Surprise!!!

SHE IS PREGNANT!!!

I am still kinda in shock, and still waiting to wake up, but it is real!

I know, we weren't supposed to find out until Friday, but originally the test was supposed to be Thursday (or Wednesday?) but with Caryn's work schedule, we decided to wait so we could go together on Friday. So, we are pretty much right on time!

Caryn will have the details from her side on her blog, My Pod Their Pea when she is able to.

I got a text from Caryn this morning saying that she had some bleeding and she thought it was implantation bleeding. I was freaking out, because I did not realize that this was a good thing! It is actually a sign of pregnancy. Finally, I was on the same page, and we were both excited! She put a call into the nurse at the clinic, and I told her to go ahead and get the results from last Friday's blood test.

Caryn called me later to tell me that she talked to the nurse and her levels on Friday were very positive!

She sent me the wonderful picture at end of post after taking a pee test today! :-)

I drove up to have lunch with Brian, and was able to tell him in person! I have been quite emotional all day! LOVE IT!!

Caryn will still be having the blood test on Friday, and then in about (3 weeks?) we will be headed back to Arizona for an ultrasound!

I can't believe we are here! Thank you everyone for all your thoughts and prayers! Can't wait to share this next chapter with you all!

July

The retrieval is done. It was a little disappointing. They only got 5 eggs. Of those, only 1 was mature, but they inseminated them all anyway. All 5 fertilized. On day 5/6 only 4 were still growing. That day, they were biopsied for the chromosome testing and frozen. The results from the testing came back with only 2 "normal" embryos.

Facts to make myself feel better about the results:
*They will only implant 2 embryos to Caryn
*Caryn will not be able to do another round afterwards
*We really only started with 1 (rest not matured) and 2 is better then 1
*No extra charges for storage or decisions about any extra embryos.

But...it still feels like my body failed us again.

Caryn is getting ready for the transfer. She has had a couple visits to Arizona for them to do some tests and make sure everything is going well. The trips have been there and back all in the same day. Long days, but works best with the kids since I would normally watch them, plus nice to just have one day for it and be done. She has more details on her blog post about her appointments. July 12th we are going back to make sure her uterus is starting to look "homey" for the embryos. Then we will drive out on the 17th for the transfer on the 18th. We are staying in Arizona a little longer this time. First of all, the clinic wants to do blood tests on her on the 22nd and 23rd. So that will give her 5 days of bed rest at a hotel with me waiting on her hand and foot! Lol!

Anxious and excited about everything this month. Trying to remember to still enjoy each day, because I am just ready for it to be July 29th and have results of pregnancy test. That is the fork in the road.