Wonder Twin Power Activate!

Yup! Twins! I am very happy, but scared at the same time. Can I nourish 2 babies? With a gastric bypassed anatomy, this will mean eating as oftern and as healthily as I can.

When we went in for the u/s, I saw in a split second that there were 2, and that both had fetal poles. As they looked at each one carefully and did all of the measurements, my husband gave my hand a sqeeze when he saw the heart beat. He was very emotional. I am so glad that he was there to see it.

Here are the statistics
Baby A: measures 7 weeks 1 day, heart rate of 145(I am 7 weeks 3 days at time of u/s)
Baby B: measures 7 weeks 1 day, heart rate of 140

So far so good. I am already starting to show. I can't button my jeans anymore so I have to wear long shirts. Not that I am complaining! It's all wonderful, but I still have 7 more weeks to go before I feel more relaxed. I have seen heart beats before and been heart broken so we are just taking one day at a time.

On a lighter note

I am still in the waiting days before the first u/s. I have 8 days left before I know anything at all.

As you may know, or for many IVFers do this yourself, I take a progersterone shot in my butt every morning. My husband adminsters it loving every single day. So this in mind, a musical interlude set to the tune of "Shot through the heart" by Bon Jovi:

Shot in the ass and you're to blame, you give my ass a bad pain. (background vocals "bad pain")

We sing this almost every day when it's time. You gotta have levity in some of the moments.

one more step in the right direction

I never updated on the embryo situation. The 12 that they tried to grow out didn't make it, so we have 5 3do on ice. I did my second set of blood tests on Friday and the numbers were good. 14dp3dt was 1210. A doubling rate of 40.3 hr. :) I am very relieved to see the nice increase. I will go in around Oct 27 for the ultrasound to see what's going on. One day at a time.

Long wait over

I really hate the 2ww and today was the day that I found out if all the work we had done had paid off. I went in for the blood draw and saw 2 of the nurses and my doc and all of them knew that today's the big day. It's nice that even among all of their patients, they they remember me and where I am in the cycle. Then there is the 4-5 hour wait for the results. I tried to keep really busy to make the time go, and of course the call shows up right in the middle of a conference call. So I put the call on hold and answer the other call. They won't miss me right? Ummm no, apparently when I put them on hold for around 5 minutes, they got to hear lovely hold music. OOPS!

The results: Yes, I am pregnant. I am happy but cautious. I have been here before, 3 other times to be exact. The news was good and the number were good too. Last time I did this, my 17dp3dt number was 162, today was 11dp3dt and the number was 351. Much better. Hope that means all good things.

I am working on not being stressed at working. I took an organizational class that uses the Beta version of Outlook, and it has done wonders for me. It can really manage my workload and day better. I hope that keeps me sane.

Tomorrow's my 36 birthday. I am glad it will be one with happy overtones instead of sad ones. D is taking me to Port Ludlow, a really nice little hotel spa. I plan to utilize the facilities along with try my hand at golf. He scheduled some time with a golf instructor. He keeps hoping that one day I'll want to golf with him. It's cute that he keeps trying. I sure do love that man.