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October 2007 - Posts

  • Ultrasound Results

     Remember when we were all newbies here and we came in thinking since we were so fertile we would get pregnant the 1st try and have twins.  Ah how we laughed at our folishness when we discovered how challenging IVF can be.  Well ladies IT CAN HAPPEN!

    My ultrasound at 6.5 weeks showed two baby girls.  Baby A is a little smaller than Baby B and they are a bit concerned about that.  But both had strong HB.  Here are the stats

    Baby A - Heartrate was 115 bpm.  Measured 6w3d but the sack was only 11mm

    Baby B - Heartrate was 135 bpm Measured 6w5d and the sack was 17mm

    The doctor was cautiously optimistic about Baby A.  She said they like to see HB over 100 bpm but the small sack concerned her. She is my monitoring doc so I have yet to hear what Dr. Potter has to say.  She thinks I will be back at 9wks to check the babies again.

    Now I am going to go back to COMPLETELY FREAKING OUT!

  • 2nd Beta

    Okay gals here are my numbers 18dp5dt.

    Beta 3869

    Estradiol 1195

    Progesterone 32.4

    So I am a little nervous about that high beta number.  OMG could I be having twins??????  Also my nurse said I could combine my progesterone and estrogen shots.  I wish she'd told me that 2 weeks ago!!!  I have my ultrasound on the 29th and Dr. P may adjust my meds at that point but everything stays the same for now.

     Oh my goodness have I bought pink stuff.  I am hitting all the sale racks for summer stuff since this will be a June baby(s).  I probably have more than enough 3-6 month stuff already.  I've been assuming that one little girl would be big like my boys.  They were both 9 lbs at birth so I'm not even bothering much with newborn stuff but I could be wrong.  Especially if there are two!   My mom told me to stop shopping til she is better so she can come too.  The nursery is painted pink because I decorated it that way for our guest room.  No furniture other than our rocking chair that we've had forever and a regular double bed.  I'm gonna hold off on all that for a few months.....  maybe......


    Someone asked if I was hoping for twins???  At the start of all this I would have said HELL NO!  In fact I was determined to do a SET.  But then when my cycle was sketchy and we thought we might not have anything to transfer, I became desperate for it to work.  DH and I talked long and hard about what twins would mean for us.  He was more for it than I was.  We have 2 boys who will be much older than this baby(s) so a twin sister would be great in the long run.  I am just terrified of the 3rd trimester and the first year.  I get pretty bad PPD and we will have to hire help so I don't lose my mind.  So the long answer to that question is sort of?  If it is one I will be HUGELY relieved but a little sad and wondering if we will try for 4 down the road.  And wondering if we'll do MS/IVF again or just natural.  If it's twins I will be freaking out but also glad to know we are sooooo done having babies and be able to relax and enjoy the ride.

  • 1st Beta Result

    We all kinda saw this coming but it's BFP!  I can't believe it.  My beta is 207, progesterone 30 and estrodiol 794.  Dr. P was very pleased with all of these numbers.  I go back for another beta next Friday, and my u/s in 2 weeks.  I'm getting close to Cloud 9.  I'm around Cloud 5-6.

    My nurse said at 207 they couldn't say one or two but it is a very healthy number.  We are having dinner with some friends who have twin boys tomorrow night.  I think we are in for a dose of reality.

     My ultrasound is October 26th which feels like FOREVER!!!!! But I know it will be here quick.  Unfortunately DH is out of town that day.  Now the sentimental wife would put it off til Monday when he is back.  HA!  I just can't wait that long!

     RATS!  Foiled again.  U/S is now Monday 29th.  Orders came in saying it had to be the week of the 29th.  Oh well now DH can come and it's DS#2's birthday.   

  • MS Sort Purity Finally!

    I just got my email from HRC with our sort purity.  It was only 82%.  No wonder I never get pg with girls naturally.  Even with a fancy machine they could only sort 28% of the males out.  I'm glad we didn't go forward with IUI and I am amazed that with only 3 embies going to PGD, 2 were girls.  We got lucky!

    I've been looking sideways at DH and snorting "82%" under my breath thinking it's all his fault we never had a girl naturally. Happy Wink

  • 1st Faint Line on HPT

    I'm not posting to the forums about this yet but I can see the faintest line on my HPT.  I'm taking them by flashlight since our power is out.  OMG could this be it? 

  • ET Day

    I have GREAT NEWS as well. I had 2 normal blasts to transfer. One "expanding blast" that Dr. P gave a B+ grade and one "early blast" that he graded B-. I was so overjoyed at this news that I burst into tears. Only 3 of my embies made it to PGD. The other one was missing an X and some other stuff. So we put the two in and now I am in bed. I did have my driver take me to Macy's before my appt. and I bought a foam pad and a down mattress topper. Now I am laying here like the princess & the pea with a big grin on my face. I am over the moon.

    I still keep shaking my head in disbelief. I was prepared for a no transfer. When I got to HRC and they put a name bracelet on me my heart jumped. I wondered if they would have bothered if I had nothing to transfer. Then I waited 45 of the longest minutes. Dr. P had a fender bender on his way in. Of course! But thankfully he was fine. Once he finally got there he had to talk with the embryologist and I was trying so hard to listen through the wall. When he came in with the picture of the 2 embies I just couldn't believe it. And after all of my emotional wrangling over 1 or 2 there was no question I wanted both those girls tucked safe inside me.


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