Update

I used to be so good at blogging but it seems this time around I am really laid back, often forgetful and not knowing what to say.


I had my retrieval and it didn't go as expected. In fact for someone with PCOS I am a little surprised at my outcome. I had 13 eggs removed (Seems much less than most women with PCOS) and only 8 were mature. 6 fertilized with ICSI. On day 3 all 6 were growing beautifully. 4 were 8 cell and 2 were 7 cell. When we recieved the call on Day 7 regarding how many were frozen we learned only 2 made it to blastocyst stage and are frozen. They are grade 2, which Dr. T says is what most babies they make are made from.

We decided to forego the CGH testing because it was not cost effective to only test 2 embryos. We made this decision though before we knew there were only 2, we made it knowing we had 6 but knew in our hearts all 6 wouldnt make it. Call it intuition if you will. I don't regret our decision to forego the CGH testing, and we decided since we did not test them that we will transfer both next month.

Right now I am in the middle of prepping for my FET. I had my SIS today and it was a little painful. I am on a pretty medicated FET. I just finished my BCP last night, I am currently on 10mg of Prednisone and 10 units of Lupron daily. Next week I begin E2V IM shots, Femara 5mg, Lovenox 30mg , Lupron and the Prednisone. I am also on Metanx.

The Prednisone is due to my Autoimmune disease, Hashimotos and will help prevent my body from attacking any embryos trying to implant. The Lovenox is to prevent any blood clots due to my clotting disorders and Metanx is for my MTHFR so my body gets the right amounts of Folic Acid.

I will begin Intralipid Infusions on July 11th. The following week I suspect I will start Progesterone..Transfer is scheduled for July 21st and my beta I believe is July 30th, the 7 year anniversary of my father's death. My baby/ies will be due April 8th if this works..my Dad's birthday is April 4th, and I think it would be really something if I found out I was pregnant on the same day of his death and had my babies on his Birthday.

July is such a painful month for us as a couple and hoping that God is going to give us a blessing to change that and make July a joyous month.