Y’all. I’m tired!! I know it’s worth it and I’m so grateful to have this expirience and to be able to afford it. I’m just tired of waiting! This will be an update of what I’ve went through for the past couple of months and what’s to happen in the future.
I started my IVF injections on May 6th 2022. These medications were to help stimulate my ovaries and encourage follicle growth for my egg retrieval. I did my trigger shot on May 17th. The injections weren’t too bad, I did have to give them to myself in the abdomen everyday which was interesting. My Egg retrieval was on May 18th. I had 60+ mature follicles WHICH IS AMAZING. AND HURT LIKE HELL.(my ovaries were swollen and touching!!)
On the night before my egg retrieval I was not to eat or drink anything as I was to be put under for this procedure.
I got to RAD at 5:30 am to prep for the procedure. By 6 AM I was on the table and fast asleep! I woke to be told that 19 eggs were retrieved!!! Before the procedure my Dr. Asked how many I thought they were going to get I said “20” she informed me that those numbers are above average and we will see. I woke up to the Dr. telling me that they were able to get 19 (so basically I was right lol)
Out of the 19 eggs, 13 were fertilized, and 8 made it to the blastocyst stage needed to be able to freeze the embryos. Altogether we currently have 8 good quality embryos frozen! I’m so excited!
I started birth control the same day my period started to help regulate everything before the next step of embryo transfer. Now that I am off the birth control and had my baseline appointment to check that my lining was thin and my labs were good to go, I started taking Estrace. Estrace is essentially estrogen. It is used to help build the uterine lining for the embryo transfer. I am to do this every 8 hours.
My next appointment will be on the 6th of July to check that my uterine lining is getting thicker and that I have not ovulated from there we will be able to set our FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer) date!!! We did not get the PGT testing done so knowing the sex of the baby will be a total surprise! Which is also very exciting!
2 weeks after the FET we will be taking a pregnancy test to see if the embryo has stuck! On July 9th I will start progesterone in oil injections these are given in the buttock region.
This will be my last post until I feel comfortable announcing if Baby Ransom decided to stick around. Wish us lots of luck and baby dust everyone. ✨
To Baby Ransom Mommy and Daddy are anxious and patiently waiting for you to make yourself known we love you so much already! We feel like we’re so close yet so far away.🥺
Here’s to Future Baby Ransom 💕 👩🏿🍼 🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿❤️🔥👶🏿
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