Embryo update

We heard from the embryologist this morning! There are now 2 more that starting growing but they are not as good of quality. The others all look good and she said she is happy with how they look today! They won't take them out and look at them again until Monday! The ones that are still growing and thriving on Tuesday will be frozen. We are hoping for at least several to freeze for future siblings so that we don't have to go through this part of IVF again (it really stinks)! I've been having a hard time recovering this time around as I am experiencing mild hyperstimulation but thankfully it is very mild and not severe. I feel much better this morning! Monday is the day we transfer the best 2 of the bunch into my uterus! I will do acupuncture before and after the embryo transfer to relax and they also give me a Valium! Haha! I started the progesterone shots Thursday night! This has to be the worst part of the IVF process! These things hurt and cause all kinds of side effects! Last IVF cycle it took 10 weeks for my butt to recover from those shots! I know every uncomfortable and painful thing I have experienced with IVF will all be sooo worth it the day they tell me I am finally pregnant! I can't wait until Monday! Continue to pray with us for our miracle babies! God continues to be sooo Good!!! 

                                       

Fertilization report

So I just spoke to the fertility clinic! Out of the 36 eggs retrieved 29 of them were mature. They can't do the ICSI procedure with the sperm unless the eggs are mature so 29 mature eggs is incredible! Last IVF cycle we had 8 mature eggs so we are starting off soooo much better! I'm not posting specifically how many have fertilized just yet cause I want to wait till we know how they are growing but I must tell you guys that we are VERY HAPPY with the number! I will get a call Saturday morning from the embryologist to tell us how they are growing! I can't wait! The embryo transfer is Monday at 12:15pm! Soooo excited! God is sooo good and I can feel His hand in the middle of this!

Just call me an egg carton!

Egg retrieval was this morning and you all will not believe how many eggs they retrieved! 36!!!!!!!! That's right, 36 eggs were retrieved! Last IVF cycle they retrieved 12. Very exciting! We are just praying they are mature and healthy! We will know how many were mature and how many fertilized tomorrow! I am having a hard time with the medicine given from the retrieval and threw up 2 times on the way home... :(! Pray for my quick recovery and for those eggs to be mature and healthy! I'll post update tomorrow when we hear! Now I'm going back to sleep now! :) God is sooo good!

Egg Retrieval Wednesday!

Went again this am for another ultrasound and bloodwork! The nurse said there are at least 30 follicles today.... Wow! I got a picture but I'm updating this post from my phone and it won't let me upload the picture but I will upload it later cause it's interesting to see! Estrogen level is 1,660 today and progesterone is 1.0. Uterine lining is measuring 1.0 so it's nice and thick! Most of the follicles are measuring mature which is 1.8cm and doctor just called and said we are ready to trigger for the egg retrieval! I will take 15,000 IU of HCG tonight at 10:00pm which will trigger the follicles to release the eggs. Retrieval will be Wednesday morning at 10:00am but we have to be there at 8:30am. So it's a little sooner than we thought but excited none the less! Tomorrow I will have to take a fleets enema at dinner time (booooo!!!!!) and then nothing to eat or drink after midnight! So far everything is looking great so prayers are working! Continue to pray with us that egg retrieval goes well and that we have lots of mature eggs with no complications and that I will not get hyperstimulation after the egg retrieval! We are one step closer to our miracle(s)! Come on Baby Wooten!!!! :) God is good!

"Cluster of Grapes"

Went to fertility clinic this am at 7:30 for labs and ultrasound. During the ultrasound, the nurse looked at a broad view of my ovary and said "wow, your ovary looks like a cluster of grapes!" She also said that my body doesn't know that I only have 1 ovary, it is producing like I have 2 ovaries so that is pretty awesome! Today I had 24 follicles growing so 1 was hiding the other day!! 24 follicles, wow, that is 10 more than last cycle! We are sure are praying there are healthy mature eggs inside those follicles! My uterine lining is a millimeter thicker today than on Thursday, which is what you want. It was .8 Thursday and today it is .9. My estrogen level is 1,095 and progesterone level is 0.7. Last IVF cycle my estrogen level never went about 1000 so this is awesome! It's the little things I am so thankful for! I will continue the shots tonight and tomorrow night and go back Monday morning for labs and ultrasound and I still am on track for egg retrieval on Thursday! Thanks for following our story and journey! Continue to pray with us for our miracle(s)!!! God gets all the glory for everything!

Amazing Follicle growth!

Just left the fertility clinic with a smile on my face! There are 23 follicles growing!!!! 😃 That's an amazing number for a girl with 1 ovary! Last IVF cycle I had about 14 growing so this cycle is producing many more already! My uterine lining is nice and thick too! Estrogen level was 498 and progesterone was 0.3. They want me to start the Ganirelix injection tonight also.  I will go back on Saturday for a follicle check again and lab work. Continue to pray that I don't get hyperstimulation and that these follicles produce healthy and mature eggs! Will update again after the next follicle check! Praise God for He is sooo GOOD!

Im shooting up

Sorry I have been MIA! As many of you know, my precious nephew came into the world at 11:47am on New Years Day weighing 8lbs 6oz. I have spent every waking moment with him if im not at work. I was telling my sister that I cant imagine how I will feel when I meet my baby(s) for the first time cause I just love that baby so much and he isnt even mine! Today is day 3 of the injections. I started the shots Sunday night and they consist of 2 different medicines mixed in 1 syringe that I inject into my abdomen. The meds are 375iu Follistim + 75iu Menopur. Just to give you an idea of the cost of the medicines, 1 vial of follistim is 300iu which actually has about 425iu of overfill cost $260 and 1 vial menupur which is 75iu exactly cost $80. Thats a total of about $340 per night injected into my abdomen. I wish these medicines had fat dissolving properties to them, at least then I would feel like my money was doing something useful. haha!!! At this phase in the injections, the meds are stimulating my ovary to grow those 20+ follicles I had on my baseline ultrasound. We want as many follicles to grow and produce a healthy egg as possible without causing me to hyperstimulate so pray specifically that I do not hyperstimulate as I am at high risk for it this cycle with the increase in medication dosage. Hyperstimualtion can be very dangerous and could send me to an ICU if I got it so we are praying very hard that there is no hyperstimulation. I go to the clinic Thurday morning at 7:30 for the first follicle check via ultrasound and labs. After that, I will more than likely go to the clinic every other day for labs and ultrasound until the follicles have grown to the size of maturity. The projected day of egg retrieval is next Thursday Janurary 16, but that day will depend on how the follicles grow. The embryo transfer will be 5 days after the egg retrieval. We will transfer 2 embryos God willing we have 2 healthy ones! I did have the endometrial scratch procedure this past Thursday. It was super painful but just hoping it helps those embroys stick!!!  I will post again on Thursday after the ultrasound! Please continue to pray with us that this cycle is Gods timing for our miracles!!!! :)