Transfer Day!

We made it!  Transfer #8!   Frozen transfer #6!   We had a nice and relaxing lazy morning.   I made breakfast in bed (third day in a row) for my men.  We got on the road around 10:20 for my pre-transfer acupuncture appointment.

Got to Cleveland at 11:45.  My acupuncturist, Anne Kinchen, is THE best.  Love her.   Wish she were closer to Erie!  She got me nice and relaxed for the transfer.

Got to Cleveland Clinic around 1:00.   Popped a Valium.   Check in wasn't until 1:45 so Mike and I chilled in their gorgeous lobby.   Mike ate his lunch (I ate mine on the drive down).   There was a book fair I perused.   Then, we took the mason jar filled with coins and dumped them into the wishing fountain.   We've made NUMEROUS wishes/prayers on that same fountain before. One of which was before Victor's transfer!   These are our last two embryos, so we thought it quite appropriate to use an entire jar of coins. 

We went up to the second floor around 1:35, checked in, and waited.   It was around 2ish when they finally called us back.   

I got naked from the waist down, put on the gown, and put on my new narwhal socks!   Mike and I took our customary pics of each other flashing the transfer number with our fingers.   

Met the doctor who was doing my transfer and then got wheeled back to the operating room (no operation required for this procedure tho). 

Once in the room the sonography we checked my bladder.  Looked good!   The doc then did a mock transfer to make sure the catheter would go in smoothly.  It did!   Then they flashed my embryos on the tv screen.  The little blobs looked adorable.   They handed the catheter to the doc.  He put it in and once he measured it to be a good distance in, he squirted in the puff of liquid carrying my babies!   The embryologist checked the catheter to make sure none were stuck in it (that happened to me once).  Clear!    They gave us a printed photo of our babies, the Petri dish they were thawed in, and wheeled me back to my room.

Only laid for about 3 minutes before I decided I just HAD to pee. 

Got dressed and back in the car for post-transfer acupuncture.   That session was amazing. Fell asleep!

Got back in the car and almost home as I type this!

Think sticky thoughts for my babies!!!  <3 <3 <3 <3 

Driving down!

Jar o' wishes! 

Our wishes working hard in the fountain!  (See video a the bottom.)

Mike and I in front of the fountain!

Flashing the #8 for transfer number 8!

Transfer #8!

The little dish they thawed our babies in.

Our beautiful boy and girl babies!  I am not sure who is who. These embryos were twice vitrified (frozen twice), and thawed twice (PGS normal)! I hope they're strong!

Thinking positive!!!!!!!!!!!

 each one is a prayer and a wish 
Posted by Lauree Sundberg Schloss on Monday, February 22, 2016

Tomorrow is transfer day!

Tomorrow is transfer day!  

Ramblings:

I had my last of 4 uterine massages today.  It was immensely relaxing!

I started lovenox last night.  From my google scouring, most RE's start it on CD 6.  I'm well past that, so let this party start!

I also started the CCRM antihistamine protocol of daily claritin and twice daily pepcid.

Should I wear my narwhal socks or flying pigs socks?

Transfer is at 2pm tomorrow.

Acupuncture is at noon tomorrow and immediately after transfer.

Joined a plethora of FB pages that post inspiring quotes.  Here's another good one that I swear was made just for me:

Trying to be better

I'm really trying to be a better human being these days.   Trying not to feel bitter toward pregnant women.  This says it all....

Injections underway!

Mike is in Vegas for a work conference so my mom gave me the first (of hopefully many) progesterone injections!  The transfer is just 5 days away!  I started doxycycline last night as well.  I start medrol tonight.  Things are happening now!  :)

My plan for next week is to transfer monday, take tuesday off, and work from home wednesday - friday.  I can get a ton done while still taking it easy to let the little guy and girl burrow in!

Trasnfer #8 here we come!

FET 6 is still a go

The clinic wasn't concerned about my weird dots.  I pray this transfer works or I'll always wonder if we wasted 2 perfectly euploid embryos in my uterus with those dots present.  :(   Anyway, my lining was 11.8mm.  Estrogen was 532.  Progesterone was <1 (good).  I will start progesterone, medrol, and doxycycline tomorrow!

I have more to blab about but I am absolutely slammed at work.  Top it off with these estrogen patches and my no caffeine I want to curl into a ball in the corner and sob my eyes out.  So more blogging later when I'm not so emo.

OMG THIS:

Lining check = two tiny dots = wtf?

Two tiny dots.... that aren't fetal sacs.   I wish I had taken a photo.  Had I known I wouldn't be able to find a comparable photo in google images, I would have!!!     My lining thickness was awesome.  11.8mm?  12.2mm?   Whatever it was, it was good (and triple stripe which is good).  I didn't really remember because I was too busy looking at these tiny black dots between my myometrium and endometrium.  Aka, the dots weren't in the endometrium.  They were pretty much between the lining and the uterus itself if that makes sense.  They were black, so they were filled with fluid.  They were tiny, maybe a 1 or 2mm?   The sonographer didn't really say much.  They usually don't.  I get monitored remotely so she is just the grunt.  She said she would include it in the report to Cleveland Clinic (CC).   CC usually calls between 2 and 5.  If they say I am to proceed with the FET, I will at least ask their opinion on the dots.  I google fibroids, I don't think they are those.  I googled polyps, I don't think they are those either.  I am at a loss.  Google has failed me.  Or I have finally met my google search final boss.  Can't find ANYTHING that looks like it.   Please pray God grants me patience while waiting to hear.

Small Updates

Sorry the blog has been slow.  The FET is still on for the 22nd as long as the lining check goes well on the 15th.  Just sitting here growing some lining right now.  :)  No new news is good news, right?  :)

There are small updates I suppose....

My RE, after much persuasion, finally wrote me a script for lovenox.  There are studies showing  that lovenox can aid in preventing miscarriage in people with not only Hashimoto's thyroid disease but also MTHFR gene disorder.  I have both, so I want lovenox!  She wrote a 30 day supply and 3 refills of that.  So that's enough to get me into the second trimester at least, should this/these baby(ies) hold on (which I hope they do!).

I suppose this is a non update, but I had my TSH checked on Wednesday.  Well, I had bloodwork to check it (going to check it weekly now).  Anyways, the result only returned with T3, T4 results.  No TSH.   I called Labcorp and the lady on the phone said they keep bloodwork and can actually rerun tests on it.  That's nice.  I won't have results this week like I wanted though.   Backstory:  Estrogen inhibits the uptake of Synthroid.  So wearing estrogen patches and putting estrogen pills up my hoo-haa counteract the meds that keep my TSH where I want it to be.   I want it below 2.0 for any transfers.  With a transfer in less than 2 weeks, I really hoped to know what it was this week.  I have upped my dose from 125, to 137, to now 150 (this last jump I never told my endocrinologist about....probably should....I'll email her after I finish this post).  Anyways, 150 SHOULD keep it within desired range but you never know!  My body likes to be weird.  :)