4 Weeks and Counting

So go figure.... looks like we got a stickie bean! 

I am pretty sure the stickie one is the one you can see hatching all by itself.  I never had that before.  We actually had 3 but the 3rd was just not progressing fast enough so we thought we would put our energy towards these guys.  So as you can see transfer was on 8/16 so beta was on 8/25.  I actually knew I would get a positive beta as my symptoms were just so different.  On 8/20 I had some implantation spotting and cramping.  No this bean didn't take long at all and on 8/22 I suffered from extreme heartburn.  I thought it was the nachos from the night before at the base ball game.  My fertility friend peeps convinced me to test and low and behold I get my very first home BFP.

Pardon the coffee stains on the paper.  I obviously got really excited and spilled my coffee.  So these are my tests over a couple days.  The very bottom is from 8/23 am, the very top is from 8/24 pm and the two middles are the morning of my beta 8/25.  I figured my beta was around 50ish based on the color of the tests.  Boy was I wrong.  I gotta 193.6 and beta #2 was 399.6. 

Technically I am 4 weeks along even though the fetus is 2 weeks.  So at 4 weeks our peanut is the size of a sesame seed.

 

 

I am also going to do my bump pictures so here we are... 4 weeks!  Nothing but a bloated belly lol!

 



I really want to write more but lets do that in week 5.  I technically just started week 5.  My ultrasound is tomorrow where we will get to see the sac!  How exciting!

Nauseous!

So, yesterday was the egg transfer.  Unfortunately only one embryo made it to day 5 but I guess it only takes one right?  Dr. G said the others split cells a couple times and then just pooped out.  I am not sure that bonus egg never fertilized.  So here we are with one.  Talk about survival of the fittest ehhhh? This little one pictured below is a slow grower.  Not the best quality but hey... I am no 20 year old anymore either.  But this it was good enough to transfer.

Dr. G was talking so fast about the grading that I asked him to repeat and I still didn't get all of it.  The embryo is either a 2aa or 2bb.  Something like that.  I tried to do a compare on the below website.

http://www.advancedfertility.com/blastocystimages.htm

This clinic is an excellent source of information.  If you scroll down, our embie looks close to 2bb. I think I was so overwhelmed with emotion yesterday that It was hard for me to decipher anything that was being told to me.  I did have before and after acupuncture and was sent home with some tip sheets for foods to help with implantation.  One which includes pineapple core.

 

It is said the core contains bromelain which acts as an anti-inflammatory agent that also affects the uterus.  The core should be cut into 4 or 5 pieces and one piece should be eaten a day with the first day being the day of transfer.  This also should be eaten on an empty stomach.  So with that in mind I thought I would have some of the meat with my coffee this morning.  I didn't want to do the core till later as with coffee is technically not on an empty stomach.  A few minutes afterwards, horrible nausea sets in.  I tried to remedy it with some toast but that didn't work either.  I can't imagine implantation is happening already but I guess anything is possible.  We did do assisted hatching after all.  I am very tired.  After sitting around all day yesterday and sleeping all night, I am still tired.  So what did I do?  Take a nap lol!

Until next time!  Fingers crossed!