[Kathelen]

Gearing up for donor cycle
Jennifer (June/July)
Laurie/Wannafamily (July 2 Lupron)
Lia/imagiccat (July)
Cheri (July/August)
Caroline/CarrieIL (July/August?)
Kate/kathelen (August)
Ria (August)
Renee/AMA (August)
Dona (unsure) - Received donor list
Kirstyloo (unsure)
Lily/Steph12 (unsure)


Currently in donor cycle
Birgit/Ladybugbaby - June 26 ET


In 2ww
Shirley/Chima - June 26 beta
Barbara/mrsmarch - July 2 beta
Kat/kat3 - July 1 beta

Waiting for 1st ultrasound - Bean Count :-)
Tia/parker_john- July 2 1st u/s
Beth/bboops
Stephanie/crescendo97 - July 3 u/s
Lauren/laurengator- July 7 1st OB u/s

BFP - next milestone
Susan/Susu829 (1 bean)
Janet/finalfrontier (1 bean)- June 23 NT scan / July 9 1st prenatal visit
Marisa (1 bean)
Laurie03/Laurie (1 boy))
Bethany/bd711 (1 bean)
Kristen/chantalttc (1 girl)- June 30 anatomy scan
Shelley/babysteps (2 boys, 1 girl)
Kay (1 girl)

Regrouping
Tina

[FINALFRONTIER]

Birgit: it sounds like your embies are progressing beautifully!

Laurie: Congrats on getting your schedule. I agree with the others. Put the lupron in an ice chest and just sneak off and get your shot.

Kristen: I am praying for you.

As for me, I had the CT Scan on Monday, then I did not have computer access yesterday. The CT Scan went well and I will hear the results in about 10 days. The baby's measurements were fine and the blood test results will be combined with the measurement to determine the risk for Downs.The baby was so cute and was kicking his/her legs all over the place. The heartbeat is 173 (seems high?)

I would paste a picture, but I don't know how to make it small. If I figure it out, I will include it.

[FINALFRONTIER]

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[chantalTTC]

ohmigosh ladies - I am SOO sorry to keep you in suspense. Your prayers and well wishes are so sweet.

EVERYTHING'S FINE. It turns out it was just a 'superficial blood vessel' that was more noticeable as my bb was swelling throughout the pregnancy... PHEW. I'm soooo relieved. I can tell you I had some very dark thoughts that were pretty scary. Thank goodness it was nothing and I'm even more thankful than before for all the blessings in my life.

Thank you again for all your kind words of support!

[chantalTTC]

Birgit - congrats on the 7 embies. Grow embies grow!!!

Kat - congrats on being PUPO!!

Hope everyone else is doing well :-)

Janet - I look forward to seeing your little one's u/s pic!

[BabySteps]

YAY Kristen, thank goodness everything is fine!! YAY YAY YAY!!

Birgit, I think your embies are doing great!!

Janet, your picture did not post...try this

- first save pictures on your computer and you may need to resize them to upload
- to resize right click on the file name of the picturek, a menu will pop up, click on either medium or small to resize

TO UPLOAD
- begin a new message reply
- click on the paper clip icon at the top right of the message box
- click on the browse button
- select your file to upload from your computer
- click upload
- close window
- click on paper clip icon again and your file will be there and click on it to attach

[MarisaD]

Kristen - You had us worried! I'm so happy everything is ok.
I also wanted to ask you a question. Who was it that told you from that ultrasound it was a boy? A tech or DR. Did you see the boy parts? I'm asking because at my NT the Dr said she is 90% sure it is a boy. I saw boy parts but from what I have read, females look the same at this stage. It is all about "The angle of the dangle". That will tell what gender it is. Your probably thinking I'm crazy about now but check out this website. It is amazing, something I never knew about!

Embryo Development external genital sex organs - angle of the dangle boy or girl ultrasound gender scan - Baby2see.com

[mrsmarch]

Kristen, thank god everything is fine. You had us all worried. I;m glad to hear you are back in the swing.

Gald you're back

[laurengator]

Kristen- I am SO glad you are okay.

Marisa- Interesting site about gender. I am looking forward to studying ultrasounds over the next few months.

[Wannafamily]

Kristen - that is great news, I am so glad everything is fine!

Thanks ladies for all of the advice on how to keep the Lupron chilled. My DH would probably faint if he had to give me the injection. I did all my own shots during our first IVF and will do these as well. We both had a fear of needles, but I think his was worse. He would have done it, but I was more nervous about him coming at me with a needle than just doing it myself. I have a little bit of a control issue!! I have never done PIO shots and am glad becuase I hear those are much hard to do yourself.

[imagiccat]

Kristen -- Hurray! I'm glad it all turned out fine. I knew that it would, but you had us worried anyhow.

[Kathelen]

Kristen- Whew! Thanks for checking in. I am so happy for you that it turned out to be nothing.

Laurie (wannafamily)- I think it is so funny that your DH can't give you the needles. We are the opposite. I can't give my own so my DH has to do it all. I don't know what I would do without him.

[Kathelen]

Donor Update (we got an email tonight from the coordinator).

Our donor saw our RE today and while her ovaries are still big, the RE expects she will be able to start Lupron in a few weeks. I didn't even know she was seeing the RE today. We don't know anything yet such as schedule or anything. Does anyone know how long the lupron lasts? Just curious (and anxious). I know we will find out soon though.

[LadyBugBaby]

Kristen--So happy to hear the good news!

Apparently our embryos are doing very, very well because the Embryologist has decided that we will be doing a 5 Day Transfer on Saturday. At first I didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but after doing a little googling I take it that it is a good thing. We were hoping to get out of here a day or two early if we had done the ET today, but of course we will do anything to keep our babies safe.

Take care,
Birgit

[LadyBugBaby]

Today's report: All 7 embryos developing, 5 x 8 cell Grade 1; 1 x 7 cells Grade 1; 1 x 6 cells Grade 2