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We are with you - good luck

[chrisd]

So the situation is this.

We are having egg share with a woman who is going through IVF, tomorrow I will have to give my sample then later in the morning eggs are extracted and divided, fingers crossed their is enough to share. Then my swimmers are placed with the eggs and fingers crossed they fertilize. Then it is a case of waiting for Tracy to reach the correct stage in her cycle which will be about 3 weeks then the embryo's are defrosted, fingers crossed the thaw goes ok then implanted into Tracy and then the dreaded 2 week wait starts.

I am so nervous that I couldnt even sleep last night, I just hope that the next few days goes to plan.

Chris

[chrisd]

Right then, that is my part done.

We have to wait a few hours for a call to tell us if there is enough eggs for us now. If there are then hopefully by tomorrow morning we will know if they have fertilized.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me mensfe'ers.

Chris

[chrisd]

Wooooo hooooooooo.

We have 7 eggs and my sample was good so now it is up to nature, please let them fertilize, we find out tomorrow morning.

Step 1 achieved now the other million steps to go until we have a baby.

[chrisd]

BTW

Has anyone heard the story about the mother who was a surrogate for her daughter? Really heart warming stuff. It made me feel all emotional.

[chrisd]

Good news my friends.

All 7 eggs have fertilized, we are over the moon.  The embryologists will now keep an eye on them over the next 24 hours to make sure they are still dividing and then call us tomorrow to let us know how many have kept up the good work and are ready to be frozen.

We are over the moon but understand this is only the beginning.

Please keep your fingers crossed for us and also I send out my best wishes and prayers to everyone else who is going through this.

I also hope that the kind couple who donated their eggs to us have received the same news this morning.

Chris

[robbyb]

Wow. Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow...
It's so great that it's happened so quickly, out of the blue, like that.
And 100% fertilisation! Let's hope that's a good omen!

I can only sympathise for the horrors of all the waiting that comes now.  I remember thinking that i wouldn't mind going to sleep and waking up a week or two later, when it was all over and done with and the questions were all answered.
And meanwhile, you've got to carry on with irrelevant, stupid things like work.  Everything takes a different perspective, doesn't it? Nothing is as important or interesting as what is going on in those petri dishes.
Good luck, Chris!
Rob

[chrisd]

This wait is killing me, I am sat at my desk at work waiting for the phone to ring, I am shaking and didnt sleep a wink last night, all I could think about was those petre dishes and how the little embryo's were doing.

I am hoping the embryologist calls the same time today as she did yesterday so it could be anytime in the next 30 mins.

Please, please, please a thousand times over let them have carried on dividing.

Chris

[chrisd]

Just had the call and it is good news.

5 embryo's have divided and are ready to be frozen. The embryologist didnt go into much detail but told me that the 5 were of good quality and the other 2 hadnt made the grade, I am so happy for the 5 that are on their way but I feel a little gutted for the other 2.

But 5 embryo's is more than we could ever have hoped for so now we just have to wait for my better half to reach the correct stage in her cycle, we are expecting to have to go to the clinic on about day 3 for tests which should be about a week away then transfer should take place around ovulation.

We are so excited and pray for a positive outcome.

A very happy and excited Chris

[chrisd]

I also hope that the donor has had good news too.

Thank you so much for your kind selfless act, your generousity means so much to us.

[chrisd]

We had to go to the ACU today for bloods and scans on the Mrs and all was good, we have to go back mext Monday which will be day 9 to check when she will be ovulating.

All systems go now so the fun begins.

Chris

[robbyb]

Fingers crossed.

[chrisd]

Right then chappies latest news update.

Went to the ACU today for scans and bloods and it is all systems go, they found a 19mm follicle so we can go ahead this month with a natural cycle.

I have the enjoyable task of stabbing a needle into the Mrs tonight (a Task I actually enjoy, mooo haaa haaa). Then it is waiting till Thursday when they will be thawing the little embryo and transferring it into her. Then its the dreaded 2 weeks wait.

All signs so far have ben spot on and we are happy with the way things have progressed without getting to over excited, although the Mrs and her Mum did go into Mothercare the other day which I wasn't too happy about ( I am very supersticious).

I have had a word with the boss today and have been able to take Thursday and Friday off work so that gives us a nice long weekend together.

So its all systems go and getting ready for the ups and downs of everything that is going to be coming our way.

Chris

[art]

Fingers crossed. Enjoy the long weekend!

[chrisd]

Hi All

Well its been a funny old day today.

We were due into the ACU at 13.30 but by 9.30 two of our embryos had died and we were waiting for news on the third, luckily the little thing survived and was ready for transfer.

We went to the clinic and had the tranfer all went well apart from a little discomfort for the Mrs and we are now on the dreaded 2 week wait.

We got a picture of the little blighter, finger crossed now that the next time we see it is at a scan and that it is nice and healthy.

Will let you know more when as it happens.

A hopeful Chris