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!

Canceled cycle again

Yet another canceled cycle. I went in for my first lining checked and it was great at 15. Got my blood drawn and went home. I am I got a call a few hours later from my nurse. She said that we would transfer next week. So I got off the phone and started booking flights. Then I got another call from my nurse. She said unfortunately you have ovulated. I was devastated. Yet another cancellation. Is this a sign? Should I not be trying for another baby right now? After letting that soak in for a few hours I started thinking about what we would do different about the next cycle. I don't think it's a sign I think my body is just tired from all the craziness going on in my life. So I talked with the doctor and we set up a new plan so that I don't ovulate. I will start birth-control pills today and then Lupron the last five days of the birth-control pills. Then after I stop the birth control pills I should start my period. I will then continue the Lupron and start the estrogen patches. Hopefully this will keep me from ovulating and we can do a transfer mid to late July. If it doesn't happen this time or if I don't get pregnant I think we're going to take a break. I want to enjoy my summer and do some fun things without being all hormonal. Fingers crossed everything works out this time.

Cd1

It's time again. Today is cd1 and I'm excited to start my FET cycle. I hope that this cycle goes smoothly and has no set backs. My baseline appointment is set for Wednesday at 10:30. Please say a little prayer for me in hopes I'm all clear. If the cycle goes as planned we are looking at a transfer date around the time of the 4th of July. 

Other than the start of this cycle nothing is really going on. Emma is doing great in therapy and has stated talking a lot more.  She really tries hard at saying words if we ask her to. I imagine it's only a matter of time before she is taking up a storm. Her sensory issues are really getting better as well. Still has a had time with different types of food though. She is a very picky eater. I attribute it to the textures. Or she is just plain stubborn and only wants to eat watermelon cereal and chips. 😔 hoping with time that changes. I know that is a typical stage for toddlers to go through. 

It's hard to believe she will be 2 in just 2 months. Time has flown by. I decided on a Minnie Mouse theme for her party. I can't stay away from Pinterest! I'm addicted and want to do every Minnie Mouse thing I see lol. I'm going to attempt to make both of her cakes. Smash and party cake. Fingers crossed that they turn out as good as they look on Pinterest. 

We also have a new foster puppy! She is available for adoption now. She is to cute for words. 

We started swim lessons!

Surgery

Well I had my gallbladder removed yesterday. Surgery went well, I did get very sick afterwards in recovery though. My neighbor is head of the OR where I went and said I didn't look good at all. Luckily after a few hours I got better. I went home around 5pm. Today was tough. Lots of pain and bloating. I was up every hour last night tossing and turning. The pain was pretty bad. It's hard to get up and move around. Also hard to sit down. I can only hope that I feel better each day from here on out. That's all the news I have for now. Just wanted to do a quick update. 

In a few more weeks I will start my FET cycle again. I am not looking forward to all the hormones again. I'm still a little bitter that I went through it all just to have the cycle cancelled. Praying nothing gets in the way this time. 

Maybe June???

I have scheduled my surgery for my gallbladder next Friday. I'll be happy to get that in my past. The pain I get from it is awful! Doubled over pain that feels like a labor contraction. Luckily the recovery time is short for this surgery. It will be less than a week before I'm back to normal. So that's a plus. 

I talked with my nurse about when we could get back on the horse with our FET. She said with my next cycle as long as I'm cleared from my surgeon. That should be mid May. So if I start mid May we are looking at a June transfer. Seems like forever away. But I can't think that way. I need to enjoy my time before I'm prego again. Well hopefully prego again. 

We are having a big bbq at our house in 2 weeks so I'll be able to have fun now. If I would have done the transfer already I wouldn't be able to drink. :) 

That's all I have for now. Just wanted to do a tiny update with what's going on. 

A little down

Today I should be in San Diego. But instead I'm sitting in my living room alone. The baby is sleeping and my husband is gone for 5 more days. I should be about to transfer our little embryo on Tuesday but now I'm shedding that lining I worked so hard to plump up. Today I'm a little depressed. While no one else sees my sadness through my smiles I am crying on the inside. I feel like my body failed me before I could even start. 

My pneumonia is pretty much gone now. My gallstones are still very much there. I have an appointment on Tuesday to see my surgeon. I hope to have my surgery to get my gallbladder out Friday. I don't want to risk not having the surgery and then it flare up during pregnancy. I am also hoping that with the start of my next period in late May we will start the FET cycle again. If that happens I should have my transfer in June. 

Anyway I just thought I would give a little update on what was going on. In other news my little Emma just turned 20 months old!!!!! Here is a picture of my little cutie. 

It's over!

On Thursday I stated feeling sick with a fever chills and a bad cough. I though to myself please God let this be something small and it passes in a day or two. Friday comes and I'm worse. Saturday I can't function. I was in bed shaking uncontrollably when I called for mark to bring the thermometer up. I had taken Tylenol almost 2 hours earlier for my fever and it wasn't breaking! Took my temp and it was 105.3!!!!!!!!! I though for sure it was wrong. Again again and again I took my temp with the same results each time. So off to the er I went. After sticking me not once not twice but five times to get an iv they were able to start getting tests done to see what was going on. Those needles for ivs are horrible! Anyway they did blood tests urine tests and a X-ray. My X-ray came back as pneumonia. 😞 I knew at that moment it was over. He said I'm going to call your fertility dr and see what he wants to do. My RE wanted a CT scan just to make sure that it wasn't a blood clot that looks like pneumonia. But he also said that regardless of the outcome I need to stop the estrogen. My heart kinda sunk a little. That was it, the end. So we did the ct scan and it came back fine. No blood clot but pneumonia was confirmed again. I took off my estrogen patches with a few tears coming out. I was so angry that I had done all the prepping and went through all the hot flashes for nothing. I was released after a iv round of antibiotics and fluids. 

As I was waiting for my mom I told her to bring me food because I felt like I was starving. She did and I ate. But for some reason I felt like I was still hungry. I mean horribly hungry. Bad stomach rumbling hunger pains. So when I got home I ate a little more. But I felt kinda nauseous this time but also had those pains in my stomach still. I went to bed and tried to go to bed. I was up all night with this awful pain in my stomach not to mention I was coughing up a lung as well. By 6 am I thought for sure I was dying. I called the er and they said it could be from coughing but I could come back up if I needed to. I took some Tylenol and tried to get up with my husband and Emma for the day. I laid on the couch and did a few dishes but was still in lots of pain with my stomach. By the afternoon I was in tears and went to the er again. 

They did more tests and gave me pain medication. They wanted to do another ct scan but thought that it was to much radiation. So they suggested an ultrasound. But guess what, they don't have a ultrasound tech in the hospital on Sunday's! WHAT??? You're a hospital right? I was so mad. They said they could page someone if there was an emergency though. But I'm not an emergency. So they sent me home again and told me to get an ultrasound done tomorrow and that my dr has been informed already and she will send me out to have one done once I call in the morning. 

Fast forward through another night of horrible coughing and pain in my stomach. I had my ultrasound and was told I have gallstones! Omg! Only I would get gallstones and pneumonia right before my FET. Now I have to have surgery. I don't believe all this is happening. Is it a sign? Is God telling me not to have a baby again or saying now isn't the time? I'm not sure. I do know that once I'm fully better I will start thinking about it again. I just wonder if I should wait a while now.......

Well I'm still in pain currently but I'm on pain medication so that helps. I'll update more after my surgery and I'm feeling better. 

Easter pics!

We had Easter at my house this year! Everyone came and it was a great time. But I'm pooped from the whole thing. I don't think the estrogen helps with that either. Here are some pics....