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About Me
I'm 37 and have been happily married since Sept. 2002. Ivan is truly my companion in life. Our TTC journey has felt like a never ending roller coaster ride. We had an ectopic PG in Dec. 04 and in April 05 found out my IF is due to tubal abnormality. We were told IVF was our only hope. July 05 we did IVF # 1 and it was a chemical PG. We did IVF # 2 in Oct. 05 and it was a BFN. In Jan. 06 we did a combined fresh and frozen embryo transfer and it was a BFN. We were determined not to give up our dream of having a baby. IVF # 4 was in April 06. The cycle worked like a charm and on December 20, 2006 we were blessed with Hannah and Matthew. |
Sunday, April 23, 2006 Believing and hoping
I had a great appt this morning. Follie count 27-30. There were 3 measuring 20mm, 6-18mm, 5- 17 mm, 10 - 14-16mm, and the rest under 13. I am so happy about the response I have gotten. Dr. S is wonderful. At times I felt he was more excited then I was.
I trigger tonight at 9:30 and ER is Tuesday at 8. He gave me some very exciting news. Since I had such a great response and my uterus is a "perfect 10" I qualify for a study they are doing. It is egg competency testing to select the best embryos for transfer to the uterus. Unlike PGD which targets 9 of 23 pairs of chromosomes SIRM's new genetic technique allows to accurately assess all chromosomes in the egg and in one or more cells of the embryo cells (blastomeres). In a follow-up of their trial they were able to show that when even one "competent" embryo was transferrred to a receptive uterus, the chance of a viable normal pregnancy is greater than 75%, regardless of the age of the egg provider. To say the very least I was thrilled to hear we could participate. As he left the room he paused and said "you will be leaving here PG". If the door hadn't been slightly open and there were people standing outside I would have dropped my gown and hugged him. I could have cried from the excitement but all I wanted to do was get on the phone and tell Ivan the great news. It has been so hard for me to believe that this cycle could work. I've been trying to prepare myself for the possibility that we might not have biological children. I've gone to church and I've asked God to let me know what his plan is. I've asked for signs and I'm trusting and believing that this is a sign that we will have children. 21 Comments:
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