1 month to go :)

So here we are with only 1 month to go :) Af showed today and half of me wanted to transfer this month but I want to be on all my vitamins etc for 2 months...whether it makes a difference or not who knows.  Im getting excited but nervous at the same time, my body has let me down so many times I sometimes lose faith in it.

The count down is on :)

7 little Ice Bubbas :)

We have some brilliant news today all our embies have made it to day 3 all still looking beautiful....3 were already at Morula stage the others at 8 cells and all graded at 1 and 2. So they have frozen them all today :) I dont think I have ever heard the word perfect come out of anyones mouths at the clinic about my cycles EVER so Im really happy with that. Now its all up to me....the scary part   I will probably transfer in the next month or 2....whats a few more months of waiting...

I have emailed my FS to see her plans of a FET for me is correct...my last FET's consisted of bloods to detect natural ovulation this time no bloods and im a little concerned about this.  It never gets any easier :|

Our donor angel has done a fantastic job...no words can describe just how wonderful she is :)

Day 2

The nervous wait continues........ I got the call and they are very impressed by how beautiful our Embryos are looking....thats all she could say was beautiful beautiful lol So the 7 are still growing nicely and they are all at 3 to 5 cell stage exactly what they look for at day 2 and are graded at 1's and 2's YAY :) I call again tomorrowabout 3pm to see where they are at and if they are freezing them at day 3. Hoping our donor is recovering well...wherever she is I hope she knows just how grateful we are.

Fertilisation Results :)

I called the clinic  this morning but they were busy so I just have now got the call back. Our wonderful donor has given us 8 beautiful eggs and out of those, 7 have fertilised :) No ICSI needed :) So happy right now but of course the wait isnt over I call back tomorrow to see how they are growing and then discuss on what day we are freezing at. She did suggest day 3 freeze to give them the best chance and when it comes to thawing we can grow them to day 5 if we want. We froze at day 5 when Lorraine cycled for us so im not sure which way is the best way. Right now though Im happy we are getting this opportunity...thrilled to bits
I wish I could tell our donor just how special she is but I hope our card managed to do that!

YAAAAAAAAAY  I need emby growing vibes now :)

Natx

EPU today :)

 Our donor had her EPU today :) Im not sure how it went...wont find out until tomorrow morning how many eggs and what the fertilisation rate was :) We got to the clinic at about 1030 filled out all the paper work and had our bloods done. I did see a theatre nurse come and get a lady who fit the description of what our coordinator gave us so im assuming now that could have been her...right time and all...working on when Braulio needed to give his sample and it all fit in well together...hahaha...I could be wrong but im going with that :) We ended up giving her a card and a little lucky bamboo pot plant...the nurse that took Braulio to his room said she would give it to her after she got out of theatre. While Braulio was doing his business my fav nurse came and got me for a little chat she was so thrilled for us....I think her smile was actually bigger than mine I tried to get more info out of her but all she gave me was that her follicles were just beautiful and all her bloods and levels were just as good. While we were there my specialist actually called to send through info on what I should do...good timing :) So its 2 progynova a day from day 2 to day 8 from day 9 i increase to 3 tablets a day, ultrasound from about day 12 and then i will be on 3 pessaries a day rectally....HMMMMM not too sure about that one but thats what she wants now. Not looking forward to that! So thats about all I can tell you all....I call tomorrow between 10 and 2 to see how things are going :)

Still can not believe this is all happening  :) I sit here wondering how she is feeling after surgery, if she is thinking about who her eggs went too, after reading our card if she is thinking we are someone she would like to meet one day.

Thank you card

Here is the wording we put into our Thank you Card to our anonymous donor. It took me awhile to come up with what I should write to someone I have never met or will probably never met. We are also going to take her a plant and the nurse will pass it all on. I cant believe we will all be at the clinic tomorrow. I will be  searching that clinic like crazy tomorrow wondering which lady is our donor as im sure she will be looking around wondering who is her recipient....bizarre situation but a good one at that :)

Dearest Donor
Thank you so much for the gift you have given us, another chance at becoming parents. After nearly 10 years of trying for our baby our hope was fading but now it has been renewed thanks to you. We know how hard it is to go through the IVF process and we think you are such a wonderful, kind hearted generous lady for going through such a physical and emotional process to help us out, We wish you the best and happiness in years to come. Forever Grateful
N & B xxx

Also just added

We hope you recover well from surgery and please rest up when you return home x


The inside of the card also said
This little message
comes to you today
 to thank you more
than words can say......perfect :)

Off to bed now for an early morning :)

Only 3 days had passed.......

and we got the call :) Yep the call from our coordinator telling us they had a donor for us if we were interested. I was absolutely gobsmacked. After asking a whole heap of questions we found out the very basic details of our donor as she would like to remain anonymous. She had actually started cycling and was ready for egg pick up on Saturday.....I couldnt believe how quickly it was all happening. So I gave B a quick call and asked what he thought...he said YES GO FOR IT so with another quick call back to the clinic it was all systems a go :) I have only had 1 day to get my head around it all and tomorrow is the EPU....WOOHOO  We were told they should really get about 6 to 9 eggs from our donor...so so excited :) We have decided to take her in a card and some flowers....we wont know who she is but the nurse who will be taking care of her will pass them on for us :) We wont be able to identify ourselves in that card either which is a bit of ashame.

So 1030 tomorrow we head into clinic for paper work and for B to give his sample, on Sunday we will find out how many have fertilised and on what day they will freeze the embryos. It will have to be a frozen transfer for me as I have to get my cycle right so that could take a few more months....I dont mind though im just praying that this is it....this is a sign the way the universe wanted us to go about things....So anyone who is reading this please send us some positive baby vibes are way :)

We are on the list!

2 Months had passed and I still hadnt told my clinic or specilaist that Rach had pulled out of donating to us, I just couldnt be bothered dealing with the bullshit. Something told me though to call so after work I email my specialist and told her and I called the clinic and told the coordinator who we have been dealing with for the last 6 year. Both botterly disappointed for us. Our coordinator asked if we would like to go on the Donor list, I had actually forgotten that there was such thing and if there was it would be a hell of a wait. She went on to say that a donor was lined up a few weeks ago for surgery and the recipients got cold feet so she had to ring around looking for someone else who could use the eggs.....I have no idea why a recipient would pull out but hey strange things happen in the donor/ivf world. I agreed to go onto the list and ending the call by saying...lets hope that happens again shall we lol

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