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Our second beta was today and it was right on target at 1700. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited that things are moving in the right direction. They also told us that our first ultrasound is next Friday at 12:30. I can’t wait to see our baby. We will then meet with our doctor. I also called today to set up our first OB appointment with my regular one. It is on April 9th. This still seems so surreal to me, but I am loving every minute of it 
Does anyone know if this is high for 20 days past retrieval or if this is normal for a single pregnancy? I was trying to figure out if the numbers seemed like multiples or single.
Well I was right, I didn’t have a bladder infection like I first thought. I unfortunately had a kidney stone. A very painful kidney stone. On Monday morning I woke up and felt horrible and by 5 a.m. I was laying on the floor in my bedroom in severe pain. I was having horrible pain in my back on the right side and it was moving into my abdomen. OF course I wasn’t sure at first what it was so it did scare me with the baby. My husband got me to the local hospital and they gave me pain meds that were ok with pregnancy. They did an u/s and found the kidney stone. Htey also informed us that they couldn’t see anything with the u/s concerning the baby. I told them that I went through IVF and that the eggs had only been in me for 2 weeks. They weren’t listening very well. They did a hcg test with my blood and hte number was 500. Which was right where it was suppose to be. But they kept insisting that ther was no baby. After this I requested that I be transferred to a St. Louis hospital where my specialist was. So they took me by ambulance to that hospital. My specialist told me that the baby was fine and that we weren’t going to see anything until my levels were between 1000 and 2000. She said my hcg level was right where it should be and she wasn’t concerned at all. Thank goodness. But we still had the kidney stone to deal with. There wasn’t much they could so because I was pregnant. They kept overnight on Monday for observation and they sent me home on Tuesday with the kidney stone just at the bottom of my tube before going into my bladder. Luckily I passed it yesterday morning at school and with no pain. I am so glad to be done with this.
We go back Friday for another beta. Im sure its fine because Mondays was great. Im still feeling great. A little trouble with bowels and I am experiencing some pulling and tender feelings in my abdomen. Oh well that just lets me know that something is in there. I’ll post Friday when I hear something. Im just glad the baby is ok. Oh and I got a new teaching job. I found out on Monday while I was in the hospital. I don’t think I can take any more good news, Ha Ha.
Well I’ve only known for 48 hours that I am pregnant and I have already had to call the dr’s exchange number. Last night before bed I had some mild cramping but nothing major. This morning I woke up at 4:30 with symptoms of a pretty intense bladder infection. Everytime I would wipe, the spotting kept getting pinker and pinker. So I finally broke down and called. They called right back and it wasn’t my doctor but another one from the office. He was super nice and said that because I was so early in my pregnancy, he understood why I called. He said the cramping is normal and it was probably from the uterus. He prescribed me an antibiotic for the bladder problem and he said not to be alarmed with the spotting. It could be from the bladder or just gravity doing its thing. Thank god. Im really trying not to think of the things that could happen and Im trying to be very positive, but this morning started to make me worry. I have also noticed that I don’t have any nausea until I eat. I know I have to eat so I am trying to eat very small meals instead of a lot at once. At least Im still feeling something. Im so scared that I will go back on Friday and my numbers will not be there. I want to take a test everyday to make sure that it still says Im pregnant. Im crazy…………………
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I haven’t had much relief of these symptoms that I feel are a bladdar infection. Now I am starting to wonder if it is something else. Has anyone felt pain or twinges because thier cervix is changing. I wonder if that is the pain I am feeling. I don’t know. Its not a constant pain but twinges in my private area. I think if I don’t have some relief by morning then I will call back. I just don’t want anything to happen. I know Im being obsessive. Some people have also asked about my due date and it is November 12th. Right in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas..Yeah
They called today and told me that I am officially pregnant. Words cannot even describe how I feel right now. We are in shock and we are enjoying every single minute of this. I can’t believe this is happening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I forgot to add a couple of things and people have been calling about them. My number was 124 and I don’t go back until next Friday for another beta check. I have no idea how fast my numbers should double. Does anyone know how to calculate them?
I did the big no no by testing at home before my blood test. I just couldn’t help it. I had been feeling a few things and I just wanted to know. I really wanted to know just in case it was negative, so I could prepare myself. But to my surprise I tested yesterday at 1:15 p.m. and it was postitive. I tested again at 4 and 7 and they were also positive and the lines were darker. I am in total disbelief right now. I went this morning for my blood work and they will call this pm with the results but the nurse said that it looks promising. OMG I can’t believe that this might be it. HOLY COW, I MIGHT ACTUALLY BE PREGNANT! I will post as soon as I know something….
Well my 2ww is almost done. Only 2 more days. I have to tell you that it has been hard not to let all of the symptoms that I have go to my brain. Im trying to stay hopeful, but realistic. So here is what has been going on. Last week during the first week of waiting I had some cramps like af and some headaches. By Friday night they were pretty much gone and that was nice because I thought it was all over. On Saturday, dh and I went to target and then to eat with my parents. As we were leaving target, I had this strange but powerful cramp in my stomach. Not really like an af cramp, but something. I commented to dh that it felt funny but then I didn’t think anything of it. When we went to dinner that night I went to the bathroom and when I wiped there was a light tinting of pink and then some red. But that was it, nothing else since then. So what the heck was that? Of course I want it to be implantation bleeding but I don’t want to get my hopes up. Other than this Im having lots of gas, my boobs are horribly sore, I feel very light headed at times and my stomach is acting funny. I want these to be good signs but I know that they could be from the PIO shots or just anything. I took a test on Sun. and Mon. and both were neg. Probably too soon. And now I am not testing any more until I have my beta. Oh I hate this soooooooooo much. I can’t wait for Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well most of my symptoms have subsided for now. I am feeling back to normal for the most part. Im still drinking tons of fluids just in case I get pregnant and this decides to visit me again. I am getting very anxious for our test next week. I tried to tell myself not to get so excited, but that is hard to do. Last night I started feeling crampy and I had an af headache. I really hope that this isn’t my sign that it didn’t work. Im just going to think postitive and hope for the best. The re is suppose to call today with the report of our eggs to see if we can freeze. I really hope we can. Today is day 7 and last time they called on day 4 to day that they didn’t make it. Maybe that is a good sign. So Im off to teach my kids. I hope these af symptoms are nothing.
I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to post. This has been the longest day of my life. Yesterday I started having trouble breathing and I was having severe headaches and dizziness. I was also in tons of pain from my ovaries and it was hard to go to the bathroom. So I called the doctor and they said that I needed to relax a lot and drink fluids. Today was my transfer. We got there at 9:15 and the doctor came in immediately to see me. She was very concerned about me and said that I was in the moderate stage of OHSS (Over hyperstimulation syndrome). She almost didn’t put my eggs back in because she was so concerned. She said that this condition hadn’t even peaked yet. She said the worst was yet to come in four to five days. She said that I might even need to take off some additional days at work. Ugh. So we talked more and she said that we could go ahead and do the transfer but we could only put back 2 eggs because if we get pregnant this syndrome comes back for the first few weeks of pregnancy because of the hcg. She said that it is worse with multiples so she didnt want to chance me having triplets. She said that I had to take it easy for the next few days and really take care of myself to get through this. I have to say that I am a little scared. So after we decided that it was into the transfer. Well that was a mess too. My ovaries are so big that it tilted my uterus and it was standing straight up. So after 45 minutes and lots of tools and doctors coming in, my two little embryos were put in place. Thank God. She told me to rest, rest, rest and I was sent home with symptoms to look for to see if the OHSS comes on stronger. Please if anyone has had this please let me know how you helped it go away. I have already drank a gallon of water today and Im going to the bathroom regularly so that is good. My preg. test is on March 7 so we just wait now. I’ll let you know how Im feeling as the weekend progresses.
We got the update late yesterday afternoon and it looks good. They retrieved 21 eggs instead of 20. Unfortunately 6 didn’t even make it to fertilization. So that left us with 15. Out of the 15, 10 fertilized. YEAH!!!!!!! Thats double digits. I was very happy with the results. They told us that they didn’t check the eggs today but they did call with a tentative time for a day 3 transfer(that would be tomorrow). We would have to be there at 9:15. They said that they will call us at 8:00 tomorrow morning and tell us if it is on day 3, tomorrow, or day 5, Monday. We are very excited. I will post first thing tomorrow to let you know. Also does anyone have any ideas on how to relieve some of the pain that I am having from the progesterone shots. I am so sore 
Retrieval went really well. They were able to retrieve 20 EGGS!!!!!!!!! I was so happy. They said that everything looked great and that they were all really strong eggs. We were very happy and excited. I feel pretty good. I’m alittle tired and sore, but I have been taking tylenol to help with the discomfort. They are going to call tomorrow with the report and I am really hoping that at least 10 make it. Thanks for all of the support. I can’t wait for the results of my little eggs tomorrow……………..
