Cleared for transfer!

The ultrasound and blood work looked great today. My lining is thickening as needed and my ovaries are quiet. Tonight I will start the PIO shots and next Tuesday we will all meet again to transfer the girls.

TRANSFER: 2/28/2020 at 11:30am!

The rainbow symbolism serves as an obvious symbol of peace and serenity. These feelings are often evoked when looking at a rainbow. More significantly, rainbows are often seen after a rainstorm when the sun breaks through the clouds. This provides us with a very powerful and important message.
Patty and Shawn have had their unfair share of rainstorms and this transfer will hopefully be the break in the clouds we have been waiting for. The girls have been waiting patiently for the time to continue growing and finally be back in the arms of their parents later this year.

Waiting on our pot(s) of gold at the end of the RAINBOW

One week and counting!

We have moved the transfer date up to 2/18 so that Patty can fly in and be there for her girls.
The girls. The Gallo Girls. There is something about the way that sounds that just feels right, like it was meant to be.
We have an ultrasound and blood work tomorrow to confirm my lining is thickening up as needed, which it has for the last three cycles so I am not concerned about that, and to confirm my ovaries stay quiet and there are no follicles. So basically they can cheer us on silently on the sidelines.
And in one week we will be giving the girls a new home where they hopefully stick around for the next 9 months or so!

If this was a natural cycle I would already be 1 week and 5 days pregnant, since you are considered 2.5 weeks pregnant at transfer with 5-day blasts. Which means we will be due in October!!

 

Two weeks and counting

Two weeks and counting until the transfer!
The Estrace caused some mild nausea when I first started it again, but it passed quickly.
This cycle feels just right, in the words of Goldilocks. I was hesitant to transfer after February because the delivery would be pushed into Winter and I want to make sure we can make it to the hospital without snow covered roads! So a February transfer works great, putting delivery by November.
Transferring in the month of love and delivering in the month of Thanks.
Perfection!

Hello February! Baseline US and Med Schedule

The baseline ultrasound yesterday looked great, lining was beautiful and blood work just right.
I started the estrace yesterday which I will continue for the next 10 weeks (fingers crossed!).
We have a follow up ultrasound on the 12th, and if all looks good the progesterone in oil shots start the 13th. Just in time for Valentine's Day (my daughter's original due date).
Our transfer is tentatively scheduled for February 19, 2020. A great day to get pregnant!

 

February is filled with much love in my world, with my daughter's birthday, my birthday and Valentines Day. And now we will be transferring their two little girls and this month will be filled with even more love.

 

 

 

 

Hello ladies, two little girls ready for transfer!

The results are in and we have 2 normal female embryos!
I know that Patty and Shawn really wanted a boy and a girl but of course they are thankful to have the good news that two of the embryos are able to be transferred so they now have the chance again at not one, but two girls. And to be transferred in the month of Love!
I have been saying all along that I had a feeling they were going to have a little girl. We have been through a lot already with this surrogacy journey but it does not put a damper on the feeling that this time it is going to work.

Next steps: waiting on my cycle to start so I can get the baseline ultrasound and start meds!

Embryos Under Construction

12 follicles, 8 fertilized embryos, 5 frozen tested and frozen.

Now the waiting game.. continues! Once we have the results of the genetic testing, I will stop taking birth control and when my cycle starts I will begin the medications for (hopefully) our last transfer, of two embabies, and would be due at the end of this year.
No better way to celebrate 2020, than to bring one or two babies into this world and into the loving arms of two parents who have had to wait too long.



Let's do this!

Happy New Year

It is a new year and time for change. We are continuing our baby making journey and will soon be making embryos. Our hope is to create enough to transfer two embryos for our potentially last transfer which should be scheduled by the end of February hopefully.
We will proceed with hope and positivity, acknowledging previous transfers while not letting them determine the outcome of future transfers. Cheers to the new year, let it be very productive for us all!