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Our IVF Journey, KY-2050, Louisville, Saint Matthews, KY (2025)

08/16/2021

Today was our LAST visit with Dr. Hunter! I’ve been seeing him nearly once a week since early April, crazy to think today was our last time. We are so happy to announce that we are 8 1/2 weeks pregnant and have “graduated” from Kentucky Fertility Institute. It’s been a long journey but we are both so excited! Wanted to share the news here first! Thank you to everyone that has followed our journey. It’s no where near over!

07/13/2021

Our embryo transfer was last Wednesday! It was such a cool experience. We got to look at the embryo and Frankie was able to watch the ultrasound as they transferred it. We will know THIS FRIDAY if I’m pregnant. If I am they will continue to check my hCG hormones a few times a week to make sure they are doubling. I will continue to be Dr Hunters patient until the 10 week mark. I’ll also continue my medicines and injections till then. 🤞🤞 for a positive pregnancy Friday!!

07/04/2021

These new injections are bruising me all up, and not only on the injection site! Reason #100 I shouldn’t be allowed to touch needles. The clear cap slipped off and I stuck myself in the finger! Only about 50 more days of this 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
🤞 for successful transfer of baby summer this Wednesday!!

07/01/2021

Hey everyone!
I know it’s been a while since my last post. I finished my 7th year of teaching and started the summer with an amazing trip to LA with a friend. During this time I was on a few different estrogen medications prepping my body for the embryo transfer.
The transfer was suppose to be this week but when I went last week to see Dr Hunter he said my endometrial lining wasn’t thick enough and we’d need to push it back a week. I was devastated. I know it’s just a week but I couldn’t stop crying, I was so ready for the next step. Waiting a week felt like a lifetime, but today Dr Hunter told me we are ready for the transfer and scheduled it for next WEDNESDAY!! I’m so so excited!
The next 10 weeks will be HARD. I will be doing injections every night as well as multiple medications to help my body play catch up to the embryo. The injections nearly killed me last time, praying I can find the strength this time around. One thing I have learned is that I’m a hell of a lot stronger than I thought I was. I want this so badly. Although I’m hurting and miserable, we are so close. Once the embryo is transferred we have to wait a few weeks before knowing if I’m pregnant. These two weeks will be tough but with the genetic testing I’m confident everything will work out.
It seems as though the days are taking forever and I’m just so antsy to get this next phase started. But I will continue to be patient, I mean we’ve been trying for 3 years, what’s a few more days? 🤞for baby summer!

06/08/2021

Great news! Our PGT results came back and predict that ALL FIVE of our embryos should be genetically normal! Each of these should have a reassuring chance for successful implantation and live birth.
2️⃣ FEMALES
3️⃣ MALES

We are so so excited. We are now ready to start the transfer process. I go this Thursday for an ultrasound. They will start me on new hormone medication to prep my body for the embryo transfer. They are thinking sometime during the week of June 27th!

Beyond excited that the difficult part is behind us. We now know we have 5 healthy embryos, meaning if it doesn’t work this time we can try again without having to go through all the injections again.

06/02/2021

F I V E
That’s how many embryos grew to blastocyst. I was hoping for a few more, but like I’ve said before we only need ONE to make us parents.

Now we wait. Our embryos were sent off yesterday for generic testing. The genetic testing is a screening test that evaluates the number of chromosomes in each embryo. We want 46 XX or 46 XY. It is possible that all embryos have abnormalities. Fingers crossed we have at least one healthy embryo.

I now start back on birth control until June 21st. Then they will start prepping my body (hormone medications and injections) for the embryo transfer. Hopefully around this time next month we will do the transfer.

I’m just holding my breathe and praying for healthy embryos!

05/26/2021

👋 everyone!!
Yesterday was retrieval day. They retrieved 14 eggs! I thought that seemed low but my nurse told me that was average. Of the 14, ALL of the eggs matured and 13 fertilized! We are so happy with those numbers. We now wait till Sunday/Monday to see how many developed to the blastocyst stage. We are both so excited and hopeful!

05/23/2021

👋 Everyone!
I saw Dr Hunter yesterday and he said I had 22 follicles with over half developed to the size he wants. He wanted me back this morning for another check, the nurse giving my ultrasound said my ovaries were touching and I had over 24 follicles (she said I had so many she stopped counting after 24)
What does this mean? THIS MEANS IM DONE WITH THE 3 NIGHTLY INJECTIONS 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Dr Hunter had me take my trigger shot tonight. This just keeps everything basically “frozen” until my egg retrieval, which will be THIS Tuesday!!! It’s all finally happening and I couldn’t be more excited. The hormonal emotions can’t touch the joy I feel to be almost past the most difficult part in our journey! Shoutout to my wonderful husband for all the emotional support.

05/20/2021

Hey everyone!
So I have officially been on my hormone injections for 6 days. Today I met with Dr Hunter to check my progress. He told me that my follicles aren’t as large as he would like so I will remain on my 3 injections for the next 5 days. My body is beat up and I’m mentally and physically exhausted. Thinking of doing this for 5 more days sounds awful. I know it will all be worth it but right now it’s hard! Between the swelling, bruising, headaches and constant mood swings, my body just needs a break. Spending another night of the couch icing my stomach.

05/18/2021

Today I went for an ultrasound to see if the injections are working. Great news! I have 20 follicles on my ovaries and we are ready to start adding another injection. That’s 3 now, but will totally be worth it! Next check up is Thursday to decide on egg retrieval day, thinking probably Monday. Everything’s moving so fast now. We are both so excited for this next chapter of our life. 🤞 for baby summer!

05/14/2021

Day #1 of injections ✅
The days leading up to today have been full on worry. I was so nervous for Frankie to give me my first injection, but he did a great job! Hopefully only 10-12 more days of this then on to egg retrieval!
🤞 for baby Summer!

05/08/2021

Hey everyone!
Sorry we’ve been a little MIA lately. We had our first meeting with Dr Hunter about 3 weeks ago. He explained to us that before we could move forward with the IVF process he wanted to do some testing (bloodwork, ultrasounds, SIS, collection, etc) to make sure we were good candidates for IVF. We’ve been anxiously waiting to know the results-a lot of worrying on my end (like I always do!) but also excitement about our future.

Monday Dr Hunter told use everything looked perfect!! I needed one more ultrasound and then we could move forward with the process. The ultrasound was Wednesday, and again, great news! So after 3 weeks of sticks and pokes we were finally approved to move forward!!!

So now on to the next step. Hormone injection 😬 On Monday I will be trained on how to administer them as well as go over my other boat load of medication I’ll be taking. I will be on these medication for 10-12 days before I have the procedure to retrieve my eggs (probably around May 25).

So many emotions, but mostly worry. This next stage is so important and crucial to our end goal. What if my eggs are abnormal? What if they don’t grow to blastocyst? But I keep reminding myself that we only need ONE perfect egg to grow our family.

The next few weeks will be tough on my body, but 100% worth it if it gives us the baby we’ve been dreaming and planning for for over 3 years. When I first got pregnant in 2018 Frankie immediately started calling it baby Summer (he wanted a little girl to name Summer so badly 😞). Since then every pregnancy, we’ve referred to them as “baby Summer.” Fingers crossed that our miracle baby, or as Frankie says- baby Summer will be here this time next year.
I know I’m getting ahead of myself but I’m super hopeful. We are so ready to bring a little nugget into this world.

I’ll be updating you guys much more now that we are officially starting the process!

I saw this on one of my support groups I’m in and was terrified, but this is only temporary and gets us one step closer to baby Summer. This picture is all the medication, injection, etc that I will take over the 10-12 day period. Im also including a link that goes over the basics of IVF if anyone is interested in reading more about it.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/in-vitro-fertilization/about/pac-20384716

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