So after everything got moving we had to stop and put it all on hold for 3 months or more. :( I had been taking my injections and was all ready for my transfer on June 20th. Then around the beginning of June I got a call from our nurse coordinator. My IM had tested positive for Hep B. It turned out to be a false positive and she had just come in contact with someone who had it and she doesn't actually have the disease (she has actually been vaccinated against it), but it still put us on hold until I could get the vaccines just in case. It is a series of 3 vaccines that take place over 6 months. We are hoping that I will have the antibodies to Hep B after the 2nd vaccine so that we can go ahead and transfer. If I don't then we have to wait the full 6 months so that I can have all 3 vaccines. My IM of course was devastated. She is so ready to be able to move forward and have me pregnant and I am too.
She ended up continuing her egg retrieval cycle since it was already started and they didn't want to waste that too. It is pretty easy to freeze the embryos for later use. They ended up retrieving 7 eggs which is really good. The sad thing is only one made it. The rest were abnormal. Again another set back for her.
We will do a fresh transfer as soon as I get the go ahead to start cycling again (meaning the embryo will not be frozen before implantation) The lone little frozen embryo will be for back up if the fresh doesn't work. Something on SMO that I find amusing, they call the frozen ones totsicles.
So that is my update, I am currently in limbo which is frustration. Especially since everything was moving along so well.
I don't know if anyone else feels like this in the beginning of a surrogacy but it feels like once I started Lupron that the days go by so much slower. I look forward to my injections because it is one injection closer to the transfer. I literally look at the clock 20x a day hoping it is 6 o'clock and I can do another injection. I have been taking injections for a week now and it seems like a month has passed. The good news is they are so easy. I had nothing to worry about. The first couple of times it itched and stung a little but I have already become a pro and they don't bother me at all. The other bad news hot flashes, isomnia and bitchy are all side effects of Lupron. My poor boyfriend and children!
I have more blood work tomorrow. Y's first injection is on the 29th, she starts Estrace. So things are moving right along even though they don't feel like it. I need to find something to keep myself busy so I have less time to fret about it all.
The first injection of Lupron is done and out of the way. It was painless and I didn't even hesitate that long before I stuck myself. The only discomfort came a little after and it wasn't too bad, just some itching and slight sting, kind of like I had a sweat bee sting.
I will be so use to needles by the time this is over with. On average I will have 9 injections a week for the next 16 weeks. Then I will have my blood drawn twice a week. All together that is 11 needles a week and around 175 needles the entire journey if the first transfer takes which hopefully it will. I don't want to think about if it doesn't work the first time just yet, we will cross that road if it comes. WOW! To see it on paper kind of hurts but it will be worth it in the end. To be able to hand Y & S their baby and fulfill their dream will be one of the most rewarding things that I have ever done.
