Results are in!!!!!

Today was my first blood test. My beta came back at 270!!!! It was only 110 with my little Emma. So I'm hopeful that this is and will continue to be a healthy pregnancy. My first ultrasound is in two weeks August 14th which was coincidentally my due date with Emma. Anyway just wanted to update. We are so excited and I can't wait to see our little Petrie 2.0 on the ultrasound monitor. Technically I am 4 weeks 2 days pregnant 

8dp5dt

Sooooo, of course I've POAS!!!! 

Actually I started at 5 1/2 days after my transfer. BFP! I'm trying not to get to excited because I know anything can happen. But as of right now, I'm PREGNANT! The line is getting darker each day. I didn't get my first positive with Emma until day 6 and you could barely see the line. Here is a picture of her pee sticks. They weren't as dark as these are. 

We only put back one embryo so no twins. Hopefully it means a strong healthy pregnancy. I go in for my beta on Friday. 3 days away. So I'm anxious to find out my numbers. With Emma my first beta was 110. Anything over 50 is considered good. So we shall see. Anyway I just wanted to share. Still keeping it a secret from everyone else though. At least until my mouth explodes from excitement. Lol. 

As far as symptoms, boobs are really sore, very bloated, extremely thirsty and I have the munchies, hot flashes out the wazoo and I'm incredibly tired. Most of which are from the meds in sure but you never know. I just like to document it all. 

Hope everyone is staying cool. I'll post again on Friday when I get my results. 

HOME

There is no place like home! This trip to San Diego was one for the books. We made it home this evening and I am just beat. The flights were long and stressful. I'm so happy to finally be in my own bed. 

After my bed rest ended we tried to enjoy the city a little. We went to la Jolla a few times and ate at a few really awesome places. La Jolla was and still is one of my favorite places of everywhere I have lived and visited. It's so beautiful and fun. Emma loved the sea lions! She wasn't to sure about the ocean at first but after she warmed up to it she didn't want to leave. 

As far as how I'm feeling.... Pretty good. I'm super tired and pretty irritable. Also very hungry. I was looking back on my blog to when I did my first FET. As it turns out I have almost all if not the exact same symptoms. Hopefully that means I have a little Petrie 2.0 inside me. If you don't remember, Emma's nickname before we knew her gender was Petrie (get it? Petrie dish). Anyway so this little embryo that we transferred is Petrie 2.0 lol. My beta is on Friday the 31st. I'll be counting Down the days for sure. I'm sure I'll POAS before then though. I'll keep us updated. Love you all and thanks for reading my blog!

1dp5dt

Well yesterday was my transfer. I cannot begin to tell you how stressful it was. Everything was going wrong yesterday and the day before. First let me step back and tell you what happened in the beginning.

 My original transfer date was supposed to be on Tuesday today. But on Saturday I looked at all my paperwork and realize that I had started all my medicines a day early. So of course I freaked out and called the exchange number. I talked with the doctor on call and she said that we will have to do the transfer a day early on Monday. So when I got off the phone I switched my flight and the next morning we were off to San Diego. The flight was horrible it was just me and Emma. My mom had to come the next day which was the original day we had planned to come. Emma screamed the entire four hours. I was not very popular on the plane. I ended up staying with a friend of mine about 40 minutes away from the clinic. I had to get up extremely early to go in for 715 ultrasound. Then my transfer was at noon. The day started off great everything was going as planned and went in for my ultrasound and everything looked good they said see you at noon. The hotel let me check in early and I went and got some groceries. As I was leaving the grocery store though my mom called me and said that her flight was delayed and they had no idea when it was going to be in. Something was wrong with the plane. So I called my friend really fast and she raced out here to watch Emma while I went and had the transfer done. I called and uber cab when I was ready to go. The stupid over driver got lost and then I ended up having to drive myself and was 20 minutes late. Embryologist told me that they couldn't saw the good embryo because it had already asked and was a day six embryo. Therefore it was too fragile to transfer his preferred to be a last resort. So the embryo I had transferred was a fair quality embryo. When they brought me back to the room they looked at my bladder and said it was not full enough so my legs were in the air and I had to drink four glasses of water and wait. I felt like my bladder was going to explod.  Finally though the embryos transferred and hopefully it's all snuggled in and ready for a nine month journey. My mom met me at the hospital she took a cab from the airport. So she was able to drive my car back to the hotel. 

 So that was all the craziness that happened before the transfer. Now on to my bed rest. I got back to the hotel and latex on the couch. Emma is not to thrilled about this whole thing. She want me to put her to sleep and wants me to hold her. Last night was the first night she ever slept with me. She would not sleep in the pack n play. So my mom brought her in bed with us. Worst idea ever! She kicked us all night, kept waking up crying, stole my pillow and blankets, started picking my nose, naming every facial feature by poking me and got face to face and breathed on me with her horrible toddler breath. Let me tell you it was so much fun!! 

 I have had to pick her up a few times. This worries me a little. I'm only supposed to get up to pee. I really hope that this doesn't hurt anything. I'm sure plenty of other people have gone through the same issues having a toddler while on bed rest. Anyway, that's what's been going on.  Im resting in my room now and my mom is taking Emma to the pool. 

Before transfer

There he or she is! Praying that he/she decides to stick around. 

Getting anxious

The days are passing by quickly and in just two days I'll be in San Diego! We are having a small problem that will hopefully be gone by Monday.  My mom will be coming with Emma and I so she can take care of Emma while I'm on bed rest. Unfortunately she is sick right now. Has a bad cough and feels awful. She has taken different medications including steroids antibiotics and cold medicines but nothing seems to be working. I don't know what I will do if she decides she can't go. I think I would have to cancel everything because no one else can go. That would be a huge blow. Not only will we lose more money but I just can't do this process for a fourth time. We can't afford it for one and two my body just can't handle another round of hormones and injections. So please if you read this please say a prayer for us! Pray for my mom to get better and pray that this FET works. We just can't bare another cancelled cycle. If everything goes as planned, only 3 more days until I'm hopefully knocked up! Lol fingers crossed!! 

Sleepy

I forgot how tired progesterone makes you. Last night was my first injection. Not fun by the way. I have a huge bruise. Today I'm struggling big time to keep my eyes open. Let me tell you, having a toddler and almost falling asleep.... Not a good combination! T-5 days till transfer! Hope I start getting some more energy. 

Soooo tired!

Finally!

I feel like I'm dreaming a little. This has been such a long 5 months of hormones surgeries, pneumonia and unwanted ovulating. After all that I have finally gotten the green light for a transfer. We scheduled it for next Tuesday the 21st. My lining check was Monday. It was think and ready at 12.24. My ovaries were suppressed and I had not ovulated according to my blood work. Sooooo I start my progesterone shots prednisone and one other medicine tomorrow. Not looking forward to my progesterone shots. Those needles are huge! Anyway, off to San Diego we go! We fly out on Monday. Praying for a easy transfer with a positive pregnancy result! 

Third times the charm

Here we go again! This time I'm on lupron injections so hopefully that takes care of the ovulating issue. If for whatever reason it's canceled again I'm going to throw in the towel for the time being. I just can't do it again. We will probably try at the end of the year or the beginning of 2016. As of right now though we are set. I had my baseline today and everything looked good. I go back on Monday for my lining check. If it's thick enough we will head to San Diego. Fingers crossed. Please pray for us!