Sneaky AF!!!!

OK, so here's the scoop since my last post!!!

I didn't start my period by Friday, so I got in touch with someone at RBA (after a TON of effort) and they sent me orders and told me to see the local RE for some blood work and an ultrasound. If everything looked good I was going to go forward with the FET without a period. If not... well, no idea, but we would have crossed that bridge...

SO, I called the local RE and scheduled an appointment for first thing on Monday morning (7:45am). Lo-and-behold... I wake up Sunday morning and who decides to FINALLY arrive? AF!!! Of course!

So here was my dilemma: My monday morning appointment was too early to call RBA beforehand and figure out if I still needed the appointment or not since my period finally started... so I emailed my RE.

Dr. T JUST emailed me back and told me to go ahead and get the blood work and ultrasound tomorrow "just in case". So I am happy with all of this. Not only did AF start on her own (whew!!!!!), but I STILL get an ultrasound and blood work to get a "picture" of what is going on inside of me. That way if something is off or wacky I'll know before we get too far into the FET protocol.

YAY!!! I'm HOPING that maybe tomorrow we will finally set an official "date" of when my FET will be!!! But they might make me wait for an "official" date until my ultrasound further into the protocol. So they can judge by my lining and such. I dunno. But I am excited to FINALLY be moving forward with everything!!!

2 weeks tomorrow...

So tomorrow I will take my 14th dose of Lupron...

The protocol said that within 2 weeks of starting Lupron I should get a period... but I have not started yet (and in all honesty I don't even feel like I am close to starting).

I emailed my RE's nurse to see what she has to say about me not having AF yet. I don't know what happens if AF doesn't show by Friday. That will be over 2 weeks. So... it's (ANOTHER) waiting game.

*sigh*

1 week of Lupron- Down!

Well, I have officially been on Lupron for over a week!!! I am VERY happy that I do not notice any side effects from the medicine! Even the injection sites are not bothering me at all! No bruises, and you can really only see the pink injection "hole" for a day or so before it disappears! I can't even tell where I've injected and where I haven't!

I know I should be 100% optimistic about everything, but my biggest fear is that I will not EVER get AF. They said that I should have a period within 2 weeks of starting Lupron. 2 weeks will be next Friday. So what happens if I do not get a period by then? Will I continue to inject 10 units of Lupron daily until she shows? Which may be days... weeks... months? Or will they give me some medication that will trigger AF to start? I do not know the answer to these questions and I truly hope I do not have to find out! PLEASE oh PLEASE let AF start no later than Friday!!! I will be one happy girl if she does!!!

Lately I find myself (during DS's naptime, my only down time! lol) dreaming about what my future daughter will be like... Will she have my dark brown hair? Or light copper-ish hair like DS? Or something completely different? Will she have my brown eyes? DH's hazel eyes? Or grayish blue eyes like her brother? Will she be born with lots of hair, like me & DS? Will she be born with a tiny bit of peach fuzz? Will she be a baldy (oh please no! I love hairy babies! lol)? Will she be born with blazing red hair like DH when he was a newborn? Will she have my eye shape? My nose? My mouth? My build? Or DH's? Will she look like her big brother? Or will she look completely different? What will we name her? Will it be one of my "favorites" on our name list right now? Will something completely different appeal to me by then? Will she be born early? Late? Right on time? Or 1 day before her due date (like DS)? Will she be super squirmy in my belly like her brother? Or will she be calm and gentle in my belly? Will I get horrible morning sickness (again) or get the pleasure of a nausea/vomit-free pregnancy (yes, please?)? Will I gain the same amount of weight this time as I did last time? Less? More (yikes)? Will my furbaby- princess take to her better than she did when we brought DS home from the hospital? Or will she get depressed again and require antidepressants (please no!)? Will I deliver vaginally at the hospital? Require a C-section (no please)? Have a surprise delivery at home (haha)? Will I require an epidural again? Will it work better this time? Or will I tough it out and go au-natural (doubtful)? What outfit will I put her in first? Will it be pink (yes!)? Will it have princesses, fairies, unicorns, or flowers on it? Will she have enough hair for a bow? Will she need a soft pink beanie if she's bald (lol)? Will she be as SWEET as her brother? Will she love her mama as much as her brother? Will she give me sweet baby hugs and kisses when she learns how? Will she be talkative? Or super active? What will her favorite animal be? Will she enjoy shopping? Car rides? Stroller rides? Baby-wearing?

I could go ON and ON (even more than I already have!)...

The point is... I'm ready for this waiting game to end. I'm ready for the doubts and pessimism to go out the window. I'm ready to be healthily pregnant with my baby girl. No matter what the answer is to all of my questions, I'm just ready to get to know her (from the inside of my belly to the outside!). I'm ready to KNOW that she will exist one day.

I'm ready.

Early FET Progress!

So we're on the road to our FET (frozen embryo transfer)!!! I started Lupron Friday, Oct 14th. So far I'm not really feeling any side effects from the therapy. I have been a bit moody lately, but I'm HOPING that is a PMS sign!!! I do not have an exact date yet for my FET. I have to start AF first, and THEN I will have a definite FET date. So, for maybe the second time in my life, I am SOOOO ready for AF to start! I am guessing FET will be sometime mid-November based on my ETA for AF.

But, I'm starting to think that my period will be late. I never ovulated this month and my estrogen levels are elevated. I "know" this because my CBEFM (fertility monitor) has been reading "HIGH" for 11 days straight now. Usually it reads "High" for 2-3 days before I ovulate and that is it. Not 11 days straight! I'm worried that I might have an estrogen-producing cyst on one of my ovaries. Maybe I am a hypochondriac, but I asked my nurse to send me an order for an Estrogen blood check (she already is sending me an order to check my TSH, why not add one simple test to the mix?). I am waiting for her response, but I really hope she agrees!!! I have always lived by the motto, "It's better to be safe than sorry". So what could it hurt to just draw a blood level and check? If it is low, then my monitor is bonky, and I will just turn it off and stop POAS! lol. IF it is high, maybe they'll take me seriously and order an ultrasound of my ovaries to check for any cysts.

Don't get me wrong... I don't WANT them to find anything! I want more than anything to be able to get my pinky popsicle put inside my uterus next month on time!!! I would think that catching something early enough would mean I can still go through with my FET.

Anyway, I always tend to ramble on during blogs. So in a nutshell: I have started my Lupron and once AF starts I will know when my FET will be!!! YAY!!!

RESULTS!!!

Wow, I can't believe I forgot to post here as soon as the results were available!!!

Here is the PGD report from Genesis:

1) 46, XY (mosaic -16, -18) (Sample is 20-30% mosaic for Monosomy 16 & Monosomy 18)
2) 46, XY (euploid= normal)
3) 46, XX (euploid)
4) 45, XY; -16 (aneuploid: Monosomy 16)
5) 43, XY; -10, -17, -19 (Aneuploid: Monosomy 10, Monosomy 16 & Monosomy 19)
6) 46, XX (euploid)
7) 46, XY (euploid)
8) 45, XY; -20 (Aneuploid: Monosomy 20)
9) 46, XX, (Mosaic -19) (Sample is 20-30% mosaic for Monosomy 19)


So, as you can see we definitely have TWO healthy female embryos!!! And #9 looked like it was healthy, too, but displayed some mosaicism! So we possibly have 3 healthy girls!!! CRAZY!!! I cannot believe though that my DH made 6/9 BOYS!!! I KNEW he had more Y sperm than X!!! How LUCKY was it that 3 were girls and those were healthy! My boys had some problems! But my girls were strong and healthy!!! 


Dr. T said that both my girl embryos were grade A hatching blasts. You cannot ask for anything better than that!!! 


I begin Lupron on Oct 14th. I'm assuming my ER will be mid November sometime!!! I'll have a better idea once AF starts. 


Woo hoo!!! I cannot wait to be pregnant with my little girl!!!!