QUADRUPLETS

Our nurse called us today and yesterday they retrieved 5 egg's and 4 were mature and (drum roll please) 4 fertilized...We are so excited! Today felt like Christmas! All of our hard worked has paid off and I have 4 beautiful Emroy's growing in the Oliver petry dish as we speak. AMAZING! I cannot believe we got sooo lucky. We should hear from our nurse on Saturday to find out how are Embies are doing and hopefully 2 will be ready for a transfer on Monday. Both my MIL (mother in law) and Mom asked me today if we would transfer all 4 and I just want everyone to know that I have no intention of starting my own Kate Plus Eight or Octomom T.V. show. ..EVER! We want just one healthy baby and if by chance we get two then it's a bonus...But our intention is to freeze the left over embryo's in case we decide to have one more some day. That way I do not EVER have to be on Follistim again....Well that is the plan anyway.

The Retrieval

Well after a long day on Tylenol 3's I can report that we have 5 egg's resting at the clinic :) We should be getting a call tomorrow on how many of those fertilized. Today went great...I was under conscience sedation (anesthesia) an apparently I talked the anesthesiologists head off....SO EMBARRASSING! I got my first progesterone shot tonight and it wasn't so bad...but then again after everything we have gone through lately nothing seems THAT BAD :) Thankfully I get to go back to work tomorrow because I desperately need a distraction from the embryo’s this week. Hopefully if all goes well we will be having our transfer on Monday. I would love LOVE if we had embryos to transfer and to freeze but I know that is asking a lot. I am so excited to be back in our home. It was a great couple of days at the lake place but nothing beats my pillow top mattress...nighty night all....

GREEN LIGHT

Whoo Hoo! We got the call that tonight we will pull the Trigger. By that I mean Rob will be giving me my "trigger" shot tonight which is HCG. The point of the trigger shot is to seperate the egg's from the follicles and promote ovulation. We have a spedific time tonight that the injection needs to be done at because 36 hours from that time we will have the egg retrieval. We are doing our injection at 11pm tonight and night owls we are not. Our egg retrieval is scheduled for Wednesday @ 10:00 am. Rob is providing his donation at 7:30 am which is equally important...So we are getting pregnant together in a petry dish Wednesday and we couldn't be happier.

Follistim Junkie

Question: If I stop at a McDonald's to shoot up Follistim in the bathroom does that make me a junkie? This morning I went in for blood and ultrasound AGAIN..and I was told to take another dose of Follistim this morning. The waiting room was crazy and the bathroom was occupied. I went out to my car and tried to get comfortable enough to shoot up in the parking lot but its freakin cold in Spokane. So hmmm what to do?!? I started heading back to the lake house and I saw the golden arches of a BRAND spankin' new McDonald's. PERFECT! I walk inside... head to the clean bathroom ....and bonus... elevator music is playing so loud in the ladies room. I head into a stall balance my needles and meds on the top of the toiletpaper holder and BAM I became a certified Follistim junkie. I just hope that no permanent damage has been done :) On with my day. We should be pulling the "trigger" tonight so more to come....off to lunch with one of my favorite girlfriends today for a much needed gossip session!

Sunday Sunday Sunday

HA! We made it through the week....WOW what a whirl wind. So for a re-cap of events....I went from being deathly afraid of giving blood (and this goes back as far as I can remember) to having my blood drawn every other day for a couple weeks now. My mom can vouch for the fact that I hated needles from the time I found out what they were. A week ago I cried when Rob brought out that first needle and this morning I got up and gave myself the injection so I didn't have to wake my tired husband. We went from having little Follies to Fabulous Happy ready to be plucked Follies. Although now we know that my right ovary is worthless...Thanks ALOT Rightie, lucky for me the Lord provided us with TWO yes TWO ovaries...How smart is he :) Today I am hopeful and excited...Thank you for everyone's support through this journey. We are so fortunate to have a very supportive friends and family surrounding us. I know that we are strong enough as a couple that we can make it through anything....for the first time last night I felt the both of us relax just enough to smile and laugh again. Thanks!

Fat and Happy Follies

I have had two a.m. clinics since my last post and everything is progressing nicely :) My left Ovary is pulling its weight thankfully. We are on track to have our egg retrieval Wednesday. I am taking Monday through Wednesday off next week and moving to Spokane...well for a little while. We are doing so well that I am starting a new drug tonight called Ganirelix. This extra injection every night will prevent me from ovulating.YEAH another shot. The next few days are going to fly by and I am getting sooo excited. I cannot wait to be done with this part of our journey...the next part will be more emotional than physical so expect some crying its inevitable :)

EXTRA FUN

Well I did it..for the first time in my life I gave myself an injection...not my favorite moment but I am so glad that I can now rely on myself for injections and not just Rob...For the record though I would like to say that I am not a HUGE fan and I will not be pursuing a career in the medical field any time soon. I had blood and ultrasound this morning and my left ovary doing AWESOME :) Rightie you need to pick up the slack. LeAnn called and she is increasing my dosage for follistim until my next morning blood and ultrasound on Thursday. I am feeling good a little tender in the injection area (my tummy is a pin cushion) and I have some lower back pain. Hopefully this increase in dosage won't add to the fun that we are already experiencing....Kinda funny today though I feel super protective over my ovaries which are growing very important follicles that could eventually create our baby....rest well follicles please don't hurt me too much as you grow and multiply on the extra fun meds :)