Andy has to be in Charleston at 10 am Saturday morning to give up some baby batter. Just to be safe, they will perform ICSI since we have had a problem with his count and the sperm penetrating the eggs in the past. Our embryologist will call us early Sunday morning to give us a fertilization report and schedule a tentative 3 day transfer on Tuesday. If it looks as if our embryos are strong come Tuesday, they will stretch it out to a 5 day transfer when they are in the blastocyst stage (we have never made it to a 5DT with our previous IVF's).
My last Lupron injection is tomorrow morning...sweet. I've been giving myself those darn things for almost two months now. My belly needs a break man! Andy will start giving me the PIO butt injections on Saturday and we will continue that 2x daily with the estrogen 3x daily up until the day of transfer. I will then switch to a PIO injection every morning, and a Prometrium suppository every evening. I am having to do all of this artificially because my body will not do it on its own since they have shut my system down to prevent me from ovulating/starting my period. All of these hormones are needed to support a pregnancy until the placenta is able to do it on its own at around 9 weeks of pregnancy.
Complicated. Ridiculousness.
I just wish that I could meet this girl and give her a huge hug. She will never know how thankful we are for being so selfless and putting her life on hold for us. I mean seriously...she has a husband and toddler at home and her ovaries are about to spontaneously combust because she wants to help a complete stranger have a baby. We are forever grateful for Cindy Lou Who!
We also want to thank you for all of the thoughts and prayers in the previous posts. Not only do you guys ROCK, you are our ROCK. We appreciate all of your love and support through all of this. I must say that I definitely found out who my true friends are, once again, while going through all of this!
I titled this post Triggertime, and now I can't get It's Hammertime out of my head. Let me pay homage to my main man M.C. whilst I'm at it.
I even owned and proudly sported a pair of neon splatter-painted hammer pants to school in 5th grade. Can't touch this. That is all.
12 comments:
So excited for you! Thinking great thoughts for you.
How exciting!! I am so thankful for Cindy Lou Who too and the awesome opportunity she has helped give you and Andy! We will continue to pray for you & Andy and that the rest of this cycle will go smoothly. God is in control of it all!! We love you guys!!
So excited for you! Hope it all goes well and can't wait to hear an update!!
Oh the excitement is almost too much to bear! I am sooo so hopeful for you and Andy. Looking forward to the fert report on Sunday if you get a chance!
Jess-So so so excited for you. I can't believe CindyLouWho is already triggering - craziness. I know what you mean about wanting to go give her a big hug. Maybe you could send flowers or a note and have the staff give it to her to protect her anonymity and still express your thanks.
We also had never made it to day five before our ED cycle. Just take it day by day! I'm filled with hope for you and Andy as you walk this path. Lots of love over here.
and btw I had the coolest pair of blue hammer pants. I was so awesome. :)
Woot! Lots of positive thoughts!
And now hammertime is stuck in my head... omg. LOL
LoL! love the post and the pic. Now I'm gonna be walkin around talkin about "it's trigger time" LoL Wishing you the best of luck .
Annnnnnnd now it's stuck in MY head - thanks for the earworm Jess!
Wooo for the trigger! So fricken excited for you!
Delurking to say good luck! I'm crossing my fingers for you! So exciting the time has come for retrieval!
So excited!!! You should write her a letter. I am sure it would mean alot to her for you to tell her how you feel.
OMG I can't wait to hear what happens!! I am all antsy pantsy!
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