IVF

As The Days Go By…

Wow, crazy week! Many ups and downs, but of course the BIGGEST up, yet the SMALLEST, is our precious little ones in Brenda. Middle of next week we will find out if they stayed put! And we are also hoping for two :). Of course we would be overjoyed with one, but since we implanted…

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…

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,…