It takes three: Now we wait

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The transfer is done. This morning we transferred 2 grade 1 expanding blasts (1 being the best 4 being the worst).

All we can do is wait.

Donnadman said...: They are beautiful! You have all done an amazing job! Super duper happy! I will pray long and hard! xo; December 16, 2009 at 4:05 PM
N said...: those are beautiful blasts you have there! You've done all you can at this point...rest up and try to stay positive (I know how hard that is).; December 16, 2009 at 6:08 PM

Donor / Surrogacy Timeline

08/14/10 ~ Evan is born!!!!!!!
08/13/10 ~ Labor starts!
07/09/10 ~ Herbs & pumping for adoptive breastfeeding begins
06/02/10 ~ 3rd trimester begins
04/01/10 ~ It's a boy!
03/26/10 ~ protocol for adoptive breastfeeding begins
03/01/10 ~ 2nd trimester begins
01/12/10 ~ One perfect heartbeat!
01/04/10 ~ One gestational sac spotted!
01/01/10 ~ Fourth blood test (1,699)
12/30/09 ~ Third blood test (885)
12/28/09 ~ Second blood test (463)
12/24/09 ~ First blood test (94)
12/21/09 ~ Jenn is pregnant!
12/16/09 ~ ET (Jenn)
12/11/09 ~ ER (Donor)
11/29/09 ~ Start of stims (Donor)
11/25/09 ~ Start of HRT (Jenn)
11/18/09 ~ Start of lupron (Jenn)
10/27/09 ~ Donor screening
10/27/09 ~ Mock cycle ends with biopsy
10/13/09 ~ Donor chosen and approved by Dr W
10/12/09 ~ Mock cycle begins
10/06/09 ~ Reviewing four possible donors
10/06/09 ~ Signed consent papers for new IVF cycle
10/09 ~ Started to review possible egg donors
09/09 ~ An amazing friend offered to be our egg donor, but sadly it wasn't a good fit given our past issues
09/09 ~ Decided to move ahead with egg donor cycle

First attempt with Surrogacy ~ Timeline

08/24/09 Beta test ~ negative
08/12/09 Embryo transfer to Jenn
08/11/09 2 embies normal, 9 embies abnormal
08/10/09 11 embies still growing, PGD today
08/07/09 Egg retrieval
08/05/09 HCG Trigger shot
07/26/09 I started stims
07/17/09 I started meds
07/13/09 Jenn started meds
07/09/09 Medication arrived
07/07/09 IVF schedule confirmed
06/20/09 Contract signed
06/07/09 Met with Psychologist for a counselling appointment
06/05/09 Met with Attorney to draft contracts
06/02/09 Slight hiccup with some lab results, we may have a short delay to fix some issues
05/29/09 First appointment for Jenn and I for cycle testing ~ all clear so far!
05/20/09 Met with nurse to discuss surrogacy process and sign paperwork
05/08/09 Met with Dr Werlin to discuss surrogacy option
04/22/09 Chris & I met with Jenn and R to discuss surrogacy
04/04/09 Jenn offered to carry a child for us

It takes three