5dpt

So here we are sitting on the couch - DH has an infection in his leg due to a gnat bite and I am feeling bloated and irritated. We are sights to be seen! Since the transfer, I have felt a little crampy and bloated. Usually when I eat, I am in the bathroom right away due to my angry bowels. I haven't had any of that going on this week even after eating out with greasy foods and mexican food! Weird! I am continuing the Vivelle Dots every 3rd day as well as Crinone Gel twice a day. Our BPT isn't until Tuesday the 21st so we aren't even a week into the 2ww period. ugh. Yesterday morning on the way to work I was feeling really nauseated and needed to eat as soon as I got there. I was hopeful that was a good sign. At this point I think I am searching for pregnancy signs and symptoms and will probably continue to do so throughout the 2ww. From all the other blogs I have read, I believe I have joined the club on that note! All of these hormones are making me easily irritated. The littlest things get under my skin lately - meaning today. I don't know if it truly is hormones or maybe the crappy sleep that I have been getting at night. Who knows but I don't like it and I don't want to be biting people's heads off either. Maybe I will take a quick nap...

2 Survived

The ER told us he had good news when we came in this morning. Much to our anticipation we were thinking all 4 embryos survived but he told us only 2 survived the thaw process. One of them had cleaved into a 9 cell already which was excellent and another was a 7 cell that was super hydrated which he said was good. We proceeded with transferring the 2 we had and hope that something happens this time. When I came out of the restroom, I saw the incubator wheeled into the hallway outside our room with a tiny petri dish under a microscope. Doug and I got to look at our little embryos in the incubator and it was simply fascinating. We saw the blastocysts, cells divided and all. It was the coolest thing to see because we are so used to just seeing images on the internet. These were actually our "babies". The procedure lasted about 5 minutes and it was done. The valium put me out pretty quickly so I slept during my recovery hour and then went home to start my 48 hours of bedrest. I am still using Crinone (progesterone) twice a day and then Vivelle estrogen patches - 4 at a time. Besides those 2 things, we just wait now until the 21st when we have our BPT. Staying positive and not obsessing this time.....maybe that will be better for my body. The kids are super excited so I would hate to deliver bad news again. We'll see in a couple weeks. What I am hoping is that this time I start to feel pregnant or that something is happening. I don't care if it is tiredness, nausea or whatever since the first cycle I didn't feel anything - probably because I wasn't pregnant. I am not thinking that this time will be different for some reason just because I haven't had time to think about anything. Baby Dust!!!

Frozen Egg Transfer day!

I honestly can't believe today is the day. We have had so much going on in our lives that we haven't even had time to think about this second cycle beside the shots and patches. We have 4 frosties that were thawed beginning yesterday. We don't know how many survived so we are curious to get there in an hour and find out. Our best case scenario would be that all 4 survived and can be transferred. Last Friday, they checked my estrogen levels and I needed to be above 250 in order for transfer to be today.....I was at 323! Yipee. So far so good.

This time around we are not taking any HPTs during our 2WW. I think we were a little obsessed with the process last time around. I am hoping that with all the things going in our lives, not thinking much about this will be a good thing for us. Be back soon with an update.....