Monday, November 14, 2011

Its been too long between posts !!

Hello blog world, I haven't left :)
Its been a busy few months. Some lows and then a very big high..So where to start ?
Well we have had a couple transfers without success, but that is the way with these procedures that we have become a part of. But lets go back a little further....

We were successful in effecting eight fertilised eggs. The first two transfers only gained us a betaHcg test result of 2 (both times only a 2).  Our first surrogate was allowed to rest again before her next transfer and during this time we had the opportunity to work with another wonderful lady who would act as a second surrogate during this resting period. After these two negative tests I was starting to feel a little (well maybe a lot) disheartened. I just pictured this happening in a fluid motion. Eggs, fertilised, transferred, 9 super-quick months, then a baby !

We had decided under the expert guidance of the SI doctors to try for blastocysts for the third transfer. Two fertilised eggs were allowed to develop in culture for a few extra days, while one fertilised egg was transferred to our original surrogate. After a couple days of waiting for news on our blasto's we received the unfortunate news that the fertilised eggs didn't develop to blastocyst stage. So, with only one egg transferred we decided that we needed to wait for another unsuccessful betaHcg test result then prepare for our last opportunity to do a transfer.

Then came the unbelievable high we had been waiting for.
On the 24th of September, while I was on my train home, an email came through. I tucked myself away in the corner of a seat and read, then re-read. Called Cam and got him to check and re-check. I have to admit, that train driver went slower than any before him, it wasn't me I am sure :)
We were pregnant. One transferred egg and we were pregnant. My boss even said to me 'One will be the magical number maybe' and she was right.
The test results came in thick and fast then..787 became 2395. Then that became 5877.

We were on our way to becoming a family. Dads, daddies, pop, poppy Mark ? Time to price nappies and formula. Organise cribs and the spare room. Not wanting to get ahead of our journey, but, here we go.