Round #2

Well today is the official start of round 2 of IVF! To say that it is a bit overwhelming is an understatement. For all of my praying friends out there please be remembering me over the next several months. My egg retrieval is scheduled for December 14. The really crazy and overwhelming this is that I will find out if the cycle worked on my 30th birthday!

I have to admit that I am not really handling the emotional stress this go around as well as I did for the first cycle. This is most likely due to the fact that I know what is in store over the next couple of months. I know that I serve a Gracious God and that He will be supplying our every need, but emotional and financial! All that I have to do is learn to trust.

Chris and I have truly grown as individuals and as a couple through this. My mom often reminds me that we are all placed in situations for a reason, and I agree with that, but not until recently did I understand that! I understand that God is using me in such a way that I will be able to one day minister to others that have hurt as much as I have hurt. No matter the outcome I know that God is still on His throne and He will remain there until He comes back for His children! I may just need some of you to remind me of this periodically!!

First Round of IVF

I am sitting here with a sad heart as I am writing this. Our first try at IVF was unsuccessful. But it is with God’s grace that we will keep our heads up and our hearts focused on Him and make decisions for the future. We have an appointment with the doctors at the end of the month to look at our options. Those options are basically try IVF again, at no guarantee that we will work, or save that money and start working towards adoption. Adoption is a whole new ball game. Chris and I have always been open to adoption but once you move forward with this there is a whole gamete of new decisions to be made! Prayers would be much appreciated during the next couple of weeks as we explore all of our options.

The WAIT!!

Have I ever mentioned that I am the most impatient person in the world! I don’t want to sound as if I am willing the next week and a half away, because I am not, but waiting is not something that I have ever been particularly good at. I am a firm believer that every life situation makes us grow stronger! So for that reason alone I couldn’t will the next two weeks to go faster but I am asking for grace and hopefully a busy week to help occupy my brain!

Embryo Transfer

The transfer went great according to the doctors! I really don't know enough about all of this but I am taking their word for it. They will call us Sunday or Monday to let us know how many embryos they were able to freeze. As for now we are staying in Little Rock at a hotel for my 48 hour bed rest. Believe it or not there is more to do here on bed rest than at home! Keep praying for God's will!!

Embryo Report# 1!!!!!

Ok. Here is what I understand. We have 1 4-cell embryo excellent( this is the best possible), 1 4-cell excellent/good, 2 4-cell good, 1 3-cell good, 1 2-cell good, and 1 embryo that has not divided. What they say is that this is good. I am scheduled to have the top two embryo's transfered tomorrow morning at 9:30am. They will continue to call me daily with the report of the other 6/7 embryos daily and let me know when and how many reach the stage that they can be froze for further use. Talk about overwhelming! I quess the biggest news is that two of them are looking great and that the transfer is on for tomorrow! I will be on bed rest for 48 hours following the transfer so all of you think of me laying there and being bored, don't get me wrong, it is totally worth it for when it works! Keep sending up those prayers I will need them for the next two weeks in order to keep my sanity!!

Egg Retrieval

Well I barley survived the egg retrieval! That is the sickest at my stomach that I have been probably ever. One a positive note they were able to collect 12 eggs. This number is lower than what they would like but yesterday we got the call that 7 of those 12 had fertilized!!!! Huge relief to Chris and I. We are now awaiting the phone call today concerning the quality of each embryo. This will determine how many are dividing properly and on what day the transfer will be. I will let you all know as soon as I get the call. Other than that, I am feeling ok, just still sick at my stomach off and on. The nurses say that this is normal and a lot of it is caused by all the hormones that I am taking. Talk later today!

Update #6

Well get the prayers started. I took the Ovidrel shot, the one that will make me ovulate, last night at 10:30. My egg retrieval is scheduled for 9:00am Tuesday morning.