so we don't know if the other two also split or if the original 6 are progressing. I guess we find that out tomorrow. We also have to decide by then if we are transferring one or two embryos. This whole process has been really hard on Kathy so we both want to make sure we give it the best shot the first time. It would be really nice not to have to do it again. Wish us luck and say some prayers for us.

Thanks for all your support, we couldn't do it with out you guys.

baker's dozen...

Well we had the retrieval this morning at 930 am. Every thing went really well, we have 13 little eggs that they will fertilize and hopefully we have a good portion that continue to develop so we can freeze some for later. Depending on how they progress, we will do the transfer either Friday or Sunday. Kathy will be on bed rest for that day and the next, so Sunday would work out well for missing work. Kathy and I are both so excited we can't wait. It has also been good for kathy no injections the last two days.

We will be saying some prayers and hopefully posting again after the transfer.

Last Stim med...

Kathy had an ultrsound and esterdial Friday. The esterdial was 1296 and she had 1 follicle on the left side over 11mm and 9 on the right side. We had another ultrasound this morning, we don't now the esterdial yet, but she had one really large follicle on the left side (20mm x 23mm) and 5 over 15mm on the right side. She also had 5-10 that were 13 or 14mm on the right side. With that in mind the nurse said we should be doing the HCG trigger shot tonight. She has to talk to the doctor about it first, but it looks like we will trigger tonight and do the retrieval Tuesday morning. If everything goes according to plan then we would do the transfer next weekend. They also said her lining was looking really good. I think the nurse actually compared it to a feather bed. She said any little embryo would love it :) kind of funny, but if they are excited about the lining then we are too.

If we do the HCG shot tonight, then Kathy is all done with stim meds for this cycle. No shots at all tomorrow. It would also mean we have a full box of follistim left over, save just in case.

If all goes well we will have a dozen little eggs Tuesday. More to come :) so happy

esterdial and ultrasound today

Kathy had an esterdial and ultrasound this morning before work. She has 7 follicles over 10.5mm, which is really good for this early. The doctor/nurse/nurse practitioner (what ever that lady was) said that there is a very good chance we will have at least 13 good eggs to retrieve. She also said there is a chance we could trigger this weekend and do the retrieval Monday or Tuesday next week. So far so good. more to come Friday.

Well the Menopur turns out to be the most painful injection so far. The Lupron and Menopur in the morning and Follistim in the evening. I think the Menopur is more painful, because there is a lot of liquid so it takes a while. We had to come home from the 4th early, because Kathy had an esterdial this morning. She has another one with ultrasound Wednesday morning before work. Hopefully with fingers crossed we are about a week away from the egg retrieval.

We had a really nice 4th with our families back in the Detroit Lakes area. We got a chance to talk with Kathy and Scott, who had little Isabella two years ago after going through IVF. It is so nice to have some one to talk to about this stuff. Next weekend we will be going to Shannon and Doug's for Sammy's Birthday party, another family member who has went through IVF.

Doctors office called and knock the Follistim down to 100 from 150. They said that everything is progressing well.