Wish Upon A Star

It again has been a while since I have update but so far it has been smooth sailing and there hasn't been much to post. Babies are healthy and growing. Last doctors ultrasound the were both measuring well over 2 pounds and they were measuring with in a ounce of each other. Sometimes there is a problem with one twin being larger then the other and if the difference is to large it can mean there are issues.

This was written a couple weeks ago shortly after our ultrasound on Monday June 20th but I am just now getting around to posting it.

I have always known why I wanted to do this. I wanted like so many others to give the gift of a child to a couple who wasn't able to conceive on their own. Today was my first real glimpse at how wonderful the gift really was. My IPs were in town for the gender U/S. We had such a nice time hanging out on Sunday. We went to brunch at the Purple Onion, went on a tour of my dad's studio, and then toured around Asheville with Bill as our tour guide. They brought Chinese gifts for all the kids, my mom, my dad, and a close family friend who helped me learn to give myself injection and has been a constant supporter. My IM made my mother tear up three times telling her how grateful she was that she raised me and I was able to give her this gift. We had a full day of being around family and showing them where I lived.

Then the real gift came this morning. We saw fairly early on that baby A was a little boy. My IM really wanted a girl so when they brought Baby B up on the screen and they immediately showed it was a little girl there wasn't a dry eye in the room including the ultrasound tech! I am so thrilled for them! They are so over the moon right now. They got exactly what they wanted and I just couldn't be happier for them.

Time is flying by now that I am not sick anymore. I still get fairly tired easily but I guess that is to be expected carrying two. I am just now starting to feel them move. Especially Baby B or at least I am pretty sure it is baby B. He/She has always been the biggest wiggle worm.

I hoped I would be better about keeping this blog up to date but I have been busy moving and have not had internet. Here is my update from 4 weeks ago.

Next week is my last appointment at PREG (Piedmont Reproductive Endocrinology Group). I am being turned over to midwives as of May 2nd. PREG is just my monitoring clinic but I have gotten close with the Nurse Practitioner, Molly and I am really going to miss my weekly visits. I will still be stopping by to give updates and eventually to show pictures of Y&S's sweet little ones.

I just finished posting about our transfer road trip but I also wanted to go ahead and share the good news. We got our first BFP (Big Fat Positive). I was already feeling like the little embryos may have implanted so at 4dp5dt (four days past our 5 day transfer) I decided to POAS (Pee on a Stick). I peed in the morning and saw the faintest line. Couldn't even get a decent picture of it but I was pretty sure it was there. That afternoon I decided to pee again just to see and sure enough this is what we got! It is light but it is there!!! Now just hoping this little one or two decides to stick around!

The following day we headed to the zoo. It was Jazzy and Mathews first trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and Jazz for the most part seemed to enjoy the animals. After the zoo it was time to head to Philadelphia to meet up with Y & S. After all this entry is about my surrogacy. :)

Yet again I have fallen behind on posting. We are moving forward! I have been cycling since January 27th. So far everything has gone really smoothly. I think I have been effected by the Lupron a little more this time. I have been cranky and really tired. Good news is the injections are nothing now. The site of a needle will never faze me again.

It looks like we may be moving forward. Things are looking good with the current egg donor. She is already a proven egg donor. Her previous donor cycle she had 25 eggs retrieved, 19 fertilized, 10 embryos still alive on day 5. We have a tentative cycle date as long as it is okay with the egg donor. I would start Lupron January 27th. Retrieval would be the very end of February and transfer would be the very beginning of March.

It has been months since I posted anything. Not much happening on my side though. I have been not so patiently waiting for Y&S to find an egg donor. So far three have not made the cut because of low follicle numbers or they didn't pass the screening. They have a fourth that they are working with right now. So far she has passed the ultrasound and seems to have good follicle numbers, now we are just waiting to see if she passes the screening. I read somewhere that only 1 out of 4 egg donors will pass all screening.