IVF Update
"What the heck is going on?" You may ask.
Well last week we got some great news! The fertility clinic thought things were going well enough to start seeing our local OBGYN. No more trips to Charlottesville!
Today Jennifer got to make that visit. And it went well! Aside from the ridiculously long wait in the office.
To make a long story short, Jennifer had another ultrasound today. Got to see legs and feet (or nubs) kicking and squirming! Heartbeat was very fast (tradition says fast=girl, slow=boy). And the Dr. said we can consider ourselves a normal pregnancy! Praise God!
Thank you all who have been praying for us on this journey. It has been exhausting. Several times we came to grips with the fact that it was over. Praise God it wasn't! Please keep praying for us. I now need to change the titles of these to "Pregnancy Update!"
IVF Update
Haha. Now I think God is toying with the Dr.'s.
Good heartbeat. Good growth. Much better than last weeks, "I think this is a failed pregnancy." To God be the glory!
He is concerned. The baby is measuring 6.5 weeks when it should be 7.5 weeks. Doesn't seem like a big deal, but apparently it is. And he said (this is a different Dr. than last week) that he has seen this type of situation turn out for the good once or twice. Guess we'll be number three!
Keep praying! The kid won't give up. And neither will we!
IVF Update
Sorry to say that the Dr. wasn't very hopeful today. What they saw should have been bigger and the evidence leads them to believe that the pregnancy is failing. They'll confirm everything Tuesday. Still in limbo so not sure how to feel. Thank you for your prayers. God is in control.
IVF Update
Wow, think I need to change this to the 'IVF Blog'.
Anyhow, went and had an ultrasound this morning – with a 15 month old present. Fun stuff.
The result was the Dr. was able to see a yoke sack. He was happy about that. The IVF Nurse said she didn't think that was going to be the case. Haha. Everyone was very encouraged. The only thing he didn't care for was the presence of a hematoma, which will probably be passed in the near future. The plan now is to do regular ultrasounds and track the growth of the yoke sack and start looking for the actual baby. Her hCG levels may just be low, or the baby has genetic defects and that is resulting in the low numbers. So the regular ultrasounds will be the determiner. My take – we're pregnant, let's move on. I'm tired of living like this. I'm just going to accept the fact that in 9 months I'll be losing more sleep than I do now.
Next ultrasound will be next Thursday. Thank you for your continued prayers!
IVF Update
Ugh. I have a prediction. 9 months from now we'll still be going back to Charlottesville to see if we're pregnant. Then we'll push out a baby….or Jennifer will.
Levels went up, but not enough for their liking. They don't seem to happy about it. And neither are we. Feel stretched thin. But the good thing is they are calling us in tomorrow morning for an ultrasound. Finally.
Please pray!
IVF Update
Keep praying! It's working!
Numbers Friday – 379
Numbers Today – 783
That's a 62% increase over a 2 day period. Praise GOD!!!!!!!!!!
The nurse wants her back in on Thursday because they'd still like to seen the numbers higher today than they were. But I'm thrilled with them! She told me to keep our fingers crossed. I told her nonsense. Don't need to when close to a thousand people are praying for the same thing!
IVF Update
Excuse my language but this bites.
So here is the update – in detail.
Monday HCG levels – 288
Wednesday HCG levels – 272
Friday HCG levels – 379
That is only a 40% increase from Wed to Friday. We needed to see a 60%-100% increase. The nurse said this are the possible explanations. Least likely is an ectopic. Less likely is we lost a twin and kept the other. Most likely is that it is a failed pregnancy.
So I'm holding onto the less likely option. Please pray like never before and beat down the door of heaven! Enough of us praying and we can cause a good disruption up there! We want to see a huge jump Monday! Oh yea…we have to wait again until Monday.
IVF Update
The nurse called and the HCG levels did not change. Which is not a good sign. Still in the 250's where they were Monday. Meaning? Another 2 days of torturous waiting. Have to go back Friday to do the blood test again. They should have doubled, or at least risen. One explanation is that we lost one of the babies and the level has plateaued. So here is what we need to pray:
God, we need these levels to rise like they should! Let this pregnancy be successful! Give us peace!
IVF Update
Sorry for the gap in posts. Let me explain why!
Admittedly, this has been a rough few days for us. Over the past week, Jennifer has been experiencing some slight cramping. Friday we had a scare. Then Saturday we had a big scare – won't go into details. Monday we took a pregnancy test which said we're pregnant – silly because that same day we were driving to Charlottesville to get an official blood test. That too said we're pregnant, but hard to be excited with the scares we are having.
The next step was to go back today and get the same blood test – which I am currently waiting to hear the results from. They will either say that her levels are going up – good; or they are going down – bad. Either way, it's hard to breathe – and will be so until we get an ultrasound to find the reason for the cramping and blood loss.
So please keep praying. On my end it's hard to be optimistic. So I need the faith of the rest of you to help us out!
