Thank you to the handful of you that have reached out via phone or text to keep tabs on me. I'm sorry I've been so slack with an update. Between the numerous end of year tasks and end of semester Masters tasks, this girl has had very little extra time. Which has actually been really good... it's kept me occupied during much of the waiting, so the time has flown by. Here's the good news... I'M OUT FOR SUMMER!!! Yesterday was our last school day. I can't actually put into words how excited I really am to have a few weeks of down time, though I'll be in classes much of the summer. I'm taking all my kids back to my classroom this morning to help me pack things up as I'm moving into a new classroom, moving from probationary to permanent, and moving from 2nd grade to teaching a K/1 combo next year. A lot of new things happening, all of which are very exciting.
Since my last post, not much has been happening, hence no post. I've been wearing my 4 patches alternating sides of application every two days. Ryan says they feel like bubble wrap. Not so sexy. I've been feeling great though with no negative reactions. We did have a funny little episode where 2 of them came off and ended up on Ryan (I'll let you use your imagination on that one) when we noticed the first thing he says was, "Oh my gosh, I'm feeling so emotional!" It was hilarious. Maybe you had be be there, but I'm glad you weren't! :)
Alright, on to bigger and more exciting things... I had an appointment yesterday that was the deciding factor telling us if we'd be able to transfer next week, and......... drum roll please....................
I have a "nice fluffy uterus" (according to my doctor) and we're ready to move forward! We couldn't be more thrilled. Here's the story, I had arrived a few minutes late after hitting some traffic on the way down so I didn't want to take the time to go to the bathroom, though I needed to. I figured I'd just hold it. Well, while he was doing the ultrasound he couldn't seem to get a good picture of things and the pushing around was far from comfortable for me. So he actually had me go to the bathroom and he tried again. Apparently it's easier to get a good pic with an empty bladder. Better for both worlds I suppose. Literally right when he got things situated the 2nd time around he says, "that's what we're looking for, a nice fluffy uterus! It's time to get pregnant!" :) My lining measured at 8.6mm and he says they are looking for it to be over 8mm so we are GOOD to GO! I started progesterone this morning that I'll be taking 3 times a day and my patches will now go from replacing them every two days to changing them every three. We are scheduled for a transfer next Wednesday afternoon. Less than a week, I can hardly believe it. We've been waiting so long for this and finally we are closer than we've ever been. While I know there are still a lot of possible outcomes, I'm choosing to stay positive and hope for the best. I know Ryan is excited, but he's able to hide it a little better. He says he'll be excited once we find out I'm pregnant. Whatever. I told him I wanted to hear $17k worth of excitement from him. :) Oh and another thing.... when I came out of the exam room Dr. Uzelac turned and looked and me with a smile and says, "you guys are ok if you have twins right?" (Yes, we are transferring two.) I asked him if he's thinking we have a higher chance of both taking, and he said, "any time we transfer two back into a young person there's always a higher chance." With that said, the journey's about to really get started. Thank you so much to all of you that have been praying. Our dreams are coming true and we would really appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers into the next several weeks as we work even harder to sustaining a pregnancy and growing a baby, or two!
XOXOXO
L & R
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