More great numbers!

Today was our second beta. My hcg was 2925!  They wanted the number to double from Mondays draw and it did plus more!  Now a long 7 day wait til our next draw. Then, if the numbers continue to look good, we get scheduled for an ultrasound to see how many of these babies decided to hang out! 

We have numbers!

So, our beta at 13dp5dt was 1351!!!  Now the number game is not an exact science.  Every surro looks at the numbers of other surros they know and tries to figure out how many babies have nestled in for the long winter's nap.  Looking at numbers, it looks at though we may have twins snuggled in!

We have another beta scheduled for Wednesday and that may give us more inexact scientifically evidence of how many babies stuck around.  You can bet that every surro analyzes doubling time to again get to the ultimate answer of "how many babies" and I am no different.  

So until tomorrow, boys and girls...

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

Well, everything is going as planned!  Positive home tests every morning with the lines getting darker. Great sign!!  Can't wait until our first beta on Monday morning!

How about this..

Maybe this is easier to read!

OMG!!

So, everyone tells you that after a 5 day transfer, you won't get a positive until at least 5dp. Of course, impatient me had to start testing at 3dp. And was negative. And at 4dp. And was negative. 

But look at what time morning brought!!  At 5.5dp5dt...

  It's a second line!!  A faint line, but a line!!

Today is the day!

That's right, boys and girls!  Today is the magic day!!  It's Transfer Day!  This morning at 9:46am, we finished transferring 3 (that's right - three!) blasts to my fluffy uterus. Now back to the hotel for some bedrest. Hoping that 1 or 2 of these babies will decide I'm awesome enough to hang out with for the next 9 months ;)

When will we know??  My blood pregnancy test is scheduled for Monday, September 23rd.  But you bet I'm start using some of those home tests I have before then!

Great news!

Great news, boys and girls!  The babies are baking very well in their home in the lab!  As of this morning, we had three 6 celled and nine 8 celled babies growing very well.  So, what does that mean??  It means we are doing a 5 day transfer!

That gives me 2 days to wreck havoc in Pasadena before we move those babies to me to bake :)

It's about that time!

So long Ohio!  Heading out to sunny Pasadena. Hopefully I'll be bringing back a souvenir ;)

Today is the first day of this journey!

Today is it. Egg retrieval day. The day that starts everything off. Yippee!  Lets get this baby making started!

Yeah! The waiting is coming to an end!

So, my wonderful nurse, Grace, just called.  We have definite dates!  Egg retrieval is set for Thursday.  So, a 3 day transfer would happen on Sunday the 8th or a 5 day would happen on Tuesday the 10th.  Yeah for baby making!!

More waiting...

So, I just got a call from the clinic to update me on the donor. At this point, she's still nowhere near ready. She is coming back on Tuesday for another appointment. So, the very earliest she would have her retrieval would be Friday the 6th, although it is looking like it may be a few days after that. 

So, we wait until Tuesdays update...