Our Journey to Baby

We decided to start trying for a second child soon after Stella was born.  Most people probably thought we were crazy but it took us forever to conceive Stella and we couldn't imagine trying to prevent a pregnancy.  A natural pregnancy is truly a gift and absolutely AMAZING!  We hoped and prayed for natural conception but that wasn't in His plan for us.  We made a decision to move forward with a frozen embryo transfer (FET) during the summer of 2011.

FYI:  During our first and only IVF cycle in the summer of 2009, we conceived Stella.  We had 5 perfect embryos that were left over from that cycle.  We are very lucky that we had embryos to freeze.  We decided to transfer two of those frozen embryos inside of me this summer.

April 28th - FET consultation with RE

We were given a 25% chance of conceiving one baby if we transferred one frozen embryo.
We were given a 40% chance of conceiving one baby if we transferred two frozen embryos.
We were given a 20% chance of conceiving twins if we transferred two frozen embryos.

*FET cycles have lower success rates than IVF cycles.

May 17th - Start BC pills
May 25th - Blood Work and Hysteroscopy
June 11th - Hallelujah!  It's CD 1!  Start Estrace (1 mg twice a day)
June 16th - Increase Estrace (2 mg twice a day)
June 20th - Increase Estrace (2 mg three times a day)
June 22th - Blood Work and Ultrasound (lining measured 9.3), Start PIO Shots (1 cc twice a day)
June 27th - FET Transfer (2 beautiful embryos, both grades 4BB), Reduce PIO Shots (1 cc once a day in AM), Start Progesterone Suppositories (1 in PM)
July 1st - BFP at 4dp5dt
July 6th - First Beta at 9dp5dt (289)
July 8th - Second Beta at 11dp5dt (611)
July

Wow!  I just can't believe how lucky we are to be pregnant again.  Thank goodness for SEFC!  Everything we have to go through is completely worth it.  It's not fun, easy or cheap but it's just what we have to do to get pregnant.  If you have any questions, please send them my way: chelseascruggs at yahoo dot com.