Archive for the ‘IVF#1’ Category
Can you be a little bit pregnant?
Posted by: Paige on: June 4, 2008
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**secret post; not to be published until after 6/9**
Ok, so blogging has been for me one of the great joys of infertility. It is theraputic and I have made wonderful friends in the IF blogosphere. I also use it to communicate with family and friends so I don’t have to answer the same [...]
Holy Hot Flashes Batman!
Posted by: Paige on: May 31, 2008
- In: IVF#1
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So today I started wearing estrogen transdermal patches – like the “stop smoking” kind only with ESTROGEN. It is really quite warm and muggy today and I have been having hot flashes from hell. I woke up several times last night drenched in sweat and despite the fact I haven’t worn a stitch of clothing [...]
Dollar Tree Therapy
Posted by: Paige on: May 29, 2008
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Every time I walk into the Dollar Tree I end up asking myself, “why don’t I shop here more often?” When I was a kid, dollar stores were for buying bubbles and cheap, plastic toys that break in 5 minutes. Today they have frozen food sections, kitchen sections, it is amazing!
I got my DH a [...]
And Then There Were Five…
Posted by: Paige on: May 28, 2008
I called the embryology lab today (repeatedly – more on this in a minute) and we had one “really good” blast that was frozen yesterday in addition to our 2 8-cells that were frozen on day 3. I’m so excited that we had another one survive but I’m so torn up about the ones we [...]
The Big Dig!
Posted by: Paige on: May 27, 2008
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I’m thinking a lot about my beautiful embies inside me. Sometime between 48 hours and 72 hours after ET (that’s today or tomorrow) my embryos will hatch and begin to implant! I try to envision them doing this successfully and thriving.
My 8-cells have been multiplying rapidly and eventually make a blastocyst (if you will remember [...]
Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
Posted by: Paige on: May 27, 2008
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So, I’ve been wanting to post all day and here it is almost tomorrow and I don’t know what to say. I was just reading the message boards at Hannah’s Prayer and heard the phrase “pregnant until proven otherwise.” This really sums up how I feel. I mean, as of yesterday I [...]
Meet Our ICSI Pixies
Posted by: Paige on: May 25, 2008
- In: ICSI| IVF#1
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We had two beautiful 8-celled, Grade 3 (4 being perfect) embryos come home today. Above is ICIS Pixie alpha on the left and ICIS Pixie beta on the right. Aren’t they beautiful?
The ET was actually an amazing experience. DH was in scrubs with a hair net and mask – he looked [...]
Coming Home
Posted by: Paige on: May 25, 2008
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ET day; 7:33AM – Today my little ones come home. To the place they belong where it is safe and warm. I’m going to have embryos growing inside me! I hope they’ve done well since yesterday and that I will have some snowflake babies for later.
Embryo Transfer Tomorrow
Posted by: Paige on: May 24, 2008
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The lab just called to schedule our ET for tomorrow at 9:30. I am just sick to my stomach because I was so hoping for a 5 day transfer. I know I shouldn’t have but I just had it built up in my mind as the “goal” of IVF. I should have asked more questions [...]
17 ICSI Pixies!
Posted by: Paige on: May 23, 2008
- In: ICSI| IVF#1
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OMG, I’m a mom. My DH is a dad. We have 17, fertilized, unique, individual embryos (zygotes) in petri dishes 40 minutes away. This feeling is so much more overwhelming than I could of imagined. First I am thrilled that DH’s boys could do it. They might not be swimmers [...]
