So finally we have entered what would be a 2 week wait but now is a 9 day wait since part of the wait was in the petri dish (I know, this stuff gets more and more confusing). When we got there this morning Karlis and I both went back to sit down with our doctor. We talked a second and all agreed we would transfer 3, so then we had to sign some papers that this was our wish. When we said 3 my doctor somewhat smiled and said “now you won’t hate me if you have 3, will you?” I thought that was somewhat funny and said “Well heck no,” I wanted to tell the man if he could give me 3, I might be his personal servant for life! He said that out of our 10 we had 5 that were “perfect” grade A embryos (strange they use the same grading system as the eggs we eat). We had 4 that were grade B embryos and we have no idea what happened to the 10th. Maybe that is the runaway one that went scampering down my leg and rolled by your feet. They will call us tomorrow and let us know how many they will be able to freeze. They gave us a picture of all of them which is super neat and I asked which ones we would be receiving today. The nurse said my doctor would take the biggest and healthiest. This process is all so amazing but so not normal. I mean who gets to see their little mass of embryo cells when they are only 5 days old? And who would have thought that they look just like the little Quaker brand (oh another sponsor?) mini rice cakes? Oh my goodness, I just remembered when they gave me the picture this morning of our little clan I am sure most women naturally would say ohh and ahh and maybe even cry but I said “wow, they look like rice cakes”. I will be officially known as the woman that would eat her young. How embarrassing.
Bed rest is well bed rest. Mom and Karlis are great. I just lay and lay and lay some more and we are only about 8 hours into this 5 day span. Going to be interesting. Going to the bathroom and just being able to walk is like a little excursion, an adventure, a luxury.
Only part of my body that is not cooperating is my E2 level will not seem to rise. The normal woman receives a 2 part does of Delestrogen IM shot, they had already increased mine to a 4 part dose for the last week and then they called tonight and said it still was not rising so now I will be taking a 6 part dose. This basically transfers to a bigger shot and hopefully my levels will rise. After they called Karlis was pondering over why this is happening. He finally decided that he thinks I should just eat more celery to bring it up. What?!?! How?!?!? Are you serious!?!? First of all I HATE celery and how in the world does celery raise estrogen levels? He is officially insane.
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We are sending lots of prayers your way!!!!
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