2nd Ultrasound

I went for my 2nd ultrasound yesterday. I heard both of the heartbeats and saw both of the babies again. They still just look like two blobs. The doctor said I have subchorionic bleeding in my uturus but said this is nothing to be concerned about. I was released from Dr. Ziegler (the fertility doctor) and have my appointment with my OB-GYN on Wednesday.

How many?

We went for our first ultrasound this morning at 9:00. The ultrasound tech looked to see how many babies there were and told us there were two. We are having twins! We saw both babies and saw the heartbeats on both. We also heard the heartbeats although Baby A's was an easier heartbeat to hear because Baby B is hiding behind Baby A. Stu is a little shocked but he has 8 months to get used to the idea of twins. The top picture is Baby A and the bottom picture is Baby B.

2nd Beta

I went to the doctor's office again this morning for bloodwork. Normally they would have had me in two days later which would have been Saturday but they were not open so they had me come in today. The embryologist told me that they were looking for my numbers to at least quadruple. My number on Thurday was 485. My number today was 2456! So it more than quadrupled. The embryologist told me that the high number means there is a good chance that there is more than one baby. I go next Friday, February 15th for my first ultrasound. That ultrasound will be with the ultrasound tech and they will be looking to see how many babies there are. The next ultrasound will be with Dr. Ziegler.

Pregnancy Test

I went to the fertility doctor this morning for a bloodtest to see if I am pregnant. They told me they would call with the results in the afternoon. I checked my phone all day and they finally called around 3:30. The nurse told me that I was pregnant and said that my numbers are high which is great. My level is 485. Now I have to continue to take the progesterone injections, take the estrace pills two times a day, take 5 mg of folic acid, take a baby aspirin, and start lovonox injections. The things you will go through to have a baby. I go on Monday for another blood test. They want to make sure my levels are still increasing. They should quadruple by then. After that I have my first ultrasound where I will find out if it is one or two babies. I should also get a due date around then although based on babycenter.com my due date is October 9th. We will continue to keep you updated.

IVF

I am setting up this blog so that our friends and family can follow along with us. We had invitro done this past week. The egg retrieval was done on Thursday, January 17th. The embryologist was able to fertilize 20 eggs and the next day 18 still looked great! I was originally scheduled to have the embryo transfer on Sunday, January 20th but the doctor's office called the day before and said that since they all looked so great they were going to wait two extra days and take them to the blastocyst stage. I had a day 5 transfer done on Tuesday, January 22nd. Two embryos were put back in. We had 11 extra that we froze incase we have to go through IVF again. The embryologist said they all looked great and it was hard for him to decide which two to put back in. I go on Thursday for a blood test to see if I am pregnant. I have been thinking positive thoughts and can't wait to find out. Thank you to our friends and family for being so supportive. It means a lot to us.