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WooooooooHoooooooooo!! Our pregnancy tests have started showing up POSITIVE! We are elated! Today I emailed N&A this photo with the caption "We're Pregnant"....N called me and sounded just ecstatic...her voice flooded me with all the reasons I am doing this journey. The excitement and hope in her voice was just AMAZING and I am on cloud 9 right now just thinking about the possibility in 9 months they will be Blessed with a beautiful child!It has been a REALLY long weekend. Our babies were very sick last week, then this weekend I fell very ill. I just now have started to feel myself and I am thankful to have such wonderful family surrounding me who helped me care for my girls during this hard time. I am SO lucky :) I thought since I was feeling better I just HAD to test....Friday was far too long away!Sooooo I tested and nearly FELL over when I saw the positive appear!! I cannot even convey the excitement...I practically screamed to Jason, its POSITIVE!! We are soooooooooo happy for N&A, we feel like they are part of our family now and we cannot wait to begin this 9 month journey with them...this is SO exciting!!We love you N, A & A!!!
Well...the biggest snow storm yet this winter hit today. This is wild because this is typical Michigan weather, but its MARCH in PA...geesh. And poor Jason is stuck at the airport in Philly trying to get a flight out to Nashville for work. He's been there all day and his flight still hasn't left. Crazy. Today Kiera was sick all day, she ended up throwing up on me twice :( Poor thing...I can hear her coughing as we speak, she just doesn't feel herself for sure. So being inside all day made me a little stir crazy...I wanted to walk the mall or something to make the day go by a little faster, I can't help but wonder about our little miracle in there and how he or she is doing!! The next 2 weeks is going to be torture!!
11 days and counting...
Yesterday was amazing. A new life was put into my body and I hope and pray it find a home and snuggly home!It started around 10am...we arrived at the clinic. Let me tell you I arrived with a OVER full bladder, everyone who knows me knows I have to use the bathroom a LOT. Well, I was told not to go on my way to the appt. So I held it...we got into the room pretty quickly and I continued to hold it. We then waited like 40 minutes for the doctor to come into the room...you guessed it STILL holding it! And for 30 minutes afterwards I still had to hold it...But it was SO worth it! We saw a picture of the little miracle just moments before the transfer...the lil sweetie was so adorable! We got good news, what was a 6 cell embryo was a 8 cell by transfer time and was great quality, so we were very optimistic. The doctor transferred the embryo and immediately I felt this huge amount of responsibility to do everything in my power to create a perfect environment for the lil sweetheart to grow in. We spent the rest of the day in a hotel relaxing. It was the most I have slept since Kaylee was born! So it was a very welcomed R&R...I am very grateful to N&A for making the day possible and giving us a wonderful break. I will keep this sweetheart in my thoughts and prayers...so begins the "2 week wait"...I am already counting down the days until our pregnancy test on 3-13!! It seems like an eternity away!12 days and counting....
We just found out the clinic did not thaw all 3 embryo's, they in fact only thawed 2 in preparation for our transfer. During the thaw one of the lil ones did not make it. I am incredibly saddened by this, as I know this is very hard on N&A and after all they have been through it only adds to the disappointment.BUT I feel it is Gods desire only 1 embryo be used...so we will do as is His will. I will do everything in my power to perfect our lil sweetheart a perfect home to grow. I hope he or she grows big and strong!N is an amazing person, she actually felt badly for me. She is just too sweet. My bond with her has really grown and I truly hope we can have a success tomorrow and a miracle to Bless them in November!
In October I started this journey, before my 32nd birthday I thought about the next chapter in my life and then God called upon me to do this. Now its nearly here! I just received the phone call that our transfer is at 10:15am tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited :)I have to drink a LOT of fluids between now and then and have a very full bladder which is crazy for me because I literally have to use the bathroom like every 20 minutes, Jason laughed when I told him I couldn't go until after the transfer...he knows ALL too well from us stopping on road trips and visiting bathrooms every time we are out :)Keep us in your thoughts...we are hoping the lil sweeties make it through their thaw and I can give them a nice home!
Well...tonight I went out and bought 6, yes that's SIX, pregnancy tests just to be 'prepared'!! HAH, geesh...the transfer isn't even for a couple days, but you better believe the bathroom is stocked with HPT's...I am just SO excited to be doing this and I can't believe it is almost here!N A&A you are in my thoughts and prayers...can't wait to start our journey :)
Ok...first shot was done this AM but now it feels like someone punched me in the rear?!? OUCH! It is so sore right now! Hoping it gets better soon, I am sure i'll get 'used' to them :) Now if I could just sit down a little easier....:)
This morning I started my Progesterone shots. Last night Jason swore today he wanted to give me the shot (this is the same guy who had to lay down while giving blood so he didn't pass out!!)...I chuckled because 1) I KNEW he wouldn't end up doing it once he saw the needle and 2) I wouldn't LET him do it, he'd pass out mid-shot!So today he is ready to leave for work and sees me getting the needle ready, I asked if he wanted to give it to me and he peeped out a quiet 'no'....so I go into the bathroom and look for the spot in the mirror...I stick it in and the rest was history. Jason was standing behind me asking if it was done yet...he wouldn't look. HAH now I know WHY God Blessed woman to have children and NOT men, they could never handle it could they?! :)But I am thrilled, it was much easier than I thought. I still don't plan on running out to be a drug user just yet though, its not the most fun thing i've done!So shot #1 goes down in the history books as a success :) Yippee!! Only like 12 weeks to go now!
Went in for our ultrasound and bloodwork today and learned Saturday is the BIG day! Not sure what time yet, but on Saturday we are going to transfer 3 perfect little embry's, hopefully I can give them a nice comfy home :)I also got my meds today, I think I have enough to medicate a third world country! WOW! I am not a medicine person, so seeing all the meds does make me a bit nervous. I usually like to avoid meds if possibl;e, but I know these serve a good purpose and will help all the lil ones grow. I start on Thursday giving myself shots...I actually am more nervous about how my body will react to all the meds then to actually giving myself the shots...I don't know why but its no big deal to me. Which maybe ia a good thing since I want to go back to school for nursing :)I will post after my shots are underway...hopefully everything goes great between now and Saturday with the medicine, we can't WAIT!God Bless!
We are well on our way now! The past week has been wonderful. We are using Mainline Fertility Clinic in Bryn Mawr and I have been there twice now and again this Tuesday in preparation for our transfer! Everything is looking wonderful and it appears this week we will be transferring 3 perfect lil embry's in the hope we can create a miracle or even multiple miracles :)It feels like yesterday we started this journey and now we are near the point where it all truly starts. Being in the clinic is an extremely humbling experience for me. It totally reassures me and confirms I am doing the right thing. I remember how Blessed I am each time I sit in the waiting room. I can almost feel the pain of so many and I wish I had the power to give every single person in the room a child. I have been so fortunate to have pregnancies which happened nearly the instant we wanted them.I cannot wait to post my pregnancy news on here! Hopefully before long I will post a big fat POSITIVE and we will be on our way. Until then please keep all os us in your thoughts and prayers!!God Bless.
