The Results are in!!!

     It has been a long 10 days of waiting and on Monday we finally got results! We are PREGNANT!!! The transfer was successful! So as of now I am considered chemically pregnant and the embryos have attached and started the process of growing. My Hcg hormone levels were 113 and 244!! Those are great solid numbers! For reference my numbers with Charlotte, my last surro baby, were 23 and 62. So what does the elevated numbers mean??? It could mean that we have more than one baby? Or one healthy embryo that attached quickly resulting in higher numbers, or just that my numbers are higher this time a round and it means nothing. I will have another lab draw next week and the clinic said they will have a better idea if it is multiple babies or not at that time. But really it is all still a waiting game. Now we have the next lab and then wait some more until I am 7 weeks pregnant (approx. 10/11, by my calculations) for a first ultrasound then and only then we will be considered pregnant and then we will for sure see how many heartbeats we have.
I am so happy that this first transfer took! I know that the dads are super excited too.
We are on our way to another healthy baby or two. Super excited and still anxious that everything continues to work out as scheduled. Almost seems too easy this time round.

Superstitious!

     I am a superstitious person. So with transfer originally set for Sept 11th I was for sure thinking we'd get twins or no baby. That day with all it's meaning is just not when I wanted to transfer. I know silly. Then transfer was pushed back a day so I felt better about a single baby! Transfer was completed Sept. 12th. The dads were here for the transfer, same as the third transfer last time. We did lunch before, just like before, and I had a lucky penny in my hand for transfer that my mom had found on the last successful transfer. I know it all sounds really silly but I figure hey it can't hurt right!?! They transferred 2 good looking embryos into my nice fluffy uterus! So now we wait, I swear this period of waiting is the hardest. And as before I will not be doing a home pregnancy test early. We will wait till September 23rd to get results. As tempting as it is to find out early... I hate to hear bad news twice. I would rather hear it once. But this time I hope this journey is a first time success!
     I did my two princess/ rest days after transfer and they were boring. It always sounds wonderful to be bedridden for two days but man it is hard. Just thinking of all the things I could be doing or should be doing is tempting but I was a true couch princess and followed my doctors orders well. This time around my kids know what we are doing so they were very supportive and helpful. I used that to my full advantage for sure. They were super good sports about me not being able to do anything fun with them but we did have a lot of snuggle time watching their shows and movies.
I also had lots of friends and family continually checking in on me and making sure I didn't need anything and that was amazing. I love the support that my friends and fam show. They are seriously the best!!

8 days and counting

Only 8 days till next implant. The days have just flown by. I recieved my calendar in July with all the details of when to take what, when to be where, and when implant would be. At that time September seemed a ways away, but it is now quickly upon us. I have so many emotions floating around in my head and heart I can only imagine what the dads are feeling. I want this time to be a smooth ride. I want this time to work on the first transfer. I want no heart ache this time around. I want so much and at the same time know that it is all out of our hands. I have done everything that the doctors and staff have asked and now it is out of my control!