2nd Round of IVF

We are in our 2nd round of IVF.  It was such a neat thing to go back and read about my first IVF.  Some things were very different than I remembered from 3 years ago.  I wish I had started it earlier!

2nd pregnancy test result

I had my 2nd second pregnancy test on Wednesday to make sure my levels were going the right direction. Well, I was in the 1800's, so everything was great. We an ultrasound on Sept. 28th. The nurse even said that we will find out how many...this time she talked about a possibility of twins! My husband and I would love to have twins. We know that this means a ton more work, but we will have 2 tons more joy and excitement. If only 1 stuck, that would be absolutely wonderful too. My husband and I are just so excited that we finally are pregnant. It has been too many years of trying to explain to everyone why there are no children yet. Those people that get pregnant right away never seem to understand. The ones that do know and understand what we have been through cried when we told them we were pregnant. My work is such a loving family environment, and they all were so happy for us. They had more tears of joy they we did.

I am feeling a lot better after the 2nd test result, but don't know if I will truely feel like I am going to have a baby until it comes. I keep waiting for someone to say, "Oh wait, sorry, you're not really pregnant." I haven't even been feeling "pregnant", except for the extreme tiredness, which I don't know whether to blame on the first week of all day kindergarten or pregnancy. Part of me wishes I would feel lots of nausea and other signs. I know my mom didn't feel bad at all during her pregnancies, so maybe I am just following in her footsteps. Does that type of thing run in families? I probably will be eating my words later wishing for nausea, but silly as it seems, I think it would actually make me feel better!

And the results are...

We're pregnant! It is so hard to say that after so long. The nurse said that I still need to come in for more testing to make sure everything is increasing on my bloodwork. My husband and I have told many people already...so we really hope it continues! I think I am more scared then before the pregnancy test. All these what if's keep running through my mind.

My number was 200something and she said that anything above 20 is positive! I asked if that meant that there could be twins and she said no, it just means you are pregnant. I guess we will find out more later about those details.

I had to call my hubby since he is out of town right now. It was awesome to hear his response. He kept asking are you kidding - over and over again. Then immediately after that he said I love you with so much happiness in his voice. It definately wasn't how we imagined we would be telling each other, but definately something very special anyway!

Keep your fingers crossed that the numbers increase!

Distractions

I am glad for the distractions. Having a three day weekend was very nice. My hubby and I sat around and just watched the 1st season of Heroes (some of it anyway). This long weekend went by slow enough to enjoy it, but not terribly slow that all I was doing was thinking about PB & J inside of me. I will be starting back at work tomorrow - although I don't officially have to be there until Wed. If I don't go tomorrow, then there is no way I will be ready for the new school year. But it conveniently creates more distractions for me. This is seems as though this try was the best when it came to timing. I know that things don't always work as planned during this whole cycle thing...I guess we were just lucky. Hopefully that luck is sticking (quite literally). Friday seems like a long time from now, but I know that it will come sooner rather than later...

As for any type of signs that I am feeling...I am extremely tired (is that just me being be or is it a true sign that more is happening). Also, I do have a headache which came on last night and has lasted all day. I tend to get headaches around the time of the visit from the aunt. Hopefully that is not what that means. There is just so much that every little thing can mean. It's hard to determine what's what...

Last day - Woohoo!

Today is my last day of bed rest. Thank God! I can't wait to take a shower and walk around a bit. I am still going to take it really easy tomorrow, don't want to knock anything loose!

I have nicknamed my blasts peanut butter and jelly. I was thinking of two things that would stick and go together. Also, it is my hubby's favorite song (if you can call it that) from one of his favorite adult cartoon shows. My hubby thinks I am crazy...but I think it helps him identify with everything that is going on a bit more.

My hubby seems to be losing patience with me not being able to move. I think a lot of it he is bringing home from work, as there is a lot of stuff going on there. I hope he doesn't act this way when we finally have a baby!

bedrest...not all it's cracked up to be

Well, my blast transfer was yesterday. I am hoping that all goes well, and at least 1 of the 2 stick. My hubby and I would be very happy with twins. We were told that we would only have 2 more blasts to freeze, but I got a call today and my nurse said they were freezing 6! It's great to know that there will be other chances for thr future if for some reason this doen't take, or even if we want to give these kids (the ones put in yesterday) a brother or sister in the future.

The bedrest is not at all tht woderful...my body hurts from laying here all day and night. I get excited that I get to get up to go to the bathroom. Thank goodness for wireless internet and laptops, TIVO's, and the wide selection of magazines that are out there in the world. Also, cordless phones are great too. Of course, the toilet that I am using is having an issue - it keeps running all day long. Since my hubby is challenged by tasks like that, it will be left until I am able to fix it.

I am just waiting now...waiting and waiting and waiting...Sept. 7th feels like a long time off

Waiting...

We went to the doctors today to see if we would have the transfer, but the doctor wanted us to wait until Tuesday (Day 5) to do the transfer. Right now we have 4 A's, 1 A-, 1 B+, and a few others that the doctor didn't mention. They gave us a picture of the embryos and I just kept staring at it. It is a little strange that those blobs could be our possible children. My hubby asked if we should get it framed. I don't want to put the cart in front of the horse, because if it doesn't work, I surely don't want to stare at those embryos...