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That is what we are hoping for. We transfered two beautiful embabies yesterday afternoon after an accupuncture session. I had some time alone during the accupunture and I was moved to tears as in my mind I was searching the building for the embabies and talking to them. We had a nice little conversation(I know some of you will think this is weird but it's just how I am.) I am hoping our pep talk has encouraged them to stick around to meet their mommy and daddy.
After we came home and I went down to sleep. I slept for a few hours and when I woke up dinner was just about done and we had a great meal. Then I went back to bed but read my book until almost 11:30. I slept well aside from the fact that I woke up a couple times looking for my kids. The bed they have in their guest room is sooo comfortable!

Well I have to go to the potty so I am out for now. I will update again soon.

Here is a picture of Candace and I just before we transferred.

The Retrieval...

So this morning Candace went in for her retrieval. Her words are that things went as well as can be expected. She is a little disappointed that they were only able to retrieve 5. They were able to get the sperm injected into 4 out of the 5 and we will hear more about how things went tomorrow sometime. Personally I am a little relieved for Candace and Alex. They were facing a serious moral dilemma if they had too many eggs. I can see the blessing in only having 4 to work with. I hope she will feel the same way after we get our Beta back:)
The transfer will be at 2:30 on Monday! I am supposed to drink a bunch of water before hand and come with a full bladder. In 37 hours I should be boarding a plane to go see my friend and companion on this journey. I am so completely and utterly excited and cannot wait to get there. I have the utmost faith that everything will work out positively and in 9 short months a baby will be gracing us with his/her presence.

Again thank you for all the well wishes and prayers (I know not everyone responds here but that you are praying non the less) Thank you so much, and keep praying!

Leavin' On a Jet Plane...

don't know when I'll be back again...
Candace has her egg retrieval on Friday, exactly 9 months before my birthday(wouldn't that be so cool?) Anyhow she has a total of 7 follicles right now and they are all growing a couple are a little smaller than she would like BUT she is hoping they will be a little bigger by the time she triggers.

I am flying out on Sunday and we are expecting to do the transfer either Monday or Wednesday. I can't believe after all this time we are finally here. Finally going to transfer some embabies!

I have a chiropractic appt tomorrow ad I am going to be getting acupuncture on the day of the transfer, so I should be all set. I will have everything in place and all my duck in a row. I have been taking my folic acid and an additional 50mg of B-6 everyday as well this last week I have been craving fruit like you would not believe. I had strawberries and bananas the other morning for breakfast and these juicy red pears for dessert, lol. I tried some nectarine but it wasn't quite what I had been hoping for. We have gone through probably 4lbs of strawberries alone this week. Of course the kids devour them as well because Lance and Kyra are total fruitaholics.

Well I am getting sleepy... I appreciate all the love and support and especially all the prayers you have been sending out for us. Thank you so much... I will update agai after the transfer!

YAY!

Looks good...

I got my period and had an ultrasound and my lining was at 3mm. 3 mm is a great place to start. Candace also had her baseline ultrasound and blood work done and she was well suppressed. I started my estrace pills on Friday the 7th and she started her Gonal F on Saturday. It's been a week now and she and I had follow up ultrasounds. With her follow up they found only 6 follicles total, so they decided to up her dose of Gonal F and she went back again this morning. With my follow up we found the estrace has been doing it's job and I am now at 9mm and we are in a holding pattern.
Candace had another ultrasound this morning and she got a few more follicles and so they are going to keep her on the upped dose for a few more days and check one more time on Monday. We are scheduled for a Sept 21st egg retrieval and I fly to New York on the 23rd.... if only you could hear the excitement in my voice! Candace and I are both thrilled that we are going to get to hang out and that this is FINALLY moving forward.

Candace is going to schedule an acupuncturist to give me a treatment just before and just after the transfer (I am so excited about this!) There is a German study that shows IVF success rates there going from 26% to 42% with the use of those two treatments. If something as simple as acupuncture can increase our chances of success I am all for it.

This meds schedule has been fun for me. The kids remind me every night about my shot. One night last week Lance came in and was lifting his shirt and said he was ready for his shot lol. Kyra is a big helper too, she lifts my shirt for me and rubs the little alcohol swab where I am going to give my shot and she even pinches my skin so the needle goes in easier. All I have to do is aim and shoot. Everyone is so excited about this happening.

Ok so there is our update.. your still praying right? ;)

5 shots down and an ultrasound

We are 5 lupron shots into this cycle. I am waiting on my period to start. I have a great feeling about this cycle. I need to bleed so bad though. My uterus has felt so heavy for 5 days now. I have an ultrasound scheduled for 7am on Thursday morning. Candace has one at 7:30 am her time. Looks like we will both be early to rise Thursday... I think we are a tad excited lol.

Please be praying for us and this cycle.
Thanks everyone for all your support! I love you all.