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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.