Summer Job

Spencer finally got a summer job. He is going to be a research assistant for 2 professors on campus. This is a great opportunity for him to work on his research skills, because even out of law school at your first firm, that is basically all you do anyway. The 2 professors are going to treat it like a "firm" job and make him keep track of "billable hours", research real-life practical stuff (whatever that is. ha!) and do write-ups on cases and things like that. It doesn't pay as much as a firm would but it does pay so we are thrilled; any little bit helps. This job is also great for him because I can keep working at my job and we don't have to move or relocate over the summer.

IT WORKED!!

Yes, I am pregnant! We can't believe it. We couldn't be happier. I will be 5 weeks tomorrow and my preliminary due date is December 17th. Since we did In-Vitro it is still considered to be a high-risk pregnancy. The week of May 7th we will hear the baby's heartbeat, if that goes well then I won't be high-risk anymore and I can then go to my normal OBGYN. I think we are still in shock and it doesn't seem real yet. It has been a long and sometimes rough road. We have been blessed in so many ways and are so thankful for this greatest blessing of all!

A Blessing & A Miracle

You are not going to believe this. So we already feel so blessed that I was able to get into the study at Shady Grove Fertility Clinic because we only had to pay $5500 instead of about $14000. Yesterday Tasha, my nurse at Shady Grove, called and said she needed to verify my address. I gave her my address and she then said, "You heard about the good news, right?" I said, "What good news?" I thought she was talking about that fact that they were able to freeze 2 of our embryos. She then told me that the study has gone so well, way beyond their expectations that the medical group that is conducting the study has decided they don't want any financial burdens on the study patients and we are getting a 100% refund!! They are mailing us a check back for $5500! I just about died. Tasha laughed and said, "It's almost like winning the lottery." As soon as I hung up the phone I started to cry. I cannot believe how blessed we are! Spencer and I couldn't stop talking about it. We just can't believe that a medical company has decided to do that. You never hear of stuff like that happening and to us!! $5500 is a lot of money and a huge financial burden off our shoulders. We really feel this is a blessing and a miracle from Heaven! We thank God everyday for all our many blessings!

Freezing Embryos

They were able to freeze 2 of our embryos. That is very good news. Using frozen embryos are good and bad. They are good because I don't have to go through all those shots and the egg retrieval again, they are ready for implantation. The bad thing is that your pregnancy rate goes down to about 30%. They gave us a 65% pregnancy rate with our one fresh embryo. So it goes down a lot. Whether or not this pregnancy works we will be using both of our frozen embryos in the future. Because the pregnancy rate drops they will put back both at the same time. The price doesn't really drop that much with the use of frozen embryos. It only knocks off about $3000 of the total price, meaning it will be about $8000-$10000 to do another cycle. Ouch! Thank goodness for student loans! ha!

All Done

We had the embryo transfer on Monday at 12:15pm. Everything went well and they said that the embryo was high quality. We don't know yet how many they are going to be able to freeze for future use, they will call us with updates about that. We are home now and I am actually at work today. I feel okay, still bloated from the large ovaries but doing well. Our next appointment is April 16, they will do blood work and an ultrasound to see if I am pregnant. Thanks for everyone's prayers, love and support through this whole process.