Well... I cheated.... I called a friend of mine and I will be having my first US 1-7-04... I know i should wait until Friday and have Dr. Smotrich's office do it for me, but I just can't help it. So less than 48 hours and we will know if S & D are going to be the proud parents of 1 or 2 beautiful babies!!! Morning sickness has found me, and it is horrible... I feel sick all day. On the bright side of things at least I am not throwing up... so I don't have the added stress of poor nutrition or dehydration on top of not feeling well. So to recap....
beta 1, 12-22-03, 10dp3dt... 55
beta 2, 12-26-03, 14dp3dt... 321

double rate is 37.7 hours

I can't wait to begin really showing so that all of the cute maternity clothes that I have bought already I can finally wear!!!

Merry Christmas... well a day late... ok, so Happy New Year. My IPs are officially going to be parents. My beta 10dp3dt 12-22-03 was 55, then today 14dp3dt is 321!!! my progesterone keeps going down so begining today I will be starting oral prometrium supplements. Oh yeah... When I first told me IPs it was the greatest moment... I really believed that it would happen, while at the same time not really knowing. This is hw I told them...

knew when I saw the digital test pop up pregnant that this was really happening... My IPs long heartbreaking journey was finally going to be over... they were going to be parents. I called my IM who is in AZ with her family and said good morning mommy... she interupted me right after the morning part... and so had to back step a bit and said What.... is this real? I told her about the beautiful line on the answer early pregnancy test and about the most beautiful words ever digitally written... PREGNANT. There they were, staring me in the face, words that I felt in my heart would be there, but that in my gut I was begining to fear I may never be able to say to my IPs... I'm PREGNANT!!! That morning I called my clinic because I was having a bit.. okay, quite a bit of red bleeding and was getting concerned that what I had seen would quickly dissapear. So they sent me for my beta and level checks a day early... and the wait began, at this point... IM had no idea that I was getting my beta done a day early, ad still knows nothing about the bleeding that has stopped (no neede to worry her about something so common right now)... then it happened... the phone call from Dr. Smotrich... "Congratulations, you are pregnant... your beta is 55, your E2 and progesterone are great, stay on meds as planned and repeat beta Friday 12-26-03"... I of course being a hormal reck these days began crying and had to ask... are you sure that everything is great... that number isn't too low, he said that for being as early as I was and that I naturally have low HcG (only 73 at 19dpo with DS... this was 55 at what would be 13dpo) that we are doing great.
I sat there for a sec and called IM at her sisters house and said... S, congratulations... the beta is 55! your officially going to be a mother! She said What? I thought that we had another day to go still... I told her that we did, but that Dr. S let me go early... He was the one confirming the pregnancy. Her response was "OH my goodness, is this real? I am so excited (all while crying of course) and I am so numb right now that I can't feel anything." I told her, this is real, we go for a repeat beta on Friday and then we will have our first US 2 weeks from then 1-9-04. What a way to begin the new year.
Later that night IF called (he is still in SF working), and said congratulation, I hear your going to have a baby... I said, nope... congratulations to you... your going to be a daddy! Merry hristmas D. He got kind of quiet for moment, and said your right... S & I are going to have a baby. Thank you so much for helping us to make this dream come true. We never thought that we would really hear thosae words right now, that is why we agreed it would be okay to be apart this year for Christmas. Had we palnned to be together for the news, we would have to actually allow ourselves to believe that it could fianlly happen. I said, well it did, and in your hearts you are together, and you will have plenty of time to celebrate... He said thank you one last time and had to go... he was going to his parents to tell them the news.

Wow how time has flown by... It has been several weeks since my last post, so here goes...

Lupron went very well... only one headache and I really think my hair was too tight that day.LOL... I began Estrogen 11-26 and then started PIO on 12-8-03!!! With my last transfer my lining only reached a 9 and never really tripple patterned... this time (with a new clinic and Dr) my lining was a 9 with the beginings of tripple pattern 10 days before transfer, then on 12-8 my final lining check reveled a nice thick 12 with a beautiful tripple pattern. I am so excited! My first E2 was 147 and then my second was 183... that was a week ago, my estrogen was upped from .2cc to .3cc, so I have no doubt that it will be well over the 200 mark by transfer. The ED had her retrival yesterday, we got 17 eggs, of which 13 are now embies!!! This donor is very proven...
1st ed transfered 2... result b/g twins/ 1st transfer
2nd ed transfered 2... result b/b twins/ 2nd transfer
3rd ed transfered 3... result g/g twins/ 1st transfer
4th ed transfered 3... neg beta for IM, refered to surrogate, who will be transfering in Jan.

So we have a really good shot here... Beta will be right arounf Christmas eve, so what a great gift to give... your going to be a mommy and daddy!!!

I am heading into my second transfer with a wonderful set of IPs. We are going to be using an ED this time around. I am set for Lupron to begin 11-17-03, estrogen 11-26-03, I go in on each of these days for an US and blood work... I also go in 12-3-03 for a lining check, at which time if all is where Dr. Smotrich wants it to be I will begin my PIO injections. The ED has her retrival 12-9-03 or possibly 12-10-03, an dwe will be doing a 3 day transfer 12-12-03 or 12-13-03 if the ED isn't ready until 12-10-03.
So that is a brief overview of what is to come for the next 28 days... Then it is off to HPT's and betas... my birthday is 12-17, 5dp3dt... what a great day for my first BFP!!! I may have a beta prior to Christmas eve... but 12dp3dt falls on Christmas eve, so wouldn't that be a wonderful Christmas gift to give my IPs, a phone call with a nice high beta!!!