Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Update

Hi everyone! It's been about a month since my last update... It's been a rough couple of months emotionally and physically. The treatment required getting multiple injections in my abdomen every night for a couple weeks. I'm not a fan of needles, but Matt was very patient and by the end of the stimulation phase he was a PRO at giving shots. The side effects were not as terrible as I expected, I was extremely tired, emotional and gained weight, but nothing I couldn't handle.

Once we finished all the stimulation medications we had to go through the Egg Retrieval procedure. We were very nervous going in because my body didn't respond to the medication as well as we had hoped and I only produced 5 eggs which were retrieved during the surgery.  Out of the 5 eggs, 4 fertilized and only 3 embryos were cultured for the chromosome testing. We decided to have the embryos tested to make sure we would be transferring a healthy embryo and increase our chances for success. We received the results today and we have TWO healthy embryos. We will only transfer one and the other will be frozen for later use. We are so thankful that our prayers were answered and we have these two healthy embryos.

I have started taking a daily estrogen supplement and will increase the dosage tomorrow. We have an appointment for an ultrasound and blood work scheduled for next Wednesday. If all looks good we will go in for the embryo transfer on May 12th. We would appreciate your prayers over the next few weeks. This process has been emotionally and physically draining on both Matt and I, but we would do it over and over again. I know I married the right man, he has been by my side through it all and I couldn't ask for a husband. As Matt always says, "we are one day closer."

Love,

Lauren & Matt