And, finally an update . . .

aplusa · March 2013

It took all of these . . .

To see two of these . . .

Yep. We're pregnant!

A little story:
On Valentine's Day we had 24 follicles retrieved. 18 fertilized normally by the next day. By day 5, our transfer day, we had 6 front runner "excellent" quality 5-day blastocysts and 3 little guys who were "watch and waiters." After a bit of a pep talk our doctor told us given the quality of the embryos and my age, we should just put back in one. There is statistically no difference in the pregnancy rate for a person in my situation to put back one or two.

Last Friday, the first, we had our first beta done. It came back at 138. Today we had our second beta and it came back at 455. For anyone keeping track that's a doubling time of 41.83 hours. We're pretty pleased that the little one is already exceeding expectations.

I really hope everyone on here one day can feel as lucky as we do today. (Although, I think I'm still in shock.)

Thanks for my cheerleaders along the way. You've meant a world of good to me. And thank you to the forum for always being there with new posts. Anyone who was following me can see I started posting way more in the ramp up to IVF (and the during).

OH, PS - If you happen to be like me and drink a TON of water, kinda like a camel, do not be surprised if your multitude of HPTs don't get much darker everyday. It doesn't mean anything is wrong. It just means you are an anxiety ridden fool who needs to put down the HPTs (but, should probably keep drinking the water)!