back from ET!!!

xp rom thenest:
well- we're back from our 5day transfer! it was really simple EXCEPT for the fact that i had to PEE SO BAD! i seriously thought i was going to pee all over the table. and they make you lay there for 15 min after & i almost didn't make it- in fact, i didn't. i got up like 2 min early- but i just couldn't do it!ok- onto the embyos. so we transferred one "A+ Expanded Blastocyst" (approx 100 cell stage) the RE said that it was "perfect" and because it looked so good & because i'm so young he would only let us transfer one. my husband & i were going to ask for two, but we could tell he wasn't going to budge on that one! so one it was! we got to watch it go in & now we're just praying that it sticks around!!!!my Beta is on 5/27 (sooo far) so until then, we just wait. on pins & needles!!!let' see if this picture works- you can't see much but...(look left) yay! i pray this works- please GOD!

that's all for now- God Bless!

fert report#2

ok so they've pushed us out to a 5 day transfer! they said all the embryos look good so we should have a good selection on mon- they'll call tomorrow with another update- i'm so excited!

but i'm also annoyed because we haven't told any family that we've been TTC- i just didn't want to. but today brandon i supposed to go shooting with his dad, brother & uncle- well since there was also a chance of the ET being today i told him he would have to let them know he might not be able to make it- i told him to come up with an excuse. so what does he use? he uses ME! he tells them "it's something medical with trina" but he doesn't give them a good excuse- so his parents are the classic worrywarts and they keep calling and asking if i'm ok. he says yes, but he can't tell them what it is...?! why would you say that?! now they're NOT going to let up- he finally had to tell them "it's something to do with us having trouble getting pregnant" and then he said they felt bad because they could THEN tell he didn't want to say anything. UGH! so annoying! he didn't use ANY of the excuses i gave him that would have worked FINE- no- he has to say that. whatever. as long as they don't mention it i'll be fine- i don't need any addtl pressure. blah.
so i'm a bit annoyed about that but it's not the end of the world i guess. i mean, if (WHEN!) this works, we don't plan on telling anyone till at least 12 weeks anyway- so it'll still be a surprise of sorts. at least my parents don't know...because they're not SUPER NOSY WORRYWARTS!
heh- no i love my in-laws but i wish they had just left it alone. meh.

anyway- i'm still bloated & crampy from the ER so i'm gonna rest up & read today. i was supposed to go shooting but i really don't feel up to it- so, no go. it'll be a nice day to just relaaaax. we did mother's day for my mom last night, so we only have to do his mom tomorrow- so that'll give me another day to just chill out too. it'll be good.
ok that's it.
God Bless

back from ER!!! 21 eggs!!!

c&p from the nest:

yay! i'm back- a little sore "down there" and a little woozy & tired, but otherwise feeling fine. i was SO hungry- so i'm happy to be able to finally eat!it was over before i knew it! one minute i had the mask over my face & the next minute i was waking up! that was the best sleeo of my life! it took a little longer than usual because they got 21 eggs!! the nurses were very impressed & the dr was happy! she said that was the most she's seen in a long time- so yay! i'm an egg making machine!they also said my husband specimin was very good- so yay again!they'll call me with a fert report tomorrow & i can't wait!!! for now i'm going to eat, drink lots of Gatorade & sleep. good luck to all my IVF cycle buddies who are having ER's today- my fingers are crossed for you!

TRIGGER DAY!

so i get to TRIGGER TONIGHT! at 8:30 on the dot i will go give myself my last injection (Ovidrel) for this cycle! i'm so excited! my ER is on Wed @ 8:30! we get there @ 7:30 & my husband gives his sample 8:30ish. then i get to go home and rest- and then we WAIT! i' praying for ALOT of mature eggs & healthy sperm! since we are using ICSI, i'm really confident that whatever mature eggs i have WILL fertilize! they have to!

omg! this is it! it's real! i'm so so so sooo excited! the only thing that makes me sad is the my IRL TTTC neighbor/friend's IVF cycle got cancelled- i feel really bad for her because she's really down- her embryos didn't make it past day 2 :( she's already started BCP for her next cycle but she's still pretty bummed- i hope this one does it for her!!! and i hope this cycle is it for us too!!!!

that's it for now- i'm going to count down the minutes till my shot!!!!
GOD BLESS!

stim day 8 check up

well tonight will be my 8th day of stims! anyway:
i had a 9:45 appt this morning and i dragged brandon along- poor guy. there were other guys in the waiting room so i'm sure he didn't feel too weird. ok so this is what's up:

E2= 1,664 (much better)
Follicles= i have a ton of mature ones: 11mm, 12mm, 12.5mm, 13mm, 13.5mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm & 17mm!!! there are a bunch of immature ones as well but i seem to have a pretty good amount!
Lining= 9.7 (she said that was excellent!)
Gonal-f= i'm upping my dose from 112.5iu to 225iu for tonight
Ganirelix= another does after my 8:45 appt tomorrow
Follow-Up= 8:45a.m. tomorrow
aaaaand, the BIG NEWS is that I MIGHT TRIGGER TOMORROW! the nurse said she's pretty sure i will but she wants to see what my #'s are tomorrow first! YAY! so that gives me an ER date of TUESDAY! WOO HOO!!! so brandon has to "do his thing" tonight so that's he's good to go for Tues (or Wed if they push it back) so yeah! everything is going swimmingly!

i'm really REALLY excited! (so is brandon- but he's all worried about taking time off from work- pssssha- he hates loosing overtime) whatever- he'll be fine!
so yeah- that's it for now! God Bless!

Stimming Starts on Friday

so i dragged my ass out of bed @ 4:30a.m. for the 45 min ride to Lexington, MA this morning for my suppression check @ 6:30a.m.- ugh. everything went fine & my nurse called me @ 4:15 this afternoon to let me know that i would start stimming on Friday 04/25. FRIDAY!!! i wish it was tonight but i can't complain. i will "live it up" for this last week & then start my "regiment" on friday. no more alcohol or caffeine or splenda- just natural crap- ugh! hmmm- it'll all be worth it in the end!!! i know it will!

so yeah, here's what we're looking at:
BCP: 04/03-04/21
Stims: 04/25-05/06(ish)
Trigger: 05/07(ish)
ER: 05/08(ish)
ET: 05/11 or 05/13(ish) 3 or 5 day transfer
Beta: 05/23-24(ish) depending on ET date

OMG- looking at that makes it seem so much more real- but i don't think it'll really hit me until friday when i start injecting myself full of drugs- woohoo!

so yeah- i'm pretty happy...hmmm- it's been wicked nice out too so that just adds to my mood- also i made a wonderful apple cake last night but i forgot to take a picture & now it's gone ::sigh:: alas- it was good though!

alright- that's about it for now- God Bless!