Here we go!

Oh man.  It's been a little bit of a crazy day.

I got my period today, which was bitter-sweet.  It was day 39 for me so I was thinking maybe I was pregnant, although I knew that I probably was just having another one of my long-ish cycles.  It sucks not have a super clockwork cycle.  I had even done a pregnancy test on Monday because I figured if I didn't use it now, hopefully I wouldn't have the opportunity to use it again.  It was negative, but still...you still have the slight hope of being pregnant.  I was hopeful, but still pessimistic.

Anyways, seeing as how getting pregnant naturally failed this past month (not that we were trying...because we weren't...but we also weren't trying not to), I pulled out my instruction sheet for a frozen embryo transfer.  The instructions say "within the first few days of the menstrual cycle prior to your transfer cycle phone Genesis to advise the nurses that you will be starting treatment in your next cycle."  So, I called the nurses and left a message indicating that I would be starting with my next cycle.  A couple hours later, I received a call back from the nurse, who said "so you're starting your transfer cycle this month, right, and you took your Estrace already?"  I replied, "umm...the instructions say to call the month prior, so don't I start next month?"  Her response, "oh, it does!  No one ever calls the month before!  Did you want to start this month?"  UMMM...YES!  So...here we go!  Day 1 of my hopefully successful pregnancy!

We have two embryos frozen: a day 3 (3 days old, so 3 days since fertilization) and a day 5 (5 days old, so 5 days since fertilization.  Of all of our frozen embryos from our in vitro cycle, the best two day 3s were used and gave us Matthew and Kayla.  The third best day 3 was frozen, and the rest were left to grow.  Only one survived to be a day 5.

For this cycle, our plan is to use our day 3 first.  If day 3 doesn't survive being thawed, then we will still be able to try to use day 5 this cycle.  If day 5 doesn't survive being thawed then we've had a complete failure of a cycle.  If day 3 thaws, then we will keep our day 5 frozen still to be used in the future.

This is the timeline/schedcule for my frozen embryo transfer cycle:
October 26-November 1 (Day 1-7):
2mg Estrace (estrogen supplement) taken twice per day (4mg total)

November 2 onwards: (Days 8 onwards):
2mg Estrace taken three times a day (6mg total)

November 13 - 8:30am:
Ultrasound at Genesis to measure my uterine lining

Sometime after November 13:
1 Endometrin tablet 3 times a day (vaginally), 2mg Estrace taken twice per day (4mg total)

November 20 or 21:  Embryo Transfer!

December 6 to 8:  Pregnancy test at Lifelabs


I can't believe that we're starting this month.  This is crazy.  And scary.  And nerve-wracking.  We'll be sending God some extra prayers this month, that's for sure!

P.S.  We're obviously not keeping this a secret to our immediate and extended families, since it wasn't much of a secret that I had the miscarriage a few months ago and so people are expecting us to be trying again.  Also - if you have any questions about it all, you can totally ask!