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We had on Pre-Cycle Consultation!

Lillylolly — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:00 GMT

I am relieved to have this first phase over with. The consultant asked ALOT of questions as to why I was doing IVF, and why I was going abroard. Slightly difficult to answer, especially with my son sitting on my lap. However, I was honest and straight forward and I managed to dodge any further interrogation when it became very apparent my baby had a dirty diaper Oh dear, good timing!

I have my Clomid and will start the CCT next cycle. I will then have the bloods done, the sono and we are then good to go!

DH and I going to do the 3 cycle package (if all my testing is ok) and I am feeling much better about the whole process. Reading the stories here on IG make the whole thing sound more 'real' than some crazy 'out there' procedure.

In other news, I have now started my vitamins and RJ/BP. Our plan on using all-organic foods and increasing fruit and veggies is working well and I have lost some weight already! Woo hoo!

Now all I have to do is wait. Bring on AF so I can get on with the next stage.....

x L

Over half way there!!!

gsbabies — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT

I'll be 20 wks on Wed (today's Mon) but since both of my boys were born at 37 wks I've considered myself halfway at 18 1/2 wks.

I'm excited to have this milestone reached but I feel like I've accomplished so little on preparing for her arrival. We have to clean out her soon to be room and sell all the furniture in there, paint the room, buy bedding, buy furniture (I did buy a new crib!), buy clothes, and the list goes on and on. This is the busiest time of the year so although this pregnancy seems to be going so quickly b/c our schedules are so jammed packed we can't find time to get baby things done.

I guess once Christmas is over we might our rears in gear and get the baby stuff together. Hopefully I'll have a little Christmas cash to help with the buying of all the girly things too!

I know I've said this time and time again but I just feel so blessed. I have waited for my little princess for so many years and now she will be here in a matter of months. I just keep holding my breath that all will go well b/c it feels so unreal!

We have our Pre-Cycle Consultation booked!

Lillylolly — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Just a quick update: We have booked our Consultation for Pre-Cycle testing! It was fairly straight forward to book as they see a lot of women who then go on to do IVF abroard. My DH can't make it so it will be me and my baby!

The Consultant will also re-write the prescriptions I have from my clinic (Clomid & BCP) which I can then go and fill at any chemist (this will save the huge cost of having them shipped from the US.) I am planning on starting the CCT at the end of the month.

We are also on a 'health kick' - eating mostly organic vegetable and trying new recipes. I will also be starting supplements this month: a pre-conception multi-vitamin (My DH will also take one esp. for men), Bee Pollen & Royal Jelly. I am also reseaching DHEA - although I do not know much about this one yet!

x L

Oops I did it again!

PinkHope — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Oops I did it again... or more precisely we did it again.

Whilst still deciding whether we were even going to have a 4th child with DH's travel schedule and living in a new town, it was very much up for debate, Nature took her own course and we are PG. Well I am PG, so decision made!

So no PGD no Microsoft, no special diet, no swaying, nothing, just conceived in love (and lust and a drunk wedding anniversary). Guess we will get what we'll get.

And bizarrely I am at peace with it being a boy. If we're going to have 4, it will be easier for me if they are all the same gender. That said, I would be estatic if it was girl but not disappointed if its boy, not like I was twice before.

We will find out (mainly for mental health reasons!) and I guess it will be January which will be fabulous as my parents will still be here as part of their month long stay!

Life is an adventure! And we're definitely living to the max!!

18w - Half way done!! (+ got H1N1 vaccine)

GreenZelda — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:47:00 GMT

Term for a singleton is 40 weeks. But for twins, is considered 36-37 weeks. So I am considering myself half-way today. Yay!!

I am starting to feel the babies move more, which is cool. But also, some nasty Braxton-Hicks contractions have started. Am not liking those so much!! A few of them actually hurt yesterday. Plus, if you start to have too many (I think it's 5 or more within an hour), you need to go get checked out for premature dilation/labor. Bad!

But otherwise, everything seems normal and fine. I haven't weighed myself for awhile, but within the last 2 weeks total gain was already TWENTY-TWO POUNDS!! Ick!! lol

My next prenatal appointment with my OB is in ~1.5 weeks. I'll know better how the twins and my elevated blood pressure is doing then. I have been taking all the supplements she prescribed for me last time. Seems okay so far.

In other news, DH, DS and myself all got the H1N1 vaccine yesterday. It is being heavily recommended in my province and city.

Because I am less than 20 weeks, I was eligible to request the regular vaccine *without* the ajuvant (which has not been thoroughly tested on pg women). So I requested and got that one.

I decided that the complications that can result from swine flu in pg women (esp 2nd and 3rd trimesters) outweigh any unknowns associated with the vaccine. I am not usually big on vaccines, but this one is supposedly quite similar to the seasonal flu shots, which tons of people get each year. Also, my young, healthy BIL literally almost died of swine flu complications a few weeks ago (ICU, unconscious, life support, the whole nine yards). I know it's not likely, but I could not imagine myself and/or the twins surviving that if it had happened to me.

Today we all feel fine, so I think we'll have no side effects from the vaccinations. We should have our immunity within ~10-14 days.

Whoo Hoo...It really IS a girl!!!

gsbabies — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:55:00 GMT

So on Friday at 17 wks and 2days we had an appt where the dr. was actually able to find all 3 lines and tell us "It's a Girl". Now she knows we did PGD but she knows that we really wanted confirmation. She wrote "I am a girl" on some of the u/s pictures. I loved that!!

We went and told our parents...they were thrilled. Oh course my mom is the only person we have told about the PGD so she knew but she couldn't "Know" in real life until Friday!

It was SOOOO exciting to tell everyone it is a girl! I honestly fell way weirder than I ever thought I would. Even though we have spent almost $30000 on this it still doesn't feel totally real. I told DH that and he said it feels real everytime he pays the bill! lol. We had the money for the fresh cycle all saved up. That was the bulk of it. However, the $5000 for the FET we didn't have saved up so we are having to pay it off. No interest right now...yippi!!

So it was nice getting to see the baby moving around, those 3 lines!!!, and her little heartbeat. The boys were there too and they enjoyed seeing it. My 4 yr old said "I have a sister?" He was very happy. For some reason he really wanted it to be a sister.

My next appt is for the BiG u/s, the anatomy scan. It is right before Thanksgiving. It will be nice to really focus on the health of the baby and not be waiting to hear gender. Wow...that sounds terrible out loud but you know what I mean....

I have been feeling the baby move since about 15 1/2 wks. At first it felt like she was "rolling" around. Then a week or so later I felt more of the jabs...the ones that feel more like kicks. I feel her at least once a day. Normally at night after I am being very still in the bed. This morning I felt her moving around right after I had some apple cider. I guess it was a lot of sugar in her little body!

17w - We've moved! (boring logistical stuff, lol)

GreenZelda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT

We sold our last home almost three years ago, and since then have been living in a nice, very affordable apartment in our favorite neighborhood which is close to downtown and my work. We had been toying with the idea of buying a home in this area for about a year or so... so when we found out we had twins on the way, we knew for sure we could not stay in our current rental.

So recently we bought a 3-bedroom home, with a small yard, cute back deck and a parking spot. I think my favorite part may be the fact that we now have our own laundry again - no more hauling off to the shared basement to do the weekly washing!! lol

Anyways, we just moved into our new place on Friday. That was the culmination of two weeks' worth of packing and prep work. Definitely harder with a body full of two babies at the moment!! lol I am glad it's finally over. Now, we just have to keep unpacking, but that can be done at more of our own pace.

Financially, this is a big year for us, since we just paid for our high-tech cycle this summer, plus now the home's down payment. It was a bit of a stretch, but I did not take on any consumer debt, just the mortgage.

Also, because I know once the twins arrive our lives will be pretty much insane for awhile, I've already done all my research to find DS his first school for when he starts Kindergarten next year. Our chosen school is a bit of a walk from our new place, but I've verified he qualifies for the free bus service. Yay! They also have a very reasonable after-school care program, which was a requirement of ours since we both work full time.

Also, I've booked the girls their spots at DS's daycare - actually did that a month or so ago. Yes, it needs to be done this early. In our city, good daycare is really hard to find, and many places have waiting lists a few years long (literally). DS didn't get his current placement until he was one and a half. But I digress.

Yes, so we're all moved and settling in. Next up, finish unpacking, then eventually start furnishing the girls' room. AND, we still have to settle on names. We have not seriously discussed that yet. lol

BTW, I've been continuing to use my doppler. Baby A is usually ~150 BPM, while Baby B is usually ~140 BPM. I do feel them move on occasion, but not very often. I am looking forward to feeling them move more frequently.

Ph Study - Volunteers Needed!

minervasmom — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:39:00 GMT

One of the things that I've been really interested in since I first learned about swaying is ph. It makes a lot of sense to me that low ph would favor girls and high ph would favor boys. But how much does ph sway? Is it more effective than timing? Less effective? And if your ph is in a specific range (4-5, 6-7, or 8-9, say), how does that specific ph sway?

Unfortunately, ph doesn't appear on FF charts - which is what I've studied in the past - and the information on swaying boards about ph is too anecdotal to be very helpful. Someone might say her ph was "low," but was it really 4-5 her entire fertile period? Did she check every day and how often? Did it ever spike without her knowing? Without carefully keeping track of ph during the entire fertile period, it is difficult to know for sure what the ph was and how it swayed.

So I have decided to try to put together a study of ph. This will be a volunteer study; I will need people who are swaying (or who have swayed) to keep track of their ph and send their information to me. If you would like to be part of the study, this is what I need you to do.

1) You must be an active member of IG. I don't at this time have a definition for "active member" (I will update if/when I come up with a specific definition). While I don't expect you to have 1000s of posts, I do want to avoid including people who are only lurkers. You need to have some minimal level of participation and visibility on IG.

2) You need to keep track of ph from 5 days prior to ovulation through the day afterward. For each of those days I would like at least 4 ph readings spaced throughout the day. If you have more than 4 readings - great! But I would like to see at least 4. For instance, this is the format I would like to see:

5 days prior to ovulation:
- 8:00 am: 4.5
- 1:00 pm: 4.7
- 6:00 pm: 5.0
- 10:00 pm: 4.8

4 days prior to ovulation:
- 8:30 am: 5.0
- 1:00 pm: 5.2
- 5:30 pm: 4.8
- 10:00 pm: 4.9

You don't need to have the exact same amount of time between your readings; I just don't want all the readings to, say, be 1 hour apart in the morning. They should be spaced to reflect your ph throughout the day. If you happen to be missing ph information for the day after ovulation, it is okay to send me the information anyway as I may still be able to use it - but the days prior to and including ovulation are not optional.

One exception: If you are doing just an O+12 and have at least 5 days abstinence prior to ovulation, I only need to have one day's worth of entries on the day of ovulation (that is, at least 4 ph readings on the day of ovulation). Please specify the time(s) you made your O+12 attempt(s) and keep testing ph for 12 hours after that.

3) You need to have a Fertility Friend chart that verifies ovulation based on BBT, and you must send me a link to your chart. In my opinion, OPKs, cm and cervical position are useful for helping to identify ovulation - but BBT is the best method for determining whether ovulation has definitely occurred. Thus you must be verifying ovulation by BBT.

4) You need to let me know how you are testing ph. I would just like to know, as specifically as possible, what ph tester you are using. E.g. Hanna 99104, Colorphast ph strips, etc. Please only send me ph information if you feel confident your ph tester is testing accurately and you are interpreting it correctly.

5) You need to have gotten a BFP on the cycle for which you send me ph information. I don't need ph information for cycles that resulted in BFN. Please also update me if you end up having a miscarriage and/or when you find out gender.

6) You need to let me know if you are swaying for a girl or a boy. If you ph is low, I can guess you are trying for a girl, just like if your ph is high, I'll guess that you are trying for a boy. However, I know that not everyone can get their ph in the right range - and sometimes it spikes or drops and we can't get it back where it is supposed to be. So I do need to know for certain what you were trying for.

One of the big things that distinguishes this study from the one I did on timing is that few if any people in the timing study were swaying whereas everyone in the ph study will be. So this will really be testing how ph affects gender for women who are already swaying. This is why I need to know what you are swaying for. If you are trying for a boy, but you can't raise your ph as high as it should be, you are still more likely to have a boy because of all the other things you are doing to sway. An "average" ph for someone who is swaying for boy is more likely to result in a boy than an "average" ph for someone who is swaying for a girl for reasons other than just the ph - so I will need to account for that when I am analyzing the information.

7) If you would like to send me information about when you did anything that directly affects vj ph - douche, Replens, baking soda finger, etc. - that could be helpful information to have. But if you don't want to send it that is okay, as I will primarily be looking at the ph.

For now, I think this will be adequate information for me to get started on a ph study. However, these requirements are subject to change, as I may find that I need to make changes or request more information as the study progresses.

Thank you very much to anyone who is willing to participate!

16w3d - Have told my family, and the questions have started...

GreenZelda — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Arg! I was not really expecting this.

First off, I just told my own family we are expecting. I was waiting until after we had "found out" the gender by u/s.

Everyone is happy. But a few people have come out and asked if these babies were conceived naturally or not.

This is my fault, as a few years ago when I was pregnant with DS, I was quite upset and had started talking about high-tech as a possible future option. I was not at all serious about it at the time. I was just venting.

I had assumed people would not really remember, or would realize how expensive it was and assume we would never do it.

Anyways, DH and I agreed upfront we would *not* tell anyone about IVF, so I've had to lie already a few times and say they are natural. Not cool! I would just prefer if people would not ask. Although of course they can and do.

Normally, I prefer to just be very open in my life. But on this issue, we have our reasons not to disclose.

Also, we have some natural twins within my family, so I sense that IVF babies would not be considered "authentic". Everyone wants to verify that they are natural so they are more "legit". Arg!!! lol

Anyways, so we have chosen to continue lying about it. I think it will be for the best that way. I imagine the questions will die down after a little while.

Doh, I was not really ready for this! lol

But otherwise, everyone seems surprised and happy for us.

How does BD 2 times sway?

minervasmom — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:00 GMT

So far, I've looked at how 1 BD time, 3 BD times, and 4+ BD times sway, so I figured it was time to look at how 2 BD times sway as well. :)

There were 72 boy charts and 65 girl charts, resulting in a preference for boys of 52.6%. This is the breakdown of the charts.
- 2 non-consecutive times including ovulation: 13 boy charts, 11 girl charts (sways boy 54.2%)
- 2 consecutive times including ovulation and NOT the day after O: 6 boy charts, 14 girl charts (sways girl 70%)
- 2 consecutive times, O and the day after O: 8 boy charts, 2 girl charts (sways boy 80%)
- 2 non-consecutive times including the day after O: 10 boy charts, 7 girl charts (sways boy 58.8%)
- 2 non-consecutive times with a 1 day cut-off: 16 boy charts, 11 girl charts (sways boy 59.3%)
- 2 consecutive times with a 1 day cut-off: 5 boy charts, 3 girl charts (sways boy 62.5%)
- 2 times with a 2 day cut-off: 14 boy charts, 17 girl charts (sways girl 54.8%)

As you can see, most of the patterns with 2 BD times sway boy, and most of those appear to sway boy substantially. There are only two exceptions. One is the pattern with a 2 day cut-off. Not surprisingly, this shows a small preference for girls, as fits with the previous finding that cut-offs in general favor girls.

More surprisingly, 2 consecutive BD times that include ovulation but NOT the day after showed a surprisingly signficant preference for girls. There were two specific patterns in this category:
- the day before and day of ovulation: 5 boy charts, 12 girl charts (sways girl 70.6%)
- twice on the day of ovulation: 1 boy chart, 2 girl charts (sways girl 66.7%)

Since the day before and day of ovulation are typically viewed as prime boy swaying days, I don't know why BD on BOTH those days appears to favor girls. There also aren't that many charts with this pattern (only 20), so I can't really bring myself to suggest this as a good girl swaying pattern. But if you accidentally end up with this pattern, it doesn't look like it's the worst BD pattern for a girl. And if you are swaying for a boy, it appears that it is good to BD on the day before ovulation OR the day of - but not both.

This chapter is closed..

AllYouNeedIsLove — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:40:00 GMT

Negative beta result. Sad and disappointing, I finally cried today. But its also releasing to know that this is over - we can move on now.

We're going to go natural for a while - I want a baby more than I want my girl. And if we dont get her this time, we'll be back doing high tech in a year or two..

So bye all - for now. Best of luck on your journeys...

15w2d - Met my new high-risk OB (+ u/s gender confirmation!)

GreenZelda — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Okay, so it's good news all round today.

As a recap, I've never had an OB before, or visited a hospital for prenatal appointments. So this was all uncharted territory! lol

First off, our new OB was punctual for our appointment (wow!). And she gave us plenty of time and information. We liked her. She's youngish, and has fraternal twins herself, so knows what I'm going through.

She said I'm doing fine, but did write me a prescription for extra folic acid and iron. My blood pressure is also a little elevated (a bit early for that, but oh well), so she suggested I take extra calcium and baby aspirin to combat that.

She did *not* ask why we went for IVF, so I was relieved to not have to "go there". lol

She did mention that embryos who have undergone ICSI have a slightly higher chance of birth defects (~4% vs the usual 1-2%). So that was a bit of news.

Then we did the u/s. It showed that the twins are looking healthy and on track. She offered to do gender assessment and I eagerly accepted!

Twin B is a "definite girl". She had trouble imaging Twin A's bits, but said it is "most likely girl". Yay!!! Even though we already "knew" the gender (PGD), DH and I felt excited and surprised when she told us, almost as if we didn't. LOL!!!

Oh, I almost forgot... when we were getting ready to leave, I unexpectedly saw one of the excellent sonographers from the local clinic! It was F, who did my emergency ultrasound during her lunch break the day of my initial SCH bleeding, when I was so panicked that I had miscarried. Turns out, she works mostly at the OB's hospital, but also works 1 day per week at the local clinic. It was such a lovely unexpected surprise! She completely remembered me, so we hugged, and she asked how the twins were doing.

BTW, at my last u/s (nuchal at the local clinic), the sonographer had said the SCH was resolved (or nearly so), but today we did see it still there, albeit quite small. The OB was not concerned, and said it is expected to resolve completely as the pregnancy progresses. She did not seem concerned in the least. I have not had any bleeding or spotting in 5 weeks or so, and am completely back in my normal routine, so I am not worried either. (I did ask if a past or current SCH puts me more at risk of premature labor, etc, and she said possibly, but again, she did not seem concerned.)

So overall, a good experience. She said if I make it to 34-36+ weeks, that will be excellent. She said I can keep working for as long as I feel good and the twins are doing well. And that is my goal. I think I can do it!

So I have already been telling people today we now know it's two girls. Everyone is so happy for us. That has been an amazing feeling. Yay!!

PS - Weight gain so far is TWENTY POUNDS!! Argg!!! lol

Need to focus on something else for a few days..

AllYouNeedIsLove — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:39:00 GMT

5.5dp5dt, more BFN.

I am starting to accept that I'm not pregnant but it will take me a few more days to get over it.

I will then start talking to DH about what to do next - for now I just dont want to think or talk about it..

4.5dp5dt :(

AllYouNeedIsLove — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:59:00 GMT

Peed 3 times today, tested every time. BFN. Not a hint of a line.

I might be being irrational but on some level I really believed I would get a BFP today..

Starting to really think I'm not pg after all..

The trigger has left the building!!

AllYouNeedIsLove — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:29:00 GMT

Ok, the trigger is finally out of my system - on the 10th day after having the ovidrel. I had my last faint positive hpt at 4am and since then I've had 2 good negatives..

This means if I start to get positives in the next few days I can feel fairly certain they are REAL!! Still feeling really positive about our little girl joining our family..

Time will tell.. (and yes, I do say that every 5 seconds these days - its my mantra!!)

Updated again: 2.5dp5dt

AllYouNeedIsLove — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:09:00 GMT

Well bed rest so far hasnt been too bad, we're on holidays in a hotel room so everything is close by anyway..

I've had some encouraging signs - some light cramping and lower back pain last night, and my uterus feels "sensitive" when I lie on my tummy like it did when I was pregnant with DS.

I had a faint but definitely there BFP this morning which is nice, and while I know its probably not even possible to get a positive this early, and its only the 9th day since my hcg shot so thats whats causing it, I still feel quietly confident that I am indeed pregnant..

Might be wishful thinking but thats ok!!

I guess time - and 20 more hpts over the next week - will tell!!

Update: After hours of googling I am even more convinced that this is too early to be a true positive, but my lower back is feeling a little achy on and off so I'm still feeling pretty positive..

2nd Update: Another hpt, another positive. I'm hoping I never get a negative but they just keep getting stronger!! Oh and my hubby and I both agree this afternoon's test line is slightly darker than this morning!!

ET & PGD Report

AllYouNeedIsLove — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:06:00 GMT

Out of our 4 embies, 2 made it to day five, both were girls (thank you Microsort!)

Our third girl stopped growing at 7 cells, and the 4th was abnormal (no second sex chromosone was there, only one x)

It feels so wonderful to know there are two little baby girls in my belly. I know I may not get to keep them, but knowing there are there right now is just such a wonderful feeling.

Tomorrow... ET??

AllYouNeedIsLove — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:06:00 GMT

I cant let myself believe that I will necessarily be having an embryo transfered to me tomorrow. I want to believe it but I need to protect myself and remember that nothing in the process is certain.

We will get a call in the morning with the PGD results, and then, If we have any embies surviving, we will go over and have the embryo transfer.

Nervous but not as much as I was before the Day 3 Report. I feel more acceptance.. what will be, will be!!

Pre-cycle testing: The First blood test....

Lillylolly — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:50:00 GMT

Well, not sure it went well. DH was called first and was in and out straight away. No problems. I was next and started getting that 'icky' needle/blood faint feeling (I have a history of needle phobia and fainting after blood draws).

It was all going ok, the nurse found a vien... but .... could of course she could not get any blood out! Seriously? No blood? She was poking and proding and I was feeling very faint and had to sit back on the recliner - I knew I was going to faint. She called for her 'superior' and tried again on the back of my hand (other arm). After 5 minutes she announced that she 'had not yet got enough blood' and she wanted to try the back of my wrist (ouch). I was running a cold sweat by now but thankfully she got 'more than enough' blood and that I should remember that 'sweet spot' for next time!

I just don't know what I am going to do about my issue with needles. I don't think I have a problem with injections - it's just the drawing of blood that makes me squirm. You would think that after childbirth (and my traumatic delivery with DS) I would be fine - but sadly,I'm not.

Anyway, I only have 3 more blood test required for the PCT - so I can be brave!

3 Day Report

AllYouNeedIsLove — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:57:00 GMT

The report is in. All four embies made it through to Day 3!!

We have 2 x 8 cell embies, and 2 x 5 cell embies, all suitable for PGD biopsy.

So after many questions and discussions with our dr, we have been assured that the PGD itself does not harm the babies, and given that we still have 4 its best to take them to day 5 to see which have the best chance of making it.. so thats what we're doing.

ET is still scheduled for Wednesday and the waiting game wondering if our babies are ok continues...

In the meantime, we are off to Disneyland to try to distract ourselves!

Tomorrow Morning - 3 Day Report

AllYouNeedIsLove — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:30:00 GMT

I am too nervous to sleep, to think, to relax.

I am so scared that all our embies have died.. I am so desperate to put a baby in my belly and I'm scared there will be nothing tomorrow..

I hate not knowing how they are doing.

Getting started with the Pre-Cycle Testing

Lillylolly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:15:00 GMT

We have decided on a clinic that will perform all the 'pre-cycle' tests that our doctor has requested. It will not be cheap and will probably cost around £1000. This includes the 'consultation' fee needed for the Sono. However, I fee comfortable with our choice. The Receptionist at the clinic sounded very professional and was able to answer all my questions about prices and procedures straight away.

I also have some good news! Three of the blood tests needed (x 2 for my husband and I) can be performed for free, at our local hospital! I am so excited about this as it will save us about £100. We are going tomorrow afternoon. I don't think I have ever been so excited about having blood drawn but it means we have really started the journey...

Decision Made. No PGD

AllYouNeedIsLove — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:15:00 GMT

After several hours of research and discussion with my husband we have decided not to biopsy our embies for PGD.

There is too much at risk - a false positive or damage to an embryo.. and with only 4 successfully fertilized we dont have much room to move..

This does mean that there is a chance we will get pregnant with a boy and thats ok. We've upped our chances for a girl significantly and I'm happy with that.

Hopefully I can sleep now. I am praying for my embies to stay safe.

Waiting Waiting Waiting

AllYouNeedIsLove — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:10:00 GMT

And going officially insane.

So worried about our little embies, so worried they are not even going to make it do day 3. So unsure of what to do or expect.

Fertilization Report In

AllYouNeedIsLove — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:12:00 GMT

Out of my 15 eggs, only 4 were mature. :(

The dr thinks that my mistake with the Lupron (taking more than I should have for most of my cycle) maybe have affected the quality.

The only bright side is that all 4 were successfully fertilized so no we start the waiting game and pray that our embies survive...

If we only have 1 or 2 on Monday then we will most likely go ahead with the transfer then..