5dp3dt

Or for those of you unfamiliar with the infertile lingo, 5 days past a 3 day transfer.

That means a bit over 3 weeks pregnant, or 8 days that the babies have actually been growing, 5 of them in my womb.

I've had a bit of nausea... but I think it might still be the Estrace... or the fact that I'm expecting nausea.  And I've been pretty tired.

My clinic test is next Monday!

The waiting is the hardest part...

For now, at least, I'm pregnant!  Praise God!  Let's hope and pray that I can carry this pregnancy to term :)

Mat is amazing!  He does the progesterone injections, keeps me calm, lets me rest regularly... The house is a mess and I haven't even unpacked all our stuff from TN!  But he's ok with it and has been picking up some of my slack :)  I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful husband!

Here's a pic of our babies!

We're Pregnant!

Today they transferred two of our babies!

One was a grade 1, and one was a grade 2 (1-5 scale, 1 being highest quality).

I actually filled my bladder too much...  So the transfer was really difficult for me.  But the doctor also had some difficulties navigating around my strange insides.  So it took even longer, which was much harder with my too-full bladder.

Sandy was the recovery nurse, and she was just awesome!

We got some pictures, and we hope to one day make a book for our babies.

This is such a blessing!  Praise God!

On a sadder note, one of the embryos didn't survive.  We look forward to meeting him or her in heaven.  :)

This is a pic of Dr Keenan and us after the transfer.

We're here!

We have two days to relax and hike around Smoky Mountains before the transfer.  Today was awesome!  We took a picnic lunch in a back pack and ate on the mountain.  We saw deer... two of them were maybe 30 yards away while we ate.  One was at least an 8 pointer!  (8 countable points, maybe some smaller points that we couldn't see)

We drove up to the old mill in Cade's Cove from the early 1900s and wandered around there.  It was pretty neat.

Then we went to a quilt shop.  Mat had searched for one online last night (because he's just so darn sweet!) and I picked out 3 new fabrics to put in our future babies quilts :) 

When we were at the quilt shop I looked at my phone (which hadn't been working in the park) and I had a message from Nancy at NEDC.  It's all set for Wednesday and we're supposed to be there at 8:15 :)

Prayers are apreciated :D

Good to go :)

Finally got ahold of Nancy.  There was a problem with them receiving the lab results again... so my clinic here had to refax again.

endo=9.2
E2= 316

I'm told those are great numbers!  Don't really know too much about it... but at my first U/S and estradiol test I was 4.3 and 39.2.... so more fertile now.  Right?  Not really sure what estradiol has to do with anything... but something in the pregnancy preparations.

Woot woot!

Guess who's lining is 9.25mm!

That's right, mine!  So that's great.  I'm still waiting for the call from Nancy with the clearance to start the Progesterone (after she gets the U/S and lab results) but I feel pretty good.

God is great!  He is awesome!  He loves me and I love Him!  :)

I know I'm supposed to praise Him in both good and bad times, and I do.. it's just so much easier in good times! 

So if (or when) we get the clearance call for next Wednesday's transfer, we'll take off tomorrow morning for the drive and have a few days to relax and hike around down there before the transfer. 

I miss Kelly :(

Kelly was the IVF nurse at NEDC... she was thoroughly awesome and kind as could be.  Now there's a new nurse, Nancy... who I'm sure is just stressed about picking up patients mid-cycle, but she certainly came across as less-than-friendly.

Sucky.  I emailed her yesterday asking if I needed to order a refill of my Estrace... no response... so I called her today and she seemed a bit peeved that I would have to call and ask.  Well, I emailed to ask but didn't get a response... I need them by Friday if I need a refill, so, yeah, sorry, thought I'd call.

I hope she was just having a bad moment and that she's more friendly next week.

I'm getting some acne... not sure if it's a side effect from the drugs or stress.

Next week I'll be in TN about to get our babies in my womb!

nauseau...

Estrace makes me nauseous.  It's gotten slightly better since I stopped the Lupron (not sure if stopping Lupron had anything to do with it... my body could just be getting more used to them)... but between the Estrace and my prenatals I'm nauseous a good 50% of the time.

Today I ordered some chewable pre-natal vitamins.  Hopefully that will help!  They'll be here Wednesday.

The drive will not be fun if I'm nauseous the whole way.  More fun than a plane ride, but still not fun.

I hope I feel less nauseous by Saturday!