FET #4

Well, I haven't been very good at keeping this blog up-to-date lately... but I have a good update finally!

So I started my 4th FET protocol on January 31st. I had finally finished my LONG and miserable 3 months of Lupron Depot treatment and I was ready to cycle again! Well, everything was going well at first with my cycle. All my meds were going well and I was feeling great. Unfortunately, the same day I got the great news that my lining was 10mm (the best I've ever gotten), I found out that my TSH was 5.4! They typically like it to be between 1 and 2 for a transfer. Well, Dr. T found this out and wanted to cancel the FET until my TSH got below 3. I of course freaked out and spent the rest of the day in bed crying! Then I had an epiphany! I wanted to ask Dr. B (my miscarriage specialist) his opinion! So I emailed him the details and shortly after he responded! He told me that while TSH plays an integral role in egg development, his research hasn't proven that it holds much weight with an FET. So that was all I needed to hear! I told this to Dr. T and he was fine with us moving forward with the FET based on Dr. B's recommendations.

So I FINALLY got to have my transfer on Tuesday February 19th at 11:45am. We put back 2 female embryos. I had my acupuncture before and after and made sure to eat my cayenne coated egg mcmuffin and eat my pineapple core 5 days thereafter. The days moved very slowly after that and I started to get discouraged. By Monday (6dp5dt) I had myself convinced that nothing had stuck and I was devastated! After all that work and putting back 2 instead of 1 I was so upset! I held out until the next morning, 7dp5dt, and to my HUGE surprise... I got a BFP! It was by far the biggest shock I've gotten in a loooong time!

Now of course... we have been here before... twice... and things didn't turn out so great... But after all that Lupron I went through to fix my uterus, I am hoping and praying that we have a better outcome this time! I am just trying to live 1 day at a time and try to be happy I've made it this far! My first beta will be Thursday (9dp5dt)... I am praying I hear a good number!!!

Here are my BFPs I from this morning: (Kinda hard to see, but my digi says "pregnant"! lol)

UPDATE: My first beta was Thursday 2/28 and results were:
bHCG: 197
E2: 245
P4: 16.5

My second beta was Monday 3/4 and results were:
bHCG: 2047
E2: 526
P4: 24

Tomorrow I go for my 3rd and final beta! I am extremely nervous b/c this is where things started to go downhill last time. So I am just hoping and praying for some more good news... I'll update soon.