Pineapples & French Fries get you knocked up!

Got a text from my IM and our coordinator yesterday saying that the donor's appointment went well this time! Whew!! She starts meds this Friday (I thought she was already on meds?? Confused.) and we are still on track for a transfer around the 24th! That means there's only 16 days until transfer!!!!!!!

I'm really excited, but it's also nerve wracking at the same time. Will my lining be "fluffy" enough? Will the donor produce enough good quality eggs? How many will make it to fertilization? Will the transfer work? So many questions!! I guess I shouldn't worry myself with all the what-ifs and things that are out of my control, but these things just pop into my mind without warning. ☺ Maybe I should go get acupuncture like last time...that seemed to have a calming effect AND I got preggo! Who knows if that actually helped, but we'll go with it!

Now that we're closer to the real deal I'm researching tips/tricks/old wives tales that are supposed to increase your chances of getting pregnant. Some are pretty out there and I'm like "What the hell?? How did anyone even think to try that?" Whatevs. To each their own. Here are a few that I may consider:

1. Start eating pineapple, everyday, 1 week before transfer and continue for 2 days after. But not just the pineapple...the core too!  (The core of the pineapple has a natural enzyme called bromelain. It helps with lining quality and stickiness, apparently.) Hmmmm....

 2. Eat French fries immediately after the transfer.....I have yet to find a reason for this, but I like fries so that's reason enough. Don't judge.

3. Wear Kokopelli jewelry.

The kokopelli, flute player, is the symbol of happiness, joy and fertility.

Kokopelli  is the symbolic seed bringer and water sprinkler. His religious or supernatural power for fertility is meant to invoke rain as well as impregnate women both physically and mentally.

 

4. Wear green! This one is obvious, green is a lucky color! ☺ Green, the color of life, renewal, nature, and energy, is associated with meanings of growth, harmony, freshness, safety, fertility, and environment.

Kevin bought me some super cute fuzzy socks, especially for the transfer, that have green frogs on them.

Aren't they so cute!!??
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also got this cool green shirt that I've seen lots of my surro sisters rocking.

And heaven knows I have a sh*t load of green nail polishes that I can wear on transfer day too!


I *may* have an addiction...





 

5. One last one....after transfer lie on your back for an hour, with your legs up (basically inverted). I guess gravity is supposed to make the embryo(s) stay? Lol. 

Worked last time!

I realize that these superstitions may seem unreasonable and not make a lot of sense, but if you wanna rain on my positive thinking parade then you can suck it! ☺ 
Bring on those embies, I'm ready!!!!!

New calendar

Got my new calendar and looks like August 24th could be the magic date! I start Lupron on Saturday and then those dreaded PIO injections on Aug 19th. Ugh! 

Anywho, just wanted to keep my blog buddies updated and hopefully all will go well this time. Fingers crossed!!! 

XOXO

-Krystal

Call from the clinic

The donor ovulated early and our cycle is cancelled. Stopping meds and getting back on those evil BCPs tonight...transfer will probably be late August now. :,( I'm really bummed and I know my IM is as well. Anything that could go wrong pretty much has this time around.

I'll keep u posted...

Bump in the road

My appointment on Monday went well...wait for an hour and a half to be seen for 3 minutes. Good times. 

The egg donor also had an appointment, which I was later told didn't go quite as planned. Apparently she has a cyst and has to go back this coming Monday, the 1st, to see if it has "resolved". If it has then our transfer will only be delayed by a few days, but if it's still there then we will have to cancel the cycle. Bummer. Total bummer! 

I don't know what happens after a cancelled cycle...do they remove the cyst, do my IPs try to find a new donor or what? I'm hoping I don't have to find out. 

Please keep your fingers (& toes) crossed that the cyst is gone on Monday!!! How much more could this journey stall!?! Seriously!!!! 

I'll be back to update on Monday as soon as I know something. TTYL peeps! 

Gettin' the party started!

We're getting closer!!! Only about 30 days until transfer!! I started Lupron on Saturday and even though, in my mind, I knew that these injections were not at all painful I still hesitated when it came to actually sticking myself in the stomach with the tiny needle! I was laughing at myself...can only imagine how the PIO injections will go :\

Just call me Walgreens

My last day to be on birth control (b/c) is this Thursday, the 20th. Thank GAWD! It's evil! I have the world's worst headaches while taking them and they make me nauseous! Bleh!

I go to the RE next Monday for a baseline u/s to check my lining....I'll keep you posted.

Holla!

Transfer date!!

Got my calendar from the clinic yesterday and we have a tentative transfer date of July 16th! YAY!!! Bout time we got something going!

I start Lupron on June 15th, then all the other meds will follow accordingly. I talked to the coordinator at the clinic about doing Crinone instead of the PIO injections and she seemed to think it would be okay, but when I got my calendar it still had the PIO on there. :\ I asked her about it and she said that Dr. K "strongly encourages" doing the PIO injections at least until the pregnancy is confirmed. UGH!! Not cool. I suppose I can deal with a daily shot in the ass for 3 weeks rather than the normal 12 weeks! Kev's gonna have to brush up on his shot administering skills....or maybe I can get my mom's cousin, who's an RN, to do them for me! ☺

Here's the shortened version of my calendar:
6/15 Begin Lupron
6/20 Last BCP (thank goodness!)
6/24 Ultrasound (baseline lining check) & labs; start Estrace
6/28 Increase Estrace to 2x day
7/1 Increase Estrace to 3x day
7/8 Ultrasound (lining check) and labs
7/11 Tentative date to start PIO
7/16 Possible transfer

It's becoming more real!!!

P.S. Still not happy about the damn shots!! Ok....done whining........for now ;)

Talk to you soon!

Illusive contract, conquered!

FINALLY GOT OUR CONTRACT!!!!! Signed, sealed, delivered! Whew! Thank goodness that's done and over with, geez!
Thankful that all that drama was behind me, I called the clinic, as instructed, once AF came and they were supposed to call in the Rx for BCPs. Simple, right? WRONG.
The nurse coordinator at the clinic proceeded to tell me "oh, we're not gonna start you on birth control just yet, your IPs haven't chosen a donor" SAY WHAT!? I told her that she must be mistaken because my IPs told me in February that they'd chosen a donor and got it all squared away, but she was insistent that there was no donor. Grrrrrr!!!!!! So I emailed my IPs asking what was going on and I texted my agency coordinator. After a bunch of back and forth, what it boiled down to was miscommunication. Go figure. From my understanding, the agency hadn't sent over the donor's info to the clinic, so the clinic was unaware that my IPs had, indeed, secured a donor.
So, I finally got my BCPs and am now awaiting our calendar, but from what I'm told, we should be having a transfer some time in July, around the 16th. **Fingers crossed** I'm so excited!! Well.....not about the huge needles I'm gonna have to stick in my behind, but excited about everything else! ☺ Speaking of which, I'm going to ask the RE if I can do Crinone (progesterone suppositories) instead of the PIO injections. I mean, after all, I DID get preggo last time while I was on Crinone ☺ And when I did have to do PIO, it gave me a horrible side effect....my left hip was literally numb for MONTHS after I stopped the shots! It was absolutely horrible; I wasn't sure if the feeling was ever going to come back, but thank goodness it did. I really don't want to have to go through that if there are other options. Ya know?
Enough about that; guess what my super sweet IPs did? They sent a beautiful arrangement of roses to me for Mother's Day!! It was very unexpected and much appreciated.

I can't wait until they can celebrate their own Mother's and Father's Day :) Hopefully soon!!!
I don't really have anything else to report right now. I'm just ready to get things going! We've been moving at a snail's pace and as we all know, I'm not the most patient person on the planet.  I know I'm late updating and I promise I'll do better. That's all I got people! Ttyl!