Little Chart

Found this website off of Nity's post from Sunday & plugged my numbers in, just to see what it would look like:



Did I mention our u/s is scheduled? I think so, but if not... it will be January 9th in Jax. Hopefully this is our last trip over there. Tried scheduling the 1st OB appt, but they pretty much even talk to me about anything until I am officially released by the fertility specialist. That really bothered me.

Since we are still paying out of pocket for anything regarding the fertility clinic, I asked how much our u/s will be. We were told $350 consistently since last May, but I wanted to confirm. It WAS different & here's how it breaks down...

u/s of 1 baby: $250
u/s of 2 babies: $375
u/s of 3 babies: $500

Plus the office visit fee of $70.

Is this normal at your clinic? I wonder how much extra work it is for each baby to cost $125 more per baby. Oh, yeah, out of pocket, too! :) Glad we are getting that cryo money back to help pay for it!

Paid off our 1st part of the labwork (the estrogen during the stim phase + the hCG/prog/estrogen from beta #1)... $375. Since I'm working a half-day tomorrow, I'm heading by the hospital to pay the hCG check from yesterday. Not sure how much it will be, but I can say I'm happy to be able to start saving next month for the baby!!

We'll be meeting with our financial guy for our normal semi-annual check in come January, so we're hoping he'll have some sort of advice of money we should save or what-not for the baby's arrival. Any advice any of ya'll have would be great, too! Our current plan is to just pad our emergency fund more & save more for my maternity leave... I won't have enough leave by then (due to bed rest for this & past surgeries for endo) to cover 6 weeks, but part of it. So, we'll need to have that packed away.

Enough of my rambling, I'll sign off now. Heading grocery shopping for tomorrow night... we'll have a bonfire & friends over for the New Years Eve. Really looking forward to it!

Today we are 5wks along.

Second Beta

Came in at 3224.

Our u/s is scheduled for January 9th.

Per betabase.info, our numbers appear to maybe be more than 1? I'm in the top 0.08% for a singleton, top 15% for twins, & top 43% for trips. Time & that u/s will tell, I guess!

I'm continuing the PIO since we have about $100 worth of the stuff. When that runs out, I will move the suppos.itories.

Went to the PCP today & we are officially pregnant to our insurance company. I was nervous the p.ee test wouldn't be positive. Weird.

I haven't been feeling too bad so far. A bit of nausea today, but I'm glad my job is a desk job... not moving around too much sure helps. I've been sleeping much more, which was nice when I wasn't working. I think I'll go home & crash for a bit tonight.

It's the a.nal OCD w/in me, but we've already designed little graph paper depictions of each room (currently the office & the guest room). I've cut out the little furniture pieces... it appears we will use the current office for the baby room & the current guest room as the guest/office. It will have three desks in it with the twin bed. But, it should work. Silly, I know.

Already took the Christmas tree down. I have a pretty big nursing test (like a repeat final exam for my class last Spring) the second week of classes, so I wanted as much cleaned & put up & done as possible, so I can review all my notes & be prepared for the test. Rumor has it if we don't score 75 or higher, we can't continue in the program... but others have heard otherwise... so we'll se in a week or so when class starts back up. That 1st class should be very interesting.

I will be 5 wks tomorrow. Big bonfire planned for New Years Eve at our place that I'm looking forward to. I'll work a half day, then head home to get stuff ready!

Hope you're all doing well! :)

First Beta

Came in at 468.

Seems high to me, but the nurse didn't really act like it was high. Checked betabase & it looks like a nice, solid number.

Will have our second beta on Monday. Then, ultrasound 2 weeks later.

She told me I could start the supps for the progesterone, but we'll probaby continue the PIO for now. I hate to waste the $100 on meds I already have only to buy more/different meds.

Either way, we are just thrilled!!!

What a wonderful Christmas gift!! I am so glad we decided to continue with this cycle! :)

No Words Can Describe...

I caved...



We're 10dp3dt or 3w6d along.

I was flipping out. Called Nick. Freaked him out.

Was heading to my Mom's anyways, so I decided to tell her in person. We both cried. She pulled out all these baby & maternity clothes she's bought & saved for me.

I know there's many more milestones for us to pass, but I'm just relishing in the fact that RIGHT NOW... we're pregnant!

Oh, because my Mom didn't trust the Dollar Tree test, here's an EPT. We're saving the digital one for Wednesday!!



We're telling close friends & family! Kari & JJ... don't have my phone with me or I would have already sent the texts messages! :)

We know we are SOO blessed right now & are praying that we will meet this little one in 8-9 months. Thanks for all your support!

Getting Better

I think Nick found a "new" spot for the PIO this morning, cuz it didn't (& still doesn't) ache too much now.

Thanks for the advice. We have been heating the oil prior to injection, but I hadn't even thought of the icing thing. Maybe cuz I'm too lazy to get up before the shot... :)

Been pretty tired lately or just wanting to sleep. Maybe that cuz there's nothing else to do around or cuz my body needs the rest.

Still not getting symptoms or such, just cramping. Nothing really painful, but it seems like that may be a good thing.

I may cave & POAS the day of beta. Since our estradiol b/w cost over $100 OOP, I'm scared to find out how much it will be since they're adding in progesterone + hcG levels, too. Just don't wanna pay hundreds of dollars in case it's negative.

I've finished the Twilight saga (couple of days ago), a couple of movies, & even the Midnight Sun (Sarah, have you read this? About 12 parallel chapters of Twilight from Edward's perspective... pretty good, I think!). I guess I will start a new book. Nick & I may go see a movie tonight. Like a date. Been a while since we've done that. For that matter, been a while since I've been out of the house! LOL Or worn a b.ra, too!

Hope you are all doing well! Some wrap-up Christmas shopping, hanging out with my mom, & a bit of cleaning are in the plans for my weekend! How about yours?

We're 7dt3dt.

Pain in My...

Well, it's either the increase of PIO dosage or the fact I've had more shots or a combination of both... but my booty is hurting.

I've been putting a hot pad on each site after the shots today & yesterday doesn't seem to help, but maybe it does.

The girls are starting to ache, too.

Lots of cramps, but not sure if that means anything. It's weird trying to figure out if it my BODY or the MEDS. Very strange.

And the estrogen is definitely kicking in. I can't imagine how it will be after a week of this stuff! LOL

I've got a friend heading over today to hang out... looking forward to that!

And, even though I've got lots of my mind with the cycle, it's crazy to realize Christmas is just a week away! :)

We're officially 6dp3dt.

Kinda Liking This Bed-Rest Stuff

So, I'm not technically on bed rest, I guess. In my mind, I imagine bed rest is pretty much just that... getting up only to potty & eat.

The nurse at transfer said that they don't recommend bed rest after day of transfer since it reduced blood flow. So, I'm still getting up & wrapping a gift here & there, doing a little bit, not really much more than reading, TV, & sleep.

I guess I'm still not going too crazy with the 2WW yet. I think mostly because I'm, umm, either reading, sleeping, or watching TV! Kind of keeping my mnind of the most obvious.

The only difference I would say I feel now is the abdominal stuff. The pulling pain that I normally feel during ovulation or me.nstruation... the endo on my left ovary. I'm sure the estrogen is affecting it. I get random crampy, non-painful twinges. Surprisingly, I'm not really obsessing over it yet.

I have less than 8 days now. I am pretty sure we won't be POAS beforehand. I just want to have that hope as long as possible. It may be the only time I can have this hope. Although I am dearly hanging onto that hope & prayerfully begging to one day meet at least one of these little ones next year.

We up our progesterone to 50mg tomorrow (from 25mg since last Thursday) & I start estrogen patches. I didn't know about the estrogen until right before the transfer. The shots don't hurt too much, but each hip is definitely getting tender. I imagine it'll just get worse.

Oh, well. Definitely something I'm willing to do for that chance.

Just to update, 4dp3dt. Getting closer.