Week 5: I've been in contact with Dr. Braverman's clinic and have decided that we will pursue immune testing through them. If all goes well, they will monitor me until I deliver and will work with my current RE and (God willing) my OB/Midwife. We debated back and forth about doing it but in the end, we don't want to look back and wonder "What if" if something does happen to this babe. Hopefully it can give me a little peace of mind knowing that we're doing everything we can to save this baby. It's a lot of blood work but I'm kind of used to that now.
Current Prednisone side effects:
*Peeing 2-4 times a night.
*Not being able to fall back to sleep once I pee in the night. It's madness. I've only slept until 6am 3 times in the last 3 weeks. My typical pattern is to pee at 2:30 and again at 4:30 and there are times where I'm awake from 2:30-6. It's awful.
*moon face. Not cool (Swelling of my cheeks/face)
*retaining water/swelling of my hands and knees. Great fun.
*Terrible bloating that makes me look 5 months pregnant. That's also from the IVF too. My left ovary is still very much inflamed/swollen
*I think it's starting to mess with my blood sugars. I am being monitored, but it's making me a bit nervous
I'll be on Lovenox the entire pregnancy too. I can give those injections to myself without issue. It's the constant bruising that hurts and looks awful but of all the meds I'm on, that one isn't so bad (it does burn for about 5 mins after injection).
I'm 5 weeks today. It's a milestone I haven't hit since Skittle 10 years ago. I'm taking one day at a time and trying to enjoy the fact that today, I am pregnant.
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Week 6+0: I went in for my first scan and I was a nervous wreck of a human being. DH had left the weekend prior so I knew I was going into it alone...well, not totally alone. I had asked my fav nurse to come in with me and of course she agreed. She stayed right by my side the whole time. I was warned by the u/s tech that I was right on the edge of not seeing more than (hopefully) a gestational sac and yoke sac at this point-and that's it's perfectly OK not to see a heartbeat yet. It is still very early.
Guess what guys?? We saw a beautiful beating heart! My nurse asked if there was anyway we could FaceTime DH and somehow I was able to contact him and he got to see it on the screen too! We both cried! He was in a car full of people headed to the airport but having him see the heartbeat was so incredibly special.
But here's the thing and where it gets interesting. We transferred two, three day embryos. An 8 cell and a 7 cell. Only one stuck. BUT IT SPLIT. IT SPLIT. There are TWO identical babies in my uterus right now. The thing is though, one baby is measuring behind and didn't have a heartbeat yet (clearly showed a yolk sac). Which, again, I was told is completely NORMAL but it doesn't help the anxiety/nerves/etc. And now we play the waiting game to see if he/she continues to develop and grow. My nurse told me there was only a 1% chance of an embryo splitting. ONE PERCENT! I'm calling on my prayer warriors right now. While we are still in a state of shock, and know that things can go either way, will you be praying for our two sweet babies? I really debated on even telling the world about them but I know that I will need your support if things don't turn out as we hope. I believe in the power of prayer and I believe we serve a great God. My hope is that His hand is clearly seen and His will is done whatever the outcome. Our hearts are full and we are so thankful you all are in this with us.
I'm attaching a pic of our cat Lily-so she's the first pic that shows up in my FB feed...and then that of my u/s. You can clearly see the two yolk sacs in one gestational sac!
