I am a Lucky Lady!

   It has been just a few hours over 24 hours of bedrest now and my butt is sore. I have laid down and followed doctors orders quite strictly. My husband and kids have been on me. Anytime I get up they all start yelling at me to lay down! It's really cute but I do have to get up to go to the bathroom and to bed.
   I am continuing to get spoiled rotten. I received breakfast in bed by my 5 year old daughter, juice in bed by my 4 year old and a foot massage by my 7 year old. My husband is the absolute best. He has brought me my favorite Mexican burrito in bed/couch for lunch and I am awaiting dinner as we speak. The support I continue to get continues to amaze me. I have had numerous text messages and emails from friends, family, and other surrogates all asking how I'm doing. My mom just picked up the kids after school and took them to her house so the hubby could go to work and I could continue my resting. I love my family and friends. They are truly the best and couldn't ask for more support! xoxoxo to you all!
   When everyone asks how I am I tell them all the same thing. I feel fine. Every little movement I make I am careful to watch how I get up or how I roll over just to make sure that I am doing everything I can to protect these precious embryos. Every little gas bubble/ cramp makes me panic and go straight to the internet and research the normal feelings. My mind keeps wandering at all the possibilities that can come in the months ahead.
   I plan on continuing the bedrest for another 24 hours, as doctor has prescribed and probably maybe longer. I could get used to being served!

princess of the couch!

     So today was the big day, the long awaited day and it went GREAT! I got a great nights sleep and woke to my kids wishing me good luck at the doctor's today, (We have yet to tell them what we are doing but they know that I had a procedure to be done at the doctor's office), and my husband had made me a big gourmet breakfast. I got a text from my IP's wishing me good luck and sending hugs and sticky thoughts from Utah. It started the day out just right.
     We were off to the clinic and I was super excited. I had done all my daily meds and was ready to get pregnant! The procedure went off without a hitch. To see how it was done was so amazing. I rested at the office for approx. 20 min following the implant of two healthy 5 day embryos. The clinic surrogate director text me that they were some of the best embryos she had ever seen, not that I'm bragging. Then the husband took me home where there was lunch waiting for me and my 4 year old telling me he was ready to serve me for the next few days. And if you could hear his little lisp it was just so cute. So here I am now on the couch relaxing and thinking sticky thoughts for the embryos.
     I go back to the clinic on the 27th and the 29th for HCG lab draws, (which will show if I am pregnant). I don't know that I can wait that long to know. I am hoping to wait till then but I may have to do a home pregnancy test prior to then. Well see.
STICKY STICKY STICKY!

only days now

So in just a matter of days I will be pregnant! It is so weird to think about that. We never planned our pregnancies so to think that today I can have caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine or whatever I want, in a few days all the restrictions start. I start taking the best care of my body not for me but for the baby or babies inside of me! Such an amazing thought.
I heard from the IF (intended father) yesterday and good news, the retrieval was done and a more than normal amount of eggs were retrieved. So now we wait over the weekend and hopefully they will grow and divide or do whatever it is that they need to and transfer will be Tues or Wed. The clinic called me also to make sure that I am available for an emergency transfer on Monday if needed but I have a good feeling about this and don't think we will need the Monday transfer.
I am so excited. I can't say it enough! After that lunch on Friday with my IP's (intended parents) I left with such a feeling of contentment and it makes me more and more determined and satisfied to know that we are gonna give them a baby!

One great lunch

     We went to lunch today with our Intended Fathers and it was just great. We got to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine and just chat. I really enjoy getting to know them and them getting to know me and my family. It just felt so good to talk and confirm feelings and clear up confusion prior to the transfer.
     Eggs should have been retrieved today so if all continues to go well transfer is scheduled to be on Wed. I can't tell you how excited I am to get pregnant. I can't wait to bring these guys the amazing gift of a baby or babies.
     As far as meds and the actual process goes I got my "to go" call Wednesday evening. That call means that it is time to move to different meds and try to fool your body into thinking that ovulation is occurring, hence mimicking the donors cycle. Then when they are ready 2 embryos will be transferred in my body and hopefully stick really really well.
     Aggghhhh this is really moving along. I am so anxious for Wednesday!

meds meds and more meds!

I mentioned earlier how scientific this whole process is and I never expected this many meds. Lucky for me I really don't mind shots and I am getting really good at swallowing horse size pills.  Just wanted to show what I take everday am and pm.

AM meds

TOTALLY WORTH IT, THOUGH!

Keep on keepin on!

I went in today for my ultrasound to check the lining of my uterus and good news... it's measuring 7.5cm to 9.4cm. This is the part of the last cycle where we got hung up due to my super thin lining. So needless to say I am so super excited. Nothing now stands between me getting pregnant! Little over two weeks and I should be knocked up. I am ecstatic for my IF's and can't wait to give them what they have always wanted. So now I am to keep on keepin on with the meds and just hold steady till September 18th, transfer day!!!

And we're back on track!

  It hasn't been a lot to post until recently. Since the last time I posted I was waiting to hear on what the plan would be since my uterine lining was so thin. Well here is what happened. The intended parents decided to scratch the July transfer and wait for better conditions in September. I was really disappointed in myself and in the process but I have come to realize I'm ok and it is just a few months till we move forward.
  So in the meantime, we ran a mock cycle with some extra meds and followed my uterine lining via ultrasounds and good news is my lining responded well and we are moving forward with the September transfer date!!!! So where we stand now is I am taking my birth control, (to get my cycle and the egg donor's cycles to match), taking baby aspirin (to increase blood flow), and taking daily Lupron injections (to keep me from ovulating)all daily. We have the next baseline ultrasound scheduled for the 23rd and I am ready this time.
  I have my husband and friends asking me if I am ready? My answer to this is YES! I am cautiously hopeful and really wanting to give this couple something that they have so desperately wanted. I didn't realize a few months ago how emotionally invested I was in this process till the clinic halted the last cycle. I want to be excited but I don't want anything to hold us up this time. I am confident this time will be it!
Stay tuned...