Well that was awkward..

Ok sorry, not sure what I have done but somehow I have moved this up here?  Being so awesomely useless at technical things..well I guess it can stay he for a bit...



Ayla and I

(Miss Ayla just born)

Man, a phone interview, one set of earphones and a toddler and a 5 year old running around going nuts in the background!!

We DID set the kids to the task of beading and then DH made them a slide from a table..but Aly (2) still wanted to 'talk'

Interview went for apporx 40 mins and on her side thay were having a planned fire drill (which she had excused herself from).

Its so hard trying to answer questains, think on the spot and explain your thinking to someone on the phone with stuff like this. Since the interview and probably the rest of this evening I will have that clenched feeling in my stomach of thinking I hope it was ok, I hope I said the right things etc..

fingers crossed ...

Mmmm Yum!

So my cravings are: Sushi..(yes, yes I know) Luckily there are non raw fish types, my fav being cucumber and Avocado :) MMMM

and corn chips (plain) with dipping sauce made from sour cream and Neapolitan pasta sauce...LOL, I know your laughing, but really I cannot get enough!!

Nothing really else to report, its all good :)

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Oh and Potatoes! Mashed, Baked..yummy

Its offcial! Im Pregnant!

Wow...

So I started POAS (peeing on a Stick for those not in the know) mid last week..results were very very faint, so I really couldn't be sure.  My weekend was very busy so I really didn't think about it too much.

Came to Monday and OMG PUBLIC HOLIDAY and no blood centres open...wtf..don't they know they have a crazy, hormone driven crazy wanting to know for sure if they are preggers??!!

So I didn't do my fist wee of the day (yeah ok, TMI..but deal) and hurriedly dressed kids, myself, sorted the woofers and rushed down to the supermarket and bought a digital stick.  Herded the kids to the parents room and while boys played phones, Ayla and I headed into the toilet.  Sadly she HAD to go first..even though by now I was jumping from side to side needing to pee!!

One thing about these super cool digital tests is you have to wait...and  wait...and unlike the other one where the lines appear as you watch.

and .... ta da....PREGNANT! (pics to be uploaded) then another min later..ta da..1-2 (weeks)  I was amused how totally cool the test was as well as the result :)

Rang IM and told her, she was understandably excited too ;)


Fast forward to today, had my bloods done and got results early this afternoon..PREGNANT...whooo hooo!!  Looks like I have a bun in the oven!

Dr Devora Lieberman called to say congratulations and I told her I wasn't worried and she laughed and said, yes you were very confidant wernt you :)

Dating scan at 7 weeks (19th October) and I hope to have a pic of wee "Sid"  (My fav character in Ice age and as it was a Frozen embryo..weeeellll...yes crazy logic, but it works for me! )

Progesterone is nasty

So my body today is cramping a bit more then usual.  I am not sure what I am feeling.  I am so nervous that my body will reject the embryo.  This is so different from my natural pregnancies, so I don't really know what to expect.  I can totally relate to what other IVFers say about overlooking for symptoms and misreading progesterone overload!  Sore boobs, Cramps, eating more and wanting to snooze. 

The sleeping, omg, I cannot believe how I can fall asleep at a drop of a hat right now!  I am so so tired all the time...pregnancy or progesterone?! 

As to Progesterone...dat some nasty s**t....ok, I was bitchy before but now I seem to have mastered PROGESTERAGE!!!!  Poor DH suffers in silence on a daily basis and my FB should be deleted!

How I feel today: Nervous, tired

Making a baby

Thought I should break it up a bit.

So we have a lovely breakfast at a gorgeous cafe and wait for our appointment time...taxi was so stinky!!  I had to keep my window open...pooooo cigarette...stale cigarette....mmm everyone wants to smell that on the ride from the airport.

We went up to the level where transfers were done.  I was still wondering if we would get the to tell us so thing that would devastate us both...guess I was cautiously optimistic :)

Name was called, paperwork refilled in and we were shown to a room where we both gowned up...oh and put wee paper booties over our shoes.

I think the hardest part is all the waiting!  Finally we were shown into another room with a recliner,chair  and a hospitals table with a box of tissues on it....so here's me joking that they just flip back the chair, insert and wipe...at least it distracted dear IM as she is a worry wart/stress head (said in the most affectionate way!!). Waiting, waiting...I pulled out the recliner and dozed until the embryologist came in to chat about the embryo.  Grade 2!  Looks great :)

Finally dear Devora (Dr Liberman) came to collect us and we all strolled down to the theatre thingy.  Up I hope on the "very comfy" table with stirrups and while Dr is fiddling with her tools and getting my bottom half ready, IM and I are oohing and ahhhing over the LCD screen with the embryo floating around in space on it...I instructed IM to get out my phone and take pics as I know she will treasure them later and also I was so fascinated!

Small pinch, and the feeling all woman just adore, cold steel sliding into your nether regions!  I watched the ultrasound screen to my left while trying to ignore the want being pressed upon my overfill and bursting bladder...

Amazing stuff watching g that little embryo shoot up into its wee resting place, so so amazing!

So here we are at the 2WW!

Back again with GREAT NEWS!

Sooooo..to catch up...

I think my Thyroid has settled.

Both IM and I flew up to Sydney in Novemember for first cycle. (Bloods and follicle tracking ultrasounds done down here). We arrived at Genea very nervous and excited. Unfortunately we were taken into a small room to be told by the embryologist that there was only one wee embryo survived that was even worth THINKING about implanting. It was still behind in developing so my IM decided not to have it transferred and we spent the rest of the day quite down waiting for out flight back t Melbourne. Turns out it was the correct thing to to , as the next day the embry stopped progressing all together.

We did however have a lovely YUm Cha lunch and spent the afternoon chatting and planning strategies for take two!

My next cycle was to fall on Christmas Day, typical. Good ole iPhone app telling me all I need to know - go Period Tracker! Lol! So we decided not to proceed for this cycle.

Fast forward to January...

Bloods taken, follicle tracking done and we were ready again. There were only 4 embryos left, so the embryologists told us she would check them first thing in the morning an give a call to let us know if they made it... The first two rolled over earlier in the week so we had TWO left...we boarded the lane at 6.30am and left out phones on till the last second.

Landing, taxing to the gate we both switched on ur phones..I had two calls, but IM had THE text!!!!! One had survived!! Lucky number 9 embryo!!!! We were so excited and just wanted to get off the plane! It was my IM 50th birthday too :)Wow! It's been a while... Guess I lost heart there for a while..I am not a great blogger at the best of times!