Two Little Heartbeats!!!

Here is the latest ultrasound image we have of our two little ones!  We were able to see the hearts beating and it was awesome!  This was our last official appointment at the fertility doctor, and now we get to move on to the regular OB next week. 

Feeling better, looking foward to tomorrow.

Lets hope that the bout of misery I had earlier in the week is over!  Anyway, I am feeling better and have a little bit more energy but still don't have too much going on in the morning.  I move so slow in the morning I am late for work every day! 

Tomorrow we go in for another OB scan so we will post more pics afterwards. 

Then grandma Pat and grandpa Rich are coming to visit for the weekend!! 

I am feeling miserable.

Not that anyone really wants to read about all these symptoms, but I am so miserable.  I am in a bad mood and have a short fuse, am irritable, can't sleep, and most of all I'm exhausted completely just from doing the smallest tasks.  Yesterday I went to the grocery store and had to take a break half-way through!!  How pathetic! 

All of the chores around the house are behind because I can't get enough energy to do them.  But I don't sleep or nap instead, so I'm just miserable!

TWINS!!!!!!!!!!

The time has come and we went in this morning for our ultrasound! We have twins!! YAY!! Here in the picture you can see two distinct egg sacks, each with a singular yolk sack. The doc advised that we will most likely deliver at the end of September, so that moves the due date up a bit! And if anyone wants to start placing bets on the genders let me know!!

One Week Left Until Our Next Ultrasound!

The waiting is the hardest part!! In one week we will go back in to the doc to have an ultrasound. There we will find out how many fetuses there are and if any have split into identical pairs! All we can do now is wait. . .

Pictures of Our Embryos!!!

Here is a scan of one of the two embryos that were implanted on 1/24/10.  You can see that the embryo has started to become a blastocyst.  It was just a couple of cells a few days ago, and now those cells are changing to more of an amorphous blob.

Here is a scan of the second embryo that was implanted on 1/24/10.

Bloodwork Results from This Morning

More good news!!  My HCG and Progesterone levels have almost doubled since they were taken on Tuesday.  This means that, yes, I am definitely pregnant, and that everything looks good and is progressing as it should. 

Also, based on very loose agreement with these numbers, the likelihood that there are multiples is still quite high!!  Woo-hoo!!  I just found some pictures of ultrasounds that were performed at 5.5 weeks and you can see how many and if there are any identicals as well.  I will go in for that scan on 2/19 or 2/22, so I'll keep everyone posted for sure.

If you are curious, here is a link to the ultrasound pics at 5.5 weeks (representative pics).  http://www.advancedfertility.com/ultraso1.htm

Due Date Discussion

So we anticipate a due date of 10/12/10, but that is subject to change.  Of course if we find out that we have multiples (which due to IVF is an increased possibility), then our date date would be earlier.  We'll change it as the need arises.  We should find out by the end of February whether or not there are multiples!

We are starting a baby blog!!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to our baby blog. This seems like what "all the kids are doing these days," so I figured I would jump on the blog bandwagon.

Anyway, we found out yesterday that we are pregnant! This was the second In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) attempt and is was successful. The first try didn't work unfortunately, but we went back in for try 2 with high hopes, the assistance of fertility acupuncture, and about 30 lbs lighter (for me.) It seems to have worked!

More info to come soon, so keep posted and thanks for your support!!

Harmony