Back To Square One...

Well, I got a job, plan to apply to UC Davis next month and am under going diagnostic testing for my fertility issues......In a nutshell
I'm working at our BMW store on Fulton Ave in Sacramento. I'm an assistant to the service advisor's and its pretty fun. I don't have to deal with the relentless stress of being an advisor, I just help them with the relentless tasks of the job.
I'm applying to UC Davis in November for the Human Development program. If, for some reason that doesn't work out, there is a very good Child Development program at Sac. State. My plan is to take two, maybe three, classes a semester and continue to work.
After the last failed IVF cycle in June, I'm taking a break and we have decided to kind of start over. I want to have what ever test done to assist us in figuring out what the next step should be. If testing comes back and everything looks okay, we might opt for one more round of IVF. If the test come back not so good, we'll talk about using donor eggs. I think we have decided that adoption isn't for us. We have talked about what we might do if children are not in our future, and it would be tough but its all about turning a negative into a positive. And we have some really good ideas that would be a big positive!
It's all very up in the air at this point but we're doing really well considering the cards we have been dealt. We're gearing up for duck season and we're pretty excited. Of course Jeff is like a kid at Christmas time! I'm just excited cause I love being out there. The dogs are free to run, the trailer is tiny and so easy to keep clean, bon fire every night, quads to ride, fishing, shooting.....
My gosh! I guess I never grew out of my tom boy phase! ;)
So, I'll keep you all posted, and until next time......

Moving on

My new focus has been perfecting my resume and finding a job. I'm discovering that I'm not too sure if I really know how to job hunt, and I'm discovering just how difficult the job market is right now! I'm blessed to know a lot of people willing to help me though! I'm also starting to find out about applying to UC Davis. I already missed the deadline for the fall so I've got some time, I've never applied to a four year school but is seems time consuming. I guess I'll soon find out! It pretty exciting! But truly, I'm just so looking forward to working! I just need to find that job that will keep me nice and busy! So, that's it for now. Hopefully I'll post soon with fabulous job news!! ;o)

The end of one road

Yesterday we found out that my eggs are unable to produce a pregnancy. All of our embryos gradually expire after fertilization. Our options at this point are, using an egg donor, adoption or not having kids. None of these sound too good right now. We're going to take a break for a while. I'm going to concentrate on finding a job and getting back to work. Maybe in a couple years we'll reevaluate... Who knows what the future will hold!

postponed

As we reached upper Colfax on our way to Reno for the big day, the embryologist called and said they are not quite ready... Them my phone dropped the call. Ahg! So we finally touched bases and she said our embryos just need one more day to progress to where they want them to be. What ever that means. So we'll try again tomorrow! And it sounds like we'll have 4 or 5 embryos to choose from.
Till tomorrow~

Day 3; to freeze or not?

Dr. Foulk just called and told me that we have 18 embryos left out of the 25. 11 of them are not in the best condition and 7 are looking good. They base their condition on appearance and number of cells. The 11 that aren't so good only have 4 and 5 cells, the other 7 have 8 cells as would be expected at this stage. The embryolgist recommended we grow all 18 out to day 5, so that is what I opted to do. I plan on having three transferred on Monday and if there are any left we can freeze them at that point. But then if there are only 4 or 5 left on Monday and I use three, is it worth freezing 1 or 2? I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Till Monday people ;o)

The day after

Ok, out of the 40 eggs retrieved, 28 were good enough to fertilize. After 24 hours 25 out of the 28 are still kick'in! So, let's say half of those make it to day three, let's say 12. Do I freeze some at this point or grow all of them out to 5 day? I'm thinking this is my last chance so put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak, and grow all of them out to day 5. A day 5 transfer has the greatest success rate so why not put everything we've got towards the best chances!? We will have to see how things look at the day three update. Check back Saturday!

Drama!

On our way home from Reno this morning I noticed my bladder was way full! The pain was from my bladder not from the procedure! So, we stop in Colfax and I'm in tears at this point! I can't go! Not even a little bit! To make a long story short, Jeff drives me to my doctor in Roseville, actually Lincoln, and he Cath's me! While they were draining my over filled bladder, the nurse asks, "how much can a bladder hold?" The Doc says "oh 750-800 cc" guess how much was in my bladder! 800 cc's! My doc's in Reno just called to check on me and were very happy to hear I have pee'd on my own! So, the saga continues!