14 Fertilized!

April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment 

I got a call from one of the nurses today, and I did a 3 way call with Collin so he could hear the news as well. Of the 26 eggs that they retrieved yesterday, 19 were mature. They injected Collin’s sperm in the 19, and of those, 14 fertilized! So, we have 14 Pollock Embryos in the lab right now! It’s crazy how amazing all of this is. Such a detailed science, but oh, what an amazing God we have. We’re not sure how healthy those 14 embryo’s are at this point, and I think that’s why they watch them for a few days to see which ones keep improving, and which don’t. We are going back to the doctors office on Friday for what we believe is our embryo transfer. I say, “believe” because there is still a small thought that they will want to do the transfer on Sunday, and give the little guys a couple more days to grow. But, we’ll see what happens.

I am back among the living - somewhat. I’m still in some pain and I don’t think all of the anesthesia has completely warn off. Today, I’ve been sleeping and relaxing with Callaway. She’s taking good care of me while Collin is at work.

Last night, we did our first progesterone shot. Oh goodness…that needle is a doozy! From my perspective, it wasn’t actually that bad. The Progesterone is an oil, so it’s much thicker than anything we’ve injected so far. That being said, it takes much longer to inject and we’ve been instructed to rub the injection spot vigorously after the shot has been given, then I’m to sit on a heating pad. I guess if you don’t rub it and apply heat, the oil will just ball up and become a big knot. I was a little worried last night because my ovaries were really hurting, and I didn’t know how vigorously I could rub my phanny. It’s kind of hard for Collin, too, since his hands and arms tire easily. Fortunately for us, Collin’s parents came by to drop of Callaway (they were babysitting while we did the egg retrieval) and I recruited Carolyn (my MIL) to rub my phanny. I think at this point in the game, you don’t really care who does what to you as long as it results in pregnancy! Carolyn did a great job and she doesn’t know it yet, but I just might give her the official title of “Phanny Rubber Extroirdinare”.

I’m sure Collin has a different perspective of the whole Progesterone shot experience, but I’ll let him tell you about that.

God is faithful and we cannot wait to see what He does with our little embryos. We are continually amazed that originally, our doctor thought that I would have a difficult time getting many eggs at all due to my high FSH level at the beginning of this whole process. What an amazing thing we get to experience.

Please keep praying for our little embryos, and for me as I will begin bed rest on Friday if we do the transfer on that day. I’m a little nervous about laying in bed for three days straight, but I know that my amazing husband and wonderful family will take good care of me.

Kyla

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26!

April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments 

26.jpgThat IS the magic number!

The doctor was able to pull out 26, yes TWENTY-SIX, eggs out of Kyla’s ovaries. The procedure started at 9am sharp and only took about 15 minutes, which was pretty surprising to both of us. I could hardly finish my coffee and they were taking me back to the recovery room. Kyla is in a considerable amount of pain right now, but she’s resting comfortably in bed and trying to sleep. She handled everything so wonderfully and even remembered my name when she was coming out of anesthesia.  :) “Collin” was her magic word to let the nurses know she was coming out of it alright.

We’ll know more tomorrow about the quality of the eggs and how many eggs they were able to fertilize with my sperm. They’ll also let us know if we’ll be putting the embryos back on Friday or Sunday. Apparently, if the eggs and eventual embryos are a very high quality, they’ll wait until Sunday to put them back so they are as mature as possible. If they turn out to be of lower quality, they’ll want to get the embryos in their “natural environment” sooner which will be on Friday.

We both couldn’t be more excited right now. It’s crazy to think that right now there is someone in a lab creating our embryos!

Thank you all for your continued prayer. Please continue to pray for us over the next few days that our eggs and sperm will be matched up perfectly and create plenty of healthy embryos for us to use now and in the future.

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T minus 2 hours

April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment 

Oh my goodness.  We are two hours away from my egg retrieval!  It’s 7:00am, and my appointment is for 9:00.  I wanted to post a quick blog now, because I’m not sure how I’ll be feeling when we get home.  They will put me under with anesthesia for the procedure and I’m supposed to rest for the remainder of the day.  Right away, we’ll know how many eggs they were able to retrieve, and we’re so excited.  We’re praying for lots of eggs that are really good quality.

Please pray for us, the doctors and nurses and all the little eggs and spermies to make good, healthy embryos.

Kyla

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Blessed…

April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment 

I wanted to take a quick moment to tell everyone just how blessed both Kyla and I feel.

So many of you have supported us by buying our T-shirts, donating money, and praying for us constantly. On Friday, we received a very generous donation from a longtime friend of mine and his family. It’s just amazing how much love and support we have felt throughout this whole process.

With everything that is going on, we wanted to stop and say Thank You to everyone who is supporting us and encouraging us along the way.

When we started this website, we were a little nervous and hesitant about how it would be received and what people would think. We’ve been blown away with the responses from each and every one of you.

CoPo & KyPo

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