It has been nearly a month and a
half since our first attempt of IVF yet it feels like eternity. The infamous “waiting
game”, pertaining to IVF/Surrogacy comes in several stages.
First, hoping that the fertility
testing on either the man/or woman comes back positive with at least one of us fertile enough to create an embryo.
Second, if applicable, choosing
an egg donor/ or a semen donor and then waiting for her retrieval or his post
thawing to take place.
Third, the waiting for your
surrogate to become medically ready for the embryo transfer.
Fourth, after the
transfer, waiting the excruciating fifteen days to the first blood test for the answer, YES…or NO.
Fifth, if the results are positive, the following day or two, the doctor
will do a vaginal ultrasound scan to check for a gestational sac…or two!!
Sixth, once the ultrasound checks out well, we wait another
7-10 days to check for a heartbeat.
Seventh, once a heartbeat is confirmed, an ultrasound will
be performed weekly for the first trimester or so to monitor and observe the
growth of the fetus(s).
It’s the waiting game…all of it, the whole process...until
the next stage, then the next. If you do not have patience or belief…this road
will be a long one!
To tell you the truth, it feels bitter sweet to begin talking about our second attempt at pregnancy. Sharing our emotions out loud with you
and asking you to walk with us on our journey, it’s tough at times. After
learning about our negative results, Kevin and I spent several weeks discussing
our loss, the disappointment and our fears. It was a few weeks later I spent
some time discussing my thoughts, emotions and fears with my family. It hasn’t been
until now that I've spoken about it since. I’m scared to let the words
past my lips. I fear my thoughts and pain that spill into my dreams will never
end. That’s when I force myself to search hard into the matter and make myself
admit that there is a reason and a purpose why we are doing this…and it will be
worth it in the end...it can happen!!
It has been a full month or so
that our doctor(s) has needed to prepare our new surrogate for our second
transfer. Dr. Samit is so sweet. He has stayed in contact with us as often as
each week updating us on anything and everything that is about to transpire
with our next transfer. Again, he did reiterate
that the Kiran Clinic has a very good survival rate post thawing embryos. So, we
felt confident that we would have enough embryos to work with this time around.
March 7th Dr.Samit had
informed us that he had taken our surrogate off the birth control pills and
began the fertility shots.
March 16th we heard
from Anjani. He informed us that the embryo transfer will be taking place on or
around March 26th-28th.
March 23rd Anjani
updated us that the transfer has been moved to March 29th. We were fine with this as we know that this
process can be a bit ahead or a a day or two behind schedule...given each circumstance of IVF is different.
March 28th we
received an update from Anjani. He informed us that our doctor had examined our
surrogate yesterday (Tuesday the 27th) he had noticed that our
surrogate’s endometrium wall was only at 7mm thick. In order to begin her on the
progesterone treatment( progesterone is given to essentially assist in building and maintaining the lining of the uterus so the fertilized egg(s) can implant and continue to grow) her endometrium wall must be at 10mm. The doctor’s are optimistic
that the thickening will be at 10 mm on Friday (March 30th) hence;
begin the progesterone for the full three day treatment. Then on Monday, April
2nd our transfer will hopefully take place.
This past weekend came and went
as quickly as a blink of the eye. Good thing we had so much planned to keep us
occupied and busy. We only asked each other twice or so if we thought we’d hear good news that the transfer took place on Monday. As Sunday night approached we started preparing ourselves for the following work week. The first
working day of the month, Kevin and I need to be at work by 6:30 AM or so( to prepare for month end close).
As Monday (April 2nd)
morning approached, I quickly jumped out of bed, powered on my cell phone in hopes
that we had news from India
As Monday night came and went,
so did the sleep with me. As my luck would have it I FINALLY fell asleep as the
alarm clock began screaming" time to get up...get up"!!! in my ear. Again, I quickly reached for my
phone, powered it on and held me breath for my emails to appear. One by one they
popped up until Dr. Samit email appeared. I awoke Kevin and insisted that he listen as I read the email that we were much anticipating;
“Hi,
A Transfer was
done yesterday.
4 embryos were
transferred.
1 was A.
2 Were B
1 was C.
The pregnancy
test will be 15 days from today.
All the best,
Regards
Dr Samit Sekhar”
So, here we are, day two of our
next cycle…the waiting game. We couldn’t be more excited or anymore nervous
than we are at this exact moment. Kevin and I begin sharing our blog with a few group of friends about a week and a half ago. We have had so much support and love
pour in from all over the country. It’s nice to finally have the support
behind us that we’ve needed for so long. Regardless if our viewers understand
what we are feeling or experiencing or not through our journey, it make a difference
to Kevin and I. We want to thank you all for your words of encouragement and hopefulness.
We would also like to thank
our friends in our “KIC Network” that have kept in touch with us and have
kept us close to your hearts and prayers. Thank you for reminding us that we are not alone in this. And that there is always a tomorrow to look forward to.
Most importantly, thanks to our
friends at the Kiran Infertility Clinic
for reminding us to stay positive and keep our hopes and dreams alive!
Hopefully we will hear positive news in the next few weeks. Stay toned!!
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