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!

1 Eggie, 2 Eggie, 3 Eggie, 4

So ya.... do you believe it, we have 4 eggs harvested. I was only told we had 3 follies so we must have had a bonus grow over the weekend.

And you know what, I didn't really feel much discomfort at all.  My pulse-ox was a little low so we had to sit around to bring that up. Dr. D. came in to congratulate us on the 4 eggs and off we went.  I slept for the rest of the day really.  The anesthesia makes me loopy and tired.  This seriously was the easiest surgery I ever had.  I didn't even need to take a Tylenol! 

So the very next morning (Tuesday) at 7:15 am one of the OR nurses called to tell me that 3 fertilized and they were still waiting on the 4th.  OMFG!!!!!  Are you serious?  I have 3 babies in the making????? Do you know what this means?  I actually have the ability to get pregnant!?!?  Holy cow!  What a miracle.  One more hurdle down!  We scheduled transfer for Saturday.  Unfortunately I would not get another report on the embryos until then.  The nurse said based on the progress the embies made overnight, they are recommending 5 day transfer.  This way we can give them an extra 2 days to grow and have more information about what one is the healthiest.  We will then transfer the healthiest embryo and freeze the rest in the event we need them later. 

Wow.... this is possible!  I can't believe it!  We are pregnant in a petri dish!