IVF Cycle Three - 3 and 4DP5DT

1 John 5:14-15 “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”

Been an interesting two days. Yesterday I had some twinges on and off by Wed. night they turned into bad cramps. Was up most of the night feeling nausea than with diarrhea later on. It felt like the worse period cramps like AF was coming. It finally slowed down Thurs. afternoon to just some twinges now and again. I ended waking my husband up to ask for prayer as I was worried everything was ok this time. I know others talk about implantation cramps so I wonder if this is what I am feeling. I keep praying things will work out this time, for something good to happen.

I found this site today that has you put in the ER date and will tell you due dates and stuff...
According to them I would be 3 weeks and 2 days pregnant
Beta on Jan 4th
Due date for single: Sept. 11, 2012
Due date for twins: August 20, 2012

What happens on day 3 and 4: The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation

IVF Cycle Three - 1DPT

One Day Past Transfer...

Slept in today and took some time to rest after our busy day yesterday. Besides the constant bloating, feeling full from the medications (estrodiol, crinone progesterone, predisone 20mg, baby asprin 81mg) I am feeling good. Thankfully the pain in my back has gone back to a manageable level. The night before transfer it was the worse it has been in a few months. We are both excited for this cycle, Dr.'s said it was the best out of the three we have done. Embryo's looked really good, now it's just a matter of waiting till Jan 4th's beta test to see if they will implant and grow. I keep praying, I keep believing, I keep on going that is all I can do.

The great news of today was we had FIVE expanded blastocysts to freeze. That is so awesome! With the 2 from our first cycle we have 7 as back up now. This was the last fresh cycle we would be able to afford so to know we have some frozen is a relief, gives up opportunity for FET if need be later or another child. It also gives hope that the one's we transferred are making it this time since more of them grew to day 6 in the lab.

 

We are still needing to raise at least $500 to pay for the rest of this IVF cycle. If you are interested in helping us out we have a link on the left hand side above for donations through paypal/credit cards. Even a small donation will go a long way in helping us achieve our dreams. 

Thank you for your support and please keep praying for us.

5-Day Transfer

Days Past Transfer (DPT)	Embryo Development
One	The blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell
Two	The blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus
Three	The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation
Four	Implantation continues
Five	Implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop
Six	Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream
Seven	Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
Eight	Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
Nine	Levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy