In-Vitro Schedule

We started the in-vitro process again at the beginning of January and I kept this "journal" from day 1. Unfortunately, this cycle ended in cancellation for lack of strong embryos. I'm sharing this "journal" with you now even though we didn't have the outcome we were hoping for. We've been sharing this journey with you all along so why stop now? WARNING: very long post!!

Friday, January 11th:
Doc appt today - got the thumbs up to start my stimulation meds on Monday, January 14th. I will be taking 2 shots per day, a steroid pill, 4 folic acid pills, prenatal vitamins and a B complex vitamin. There are some other meds / shots I have to take along with this DAILY!! Puts a new spin on popping pills! :) So excited to start this again...

Friday, January 18th:
So far, so good...looks like we're currently "growing" 13 eggs!! Will know more on the 22nd but doctor will definitely be plucking the eggs the week of January 21st. Martin Luther King day has been a good luck holiday for us - that is when Cameron confessed his undying love for me 9 years ago! And now, we'll be making petri dish babies that week! :)

Tuesday, January 22nd:
Looks like we "grew" a couple more eggs this weekend - 15 are showing up on the ultrasound! YIPPEE!! They will be retrieving the eggs on friday, January 25th. They fertilize them right away and on Saturday, January 26th we'll find out how many baby Hatten embryos we have incubating.

Friday, January 25th:
16 EGGS!!! They got 16 eggs today and tomorrow we'll find out how many fertilized!

Saturday, January 26th:
We have 6 baby Hatten embryos as of this morning...we'll be transferring them back into their "home" on Wednesday, January 30th. Well, not all of them - we'll decide with our doctor how many we should put back. Usually 2, however since we've done this 2 times before she may decide 3 is a better number.

Tuesday, January 29th:
I spoke with the embryologist today and she's saying that we have "low quality" embies. The first 2 times we went through IVF, we had almost perfect quality embies so I'm devastated at this surprising news. We're not 100% sure we'll even be doing a transfer tomorrow, they may cancel our cycle.

Wednesday, January 30th:
So, we're literally putting all of our eggs in one basket as of this morning...we have one little embryo that is a possibility for transfer. They are cultivating that little one for one more day and planned transfer is now tomorrow. They still might cancel depending on how this little one does overnight. We're hoping this ONE is our little miracle. We're getting more answers as to why this is happening by working with this new specialist so, hopefully there is still a possibility in the future if this doesn't work.

Thursday, January 31st:
We're officially cancelled as of today, no transfer will be taking place.

It's amazing to me how a journey I never thought I would be on has had such an impact on my life. I never knew that I had endometriosis until we tried to have a baby. I never knew the extent of the damage to my ovaries until we had worked with 3 different doctors. I never knew what yearning was until we faced this challenge. I never looked around and judged parents as I do now, wondering how they can be so blessed and not appreciate it.