Hurst Family: A Baby Story

I have all kinds of emotions, so I'm not even going to begin to express them on here.  During our final week of waiting, we had a good idea that the IVF process had failed.  I called the doctor's office one week before Christmas Eve to tell them I had taken a test which came back negative and I was about 99% sure (due to other reasons besides a store bought test) we had a failed cycle.  I didn't even want to take the time to think about a failed cycle.  I was ready to act like it never happened, move on, get off these crazy drugs, and start it all over again until we get a freaking BFP.  Well, the doctor said it was too early and I needed to finish out the cycle.  I went to have my blood test done first thing the morning of Christmas Eve.  Our doctor called us around 10am to confirm the test was negative and discuss our next steps.  We are meeting with him early next week to discuss the failed round and see where we want to go next.   Ext...

This morning, we dropped Khloe off with her Grandpa in Carmel and got to Family Beginnings at 8:30am to prep for the transfer at 9am.  The embryologist was very happy to show us the pictures of the two blastocysts that survived (and are thriving) for our Day 5 transfer.  This is our first time doing a Day 5 transfer -- we have done two Day 3 transfers in the past.  The transfer procedure is much less invasive than the egg retrieval.  No anesthesia, thank God!  I did have to take a valium one hour before hand, but that was it.  Kellen was dressed in his scrubs, booties, and hair net (LOL) sitting next to me talking to the doctor about the Colts game yesterday while I was laying there with that gooey gross gel on my belly so we could watch the transfer on the TV via ultrasound.  Everything took no more than 5 minutes. Then, I was instructed to lay down in our room for 20 minutes before we could head out.  We left with our blastocyst print out and 2 ...

Our transfer is scheduled for Monday morning (tomorrow) at 9am. Please keep us in your prayers!

We have 6 little baby embryos! Of the 11 eggs the doctor retrieved, 9 were mature and the embryologist was able to fertilize 6. We still do not have a definite date or time for the transfer but the embryologist will call us daily with an update on our babies and when a transfer date and time is determined.

It's after 5pm and I have spent all but about 5 minutes on the couch today resting and sleeping from our egg retrieval (ER) this morning.  We arrived at the doctors office at 7am.  They prepped me for the procedure, gave me my IV, and went over instructions as to what medications I will be taking once the retrieve my eggs.  The procedure began at 7:30pm and lasted about 20-30 minutes.  When they rolled me back to room I was pretty out of it although it didn't take long for the pain to kick in.  This being my 3rd egg retrieval, it was by far the most painful.  Dr. Donahue was able to give me some pain medication that kicked in fairly quickly.  I've also been taking demorol throughout the day today to ease the cramping. The doctor was able to retrieve 11 eggs.  The embryologist will be calling me tomorrow to let us know how many eggs were fertilized and when we will be coming back in for our transfer.  I will update when I know more!

What.  A.  Weekend.  I have a new sister-in-law!  Congrats to my brother and his new wife! Let's go back real quick to Friday morning at 9:15AM.  I had an appointment with the doctor to check my progress.  Everything looked great and I was told to continue my meds and come back in Monday morning for another appointment.  The follicles were measuring around 12cm - 14cm on Friday and this morning they measured 18cm - 20cm.  18cm is what we were shooting for so the doctor instructed us to do the HCG shot tonight [ Monday ] at 7:30pm and scheduled a 7:30am egg retrieval on Wednesday morning.  The nurse measured 16 follicles this morning so they are very confident that they will be able to get many eggs on Wednesday morning.  I'm already feeling very uncomfortable and after the HCG shot tonight, I'll feel a little worse tomorrow.  They'll be putting me under anesthesia for the egg retrieval and Kellen will be taking the day off work to...