Happy Lining Check

On 2/25 I drove over to Green Bay's Fertility Clinic to get my lining thickeness and hormone levels checked. My lining was at a 4 (which is right where it needs to be giving where I am in my cycle) I started Estrace that evening 2/25 which is used to start thickening the lining. It needs to be a 10 to transfer (This varies by doctors I'm told). I will go back on 3/10 for another check and my lining should be pretty darn close to a 10.

The doc was running a little late so I was left unattended with the U/S machine and the magic wand...so perfect opportunity for a selfie :-) (ahhhh the little fun things in life!)

Our transfer date was changed to 3/18. This is so Dr. Scott himself can do the transfer. We want EVERYTHING in our favor. My IM booked our flights, we are leaving 3/16!  :-D

My meds will change again on 3/3, then back to Green Bay on 3/10!

T minus 19 days!

Started Meds

While Jason and I were in Jamaica I got my shipment of meds! The box was WAY larger than I thought it was going to be! Since I like to be organized I went and got a Tupperware container from Wal-Mart and got everything in order. I also picked up 3 pregnancy tests. Seems more complete with them on the top :-) Plus, I am in a Surro Facebook group of  Jan/Feb/March 2014 transfers, we are all #POAS Pushers (Pee on a stick) its actually very entertaining! Some of their IP's want to know the results and some wait until the Beta test. I will probably need more than 3, some of the girls start testing 4 days post transfer and then every 12 hours!! Then they move on to the Clear Blue tests with the week predictors so they can attempt to guess betas and the number of babies (A high beta sometimes indicates multiples) Its just a little entertainment considering everything that goes into having a baby for someone else.

 

My first Lupron injection was easy breezy. I had an audience and I was totally freaked. Jason was staring at me, My little sister had her hands over her mouth, My oldest daughter is practically crying and my youngest said "Hurry up mama just do it!!! I could feel myself getting hot and red, She then goes; oh no you are getting all red! LOL Ummm I don't usually poke myself with needles! They all counted to 3 and I shoved it in....Then thought, THATS IT??? Totally harmless. I am actually looking forward to tonight's injection. :-D

Blood work and ultrasound is on Feb. 25th in Green Bay :-D

Yay For Dates!

Our Transfer date should be March 15th!!! :-)

There are a lot of variables before this can happen but that's our tentative plan. I will start my Lupron injections on the 17th. Then between February 17th and March 10th I will have a few appointments to see if my meds needs to be adjusted and check to see how thick my lining is. The lining  needs to be nice and thick in order to do the transfer.

Things are certainly getting more real now and exciting!! Of course I had to calculate a due date if we have a successful 3/15 transfer and that would mean a due date around December 1st. :-)

Legal is DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After what seemed like forever our contract is officially signed and notification sent to the clinic!!! :-) This means we will FINALLY get a  med schedule!! We hope to have one by the end of the week.  ***HAPPY DANCE***

We plan to start meds right when we get home from Jamaica, which would mean we will be transferring early March. March will be a good month since my both my IM and I are March babies. There should be some automatic good vibes for us :-)

I wanted to apologize for the lack of blogging the last few weeks. My dad passed away on January 11th.  He was very healthy and took great care of himself so when he literally fell over dead it was extremely unexpected and a shock. We are still waiting on a cause of death today.

His death was by far the hardest thing I have dealt with in my life. My Dad and I were so close, we saw each other all the time. He will be greatly missed and I think about him all the time. My whole surro journey really began with my Dad when he told me I shouldn't just be an egg donor and that I should be a surrogate. He was so excited to meet my IP's and see my growing belly. He will be watching over us from above now. I have lots of Faith that this journey is going to be a great one, ending with a baby (or two!) for 2 amazing, well deserving people!