I don't remember the wait being this long last time! and to think it hasn't even been a week yet.
At most times I feel like I'm handling it pretty well. Then there are moments like this, when Annika is in bed, the house is quiet and I'm left alone with my thoughts. Who left me alone with my thoughts?! Seriously?! Who ever it was grossly over estimated my will power. LOL
It is seriously taking all of my patience and will power to NOT pee on a stick every few hours. :)
Dear Thanksgiving,
I have a to-do list about a mile long in preparation for all of your festivities. However, if you could speed things along and get here already, I would be much obliged. As would my sanity.
Thank you,
Amanda "hopefully gestating" Gregory
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
This is it!
Today was the last ultrasound (pre pregnancy that is *hopefully*. Tomorrow is the big day. I am really excited and nervous. But good nerves!
We'll leave here around 930 am tomorrow and start the drive up there. Meanwhile I will be chugging water like a mad woman! Apparently there having a full bladder makes those little embryos want to cozy on in to my uterus. LOL
From what the nurse said, the transfer will be around 1230 or 1 pm and then we'll be there for a while before they send me off to bed rest for the next 24 hours.
We should be able to test (blood or POAS) right at Thanksgiving. I figure its pretty symbolic of our situation and helps to keep my head on straight.
We will be thankful no matter the outcome! Thankful to have a beautiful daughter who we absolutely adore. Thankful to have this opportunity to try for another. Thankful to possibly be pregnant!
Of course we appreciate all the positive thoughts and prayers people are willing to share with us! Thank you everyone for sharing in this journey with us.
Here's hoping for BabyDust!
We'll leave here around 930 am tomorrow and start the drive up there. Meanwhile I will be chugging water like a mad woman! Apparently there having a full bladder makes those little embryos want to cozy on in to my uterus. LOL
From what the nurse said, the transfer will be around 1230 or 1 pm and then we'll be there for a while before they send me off to bed rest for the next 24 hours.
We should be able to test (blood or POAS) right at Thanksgiving. I figure its pretty symbolic of our situation and helps to keep my head on straight.
We will be thankful no matter the outcome! Thankful to have a beautiful daughter who we absolutely adore. Thankful to have this opportunity to try for another. Thankful to possibly be pregnant!
Of course we appreciate all the positive thoughts and prayers people are willing to share with us! Thank you everyone for sharing in this journey with us.
Here's hoping for BabyDust!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Last Lupron shot-check!
I'm so excited!! I don't really have anything more to post than that. That's enough really. LOL
Ultrasound and lab work tomorrow. And then we start the Progesterone injections. Bigger dose, bigger needle, bigger target! LOL (FYI progesterone is a intramuscular vs subcutaneous shot).
I was poking around on some IVF boards earlier. It was a bit depressing instead od uplifting. I don't recommend it. Thank goodness for positive friends!
I booked our hotel in Spokane today for the bed rest next week. I got a super steal, which is always awesome! And I also made a potential ultrasound appt post positive pregnancy test. At first i was really excited about it, cause its so close and becoming a reality. But then I started to stress, thinking I don't want to jinx myself or get to ahead of myself. I'm telling you, this whole "excited but objective" thing is hard! I'm a planner. I love to plan. And since this time around I'm not working for a perinatologist, with u/s avail anytime, its a lot harder to go with the flow.
So I'm excited! I feel great! And we're just a mere 5 1/2 days away from transfer day!
Ultrasound and lab work tomorrow. And then we start the Progesterone injections. Bigger dose, bigger needle, bigger target! LOL (FYI progesterone is a intramuscular vs subcutaneous shot).
I was poking around on some IVF boards earlier. It was a bit depressing instead od uplifting. I don't recommend it. Thank goodness for positive friends!
I booked our hotel in Spokane today for the bed rest next week. I got a super steal, which is always awesome! And I also made a potential ultrasound appt post positive pregnancy test. At first i was really excited about it, cause its so close and becoming a reality. But then I started to stress, thinking I don't want to jinx myself or get to ahead of myself. I'm telling you, this whole "excited but objective" thing is hard! I'm a planner. I love to plan. And since this time around I'm not working for a perinatologist, with u/s avail anytime, its a lot harder to go with the flow.
So I'm excited! I feel great! And we're just a mere 5 1/2 days away from transfer day!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
T minus 1 week!
This time next Wednesday, I will be laying in a hotel room, on bed rest, hoping and praying those little embryos make a cozy little home in my cushy uterus!
Tomorrow is my last injection of Lupron. Which sounds great, except that I have to start the Progesterone on Friday. Which is a bigger dose, with a bigger needle, and its injected into my butt cheek, not my belly! Last time, Matt was really nervous giving it to me (as I do not have very good aim at my own rear end). So it will be interesting to see if he has the same response this time. Or will it be old hat? LOL
We have a busy busy week ahead of us! Friday is ultrasound and labs day in Spokane and we start new meds. Saturday we have dinner with friends. Sunday we're all going to Seattle. Matt and Dad are going to the Seahawks game, while Mom, Annika and I go shopping! Monday is CF clinic. Tuesday is ultrasound and labs in Spokane. Wednesday is TRANSFER DAY! Thursday we'll be headed home from Spokane and my day of bed rest.
WHEW! I'm really glad this week was clear, cause we need to rest up! LOL
I'm starting to get really really excited! I feel like I start blushing and beaming a little every time I start thinking about it. Its such an amazing feeling, I just want to soak it all in...
Tomorrow is my last injection of Lupron. Which sounds great, except that I have to start the Progesterone on Friday. Which is a bigger dose, with a bigger needle, and its injected into my butt cheek, not my belly! Last time, Matt was really nervous giving it to me (as I do not have very good aim at my own rear end). So it will be interesting to see if he has the same response this time. Or will it be old hat? LOL
We have a busy busy week ahead of us! Friday is ultrasound and labs day in Spokane and we start new meds. Saturday we have dinner with friends. Sunday we're all going to Seattle. Matt and Dad are going to the Seahawks game, while Mom, Annika and I go shopping! Monday is CF clinic. Tuesday is ultrasound and labs in Spokane. Wednesday is TRANSFER DAY! Thursday we'll be headed home from Spokane and my day of bed rest.
WHEW! I'm really glad this week was clear, cause we need to rest up! LOL
I'm starting to get really really excited! I feel like I start blushing and beaming a little every time I start thinking about it. Its such an amazing feeling, I just want to soak it all in...
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Lupron day 20 Estrace day 8
Well it's been 20 fast days already! Every day at 7 am I take pills and at 7 pm I do an injection and take pills.
It's really a breeze. But every time I get out the meds and the syringes etc, with it comes the excitement and anticipation, as well as the fear and stress! Which is then quickly followed by more excitement and anticipation. LOL its a vicious cycle i tell you!
We're now down to 1 week and 4 days until transfer day. Seriously?! Where the heck did the time go?! Now that we're down to crunch time, Matt and I have started talking about this whole 2 embryos vs 3 thing.
You know when we had the initial appointment and the dr told us he recommends transferring all 3, we were surprised that we even had 3 and if that's what the dr recommends, and he is the specialist, duh, go with what he says! But now.... the thought of even the chance of triplets is really daunting. Now to be clear, if all three took, a reduction is just not an option, so we really do need to think about this.
The statistics are 70% with a fresh cycle and 50% with a frozen cycle. So the reason the dr would recommend placing all 3 make sense, so to mention its kind of a, not waste but i cant think of a better term, to transfer 2 and have just 1 single embryo still frozen by itself, since if we were to use it in a later cycle it would be just one at 50%, so the odds aren't great.
So its all such a numbers game and I feel like the ratios and percentages are swimming around my head, and its starting to spin. We haven't made up ours minds yet. I'd like to talk to the nurse and or dr first. But at this very moment I'm leaning towards only doing 2. Of course that really is only good for right now, who knows tomorrow. LOL
Tomorrow is another ultrasound and lab work bright and early in Spokane. Every 5 days. It's weird, but I love all the anticipation I feel on those mornings that i have to get up at 4 to leave at 430 to be to a 7 am appointment in Spokane. Its special to me and reminds me of how much we want this.
***I believe GOD only gives us three answers to our prayers:
1."Yes"
2."Not Yet"
3."I have something better in mind"
It's really a breeze. But every time I get out the meds and the syringes etc, with it comes the excitement and anticipation, as well as the fear and stress! Which is then quickly followed by more excitement and anticipation. LOL its a vicious cycle i tell you!
We're now down to 1 week and 4 days until transfer day. Seriously?! Where the heck did the time go?! Now that we're down to crunch time, Matt and I have started talking about this whole 2 embryos vs 3 thing.
You know when we had the initial appointment and the dr told us he recommends transferring all 3, we were surprised that we even had 3 and if that's what the dr recommends, and he is the specialist, duh, go with what he says! But now.... the thought of even the chance of triplets is really daunting. Now to be clear, if all three took, a reduction is just not an option, so we really do need to think about this.
The statistics are 70% with a fresh cycle and 50% with a frozen cycle. So the reason the dr would recommend placing all 3 make sense, so to mention its kind of a, not waste but i cant think of a better term, to transfer 2 and have just 1 single embryo still frozen by itself, since if we were to use it in a later cycle it would be just one at 50%, so the odds aren't great.
So its all such a numbers game and I feel like the ratios and percentages are swimming around my head, and its starting to spin. We haven't made up ours minds yet. I'd like to talk to the nurse and or dr first. But at this very moment I'm leaning towards only doing 2. Of course that really is only good for right now, who knows tomorrow. LOL
Tomorrow is another ultrasound and lab work bright and early in Spokane. Every 5 days. It's weird, but I love all the anticipation I feel on those mornings that i have to get up at 4 to leave at 430 to be to a 7 am appointment in Spokane. Its special to me and reminds me of how much we want this.
***I believe GOD only gives us three answers to our prayers:
1."Yes"
2."Not Yet"
3."I have something better in mind"
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
T-minus
1 and 1/2 days til i start injections! Wahoo! As if ordering the crazy expensive meds(not to mention NOT covered by insurance) didn't make it real enough, I called and paid for the FET (frozen embryo transfer) cycle yesterday. whew! It was exciting and scary and thrilling all at the same time. And now I start injections on Monday.
I'm trying to be excited, but not too excited. It's actually a hard balance to strike! I think I'm doing a fair job.
FET is longer than than the fresh cycle. Last time I only had to do 2 injections for about two weeks, then the retrieval and transfer. This time, it's 1 injection for almost a month, and a pills several times a day.
Golly I cant believe it's here already. I feel like it was just a few weeks ago that I even made the appointment.
I'm so excited!
I'm trying to be excited, but not too excited. It's actually a hard balance to strike! I think I'm doing a fair job.
FET is longer than than the fresh cycle. Last time I only had to do 2 injections for about two weeks, then the retrieval and transfer. This time, it's 1 injection for almost a month, and a pills several times a day.
Golly I cant believe it's here already. I feel like it was just a few weeks ago that I even made the appointment.
I'm so excited!
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