Parallel Paths

In light of our most recent IVF cycle and the realization that this is going to possibly be more of a challenge than previously anticipated, we have decided to pursue adoption as an alternate means for building our family. We are not giving up on our hopes for a biological child, but are faced with the reality that our chances of this happening seem to be much lower than originally perceived. We would like to have several children and it seem if we wait for it to happen via IVF we could spend 5-10 years rolling the dice. We believe in our hearts that this is a good option for us and are very excited about the possibilities. In particular we are interested in International Adoption, and it seems like Russia has caught our attention. We have done consultations with a couple agencies and feel good about this new endeavor.

As always, we love and appreciate every ones support and will keep blogging as more develops.

Doctor Visit Update

We met with our doctor last week and he advised us to wait until June to do our next cycle of IVF vs April. He feels my body needs to rest and wants to do an endometrial biopsy next month. This is just to ensure that I do not have an implantation problem, which we both think I do not but its something else to rule out. He will add a new medication and increase my others in June, well at the end of May is when I will start my meds. He nor we have given up hope but he is concerned about my egg quality and it seems that our chances are lower but we will see what this next cycle brings. Thanks for your continued support.

DISAPPOINTMENT AGAIN

The results from the blood test came back negative. We will meet with our team next week and discuss our future. Thanks for everyones support.

Koi Watching

We have been re-stocking our Koi pond since the last go around and they all died. We have added a few more to our pod. I am still working on names, but so far we have Malikai and Tulula who were our first two koi then a week after that we acquired Hammer & Kappy and the most recent are Babatofa and Cleopatra. The girlies are quite intrigued. These are not the best pictures, as the koi like to hide when the doggies come out.

Transfer Today!!

Well I could not believe it when the phone did NOT ring this am, WOW we are on our way our little embryo made it. We went in and had our transfer at 11:30am, just one, the other one, as we expected did not make it. The doctor said the embryo looked pretty good and it was hatching and doing what it needed to do, so now guess what. We wait, and wait some more. 10 days, so on February 15th we will find out if this little guy implanted and continued to grow. We so hope so, until them, I will be resting and taking it easy, my ovaries are still big so they can't have to much action. I will be visting with some girlfriends in Vero this weekend and then my parents are coming on Sunday, Michael, Aaron and Dad one of dads buddies will be playing golf Sunday am, while mom and I hang out. Thats about all we have planned. Went to the dog track last weekend, good times. Our girlies here are doing well and taking care of their mom. We want to continue to thank everyone for their love and support through our journey to have a baby, hopefully we will get it this time.

Transfer Postponed

Well we were set for a transfer at 10:30am today but got the dreaded call that it was not happening today. Yesterday when they called to set up the time the embryologist said that 3 looked normal and 2 not so good on day 3, so when she called this am she said we were down to 2 embroys with one not looking so good and the other doing what it needs to do with hopes that it will be at the blastocyst stage by morning. So we wait and wait. They will call later today to set up a time for tomorrow. Michael is staying positive for the both of us because right now I am pretty pissed off and frustrated, with not a lot of hope for tomorrow. I know that we have no control over this and it will be what its going to be. Once I have processed this more, I am sure I will be less irritable. Wish we had better news. Stay tuned....