Each embryo is now called a blastocyst. They have developed perfectly on time and therefore were able to be frozen today before they hatched! We have 4 vials containing 1 "blast" each and 2 vials with 2 blasts. I guess you could say that this IVF cycle has officially been completed!
Justin has made me laugh thinking about the names for our frozen little ones. He jokes that we need to name them after the Frozen characters with names like Olaf for a boy and Elsa for a girl. Justin has Norwegian heritage so he thinks it would be perfect. I need you all to tell him otherwise. Lol!
It is bitter sweet as this has been such an exciting time for us. You sit there over the years hearing of more and more friends having babies and you just feel so left out. Now I can finally feel like I am part of the club knowing that there is a HUGE likely chance that our baby is just sitting in a freezer 5 miles from our home! I am so happy to finally get good fertility news again. Wish I could just be pregnant now with all of you. :(
So what's next do you ask? I plan on stopping by the fertility clinic tomorrow to get another financial estimate based on our insurance for a frozen cycle. We were quoted approximately $5000 but we should be getting a credit of hopefully around $1000-2000 from not doing a transfer this time. If you have any further fundraising ideas, please let me know! I think our neighborhood would look at us funny if we had any more garage sales. I have included our link to our YouCaring page above the "about me" on the blog.
I have an endocrinology appointment tomorrow that I am nervous about because let's be real- I have not cared about my diabetes one bit since the egg retrieval and have eating horribly. I am feeling motivated again to be good though so don't worry. I just needed to treat myself for awhile.
I will be notifying the fertility clinic once I have a withdrawal bleed within the next week. I don't have to have any further ultrasounds since I am feeling so much better after the Ganirelix injections. We will sit down with Dr. Christman again to discuss our plan for the next cycle like meds and how many babies to transfer. Lately, I have been leaning towards just putting in one like they recommend. I'm not sure why but it's kind of a gut thing. That may easily change though! haha
My 30th birthday is July 29th which is literally the last day I can have my period to officially start the frozen cycle! I never thought that I would be saying all a girl wants for her 30th birthday is to start her period! hahaha The clinic shuts down for the whole month of August to do their inspections and quality control checks that they do 4 times a year. If I don't have a period on my own before my birthday, I'll have to wait another month which means it would be October instead of September before transferring! AHH! Please please come!
So I am struggling with the decision of whether to make this next cycle as public as I did this time. I really have enjoyed writing these blogs and all the support you all have given me throughout the ups and downs. It has been a great story that I will be able to refer to for years. However, it would be fun to surprise you when I finally get that big fat positive test! But let's be real, I am horrible at keeping secrets and if any of you asked me how things were coming along, I wouldn't be able to lie! lol So I will probably keep you all posted. In the meantime, I may periodically update with fun stuff Justin and I are up to in the next months. So stay tuned! THANK YOU!
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