Fertilization Results 11-30-10

Only 9 of the 16 eggs were successfully fertilized. Not as many as we'd hoped, but still 3 more than we had fertilized last go round. Now it's just waiting until the embryo transfer on Saturday morning.

Egg Retrieval 11-29-10

After Saturday's appointment with Dr. K, my egg retrieval got pushed up by two days. I had it this morning, and they were able to get 16 mature eggs (twice as many as last time!). That was the good news. The bad news was that when they thawed the bad sperm sample (of the two we had left), they were not able to use it and had to unfreeze our last sample. Luckily it was fine. Now we'll wait until tomorrow to find out how many of the eggs were successfully fertilized and then more waiting for the embryo transfer on Friday. More to come soon.

Thanksgiving 11-25-10

Update soon.

Round Two 11-9-10

Well since I've finally registered as negative for pregnancy, we can start round two of IVF. I've been taking birth control for three weeks now (protocol), and tomorrow I will start my Lupron shots for a week. Next will be a week of Lupron and FSH, followed by a week of Lupron, FSH, and Menopur. The egg retrieval is scheduled for 12/1, and the Embryo Transfer is scheduled for 12/6. I am not excited about starting over with all of the shots (and paying for all of this) again to say the least, but my fingers are crossed :)

Chicago 11-4-10 through 11-7-10

What an awesome birthday present! We left on Thursday to head to Chicago for the weekend with Amy and Scott. We got in late, so we checked in and hit an Irish pub called Kerryman for a few drinks before heading back to our hotel (we got a great deal at the Palmer House). Friday we had an awesome breakfast across the hotel at 55 and then headed to be in line for the opening of the Sky Deck (clear observatory of the old Sears Tower). It was a lot more scary than I thought it would be! Next we took an architectural river cruise of the city. It was a bit cold. We had awesome Chicago pizza at Gino's and then headed up Michigan Avenue for some shopping. We hit the huge and beautiful Macy's on our way back to the hotel. Before dinner we headed up to the Signature Lounge on the 96th floor of the John Hancock building. Awesome drinks and awesome views. Next we ate some fondue and Italian tapas at Quartino and then ended the night listening to music at the Redhead Piano Bar which was a blast! Saturday we got up and at at the Corner Bakery before heading over to Millennium Park for some sightseeing. From there we went to Navy Pier to take a ride for some views on the carousel. We checked out the stained glass museum and were very sad to find out that the Beer Garden was closed for the season. Next we made our way to Water Tower Place to eat lunch at the Mity Nice Cafe. It was excellent. Very interesting navigating through the food court to get to it though. Next we decided to skip the Museum of Science and Industry and take a bus tour of the city and then split for the LSU game/shopping at Macy's. We did happy hour in our hotel lobby and a lot of people watching including a wedding (one of many we saw during the weekend). Next we took a limo (thanks guys!) to Buddy Guy's Legend's to hear some blues. From there (per a recommendation from the bar tender) we headed to The Wit hotel for drinks on their half inside/half outside rooftop bar. The view was great, but it was crowded and cold, so we moved on. Next we went to Hub 51. At this point we were pretty famished so we decided to eat. Good think because the food was amazing! Sunday we continued out bus tour, ate lunch at Giordano's, and then swung by Macy's (third day in a row) to see the lighted Christmas tree and the Fur Vault (crazy!). We had a wonderful weekend!



Halloween 10-31-10

We had a fun Halloween weekend. Beth was in Towne Friday night. She picked up dinner for us and we hung out getting some of the food ready for our party on Saturday. Saturday morning we joined Amy for the Heart Walk in the neighborhood. Kim had us over for a feast after the walk with tons of food and then a full dessert table including a chocolate fountain..the girls were in heaven! Saturday night we had some folks over for our Halloween party. Sunday we vegged and then ended up taking a boat ride and boating up to the pre-trick or treating cul-du-sac party. Fun weekend!



Beth's Our New Houstonian 8-10 through 11-10

What luck?! Beth's new job has her working in Houston every Thursday through Saturday of the fall. We have been able to see some GT games together, cook, go out, and even walked the Towne Lake Heart Walk last weekend. We could not have gotten luckier!

                                               

Dog Days of Fall 9-10 through 11-10