So far so good

My first two beta tests came back GREAT! The first was 54 and the second was 153 that means it TRIPILED! that's a pretty good way to start! Then to make it even better my 20 day number was 8990. Everyone is saying that is a twin number, I will be happy as long as we have healthy baby. We have our 7 week heartbeat ultrasound on friday so I only have 6 days to wait. I was so nervous in between my 10 day and 20 day that I took like 5 pregnancy tests :-) One of my good friends who is also a surro transfered on Thursday and she will have her first beta on friday, they transfered 3 so I am hoping for a healthy pregnancy for her as well.

One down 2 too go!

I had my first beta test bright and early this morning, my next one will be Monday, to see if my numbers doubled. I bought a few dollar store preggo tests and they all came up neg so far... Not too concerned though because they don't seem to be as sensitive as some of the others I've used. I guess i'll just have to wait until Monday!!

I've been egg-planted again!!!

I had my second transfer on Friday 3/11/11 at 11am. My IP's, my Hubby and I all enjoyed an amazing breakfast at a little french restaurant downtown, mine involved lots of fat and sugar and was absolutely divine!! Then we all made our way to the clinic were they gave me some Valium our last go 'round it didn't affect me in the slightest, this time it made me loopier than a corkscrew, I felt like I'd had one too many glasses of red before dinner! So my sweet husband got to try and keep me from disturbing (I pretty much thought everything was super funny) the other clients while my IP's went and discussed the quality of the embryos they were beautiful of course! We did what is called an FET my first transfer was IVF, basically the only difference between the two is that this time around the embies were frozen.

The room was roasty toasty as usual and everything went off without a hitch I really hope we get a baby or two from this one. I'm already feeling more tired than usual, and have been having nausea off and on even before the transfer, all of the hormones that they put you on mimic pregnancy so I am not too surprised, although I didn't have any of it the first time. We are now in the great waiting game.... I bought 5 pregnancy test and plan on using them! If we have two I should be able to get a positive in a day or two, if there is only one I might have to wait until the blood tests. Even before my last transfer I had a slight nagging feeling, this time I don't have that same feeling, I have a different one, it's hard to explain, but I think it might be overjoyed....

The Pharmacy Adventure

So I needed to refill the prescription for the antibiotics they have us take before our transfer. I called and they asked if I wanted to pick it up I said yeah because it was closer to nampa than the clinic. I go to pick it up today and I thought I knew where I was going but as I'm driving I can't quite remember how to get to the road (maple grove) so I drove like 10 miles in the wrong direction! Then I punch the address in my gps and when I get in the right area all I can see are storage units so I drove around the area for 15 min looking with no luck, then I drive the opposite direction thinking maybe I transposed the numbers or something, still no luck, so I called the pharm again and asked exactly where ARE you located and the lady says you know the storage units, just keep going down until you see 286, so I'm like you are actually IN the storage unit?? And she says yes, so I drive back to the unit and all I see are a couple of unmarked offices, I was getting pretty desperate so I finally called Alicia thinking maybe this was some secret surrogate pharmacy that is undetectable to the average person, she searched around on her phone and came up with the name and confirmed the address for me, I tell her if I disappear that this is where it happened. I go in and there is nothing, so I call her back and say that I'm just going to turn in every little street until I find the dumb place, she is very sweet and encouraging and stays on the line with me during the whole thing, finally I turn down a random off street, and even though the whole thing looks abandoned and for sale, I notice the numbers are close to 286!! So I pull up to it and there is a backward sign that says the doors are always locked and I see there is a tiny white doorbell.... Nothing else, so I tell Alicia, " if I get whacked tell my family I love them and the guys, I'm sorry, I didn't know I was starting such a perilous journey!" I ring the bell and wait in terror... A nice guy answered, gave me my meds, and sent me on my way! So I thought I would send you guys some pics so you could include this in our "surro-journey" it's way funnier now that it's over, and it really only took about 45 minuets of my life, but I'm a big drama queen and love telling stories! !

Amber