Double Positive!

I had my blood draw on Tuesday and Dr. Young called me back to say that my hCG level was over 300, which means...........I'm pregnant!  Today I had another blood draw to check to see if the level doubled which would show normal progress.  Dr. Young called back again and said my level was over 800!  What a promising explosion in the numbers!  We are so super excited with the recent news!

Our next appointment is on February 7th, at 1:30.  I'll have an ultrasound to see how things are progressing, so we'll have to endure yet another two week wait!  We're continuing on with the patches and the butt shots.

Time to celebrate (responsibly of course)!!!!

Love you all,
ALJ

Transfer & Wait!

Thursday C & I went to the clinic for the FET.  Doc said that the lab unthawed two embryos and both of them looked great.  He successfully transferred both of the embryos.  Doc Young made mention that we still have one frozen embryo left, to which I replied that we wouldn't need that one as 3rd times a charm was going to happen!!!  Thursday & Friday I stuck pretty hard to my bed rest plan.  I spent Thursday catching up on some afternoon television by answering all of the Jeopardy questions correctly and guessing the Wheel of Fortune puzzles - ha just kidding.  I saved Friday for the day that I would start reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  I managed to get through roughly 400 pages before Mom stopped by to break up the day!  I really enjoyed her afternoon company!  I finished up the book today... pretty good read and I hear that the next two are as good as well.

Nothing much to update on until the 22nd (10 days away... not that I'm counting or anything...).  I'll have my blood draw at 7:30 am and hope to hear good news from the clinic.  So for now I'll continue with the estradiol patches and progesterone shots (which are literally a pain in my... well you know what).

Love you all,
ALJ

On Track

I had my blood draw and lining check last Thursday the 3rd and we're on track for the FET on Thursday the 10th.  The nurse who did the ultrasound said that my lining was on the verge of being too thin.  She was going to have Dr. Young look at the ultrasound pics and have him make the determination.  She told me if things were to change that I would get a call from the clinic, otherwise I should plan on a 1:00 pm transfer time.  I didn't hear back from the clinic so we're ON TRACK !

C had to meet up with me to sign the FET consent form at the clinic as we had to sign the form in front of a notary aka the front desk receptionist.  I also was expecting to shell out our portion of the FET costs, but when I asked how much I owed the receptionist said that I didn't need to pay anything!  Apparently we have a $280 + credit on our account.  I was somewhat disappointed that I didn't have to pay anything (weird I know), as I was all ready to whip out my flex spending card and use some of that cash rather than out of pocket!  Oh well, I'm sure I'll have more than this opportunity to use up that flex spending cash!

Dreaded progesterone shot starts tonight and I am not looking forward to that... :-\  Only other changes to meds are additions of a steroid (dexamethasone) and an antibiotic (doxycycline) that I only take for two days on Wednesday & Thursday.  Thursday I take Prometrium in the am and a Valium an hour before the FET.

Next update after the 10th!  I am getting a little nervously excited as things are only days away!  Here's to hoping that the next 4 days go fast and the next 3 working days are jam packed, keep me busy / occupied, and go quickly!

Until next time,
Love you all,
ALJ