And it starts....

Just another quick update.... mostly for my family and friends who have been following our journey! Plus this keep me from repeating myself all the time! :)

Due to a small hiccup on Friday, our schedule was delayed a bit. After a long weekend, we found out our hiccup has gone away, and we have now officially started in vitro!!!!!! Tonight was my first injection and there are many more to come.

Since injections started a couple days late, our procedure dates move a bit. The egg retrieval is now on May 11th and egg transfer in on May 16th, which happens to be Dave birthday! I can't think of a better birthday present! Then we wait a couple weeks to find out if we are going to be parents in January (our potential due date) or not...ek!

Schedule, Meds and Parenthood...

We officially have our in vitro schedule!!!!

Starting on April 25th, we will officially be on the road to becoming parents. We've ordered $2600 worth of medications/injections (that's right, insurance doesn't cover fertility treatments, which include the medications) this week, which I will start on the 25th. Those injections continue for twelve days and let me tell you, I am not excited about poking myself a few times a day. Luckily my wonderful EMT, firefighter, hubby is oh so willing to help me out with that part! Then, exactly 34 hours before they retrieve my eggs, I give myself a final cocktail of hormones! On May 9th, we head to the doctors office, where I'm given some wonderful drugs to knock me out while they take as many eggs as possible.

This lovely picture represents how much we want this! It also shows the huge difference between my participation and Dave's participation in the whole process! lol 

 

 

How easy does he have it folks?!?!

 

After retrieving the eggs, the lab will perform magic (at least in my eyes) and place one single sperm in each egg, wait five days for the eggs to develop into embryos and transfer back into me!

 

 



Then Parenthood begins!

That is, Parenthood the show! :)

 

After my transfer day, I will be on bed rest for three additional days. I am supposed to be reclined the whole time, minus a few bathroom breaks. Our doctor doesn't want me upright for more than a few minutes at a time. It just so happens that Parenthood is one of my favorite shows, so I found the seasons, used, for extremely cheap and plan to watch them during this time. I also have a list of books to download onto my kindle, just in case I get sick of TV, which is extremely likely!

 

We then wait twelve days to find out if we are pregnant or not. I believe this will be the hardest part for me. I have never been one for surprises, and I'm not very patient when it comes to them.

 

I feel so extremely blessed to have a wonderfully supportive husband, who wants to grow our family no matter the cost! He may not have to go through the physical parts of in vitro, but he is by my side every step of the way, and I know he will be the best father to our children I could ever ask for! I am excited to start this journey with my best friend, hand in hand!

Is it too soon to jump for joy?

Just a quick update-

I've been doing research and found out that polyps can just disappear on their own. Well, guess what!!! It's gone! I'm not sure why it went away so quickly but we are ecstatic about it! This means we are able to continue our normal in vitro schedule! I spoke with the doctor yesterday and we are set up for our final consultation on Wednesday, where we will get our in vitro schedule, and determine the quantity of hormone meds we need. The schedule may not be exact, but it's going to be very close. At least we will be able to plan accordingly with our work schedules.

Bump in the road...

We’ve come across a bump in the road. It’s one I half expected but none the less frustrating! This silly little polyp is proving to being one of my worst enemies in the fight against infertility. We’ve found out that the polyp has been acting as a IUD (a 5 year form of birth control) and that it’s most likely been there for a couple years. This explains a few symptoms (I won’t go into detail) that started a couple years ago. Between Dave’s issues and my own, we have a zero percent chance of getting pregnant on our own. I’m not so upset about the polyp itself, but the wrench it’s putting in our schedule for in vitro. I go in today for a quick procedure to get a closer look at this thing and then we will schedule the surgery to remove the polyp. They have to remove it at a specific type, so that means waiting another month for the surgery. Then they allow three to four weeks of healing time before they will do in vitro. This moves our schedule to June, or July. Removing this polyp is a necessary process, and I fully understand why we have to remove it, but despite the logic behind it, I am still frustrated. I’m hoping my training in Florida mid-April will help keep my mind off things!

On a side note, I am so grateful to my boss. She has been so understood with our crazy schedule these past few weeks. It seems everything is last minute throughout this process, most of which is not in anyone’s control. Some things just have to be done on certain days and I truly believe if I were working anywhere else, it would be an issue. I’m also so grateful to all the support we’ve had! It truly has been tremendous from all of our family and friends!