15dpo Beta is in.........

Can I just say WOOHOO and OMG!! :) yes it's a good number! I'm very pleasantly surprised, excited, overjoyed, you name it!!

My beta came in at 459!!!

During the last pregnancy my 15dpo beta was 251. I was pregnant with a singleton at that point. None of my other 15dpo beta's have ever been that high.

So yes I could be pregnant with 1, 2 or even 3 babies. Looking up information on Betabase.info I am above the average for singletons, twins and triplets. I have a repeat beta on Wed (and more than likely on Friday too). Then it's wait and see.

I will have an ultrasound around 6w2d which will put it around October 12th! Oh and I took another test today while I was waiting on the blood test results.

4 Weeks!

Today I am 4 weeks prego!! And believe it or not I have NOT tested since 10dpo. There was 2x when I went grocery shopping and almost broke down and bought more tests. Even went so far as to have them in the cart. Then decided to put them away before checking out! I'm pregnant and I'm going to stay that way!

I should have my first beta tomorrow morning. I say should because I tried calling the fill in coordinator twice on Thursday and again on Friday to make sure she had the lab request faxed down to the lab by my house. I finally talked to a receptionist on Friday and she said she would talk to her. If it's not there in the morning, I will call my primary Dr or my OB and see if they can run the stat order.

As for symptoms... I have had lots of cramping/ stretching type pulling sensations around my uterine area. Sometimes it has been pretty uncomfortable. No morning sickness yet. Although there was one split second today I though, ooh am I nauseous? My boobs don't hurt to touch but every once in a while I feel "something". Tingling, pin prick type sensation I guess you could say. And I'm tired. I thought during the week it was because of getting up at 530am in order for David to give me my PIO shots. But I'm still tired this weekend. I keep dozing off on the couch while watching TV.

I had a dream last night I was looking for Cribs! (yes plural!) Possibly because David and I were talking about if we do have to get more than 1 crib I would be checking out craigslist or something.

I can't wait till our ultrasound.

BFP

WOOHOO!!! BFP!! I'm so happy to know that we have implantation! I was so worried about the baby aspirin! Now please stick stick stick!!! I am praying hard this is a healthy pregnancy! Course we won't know how many implanted until our ultrasound which will likely be around 6 weeks.

I actually started getting a line yesterday at 9dpo. It was very faint though!! Today's at 10dpo is definitely noticeable.

Sunday 7dpo

I'm still fighting a head that decided to make an appearance yesterday. I took tylenol last night and today. Plus it was so bad during the night that is actually kept waking me up. I hate those type of headaches. When I went to take my shower today, I realized I forgot to change the estrogen patches yesterday. Course I changed them right away. I then called the on Call Dr to find out if I totally messed everything up. She said no I didn't and just call my coordinator tomorrow to let her know. I wouldn't know what I would do if I found out I just screwed the whole thing up.

Other than the headache. I've had a couple of twinges and a couple cramps but nothing like yesterday and Friday. I've had a metallic taste in my mouth last night and today, but I know I had it a day before transfer also so it must be the progesterone.

I almost bought more pregnancy tests today too... decided to put them back at the last minute.

6DPO - Yesterday was Transfer day

Yesterday we had our transfer at 3pm! I got the call around 11am that all 3 blasts thawed and all were surviving! I was so happy and pleasantly surprised! Of course having a transfer at 3pm made the day go by really slowly!! So I had my shower (with non-scented soaps and shampoos for the most part), ate lunch and started drinking water a little before 2pm. I took my valium at 2pm like I was supposed to as well. You are supposed to drink 1 1/2 L of water but by the time we were half way to Seattle I knew that wouldn't be possible. I basically had to clench my legs together and walking to the office from the car was fun! I really had to pee! LOL.

They took me in the transfer room and one of the embryologists came in. She gave me a picture of my babies. :) We also talked about them a bit. She said that since they dehydrate embryo's when they freeze them and have to rehydrate upon thawing that it normally is a 4 hour process. She said my little ones rehydrated within 2 hours! Said they are quite the over achievers. They performed the assisted hatching (the shells on the embryo's are typically tougher after freezing) so that it would help them hatch. By the time we got there 1 had already hatched all the way out of the shell and the other 2 were halfway done!!

Before we could transfer they had to let me use the restroom because my bladder was TOO full!! Have you ever had an extremely full bladder and had to stop mid stream. So hard!!! She almost made me go back and do more but instead went and got the Dr and said ok we have to transfer now! My Dr. came in and gave me a hug. We talked a bit... I told her how I've been worried about the baby aspirin, she said she was actually happy about me being on it.

Well transfer went well... they transferred all 3 Blasts. Of course you have to lay there for 20 minutes afterwards. Then you are allowed to get up and relieve your bladder! Woohoo! LOL

About an hour or so after the transfer I started having cramping. I can't remember if I had that with the first IVF cycle. I am just praying that it was the hatched embryo already implanting. It let up for a little bit and then was even stronger around 5 hours after transfer.

I have been sitting around watching TV and such all day. I have had cramping off and on all day today too. I guess technically I'm around 6dpo... Beta will be on 15dpo so 9 more days. wish us luck!! come on babies implant!

1 more day

Wow time sure has flown by lately. That can be both a good and bad thing I guess depending on what it's for. Course Brianna has a sore throat this morning... I'm taking her to the Dr to make sure it's not Strep. Just what we would need right at transfer. At least I'm on antibiotics right now. If it is strep, hopefully those will protect me.

Thankfully the PIO shots have been better yesterday and today. I barely felt the needle going in this time. I made sure he moved over a little more to the right than where he was sticking before. I also took a hot wash cloth and warmed the site a few minutes before hand too. I also made sure to bend over the counter vs standing straight up! I keep saying ok inject it slow (I think this is irritating him, LOL). Then I have him massage it really hard for a minute or so since he can put different pressure than I can. I also have not sat or laid down right away afterwards. I make sure I stand/walk around for at least 5 or 10 minutes. Yesterday I just stayed up and started work early. This morning I was so tired I had to go back to bed.

Other than that I'm still on all the different vitamins, antibiotics, dexamethasone (steroid), acid reflux meds, PIO (of course) and Estrogen patches. I'm down to 2 patches every 2 days (that reminds me, I need to change them today). I haven't seen the movie yet, but on the previews for Sex in the City 2... where she is taking a palm full of pills. Yea that's me right now. The day of transfer will be the last day for the antibiotics.. but other than that I will be continuing the rest. I believe I stay on Estrogen patches until we see a heartbeat... and the PIO until 10-12 weeks.

I am so excited for tomorrow. To finally be PUPO again! I keep thinking positive. Not just telling myself positive things either. I actually FEEL positive now. Not sure what has changed but it's nice. I'll sometimes say things like, when we see their heartbeats... after 6 weeks I'll at least walk on the treadmill. Things like that. And they just come out... I don't force myself to talk that way. Kind of like it's a gut feeling. I hope it's accurate.

On a different note, I'm thinking of one of my friends today. She just went through IVF and unfortunately the baby implanted in her Tube. Not as common with IVF but it does happen. She had the Methotrexate shot last week to dissolve it... but unfortunately it didn't work. Her beta went from 4000 to 16000 so they did an ultrasound and saw the baby, heartbeat and all in her left tube. So I am praying for her today as she goes through Emergency surgery to remove both her tubes (they can't get pregnant without IVF so at least removing the tubes will prevent future ectopics). I really do feel for her... seeing the heartbeat makes it so much worse because you know the baby is actually alive. The miscarriages I had where we didn't get to the heartbeat stage, weren't nearly as bad (don't get me wrong, they were still really bad) as the ones where our baby had a heartbeat.

9/14/10

Not a very catchy title I know...

Well we have been doing the PIO shots since Sunday. I should take a picture of the needle one of these days. It's a 22 gauge 1 1/2" long needle. And Yes... it does have to go ALL the way in your bum!! My backside hurts already and it's only been 3 injections. The muscles are in knots. Might explain why it hurt so friggin bad this morning when David jabbed the needle in!!! Yes I did cuss out loud. Didn't mean to but it just flew out of my mouth.

Other than the sore bum I guess things are going along fine. I was so emotional yesterday (poor David got the brunt of it). Today wasn't so bad (thank goodness). I'm still working out, at least until Thursday! I'm down almost 30 pounds (it fluctuates 28-30 pounds every couple of days). I feel so much better, I hope it helps with the pregnancy.

I'm trying to stay as positive as possible. I keep talking (to myself and others) as yes I will be pregnant as of Friday and I will stay pregnant. Wow Friday... that is so close!!