




These ultrasound pictures are 7 weeks old and I have another one next week. I'll post them after my appointment. We found out we're having another boy. We're super excited! I'm going to have 3 guys in the house to treat me like a princess. I don't think I could get luckier! I don't think I've done a blog post about my pregnancy so I'll start from the beginning.
Most of you know Matthew was conceived by doing In Vitro Fertilization in Seattle. After getting pregnant with him we had 9 frozen embryos in Seattle. We knew we wanted our kids around two years apart. It took three years to get pregnant with Matthew, so even though Ken got deployed to Iraq, we didn't want to put our family plans on hold. After a month of hormone injections and appointments here, I traveled to Seattle the middle of July to prepare for my frozen embryo transfer. It wasn't a process I wanted to go through without Ken, but I knew he was with me even if he wasn't physically there.
With so many embryos we had different options with how we wanted to proceed. They were frozen on day 3 and embryos can get put in you on day 3 or day 5. Ken and I decided to unthaw all 9, grow them two more days and pray we had an embryo left at that point to transfer. 8 embryos survived the unthawing process. Those 8 were then monitored to grow to day 5 embryos. On day 5, the day of the transfer, we had 2 remaining embryos. With our fresh IVF cycle with Matthew we were told the success rate was around 60%. With a frozen embryo transfer the success rate was around 30%. When my embryos were put in the doctor told me I had a 35%, maybe 40% chance of success. I then traveled back to Baker and had a 10 day wait for the pregnancy test. God was sure with us because I had a positive pregnancy test and have continued to have a healthy pregnancy. I'm due April 9th. Ken is due back around the first of April so now I'm praying this little guy will wait for his daddy to be here. We now have no frozen embryos which is such a blessing. To have to decide what to do with them is too tough so God decided for us. We're anxiously awaiting #2's arrival!
2 comments:
Hey Gina!
Thank you for your kind comments on my blog, you're so sweet. I loved catching up on your family and WOW you have truly been blessed. Your journey through in-vitro just amazes me. Two healthy, beautiful boys through it...let me tell you that you have SO much to look forward to. I just can't even begin to express.
And no biggie on not seeing my comment awhile back. It was funny, I had planned on sending Kynlie something as soon as I heard her story, just wasn't sure on what. Then, out of the blue, I heard from Ashlee, after she had stumbled unto my pampered tots blog. I was thrilled to be asked to create something for her "coming home" outfit. She is so special and has such a huge destiny, for sure.
You take care of yourself, Gina. I am praying for your husband and your whole family. God will give you strength and energy to enjoy the remainder of your pregnancy and his time away. April is a FAB time to have a baby =) Brayden was born on the 11th, a day before his due date.
Keep in touch and I'll be checking back for updates!
Congrats on another baby boy!! So glad that with your struggle through IVF, that you have been blessed with two babies!! I think about you a lot and hope you are doing great and that time is flying by fast for you till Ken comes home!! I hope that baby stays put so Ken will be able to be with you when he is born!!
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