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.

Update #6

Everything went great at the doctors today. They think that I need just one more day of medicine and that the egg retrieval should be on for Tuesday!! I have to go back to the doctor in the morning for more lab test and another ultrasound to make sure all is well.

One a different note, Chris and I are enjoying our 4thof July at my parents place. It is definitely different than being in Illinois with the rest of the family, but not bad. Until tomorrow!

Update # 5

Today’s appointment went well, they were over two and a half hours behind, but I guess I didn’t have a choice but to wait. The doctor said everything looked great and that I have 20 eggs that were maturing nicely and all my labs were looking great. The most exciting thing is that my uterus is actually the thickness that it needs to be. That hasn’t happened ever!! I go back to the doctor Saturday morning so I will let everyone know how it goes then. No big plans for tomorrow and I am supper pumped about that!! Take care!

Update #4

The last lab was good according to the Doctors and I have another appointment tomorrow at 10:30 for more labs and my first ultrasound. I am REALLY tired of the shots!! On a positive note, Chris and I got to finally celebrate our 4th aniversary today. We went to Hot Springs and ate and walked around a little. Nothing exciting, not enough money for anything like that, but very nice to get to spend some much needed time together. Until Tomorrow!