WORKED UP!

I was so WORKED UP Friday thinking I may be ovulating & have free fluid on my u/s, I forgot to ask about my lining.

Dr.'s office called today to say its "PERFECT" at 12mm and trilaminar-YIPPEE! Wonder what it will be on Thursday for the transfer?

My acupuncturist called to confirm our appointment today. I asked her if a money order would be acceptable payment and she said "GROOVY!" Hello California LINGO! LOVE IT! She said she would spend about 45 minutes before my FET and 45 minutes after my FET for my acupuncture sessions. That plus the VALIUM-I should be one RELAXED MAMA!

Can't forget to buy that pineapple on the way back to the hotel. Eating the core supposedly helps those babies attach and I will do whatever it takes if I remotely think it will help them bond with their mama!

I am starting to get my suitcase packed. Its still surreal.

Oh, and I have BIG LUMPS in my rear from the progesterone but it will be SO WORTH IT!

We told our friends and when I told her she said "I AM THRILLED FOR YOU!" She totally understood why we didn't share earlier. What a blessing to have so many friends lifting us and our sweet little "jewels" (embryos) up! Thank you ALL! 3 days and I will be PUPO!

Thank you so much Lord for all the support you have given us during this embryo adoption. Thank you for all those praying for our babies to live. Thank you for everything. AMEN

WEANING....

WEAN : to withdraw (a person, the affections, one's dependency, etc.) from some object, habit, form of enjoyment, or the like: The need to reduce had weaned us from rich desserts.

It has been exactly 3 weeks since I was weaned off of these 2 PRECIOUS THINGS....Man they made a GOOD COUPLE...I drank about a pot before 11am every day for years.I had MASSIVE headaches for about a week and a 1/2. But I did it.

Now for my next 2 things which I WILL HOLD ON TO until the Dr. "Officially" tells me -NO MORE!

I have HORRIBLE allergies. I'm allergic to EVERYTHING and have been taking my allergy meds for YEARS!!! It is the "D" (decongestant) in the medicine that no pregnant woman should take. Due to my allergies......I have MAJOR SINUS HEADACHES! I take Ibuprofen about 3 times a day. If I don't, I'm a GRUMPY MOMMY & WIFE for my head THROBS & THROBS! I thought the acupuncture & regular chiropractic visits would take the headaches totally away and it HAS helped.

Lord, please help me to stay healthy without these 2 medicines. You know I don't want to do ANYTHING that would harm the embies. But I am so scared of what will happen if I stop taking them. Please help my headaches to subside without these 2 medicines if that is what the Dr. advises. Give him the wisdom to know what to do to help me with my headaches and allergies. And please make Jen be right and bless us with the twins she is so sure we are going to have. AMEN.

5 MORE BCP's and I'm on my way!!!!

Almost Final...Parents to 6 more!

The donor mom emailed me a little while ago and told me that our attorney contacted her and all legal paperwork should be finalized by this weekend. She said this "Pretty soon we will have nothing left to do but pray pray pray for you guys and the embies!" Then she said this "Wow—your transfer sounds really GOOD!! Ocean view—that’s the way to go—and you will be so close to God looking at his beautiful creation and experiencing a miracle." I will admit, I cried. I am overwhelmed at the kindness of these strangers whom we may NEVER meet this side of heaven. Strangers who, God placed in our lives to fullfill our dream & his dream for these precious frozen ones.

As soon as the contract is signed by us & notarized, it will be sent to them and they will sign and notarize it. Then a copy will be sent to my clinic in L.A. and our 6 precious ones will be sent from TX to CA. The cost to send the embryos is $250 with a $45 handling fee. The clinic will bill us for that later.

These babies have been all over the country which is ironic since my DH is a pilot! The donor couple is from the East Coast but went to FL where the embies were created then after the transfer they flew them to TX for cryopreservation-now they are headed to L.A.!

I made my acupuncture appointments today for before and after the FET while I am in L.A.! I was SHOCKED that it would be $500. I look at it this way, normally the adopting family pays for blood work for the donating couple that is around $500. Since these embryos were just created in February, the lab work is still good so we don't have to pay it.

Speaking of them being created in February....These embryos were created by a couple using DH sperm and donor egg. That means that the donor mom is 5 months pregnant. (her eggs were NOT used but donor eggs were used & her DH's sperm) CORNFUSED YET? So, when I get pregnant in August, we will be pregnant at the same time for a couple of months with blood siblings-I think that is SO NEAT!

I am SO looking forward to being on the beach with my friend Kate! Have I mentioned that my DH is not going with me? I will be MUCH LESS STRESSED if I know he is at home with our little ones while I am away. PLUS, as I mentioned, he is a pilot so he travels several days each month-so staying in hotel is NOT A TREAT for him but it is for me!

Kate will be there to haul me all over and enjoy a break from her life while she babies me! She volunteered! And she lives in L.A.-BONUS! She is also a friend with a strong faith in Jesus who I am looking forward to praying with. She owns a phenomenal Christian business out there. GIRL TIME! I can't wait.

Jen also told me on the phone tonight NOT TO FORGET to eat pineapple a few days before and also after the transfer. Not pineapple out of a can but FRESH pineapple. And you don't eat the sweet stuff-you eat the core. HEY, whatever it takes! It supposedly helps with implantation of the baby embies!

As the transfer gets closer I feel like this embryo adoption is a FULL TIME JOB! SO MUCH GOING ON EVERY DAY!

Thank you Lord for making this process run so smoothly for without you, NOTHING would be possible! I praise you for all you have given me. I thank you so much for Jen-my friend who talks to me for hours on end and gives me MUCH encouragment. For the sacrifice of your Son. For the sacrifice this precious couple is making to realize our dreams and give these embies a chance at "life". It is all incomprehensible to me Lord but I know it is all in your precious plan. I cannot wait to meet the sweet little ones in person that will call me mommy.

DUE DATES...5 weeks

Yes, I realize I'm a bit insane to be figuring this out already but too late, I did, I'm trying to plan EVERY DETAIL LOL! I mean I just don't have enough to stress and worry about. What can I say, I'M A PLANNER!!

I went HERE to get my due dates.

So if all goes perfect and I have my August 11 transfer...

April 29th-SINGLETON

April 7th-TWINS (what I'm secretly routing and praying for-don't tell my hubby)

March 10th-TRIPLETS

Please Lord just give me whatever children you want as long as they are healthy and I at least have one. I promise to fight for other frozen embies, raise awareness and tell my story as a testimony to the beauty of Embryo Adoption. Thank you Lord for this wonderful opportunity!

I have made my reservations in L.A. today! I found a FABULOUS room with an OCEAN VIEW! I figure if I have to lay flat for 24-I may as well have a beautiful view right?

5 weeks from today, I'll be pregnant!! Off to acupuncture!

Big GUNS...

Well, I woke up this morning with my bleeding heavier-almost like a light period with cramps and everything. Even after taking 2 BCP's a day for 2 days, apparently my body KNOWS it's time to cycle and is fighting the BCP's with all its might!

Even though it is the day before the 4th, my Dr. in L.A. promptly called me back and called in "THE BIG GUNS" a higher dose BCP and told me to take one right away and one right before bed. One in the morning and one at night for 3 days until this bleeding goes away totally. I took the first pill and have had no bleeding since then-YAY! Seems so bizarre to be "on the pill" at 39. Makes me want to put back on that argyle sweater and get my "mall bangs" on from the 80's!

I was nervous to get the prescription filled because one of my friends husbands is the pharmacist at WALLY WORLD and no one here knows of our plans. AND in the sicks there is nowhere else to go! AND I'M PARANOID! I'll admit it! I am in the mid-west and here is a prescription being called in from L.A. I'm sure he wondered "hmmmmmmmm...."

My acupuncture was phenomenal as always-so relaxing! We are leaving tomorrow to spend time with family and then heading on a motorcycle ride all day on Sunday.

May you all have a blessed 4th!

Schedule...Things moving!

The donor mom and I both sent the Dr. a personal email yesterday early morning regarding the lack of progress. GUESS WHAT? That got someones REAR IN GEAR because by 9am I had TONS of information that I needed. Including the fact that I had to get my own attorney to draw up a contract between us and the donors. SO, my friend JEN helped me CALM DOWN and CHILLAX. I got everything done.

My schedule looks like this..

July 16 Last BCP

July 21 Start Meds, sono, blood work

July 28 Sono, blood work

August 4 Final Sono, blood work

August 10 Fly out to L.A., meet Dr.

August 11 Transfer the baby embies

August 13 Fly home

I know, it looks easy but I am kind of scared. I am going alone but I have 2 friends out there who will be meeting with me and taking me to my transfer so that is cool!

I have been having some bizarre spotting. I am on continuous BCP's and I was normally suppose to start my period yesterday. So I called the clinic and the nurse told me to take 2 BCP's for 3 days to stop the insanity. So last night I took 2 and still had some spotting this a.m. I hope this doesn't screw things up. I am calling again today to see if there is anything more I should do.

Meantime, My attorney here should have all paper work ready for us and the donor couple today. The donor couple has chosen not to get their own attorney. So our attorney will draft a letter that all parties are in agreement and sent it to L.A. and that part should be DONE!

The donor couple is working on getting the 6 embies to L.A. I should know more about that soon also. It's getting SO CLOSE! 6 weeks 5 days and I'll be pregnant!

Last Pack?

Hoping and praying this will be my last pack of these for the next 10 months or so! I took the first pill last night! I am so excited! I should be getting my official "FET Schedule" this week! I am thinking I will take my last BCP around July 15 or 16.

Acupuncture is going fantastic! It is so relaxing and wonderful really! I'm still going twice a week.We are praying that God will help speed along the legal paperwork that needs to take place to get the 6 embies moved to L.A. and that it will happen quickly and smoothly. The clinic is sent all paperwork to the donors yesterday. I'm a worry wart! I know God's got this covered but I will feel so much better once they are in L.A. & even BETTER when I am there to join them!

YAY!

The doctor called this evening with GOOD NEWS! He says since my cysts give me absolutely no pain or problems we have 2 choices... Leave them alone and proceed with the transfer or right before the transfer I can endure about 3 seconds of intense pain and have them drained. I have time to think about it. The important thing is that we can MOVE FORWARD with our August transfer date-no ROAD BLOCK!

Now, the next step is just getting all the legal paper work done and getting the embies to the clinic in a TIMELY FASHION! The donor couple has to do most of this since the embies are in their name. So, my prayer for tonight is that the paper work moves forward smoothly with no snags & the donor couple is comforted as they let go. He assured me that he or his nurse would be calling me no later than Monday to give me an update on the situation.

From the very beginning of this process I have prayed that if God does not want this to happen-make it obvious! And this has been nothing more than one miracle after another! I must continue to keep my focus on HIM-the true creator of life and all will go according to HIS plan and purpose!

I have my next acupuncture on Monday-3 times next week. I'm hoping that may help decrease the cyst size also. Something else bizarre-I ALREADY FEEL PREGNANT AND I KNOW I'M NOT? No, I'm not nuts, just being honest! Until next time.....

I've Been PUNCT!!

ACUPUNCT!! I had my first acupuncture treatment yesterday! It was really cool. Just HAD to take a pic LOL! She left the needles in for about 15 minutes. The needles were down the mid-line and around my tummy, wrists and ankles. I will go twice a week for 4 weeks and once the last 2 weeks. Just 7 weeks and I will be having my transfer!!
The donor couple had a phone consult with my Dr. on Saturday. They really liked him too and said that it went very well! Now we just need to get the embies moved from where they are to my clinic and everything should be great!

I have my saline ultrasound on Thursday. Praying that all goes perfect & I have a perfectly smooth uterus on the inside!