6 precious angels.....

Well I wanted to stop in before I hit the bed to tell you the fertilization report. Dr. S called this morning and told me out of the 8 eggs, only 7 were mature. They ICSI'd all 7. And of then 7, 6 have taken off and actually fertilized! We are so blessed. I mean we have 6 precious soles growing the the lab waiting for their momma to go get them!

So the plan is to put in three on Tuesday and then freeze the rest. I am so humbled, because I have so many blogger friends that I have followed in which they get to egg retrieval and none fertilize or grow and this is always a real possibility. Thank Jesus for the gift of life!!!

I am having some really bad pain from the harvesting surgery. Hopefully this will dissipate soon, because it is quite painful! I am sure they will check to be sure my ovaries are not hyper stimulating before transferring the babies.....

So we are asking all our friends to pray specifically for the Lord to breath LIFE into our babies. That they would ALL grow healthy inside me and have a wonderful life. Our desire is to not loose ANY. I know that may sound crazy to some, but how could I possible wish that one of my littles not make it? Lord please protect them......

Ending tonight with a verse I love.....
"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in
my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very
well. "
-Psalm 139:13-14

The harvest is complete

Hey gals! Well I am home now and think I have slept off most of the anesthesia. The egg retrieval went very well. Everyone was so nice and kind, really took excellent care of me!

So the result is a bit different than what I expected. They were able to get 8 eggs. I am really looking at this as a blessing, because we were so torn as to how many to have them fertilize if we got tons of eggs like we thought we were going to, based on the follicle scans. But the doctor said that not all the follicles had an egg in it, and this is normal!

So we are very thankful that the Lord really took care of this for us, and that hopefully all 8 will make it to fertilization and become embryos. Tomorrow morning between 8-10 am, they will call with the exciting "fertilization report." We are just trusting the Lord and hoping everything goes according to HIS plan.

It looks as if right now the transfer will be Tuesday afternoon at 1:30pm, and thankfully I am off the rest of the week to lay down and snuggle in with my babies! And I am so thankful to be here at this point. And of course I am cautious, because we all know the pain too well of a BFN, I am trying to be hopeful and send HAPPY VIBES to my uterus :)

I will post tomorrow what we find out about our precious babies that were conceived today!!! That just gives me the chills!

My timer is going off!!!!

Ok, these eggs have got to come out!! I feel so bloated I literally feel like I am going to ovulate all of them any minute!!!

I had my last follicle scan this morning, and the intern doing the US said she has never seen such beautifully stimulated ovaries!! I must have at least 15 follicles on each ovary, that measure 16mm or more!! That is so unbelievable!!!

So I have to be there in the morning at 6:30 am, only a short 8 hours from now!!! We are so excited to think our babies will be conceived tomorrow! My mom is spending the night tonight with us, to be able to go with us tomorrow and be a part of our excitement!!

Thank you again for all the prayers and encouraging comments, especially on facebook! You guys are so wonderful!!! I will try to update tomorrow afternoon after I awaken from my anesthesia induced slumber!

Praying and BELIEVING our miracle begins tomorrow!!!

We have triggered!

Hey! Just a quick update!

The scan went great today! We have at least 7 follicles measuring at 18mm on each ovary. We are very excited about that. Also, my estrogen went from 2007 yesterday to 2469 today, which is perfect. I mean my boobies hurt so bad from my estrogen levels....ugh, so ready to get these eggies out of me!

So Sweetness gave me the "trigger" shot tonight at 9pm of hCG. And we are scheduled for egg harvesting at 630am on Saturday. The babies will be conceived on Saturday, then they will transfer three into me on Tuesday morning.

My boss has surprisingly been really accommodating about all of this! I will only work on Monday next week, then I will be off for an entire week, during which I will be resting in our new bed. I am so looking forward to snuggling with my babies and vegging all week. I plan on spending a great deal of time in prayer and meditation, just asking the Lord to let us have these children to love and raise.

We would so appreciate your prayers as we embark on this next step in our journey! We are so excited! Thank you all again for interceding on our behalf...... to God be the Glory! Great things He has done!

SO EXCITED!!!!

Hey girls!!! Well I got the official word today that we will most likely trigger tomorrow evening and harvest the eggs on Saturday morning!!! That mean by Tuesday morning I will be PUPO!! (pregnant until proven otherwise!) I am so ecstatic that we have even made it this far in this IVF cycle. It has been harrowing to say the least! But we are almost there! I have what look like 7 really nice eggs on each ovary!!! My lining is still 7mm, even after all this bleeding. But as of this morning, it has finally stopped. Just a slight brown tinge on the TP. Thank you Jesus!

I will update more later! But just wanted to let you know where we are. My estrogen is through the roof in the 2000 range, and believe me I can feel it. My boobies are so sore, I literally can not take my bra off it is soooo painful!

Thanks again for the prayers, and I will let you know how we progress!!

More miracles....

Well I should know by now that my GOD is in the miracle working business right? But I continue to fret and worry, but I am getting better. I mean this IVF cycle has been so full of uncertainty and craziness, this was the 3rd time going to the clinic that I was sure they were cancelling my cycle.

I mean I have bled all weekend, how could they not, right?? But alas, we did not. So here is the down low. My lining has gone from 8mm to 7mm, which is not bad considering how much I have bled. I have LOTS of follies on each ovary that are about 13mm (they need to be 16-18mm to harvest), and my estrogen rose nicely to 954. So all of those things are exactly what they want to see!!!! So why the heck am I bleeding? Who knows, but for now, they are just hoping it will stop by tomorrow.

So we are to continue stimming, and see me back on Wednesday. On Wednesday hopefully they will set the date for egg retrieval on Friday (I hope).

One other nice thing is that IF my lining does not cooperate, we will still harvest the eggs and create the embryos, and then freeze them all until my lining is just right and so a FET. This is not ideal, and certainly not what I want but it is an option as to not loose all my eggies!!

OHHHHH, and another awesome piece of information!!! I just called the specialty pharmacy to refill my stimulation meds, because I am needing another couple days worth; and lo and behold, I HAVE RX COVERAGE FOR THIS LIQUID GOLD!!!!! Amazing! Simply Amazing!! So IF we have to repeat the stimulation, I have insurance coverage, so it will literally save like $2000!!! God is so good, even when we don't understand.

Lord, please help my unbelief, help my worry, and turn it all into a reason to praise you more!

Thank you for all the face.book comments and sweet notes. They all mean so much to us and we conquer yet another hill!!!!

Bleeding......

I am amazed once again. So we get to the clinic this morning fully expecting to have the whole thing canceled. I had blood taken, then the ultrasound. My head RE was there. And when he did the US, my follicles were huge!!! I mean they went from 3 mm yesterday to like 11 and 13mm today!!! ( I have a theory on this that I will elaborate on in a second). And my lining looked really good at 8 mm. So he said that if my blood work comes back today and my estrogen has risen like it should, we will continue forward and just chok the bleeding episode up to something strange.

So the RE just called me and said my estrog.en went from 169 yesterday to 359 today. Very nice increase. He is so confused as to how I can be bleeding when my estr.ogen is rising and follicles growing???? But the bleeding has now gotten worse, like a full-fledged period now, with bright red bleeding. So he said for me to continue on the medicine and we would reasses on Monday afternoon. I am asking you guys to please pray this bleeding stops SOON.


Oh I forgot to tell you that I did talk to me RE about the lackadaisical way they are handling my IVF care. I emphasized to him that when I pay all this money, I EXPECT someone to act as though they care what I am going through. I am obviously not a run-of-the-mill IVF patient. Nothing is going smoothly, and no one is talking to me! He seemed very concerned that I was so frustrated. He also told me to call him anytime I wanted and he would always answer my questions if he had an answer. My mom came with Sweetness and I, and she said she felt very certain that he "got it" and understands now that I need some special care as we struggle through this. I do feel much better now!

So my thoughts as I continue to bleed, is that I am hoping we can at least get to the harvesting of my eggs, and then if my lining is not right, since I am bleeding, then we could freeze the embryos, and do a FET next month. I just don't want to waste all this expensive medication. It's over $2000 each fresh IVF stimulation cycle. So that is my prayer right now.

I am on bed rest and just trying to trust the Lord that He knows what is happening and He is still in control! Thanks everyone for interceding on our behalf!!!