Friday, December 17, 2010

Birth Day for the Twins



After I started going to the doctor in June we have had no complications and just regular doctor checkups. Also we had a million ultrasounds but other than that it was a normal pregnancy. I went into labor actually the night before I was going to be induce. Dec. 16th Thurs. but I did not go to the hospital because I was not sure if they were real contractions or not because they were so far apart. So I waiting for my appointment at the hospital the next day. So I went in at 7:30AM and my doctor arrived about an hour later. She checked to see how far a long I was and I was 7 cm dialated. She broke my water for the first twin and then I receive an epidural. It took me till about 2PM before I reached 10cm. They put me in the operating room just in case we would have to do an emergancy c-section. The babies had been in the correct position for me to be able to have them vaginally which is what I was hoping for. So I started pushing. Twin A came came out 10-15 mins of pushing. Twin B then was pushed into a horizontal position. So head was not down nor were the feet. She was laying sideways. So my doctor had to push on my stomach to change her position. She was able to get the head down and so I was able to push Twin B out but it took about 30 mins of pushing. But they both came out no problems Twin A was 6 lbs 2 oz and Twin B 6 lbs 4 oz. They are both female. The parents named them Christina and Katie. They just had flown in from California the day before. They were thrilled and happy about the new twins. I am excited that I was able to give the twins a great start in life. I was able to hold them for 39 weeks and they were a wonderful weight for twins. They were only in the hospital for 2 days same as I was. Good luck parents you are going to have your hands full.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Met the doctor

I am seeing a women doctor which is great. I have nothing against boys but I had a choice so why not go with a women. Anyway. We took an ultrasound of the twins. They are both around 1 1/2 inches long which is normal for 10 weeks. One of the twins was moving around so much. It was so funny to see him/her on the screen dancing around. I am so excited. The printed out pictures for me and I forgot to bring them to work so I could scan them in and show you but I will try to bring them tomorrow. Also the doctor is very much for vaginal delivery for twins. Which is great because that is one of my goals. So now we can work together to see if we can make that happen. That is all for now. Also I put on the 3D development of baby depending on the week. Unfortunatly they did not have the ability to show twins :( oh well. Enjoy. Next appointment July 2nd 2010

Monday, May 10, 2010

Searching for a Doctor

My intended parents want me to go to an OB GYN. My last pregancy with my daughter I went to a midwife which I loved. But they want me to have a OB GYN which I think makes sense since we are having twins. I will be delivering in salem, Oregon so I will be looking for one in town. I have heard of several good doctor's here in town. So I am no longer going to the fertility clinic for anything. I just need to get a regular doctor and it will be like a normal pregancy from now on except I will be continuing my Estradiol tablet twice a day and my progesterone until June 19th. 11 days earlier than I thought I was going to do.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Having TWINS

I went into my appointment today. And they placed the ultrasound and there they were 2 sacks. They both had one little baby inside. Each with their own heartbeat. Twin "B" was going 121 hpm and Twin "A" was going 124 hpm. I am sooooo excited. We are around 6 1/2 weeks pregnant and so our 40 weeks of our prenancy would go to Christmas eve but of course twin pregnancies usually go 36-38 weeks so it will be sooner than that. I did not get my "official" due date because I was so excited I left before they could tell me. Oh well. Well it is now time for me to find me a doctor. I want to make sure he/she is very comfortable with delivering twins. I want to try and have the twins with no C section so wish me luck.



Twin "B" is the bottom picture left side in the black sack.

Twin "A" is the top picture on the right in the black sack.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Talking to the nurse

This morning I did not have any sign of blood except for some brown stuff ( old blood ) I was thankful for that. I did not feel any cramping or anything. I called a nurse and she said that it is normal to get some spotting during pregnancy. She said to drink a lot of water and eat more greens. She also said to take it easy this weekend and don't lift anything over 20 lbs. ( My Daughter ) so that was fun trying to do that. She said that we are fine to wait until my next appointment which is May 5th. This coming Wednesday. I am excited. I hope they will be able to reasure me that everything is ok.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Light bleeding

Today after work I went home and I felt like I was starting my period. I went to the bathroom and what do you know there was blood there. It did not seem like a lot of blood and I did not get any more that night but I decided I was going to call the nurse tomorrow. I tried to relax and watch TV. I felt a little cramping so I was kind of sad because I hope nothing was happening to my 2 babies. We will see what the nurse says tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

2nd Pregnancy Test Result

Again positive. Also my HCG level was higher than Mondays. It was over 1000. So my next appointment is May 5th they will be doing an OB Scan and they will be able to tell me how far along I am. I should be around 6 1/2 weeks at that point. Also they will be able to see if both embryos survivied or just one. I am excited about that.

2nd Pregnancy test with blood work

Going in today just to get some blood draw to make sure it is positive that I am pregnant. We shall see this afternoon.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Pregnancy test Positive!!!!!!

They told me that from the results they say I am pregnant. The HCG level ( human chorionic gonadotrophin ) this is the hormone that is made by someone who is pregnant. She said that I was at 879? or around that. So apparently that is good. They had called the intended parents to tell them the news as well. I need to go in on Wednesday for one more blood test to make sure this is not a false positive. WOHOO!!!! I am very excited.

Pregnancy test with blood work

I went in to get my blood draw so they could test to see if I am actually pregnant. They said they will call me this afternoon.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Embryo Transfer

Today I am going to be getting 2 embryo's implanted. I did what the nurse told me to do. Went to the bathroom around 10:00AM and drank 20-24 oz of water between that time and 10:30AM. They called me in and had me sign some paperwork saying that I am saying it is ok to implant me with the embryo's. You want to make sure that you ask them who's embryo's they are transferring. They should have the name of your Intended Parents on the paper you are signing. After that I got on the table and we were off. The doctor had to clean the cervix with some pink stuff that I don't remember the name. Then he took a catheter like syringe and placed it in the tip of my uterous. I was watching the entire time on the ultrasound they had going. Then after he had the correct placement. He signaled the other doctor who was handling the embryo's. She handed him a syringe which he replaced the tip with the one that was already placed in my uterous. Then he squised the syringe and placed the embryo's. He gave the syringe back to the other doctor and she made sure that the embryo's were not still in the syringe. None of this hurt at all. Basiclly it was like a long PAP smear. The only thing that bothered me was that they had the ultrasound wand on my belly and she was pushing on my bladder that was full. Other than that no big deal. After that they wanted me to keep my head on my pillow and they pulled me to the top of the bed and put a blanket on me and told me that I needed to lay there for 30 mins. After the 30 mins my buzzer went off and the nurse did not come back in the room so I laid there for 9 more minutes even though I needed to go to the bathroom really bad. So I just got off the table and went to the restroom. Once I was finished the nurse had come into the room. She gave me my shot that I need to do daily and then I left. She gave me instructions on things not to do. Pretty much just take it easy so I ate some lunch and drove home. Then I rented some movies and sat on the couch the rest of the day. I am so excited and I hope these little babies decide to stay a while.


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Day before Embryo Transfer

The nurse called me to tell me what time my appointment will be for the Embryo Transfer the next day. She told me my appointment was at 11:00AM for the transfer. She told me that I would need to go to the bathroom around 10:00AM and then drink 20-24 oz of water between 10:00AM and 10:30AM.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

First Intermuscular Shot today

My friend from work has volunteered to be my shot giver. So she had never done this before. She and I were so nervous because we did not know what to expect about how it would feel. She did a great job it did not hurt at all. I was so happy that I got the first one over with and that I know now that it is not as horrible as I thought it was going to be. My friend and co-worker is also happy that it does not hurt me at all. 1 shot down 90 to go. I am so excited for next week's Embryo Transfer. Wish me luck.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Ultrasound appointment

I went in and they did my ultrasound I saw that my lining was very thick now on the machine screen. I was very excited. The doctor told me that everything looks great. The nurse called me that afternoon and told me to stop taking the Estradiol three times a day and start just taking it two times a day. Also she told me that I will stop my Lupron shots on March 31st and start my protozone shots on April 1st. I had my friend come with me to this appointment because she was going to be the person to give me my shots the entire time. I did not know until today on how many shots we will have to do. The nurse told me I will have to take it 1 week before my embryo transfer and 12 weeks after. So 13 WEEKS of intermuscular shots. That is 91 days of shots. Man this is going to be interesting. This was the only part I was dreading. But I have my friend with me and her and I know that this is what needs to be done so we are going to do it. If other people can do this than I can. Wish me luck. My next appointment is my Embryo Transfer date April 7th. The nurse is going to call me the day before to tell me what time it will be at. I am very excited. I just hope that the baby takes the first time so I don't have to go through the protozone shots again.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Another Ultrasound and blood work

They are checking today to see if my estrogen level is down so that I can start the Estadiol tablets that i need to take once a day and then twice a day and then three times a day till the embryo transfer. They did my ultrasound which of course my overies were still dormant and my lining was a little bit thicker. That afternoon they called to tell me that my estrogen level was down and now I can start taking the Estadiol pills once a day. My next appointment is March 29th to have an ultrasound to see how my lining is doing.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

My Ultrasound and Bloodwork appointment

I went in to get an ultrasound and blood work. They said that my ovaries looked dormant which is good and they could see my lining was getting thicker. That afternoon they called to tell me that my estrogen level was to high so I had to do another week or so of the lupron shots. So my next appointment for an Ultrasound and blood work is going to be on March 15th. So now I have to give myself a total of 41 lupron shots.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Started Lupron Shots

My first shot I gave it to myself in my car. I was at my friend's belly dancing event and I almost forgot because I was busy trying to help them with different things. Anyway. Did the step by step instuctions. It was very easy and did not hurt one bit. 25 more lupron to go out of 29 total.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Received Injection Medication

Well I received my package of everything today. They gave me the entire supply that I am going to need for all of my injections including the Progesterone. None of it needs to be refridgerated. Also I have to take a pill called Estrace. So I just wait till this Friday and I start giving myself Lupron shots.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Pharmacy called to confirm

Walgreen Pharmacy called to make sure they have the correct address and that I wanted the medication to be shipped today or by Tuesday. I told them to ship it ASAP. This way I can take a look at it and make sure everything is "A" "OK". It is nice that they ship it directly to my house. No worries and they can always get it there next day. Also is seems that Jeff (intended father) received my email. He said that he will be trying to contact the pharmacy today. Which it looks like he did. Thank Jeff. I have never been so excited to be able to give myself shots for the next several months everyday but you do what you gotta do.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Confirmed some details

I talked with Melanie (Fertiliy Clinc) to make sure that when I finish taking my Birth control pills on Feb 24th. I asked if I had to use another type of birth control until the Embryo transfer date. Melanie said that she thought it would be a good idea. She told me though it would be a very slim chance to get pregnant while I am on Lupron because it is suppose to stop my eggs from releasing. But just to be safe we will use other birth control. Otherwise I am waiting for the Pharmacy to contact me and send me the medication but I found out that the Intended Parents have not contacted the pharmacy yet to give them billing information. So I am hoping they get that completed soon. Melanie said she hopes they do something by Feb. 16th Tues. so I will have enough time to have the medication sent to me before Feb. 19th. I hope they do. It would be sad if we have to redo all of the dates of all of my appointments. Also I tried to resend the email that was never sent letting the Intended Parents know the dates of my appointments.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Emailing Intended Parents

I email Jeff and Rita today to let them know that I had talked with Melanie at the fertility clinic and told them the dates that I had schedule. I also CC'ed Sarah at the surrogacy agency. I think it is nice to keep everyone updated. But the Intended Parents email address said that it was not valid so I thought that was odd. So I will resend the email in a couple days.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Instructions for Shots

Melanie (Nurse at Fertility clinic) called me to give me over the phone instructions on how to give my first shot. She is also sending me the information in the mail. I am pretty comfortable with the first shots. They are a smaller needle and it goes into my stomach or thigh area so it is easy for me to do myself. I am going to start my injections on Feb 19th and then I think but I am going to reconfirm that I will be stopping my birth control on Feb 24th 2010. I will have to ask if I have to use other ways of birth control from then to my Embryo Transfer date which is planned to be on March 25th 2010. After I start my injections I will go into the clinic to get an vaginal ultrasound and blood work on March 4th 2010. Then I will go again on March 18th for just a vaginal ultrasound also at this appointment she will be giving me instruction on how to give my other injection which I will have to have someone else do it because of the location that it has to be administered. After that they have me scheduled for my Embryo Transfer on March 25th 2010. I am very excited. The supplies for the shots are being delivered to my house and they are kits of 14 days. She said for the first shots I will be using 2 of the kits. 28day of shots so far.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Fertility Clinic called me

I had left a message on Monday that my cycle had started but they were not able to get back to me that day so I recieved a call today from Melanie (Nurse at Fertility Clinic) she said that I need to start my first birth control pill Wednesday night this is 2 days before I should have started my new pack of birth control pills. She also asked me if the birth control I was on was consistantly giving the same amount of the dose each day that month. I called my pharmacy and asked them and they said that Tri-nessa changes the dose each week. So I called Melanie back so that she can call me in a new perscription for a pill that will be the dose she wants. So I need to pick that up on my way home today.

Monday, February 1, 2010

I started my cycle

This was the most exciting day for me. So far I have been through multiple processes to get to this point and it was just one more closer to getting pregnant. (and getting the shots over with) I have never been so excited for the first day of my period in my life. I was told to call Melanie ( Nurse at Fertility Clinic ) when I started my next cycle. I called and made my appointment to go and talk with about my next steps with the surrogacy. I called and she was not available so I left her a message to call me back.

I always like to say what I am expecting when I go to an appointment and then after when I get there what actually happens. This shows you how unpredictable it can be. That is why all I can do is laugh at this point on whatever happens at those appointments. I believe they are going to sit me down and we are going to put the dates of when I need to start my shots, how long I am going to be on that paticular drug, then I am sure they will estimate a Embryo transfer date and then show me how long I will be giving myself the other shots. Only time and showing up to that appointment will tell if that is actually what is going to happen. We will see.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Contracted signed by Jeff and Rita

Today I got an email from Jeff ( Intended Father ) saying that he had signed the contract and he ok'ed everything with Sarah ( Surrogacy Agency ) that I can start the next process. So she had sent a confirmation to the Fertility Clinic that I can call and get in for an appointment to move forward. So I called Melanie at the fertility clinic and she said to call her on the first day of my cycle. So just waiting for that day. I believe it will be around the 1st of Feb. We will see.