Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Very Hopeful

J and I spent the entire day in Seattle.

While up at PNW Infertility I laughed and I cried.  Tears of joy.

It looks as though J and I got the last batch of eggs of our first choice donor.  I looked up her profile after I got home and it is gone from the website.  Lucky us.

The donor we chose is definitely proven with three babies from the four frozen embryo transfers.  Her DNA test showed that she  is not a carrier of any disease-causing mutation.

Oh and she has brown hair and green eyes like me.  Well okay my eyes are a dark grey-green with flecks of brown but green is close enough for me.

The donor is the same blood type as J which I requested our donor to be.  You never know if your child will need an organ, stem cells or blood transfusion and with J being the genetic father and same blood type we have a higher chance of a match.

We decided to transfer two embryos and freeze the rest if there are any to freeze.  Most likely there will be at least one to freeze.

Because they now use a vitrification process to freeze the embryos the quality is as good as doing a fresh cycle the doctor told me.

Friday we are going back up to Seattle so that J can do his part.  Most likely we'll make a day of it again and this time to to the Museum of Flight or the Seattle Underground Tour.  Today we went to the Seattle Aquarium.

A few things I should mention.  My RE clinic here at Madigan left me without all the test results being faxed over.  They didn't send J's HIV report or my SIS report.    Nice, huh?  I'll be calling them tomorrow to make sure they got the message from PNW to send the rest of the papers like they were supposed to.

I'll be put on Pepcid instead of the Prilosec.
I'll continue with the 81 mg Asprin daily.
I'll be starting up on Synthroid.  My thyroid test results were 3.46.  Would have been nice if my clinic had told me.  I used to be on Armor thyroid a few years back and about a decade ago I was on Synthroid.  I guess my thyroid is flaring up again.

In about two weeks I'll be starting the birth control.  From there it will be about six weeks until transfer of my frozen babies.  Makes me want to weep with joy just to type that in.  I'm over the moon!
Hello from the Seattle Aquarium.

23 comments:

  1. I am so happy for you guys! Praying for you! :)

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  2. I hope this is it for you guys - fingers crossed!!!!

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    1. I'm hoping for you every day that you get your miracle. Thanks for being there for me.

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  3. This is wonderful news! So excited for you as you begin your journey to motherhood.

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    1. Thank you! You know the struggle quite well.

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  4. YEAH!!! Hope is good :) I've got everything crossed for you that you get beautiful embryos to transfer and frozen left over! XXX

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    1. With the donor being proven and so successful at the proven part I have very little doubt it won't work. But to be safe I'm having two put back.

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  5. Wow, I can't believe it's all happening so fast!! I totally thought you'd have to wait a few months for more paperwork or tests or something, but this is amazing... congrats. So can I ask if they're concerned about any of your other health issues being problematic during pregnancy? I guess stuff like endo or fibro most likely doesn't really matter once you're in the clear with a BFP, but I'm so ignorant about all this!

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    1. Hi Vanessa, they are only concerned with the health issues that could cause miscarriage like an under active thyroid. The endometriosis won't play a role in miscarriage in this case since it won't be my own eggs. I do have to change a few medications and make sure I add in a few too. I'm always willing to answer questions to the best of my ability so feel free to ask away.

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  6. I really enjoyed reading your post today. It is hard to believe after all this waiting, that your time is almost here. You will be PUPO!

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    1. I'm hoping it works Tonisha. I told the doctor that I see no reason why it wouldn't work and he felt the same too.

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  7. My eyes welled up reading this. So glad you had a good day!

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    1. Stephanie I wouldn't have been able to do it if it wasn't for you.

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  8. This is great news! Enjoy every moment!

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    1. I'm so happy and excited that I want to get started on making baby items for my own baby; usually I make them to sell or give away.

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    1. I know, isn't it? I have to resist the urge to start shopping for the baby since I don't even have it in me yet.

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  10. How exciting!! Hoping this it IT!!! :)

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  11. Just great news! Everything is just moving right along!

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