Wishing & Hoping & Thinking & Praying & Planning & Dreaming: Final Countdown

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IVF Stats

IVF #1:
June 2008
Long Lupron
Canceled due to poor response to protocol

IVF #2:
July 2008
Microdose Lupron
Canceled due to poor response to protocol

IVF #3:
June 2009
Antagonist
Estrogen Priming
DHEA supplements
4 embies frozen

**what I did different for IVF #3: 75 mg/day of DHEA & 7 wheatgrass pills/day (for at least 4 months prior)

FET: March 2010
2/17/10: Start estrogen patches
3/2/10: lining check (lining at 9)
3/5/10: transferred 3 embryos (B+ grade, 6, 7, & 8 cell)
3/13/10: + HPT (8dp3dt)
3/16/10: Beta #1 282 (11dp3dt)
3/18/10: Beta #2 817 (13dp3dt)
4/5/10: u/s: not 1, not 2, but 3 babies

What does that mean?!

5dt = 5 day transfer
3dt = 3 day transfer
AF = Aunt flow (period)
B/W = bloodwork
BCP = Birth Control Pills
BFN = Big Fat Negative (aka: Not Pregnant)
BFP = Big Fat Postive (aka: Pregnant!)
BIL= Brother-in-law
DE- Donor Eggs
DOR= Diminished ovarian reserve
DPO = Days Past Ovulation
E2= estrodial (estrogen)
ER = Egg Retreival
ET = Egg Transfer
FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer
FIL= Father-in-law
IF = Infertility
IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
IVF = In-vitro Fertilization
M/C = Miscarriage
MFI = Male factor Infertility
MIL= Mother-in-law
O = Ovulation
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
PIO = Progesterone in Oil
POF= premature ovarian failure
SIL = Sister- in-law
Stims = Follicle Stimulating Drugs
TTC = Trying to Conceive
TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
U/S = Ultrasound

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Final Countdown

And let me just tell you it couldn't come soon enough. I have managed to tweak my back and neck again in the last couple days making sleep and any kind of comfort non-existent.

Babies are still looking great on the monitors that I am on 3x/day. I swear my stomach has gotten even bigger in the last couple days. I plan to take one last belly pic tomorrow morning before I head to delivery. The c section is set for 9 am so by the time I do recovery etc. I should be back in the room by 11 am.

I have showed DH how to update the blog so you should be informed even if I am out of it.

12 comments:

Anonymous: Lurker here !! Soooooo excited for you !! Good idea on letting DH know how to update.... else we would all be DYING to know what was going on !! God Bless you all, and the best of luck !!; October 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Missy F: I'm a lurker too, so so happy for you and DH! Saying lots of prayers for the 5 of you : ) Best wishes for a quick delivery & recovery, can't wait to hear all about your sweet little ones!

Melissa; October 14, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Stacy: Wow! Can't wait to "meet" the three babies! Good luck to you and I will be thinking of you tomorrow at 9:00. Hope your back and neck feel better.; October 14, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Rach: Best of luck! I'm so excited you get to meet your little ones tomorrow!; October 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Fran: Very very best of luck!! I'm so excited! Hopefully your husband will remember to update the blog and won't keep us nail biting too long!; October 14, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Shelby: I'm a lurker as well. So excited for you and dh! Good luck tomorrow!; October 14, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Jenn: Another lurker here! Congratulations on cooking those babies for 34+ weeks!! Simply amazing! I have 19 month old triplets (2 boys and a girl) who were born at 28w5d after fending off PTL for 7 weeks in the hospital...my uterus was irritable and did not appreciate the rapid growth! They were in the NICU for 9 weeks and are now thriving, very active, 25+ lb toddlers!! They keep me on my toes at all times and I couldn't be happier:-) You have done an absolutely incredible job!! Praying for you all and can't wait to hear all about the blessed day!! XO.; October 14, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Deanna: Wishing you the speediest of time in recovery... I'll be thinking of you tomorrow... what a lovely day!; October 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Lindsey: Good Luck!!!!! I cant wait to see those precious babies!; October 14, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Kristen: Good luck!!!! I can't wait to hear all about them tomorrow!!!; October 14, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Rose: I'm so excited for you guys. Can't wait to her the good news. You're all in my thoughts and prayers.; October 14, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Jill and Mike: Today's the day! Thinking of you this morning!; October 15, 2010 at 5:58 AM

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"Thoughts on Becoming a Mother"

There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books, but because I have struggled and toiled for this child. I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed. I have endured and planned over and over again. Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.

I will notice everything about my child. I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover. I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life. I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child that my friends will not see. Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love. I will be a better mother for all that I have endured. I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain. I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body, I have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, I stood tall. I have prevailed. I have succeeded. I have won.

So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort. I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs. I listen. And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely. I have learned the immerse power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard. I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.I have learned to appreciate life.Yes, I will be a wonderful mother."

-Unknown

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