Sep. 22 2009

            The nurse called today and said everything is A O K to go and that they need payment and then they’ll call in all my meds, send a video to teach me to mix the shoots, and we’ll be prego in OCTJ  I do have a lot of driving to do in the next few weeks, they have to do about 4-6 ultrasounds to make sure my body is responding to the meds. I’m a bit nervous about driving the 6 hours in one day…..but I think it will be fine.

            I just received an email from the executive assistant at GIVF and they wanted a fax of my pharmacy and insurance. So I’m working on faxing those off right now.

Sep. 21 2009

Our phone meeting with Dr. Jones was at 4pm today. We went over all my labs I had drawn, the hystosonogram, and other testing. We had already heard that the Hysto was perfect and I had a lovely uterus. LOL Well when Dr. Jones was looking in the computer over my labs he said “PERFECT, 9.4 is perfect!” and then repeated perfect over four more times. I have to remember it’s rare they see good numbers due to them being an IVF center who have people who have problems conceiving coming to them. Dr. Jones said great we are ready to get pregnant and the nurse will be calling us tomorrow to give us the time line based on my cycle. Now we are in phase 3!

Sep. 11 2009

Sep. 11 2009

            John got his last lab and I faxed it over today. Now everything is in. We are driving to Virginia tonight. 

Sep. 8 2009

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Sep. 8 2009

            We did the 3 hour drive to VA this a.m. for my Hystosonigram. Basically it was an ultrasound…..via vaginal. I have a totally perfectly normal utarious! Yaya LOL The doctor inserted a catheter into my uterus and released some fluid where they could take a closer look. I saw everything on the flat screen TV on the wall, even my egg follicles. This entire 30 min. procedure was $998.00. The doctor is on vacation next week so we will have a follow up consultation and next set of instructions on Sep. 21. We drive to VA to spend a 3 day weekend with John’s parents this Friday; we’ll at that time share our adventures and what’s to come with them.

Sep. 6 2009

Sep. 6 2009

            I started my Reclipsen birth control pills at 8pm and will take them every night until told to do other wiseJ

Sep. 4 2009

Sep. 4 2009

            Today I have my labs drawn for Menstrual cycle day 3 orders. They will draw the following tests:

FSH ~ Estradiol (E2) ~ Prolactin ~ TSH ~ CBC, platelets with differential ~ HIV -1 ~ Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ~ Hepatitis C Antibody ~ Varicella Ab IgG ~ Rubella Ab IgG ~ Blood Group and Rh ~ Cystic Fibrosis screening ~ hemoglobin electrophoresis ~ Gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing (urine DNA)

Sep. 2 2009

Sep. 2 2009

            We picked up John’s labs and faxed them, only one was still pending. I called the nurse and set up my apointments. I will have my blood drawn on Sept. 4^th to see if I’m base line. On Sept. 6^th I start my birth control pills. And on Sept. 8^th we will drive to VA and @ 1:15 I have an apt. for a hysterosonogram (HYS). Then due to the doctor being out of town the following week, we will wait until Sep. 21^st to have a phone meeting to go over the results and find out the next phase and meds. 

Sep. 1 2009

Sep. 1 2009

            6:18pm I started my period right on schedualJ I will call the nurse first thing tomorrow a.m.

Aug. 31 2009

Aug. 31 2009

            I spoke with Micro Sort this a.m. and set up our second phone apt. I also printed off the second packet of paper work to fill out and mail to them on the day of our apt; on Aug. 2 2009.  I also left a message with the IVF billing dept. to set up payment, but they are out of the office until tomorrow. 

Aug. 29 2009

Aug. 29 2009

            I picked up my birth control pills and more prenatals. On Sept 1st I should start my menses and then I will call the nurse immediately for my next set of instructions, which are to have my blood drawn on day 2 or 3. I already have the lab sheet to do this. We are still waiting on John’s blood work to come back; it’s taken quite a while! But they have mine and the semen analysis and that checked out great!

Aug. 28 2009

Aug. 28 2009

            In the mail was a large Manuel from Genetics and IVF about all the steps and procedures.  

Aug. 26 2009

Aug. 26 2009

            I’ve just spoken with the Nurse and she’s emailing me a large to do list. I just faxed her my children’s birth certificates. I need to call her the moment my period starts and then the process begins. I’ll have blood work drawn the 2^nd or 3^rd day of my menstrual. I will be put on a birth control once my period ends. Then I will schedual a hystosonogram. She said there’s quite a bit to do, but I’m so on top of it all that we could do an egg retrieval possibly in October. 

Aug. 25 2009

Aug. 25 2009

            We had our IVF consultation today. Dr. Jones went over our options with Micro Sort and the IVF. We  did not want to uses PGD, this is where they scrape a cell off the embryo to test and make sure it’s the desired DNA. We do not agree with that, but we do agree in tilting the scales of favor. So we have decided to use Micro Sort to separate the sperm giving us a 90% chance of having a girl and using IVF. The nurse will be contacting us tomorrow to start my ultrasounds, labs, work up and meds. I will be monitored for one cycle and then if we choose we can go forth with the IVF in Octorber.J

Aug. 24 2009

Aug. 24 2009

            John’s seaman analysis is in and we are just waiting on the results to be faxed to the docs. 

Aug. 20 2009

Aug. 20 2009

            Today John did his blood work, but the DAFB does not do seamen analysis. So we drove to the Dover Hospital where they gave us the cup and told us to stay abstinent for 3 days and then bring it back with in 15 min. John works a three day weekend as of tomorrow, so we’ll get to that first thing on Monday. I also received my lab results back today and everything checked out. I was more than happy about the perfect pap, after having issues with that in Alaska. I really do believe that the Alaskan water is making people ill! I’m so happy the kids and I are where we are!

Aug. 19 2009

Aug. 19 2009

            John spoke with Micro Sort this a.m. Then we printed off the IVF paper work and I am currently faxing it all back. We are just waiting on the labs fax and then John will go over to Medical and have his labs drawn.

            I have the faxes and we will go in tomorrow a.m. to have them drawn.

Aug. 18 2009

Aug. 18 2009

            Micro Sort is not FDA approved and is a voluntary program that John and I have just been approved for towards it’s ending period. We feel so blessed that we are having this opertunity and the timing couldn’t be more perfect! Due to not many openings and John’s work schedual I had the phone consultation today at 10:30 a.m. with out him. He will call them tomorrow and answer a few questions.  We will also receive a fax for John’s labs, saving him a trip to the docs. I schedualed a phone consultation with the IVF department for Aug 25 2009 at 3:15 and put down a $300 deposit. 

Aug. 17 2009

Aug. 17 2009

            Today I had my labs drawn for Micro Sort. I was so excited about the whole process starting I forgot to drink anything this morning. So it took the phlebotomist a few pokes before he hit blood! The results will be back in two weeks. They also gave me prenatale vitamins. 

Aug. 15 2009

“As my wise grandmother has often said....there is never a good time to have a baby.....there will never be the right time in your career, a big enough house, enough money......but, babies take up as much space as you give them and are as expensive as you make them!
”           unknown

            Our Micro Sort  Story

Aug. 15 2009

            We’ve started the process to become pregnant. After finding out that The Assosiates Of Reproductive in DE was not a collabberator with Mircro Sort we had to make a quick decision to either go with DE and the sex of our child would be unknown or to go with Micro Sort and choose the sex and drive a lot further for apointments. We have choosen Micro Sort.