Monday, August 4, 2014

Trigger injection time.

As I lay on my bed with my left arm stinging from the trigger injection my husband just administered, it is becoming very real... This time next month I should be pregnant with twins... Hopefully!
I really can't express how ecstatic I am to finally be done with daily injections. My stomach looks like mini grenades went off on top of it. All of the injections showed me that I'm one tough lady and my husband can be a great Fertility Nurse. Eric has been to every one of my appointments, bloodwork, he is a constant positive supporter and he knows what to get me when I get into one of my "I'm annoyed" mood. He's trying to make this whole process stress-free as possible and I love him something fierce just for that. He's been talking about twin girls for weeks now, I just hope he really knows what he's wishing for.
Now I'm having dreams about twin girls and everything baby has now been replaced by everything twins.
We decided if they're twins, we'll name them Eva B and Marley Ellé Finkley. I know, I know, we come up with uber names, it's what we do!
Now, the only thing to do is relax and let the HCG meds work inside of me and we go back to Dr on Wednesday morning at 9.30am so my Dr can perform the egg retrieval. This is where the Science goes into high gear cause Eric has to give up his sperm and then they will go to work. I'm also happy to hear from the Genetic testing company that our genes have no mutations and there's nothing wrong with us proceeding on this adventurous path.
Now we wait until......

"IVF is a process"

Friday, August 1, 2014

Next stage?

I'm UP! Why?? Oh yea, I'm scheduled to see Dr. Dicken again for another ultrasound and more bloodwork.
After being stuck 3 times a day.... I'm so over needles! My needle collections bin is reaching maximum level already. I have to say this, my ovaries are Hyperstimulated and no more follicles can grow.... Trust me.
Now I'm getting Cetrotide injections and that prevents me from ovulating plus it's very uncomfortable so I'm hoping my Dr will say I'm done with injections and they want to see me on Tuesday for the egg retrieval. Besides, my hormones aren't playing nice right now, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to cry, laugh or strangle ppl all at the same time. Plus I got the green light to start taking my prenatal pills and so far, my body is reacting great, for now.

The next stage for us is to run a Genetic Test on the embryo(s) and then we wanted 2 girls to be implanted back into the uterus. Gender selection is Science at its best as far as I'm concerned. Hopefully, we only need 1 round of IVF and we get twin girls.
Now I have to get up and get out of the house, I've got a gorgeous uterus to inspect.

"IVF is a process"