Bring on the Hormones!

We are definitely underway. I had my first monitoring ultrasound today. The point of it is just to see the lining of the uterus. Tonight I started the Estrace hormones. They will make the uterine walls nice and thick for the embryos that will be transferred. I will take the Estrace for 10 days and then go for another ultrasound. Once they know that I am ready for the transfer they will lock down the date. As of now it is still May 22.

It's starting to feel real again. We've been here before...more than once. You put all those feelings of excitement away when something goes wrong and you keep them burried. But I can't help it....they are creaping to the surface. I want to be pregnant again. I love it, and I love my IP's in a way I can't describe. They are going to be the best parents. I look forward to the future and what the next 10 months bring to us.

More updates to come!

Here We Go Again!

It's been almost five months but it's starting to be GO time again! Blood work runs out after six months so everyone has gone out and gotten theirs done this week....except my husband, we are waiting for him. As soon as all the bloods come back we'll be given our new protocol. I can't wait. Coming up on two years now with my IP's and all I want is to make their dreams come true.

So keep checking in over the next couple weeks....I'll update as I get new information.

A Year Later.....

Well I just checked back to see when I started my blog. The date of my first entry was Nov 22, 2009. If you had asked me then where I thought we'd be in this process 365 days from that date, it wouldn't be here. I truly thought the first transfer would take. I didn't factor in human error. Our last transfer was scheduled for Nov 3 and a week before the doctor called me to cancel the procedure. Things just weren't the way he wanted them to be before the transfer. They don't want to take any risks this time around.

So where are we now? Waiting again! Things are on hold once again. This time the rough estimate is that the transfer will happen Feb/March of 2011. I truly hope so. I don't know how my IP's do this over and over again. They just see all of this as another step on the journey to the baby that they so desperately waiting to have. I am in awe of how well they handle this. They really are amazing people. The doctor told IM that I took the cancellation news worse than she did. I just couldn't believe that some else was happening....again.

So, we wait. I will post things as they begin to happen again. As always if there are questions from readers I will re post and answer them. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive as we go through all these trials and tribulations on the way to baby.

Transfer Date Change...#1.

So I thought it would be interesting to document how many times the transfer date is changed before they actually lock it down. The first date given was November 1 and now it's been switched to November 3. We knew this would happen as more testing of our cycles determine how to align the dates.

Next ultrasound has now been scheduled for Wed Oct 27th.

Protocol Step #2 Initiated!

So, the purpose of the BCP was to alter my cycle and after the 14 days on it I was to get my period. On day 2 of my cycle I was to go for an ultrasound at the OFC. Well, the BCP was too low in estrogen and I was on it for too short a period of time. What does this all mean? It means my period never came. The clinic in Toronto sent me for an ultrasound and blood work anyways yesterday to see where things stood and how to proceed now.

They discovered that my uterine lining is getting thicker so they have advised me to start on the Estrace. I am to take 2 pills three times a day. Estrace is used to thicken the uterine lining and make the uterus ready for the transfer. The idea now is that I won't get a period at all and 10 days from now will go back for another ultrasound and more blood work. After those results we will know the exact day of transfer.

Protocol Step #1 Complete

Today was day 14...and final day of taking the BCP. I have to admit, I'm happy that's over. Two weeks on the lowest level pill on the market and I still had headaches and somehow I spotted for most of the time. So, now that we're done with that on to Step #2....wait for period to begin. Once that happens monitoring begins on Day 2 of my cycle.

Now if I'm counting correctly....and I can never really count on that....we are less than two weeks away from a transfer!

My Personal Accomplishment

After the last transfer I decided that the best thing I could do while waiting for the next transfer was to get myself into the best possible shape I could. So after Easter I hit the gym. A couple months after that I started jogging on the treadmill. At first it was for 60 seconds at a time then a rest. Then I moved up to 90 seconds and eventually I was able to run for 10 whole minutes before I had to stopped. I moved my running outside and increased my distance to finally getting to 5K. Today the hard work paid off as I ran my first race. I ran in the CIBC Run for the Cure. It was an amazing experience. One that I will never forget and one that has made me want to run even more. Two weeks from now I'm running in the MADD Dash, another 5K run.

My plan is to continue to run after the transfer is done. As long as the doctor gives me the green light I will run....can't stop...I'm addicted!