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Thursday, June 7, 2012

It WORKED!!!!!!!

I just found out a couple of hours ago that our 3rd try at IVF worked!  I am ecstatic....over the moon....over-joyed!  There aren't words that can describe accurately how I feel.  My beta numbers were great!  Basically, it's a quantitative measurement of the amount of HcG in your blood!  My number is 2,364!!  The nurse said this was such a great number!

I'm still nervous....as I'm sure all newly pregnant women are!  I just have to continue to pray for the best.  In about 1 1/2 weeks, we will have an ultrasound to check out the embryonic sac and fetal heartbeat!

Wish us luck....and keep those prayers coming!

The Agonizing WAIT!!

I don't know what's worse....the two week wait after the embryo transfer, or the several hour wait for the results of your blood test to come back!!  I had an appointment this morning at 8:45 for my blood pregnancy test.  This is the test that determines our fate!  You would think that after taking 4 (yes, I said 4) home pregnancy tests over the past couple of days (including one this morning before I went in for my appointment) and getting positives on each one that I would be a little more confident going into this.  Well, I'm not!  My nerves are shot!  I'm trying to keep busy, but time is going nowhere!  I guess the only thing left to do is go back to bed and take a nap.  I will fall asleep for what feels like forever....but it will wind up to only be 1 hour.  Then what? 

What more can I do though?  I have taken all the necessary steps to make everything turn out as successful as possible.  I took off work for the entire IVF cycle so my body could be stress free and relaxed.  I stayed calm during my time off.  I didn't overdo anything.  I prayed every day and I put my trust and faith in God's hands.  He knows what's best for me.  He has a plan for me.  Although I can't always say that it's easy to understand this, I know that I have to accept it!  There's no use trying to justify what happens.  Things happen for a reason.  If this is meant to be....it WILL happen!