Transfer day is here...

Tomorrow is transfer day. I am so excited. This day has been a long time coming. I got a call from M&M tonight about getting the logistics settled.....we are all excited. The embryo count was really good so now we have to wait for tomorrow for the pre-genetic testing results to see how the embies look and then make a decision of what to transfer. We have discussed if we should transfer one or two embryos and it will depend on how they look and what the recommendations are from Dr. H. I just want to give M&M the best chance possible of becoming parents.....fertile thoughts for tomorrow :-)

I will be driving into Portland first thing in the morning and have to be at the clinic at 10:15AM and the transfer is schedule for 11:00AM...yeah! I will be meeting up with M&M at my hotel and they will take me back and forth to the clinic. After the transfer, I will be on bedrest through Tuesday morning.

Great news....

M wrote me today that 22 embryos are growing from the eggs retrived .. this is great news. This is becoming more real by the day...4 more days to transfer! A friend asked me today if I was nervous .. and sure I am a bit nervous - but even more so I am excited.

M (IF) also send me a great email today. Thank you for the kind words! I truly hope that this blog will let you follow along on my side of this exciting journey that we are embarking on.

Snow...

I had to go to Portland for some bloodwork today as the donor had her retrival this morning. It is a bit of a drive but it was beautiful drive through the mountain pass today as it had snowed overnight....all the trees were powdered with snow - a true vinter wonderland.

The donor retrival went well.....29 eggs!!! woohoo ...M you rock!!

My bloodwork looked good ....all ready for sunday!!! Now off to give myself a second PIO shot...

First PIO shot....

Today I got the revised calendar and our transfer has been moved up to Sunday. The egg donor's retrival is scheduled for tomorrow - sending M a lot of good wibes for great results at the retrival and I am praying for lots of great eggies for M&M!!! Olivia asked me again today why it is that M cannot carry her own baby..so we went back to chicken and egg hatching scenario ... it is all about eggs.


The change to the calendar also means that I am done with Lupron and that I move on to PIO. I did my first PIO shot this evening and I now have a lump in my rump! I am trying to put a bit of heat on it to see if that will help... but I am thinking that a serving of strawberry ice-cream could be even better:-)

Counting down the days....

M called this afternoon to give me an update on the egg-donor. Things are looking really good and retrival is moved to Tuesday instead of Wednesday which means that transfer date is moved to Sunday...wild to think that I will be preggo just a week from now!


Today I had Rio give me the Delestrogen shot. I have been doing all my own shots until now and having someone else do it was a little scary....made me more nervous but it was ok!!

Lining check

I met M for breakfast this morning at Nell's... adorable little place. I had a yummy spinach and mushroom omelette and toasted baguette with delicious fruit compote! M and I had a nice chat - it was great seeing her again...we are both so excited that we are getting closer to the transfer.

We went to the clinic together after having breakfast. It was nice to have her come along. All this is so new to me and having M with me who has been through it all before felt good. This morning Dr. H did an ultrasound and then I had some bloodwork done. Dr. H's says that my uterus looks "great" ... to me it looks like a grey glob!!! Good news is that my lining looks good -12.2 mm and tripple striped.

Blood work came back with good results too.

Beginning of a journey... completing the contract ...yikes

Our contract has been long underway - but is it finally done and I hope that we are all satisfied with the outcome. I just mailed mine off to my attorney and hope to see a fully executed one back before long.

I was not exactly sure what to expect when I received the first draft .. boy it is long! I was doing a lot of reading and re-reading ... legal lingo is a language of its own. There was a lot of ground to cover and lots of different scenarios that hopefully will never see the light of day.

Negotiating a contract is never alot of fun - but we are done with that part now and can move on to bigger and better bellies ... I mean things! In the end, we all wish for an uneventful pregnancy and a wonderful experience for all.