And the numbers keep rising

The numbers are in 9dpt.41,13dpt.427,third and final beta 1600we are onto our first ultrasound . IP, s are breathing a sigh of relief but still pretty much guarded. Nausea has set in and boobs itch like crazy count down is on

UPATE!!!!! Transfer and Beta

I have been terible at updating but this surrogacy is a very emotional one for me and my IP's the starts the stops the maybes and no next month we did it we jumped over every hurdle that life threw at us.

After all of this would'nt be just like fate to have my IP's Director and Liasion Caseworker out of town when we transfer April 15th. So lucky seeing as it was a few days after my oldest son's b-day and he is a very lucky lad. My last journey we transfered on his birthday and conceieved twins.
 It was not ideal to not have anyone with me but it was ok I had my hubby with me and I was ok I was calm and I think the valium and accupuncture had alot to do with it. Im needed a break from the stress and we understood. We came home hubby put me to bed and I slept a full 8 hours awesome and I was a couch potato for the whole weekend lol Dr. Hubby's instructions.

Today was my first beta yes we are pregnant and drumroll numbers are :41 whooho Beta number 2 Monday 29th 2013

We Are Moving Along!!!!!!!

OOhhh wow we finally got our calendar and my appointments have started already. I just did my blood draw to check my thyroid levels and my NC said that if it was level she'll create our claendar well she did better than that she sent it to my caseworker with my agency and it was waiting on me in my email. I am soo stoked to start cycling again i have been dieting really well I do'nt have any major weight issues and I am on my prenatal vitamins.

I am praying for healthy pregnancy and I am hoping for twins and yes some might saywhy. It's for my IP's I have carried twins before and I know what all it entails and yes I am ready to go through it all again hard to understand I know but I do and IM wants that too. i am hoping that my IM lets herself fall in love with every step we make I do understand after so much dissappoints why she is holding off. I will be cautiously happy for her andd I will get giddy enough for the both of us.

On Monday I go for my Saline Sonogram and vaginal ultrasound. Our transfer date is April 16th. and I can't wait.

When it comes to my thyroid issues most of it is hormonal my periods are heavier and thy last an extra day. from-3-4 days my body temperature has been regulated my hair stopped or at least slowed down with the thinning and depression is also a known symptom but so far I have'nt expierenced it.

well that's it for now I am counting down the days utnil i stick my butt to get this cycle started.

A Few Speedbujmps along the way....

So I know that it's been awhile and here we go again. So let me just rewind on the last two months per se. We found out that my ovaries were too surpressed hence why it took so long for my period to return. We fixed that we adjusted my thyroid meds reduced the dosage and what do you know within three days of taken the new dosage I got my Period!!!! Yayy!!! So we were sure that we were going to be able to make February turns out that was a bust so then we were told March but get this no meds delivered, no calendar and no date set for the transfer what do you mean. Then the RE goes on medical leave and we have no idea what that means I start a new pack of BCP's on Tuesday(Feb 26.) and expierence breakthrough bleeding oh well its to be expected. So after calling and reaching out to everyone here is our new positin:

RE will be out because he hurt his back his partner will take over everything from monitoring to transfer, We will be in a new office We are waiting on the other Office to give us a date thats available so we can co-ordinate our schedules there are a total of six people to line up dates with aint this a hectic bunch. Soooo I can only hope we get this ship up and running sometimg soon it's driving me batty

Still waiting...

It's been officially two months since the miscarriage. I am back to normal or should I say my pre-pregnancy self all except for one thing my period still has yet to come arrgh.. but my RE is not worried he wants my body to return to itself naturally. Ok he's the expert I am guessing that he has a timeline as to when he'll induce so now it's just exercise lose weight which is coming along beautifully.

That's teh physical side of things on the more bonding side my Im has decided to step back and not attend visits or ultrasounds this go around she still wants email updates but not the task of everything else I found out that our recent loss was number 11 for them. it broke my heart while I was aware that it mor than 5 losses I had no idea it was that many. I am a little saddened but do understand the emotional toll it has taken on her. So my agency director and my case co-ordinator have stepped in to fill the void and take care of anything I might need and my hubby is making oplans to attned all appointments with me. I was looking for a more intimate journey this time but that will have to come on its own and in its own time so for now we just wait and get ready to start again.

We lost the tiny babe!!!

I am sorry it's been so long since I checked in but I had to deal with the loss of my surrobabe at 8 weeks. It was deveastating to me and my husband but all too familiar to my IP's. We found out at our soon to be last appointment with our RE and it was noticeable as soon as the image came up in the ultrasound. The Re's voice only confirmed what we all saw. The air was thick with silence and my heart broke for us all, it shook me to the point of being inconsolable and I was glad to have my husband with me, considering it was a last minute change of plans it hurt. It happened recently probably over the weekend as the babe was still measuring right ontime with where we were. I had to have a D&C almost immediately the RE did'nt think it was a good idea for us to wait for my body to expell our surrobabe so I went from mourning a loss to getting ready to preapre for surgery in two days time. That was November 5th, and now after everything we are waiting........

I spoke with my IM Monday and realized how frightened she was that I was going to back out because of our loss which shocked but I realized that it had nothing to do with me. The surrogate before did it to them so the path seemed familiar. But I assured I am ready to try again and believe with all my heart that we will have success straight into delivery. So now I am just waitng to start Birth Control Pills again and look forward  to a february transfer

Onto beta testing and POAS

So after 5 days on bedrest I had to test I could not resist I took out the test strips my friend Jenny had sent me and I did I snuck one on friday too early negative then I did one on Sunday morning and pow it was there almost instantly I could not believe it I took a pic and sent it to my closest friends and sure enough it was there for everyone to see congrats poured in but I had to sit on it I had been given the green light to test but to not reveal the outcome to my IM. So I jumped up and down with my agency director and friends and tried to wait cautiously until beta testing which wasnt until 10/4 and wouldnt you know we had to hit a snafu I had made an appointment with a lab that the clinic did not use and had to switch locations ahhh so frustrating and without my internet access find the lab was hell. To top it off I didnt know if they accepted walkins spoke with my agency director SD and she said they did but to get there as early as possible ok got that fixed then bam could not get the order off of my cell phone. Ok my IVF coordinator told me she could fax the order if I had trouble getting ok another problem soleved. I found the lab with the help of my hubby LR and he came with me for my blood draw. I got the agency to fax the order and breathed a sigh of relief!!!

So the results were supposed to be in from 3pm and we couldntn receive it because the lab's machine was broken Are you freakin kidding me really what kind of lab was this so we had to come to terms with we will not get the results until possibly Friday.On about my day pick up kids, brave traffic and make dinner after 7pm Thursday October 3 2012 Dr. G calls me personally