Week ONE...

0.3.21-03.27

Here we go!!

I can’t believe that we are actually physically starting IVF! AHHHHH!!! So excited! God is so good!! His had is in every part of this and Jared and I are truly blessed.

Nothing too exciting in the first couple of weeks, but awesome none the less. We start birth control pills (BC)first…I know that sounds a little weird…you ask your self “wait, what? they are trying to have a baby, but then why are they starting BC pills?” I thought it was crazy weird too when I first heard. So here is the low down of how this whole IVF thing works…

First step: Suppress ovaries (with BC)
Second step: Super stimulate ovaries (allow the ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible)
Third step: retrieval – they go in and get as many eggs as the ovaries produced
Fourth step: Party in a petri dish!!! (I know that you are all creative enough to figure this one out! HAHA!)
Fifth step: Transfer – they take the viable eggs and try to make a cozy home for them in my uterus.
Sixth step: We wait and wait and wait…for two weeks exactly then we go in for a blood draw to see if the babies stuck..

Whew! I know that is a lot, but I know that it is all going to be worth it! This is a 47 day process from start to finish if everything goes according to plan!

We went in on day 2 for an ultra sound and a blood draw to see where all of my hormone levels are and to take a look at my ovaries. During the ultra sound they found a 4cm cyst in my left ovary!! I could have started to cry right then and there, but didn’t. The doc said that we needed to wait for the labs to come back to see if the cysts us producing hormones. I guess if it was producing hormones then we would have to stop the IVF cycle and take care of the cyst. PRAISE GOD! The cyst wasn’t producing hormones and on we go with our cycle! That mad us very very happy! The rest of the week was pretty lame. Taking the BC pills and being as chill as possible.