Gestational Carrier/Our Babies

Details of the Procedures

Along with myself, I am sure you have had a few questions about what all these procedures mean, what they do, and the details. I wasn’t sure where to find the best descriptions, but of course about.com had the best details. Of course for each fertility clinic, numbers may look a little different. I feel…

TWO Embryos

Quick update! TWO embryos fertilized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The nurse called at 8:30am this morning and said 8 eggs were retrieved, one was immature, BUT, two FERTILIZED! I can’t tell you how much joy I have in my heart right now. To think that there are two Dan and Kristin’s hanging out at the clinic right now. It is…

Egg Retrieval Done!

We are home! I am going to warn you – I am still under the influence of IV sedation and valium, so some of the sentences and trains of thought I have, might not make a whole lot of sense. We arrived in Grand Rapids a little before 8:45am, and there sure weren’t a lot of people there at…

Thursday is THE DAY!

Just wanted you to know that this is THE WEEK – oh wait, I already told you all that :). AND…THURSDAY is egg retrieval day! I just found out late yesterday afternoon! I was ecstatic – I called Dan right away and started to plan for Thursday. In a very short amount of time we…

One Day At A Time

This week is the WEEK! I can’t believe the time has come. Last October when we were talking about when to start, we were all so bummed that we had to wait until the summer; especially the end of the summer. Now we have finally arrived on retrieval and transfer week! Docs are thinking that…

Another Ultrasound Update

Had another ultrasound today! I may sound like a broken record, but I believe this is fairly normal to have this many. I know that they want to keep a special eye on me because of my heart, but so far so good. I have been switching between the offices in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids,…