Nine Days Later….

Here’s where it starts to get blurry...and a bit depressing.  I went in for my blood draw with mixed emotions.  A few days earlier I had started bleeding.  I was given more drugs, and the bleeding stopped, but I just didn't feel pregnant.  I had started to drive myself crazy so I decided to pee on a stick.  I was SHOCKED when it came back positive!  But the two pink lines couldn’t convince me.  I didn't FEEL pregnant.

My Beta HCG (pregnancy hormone) level came back at a 7.  Technically anything above 5 is pregnant, that explained the positive pregnancy test.  But 7 is not good.  A Beta that low indicates a probable chemical pregnancy, AKA a very early miscarriage.  That explained my gut feeling that the IVF hadn’t been successful.  I was told to continue all my hormones and report back in 2 days.  If my HCG doubles than this could still be a successful pregnancy.  24 hours later my Beta was at a 13.  Captain decided to give our little bean a few more days but ultimately it wasn't meant to be.  I was taken off my meds and my period started the next day.  We were pretty bummed.  On the upside though we had 12 eggs that were able to be frozen and could be transferred at a later date.

After doing some research on what is involved in a frozen embryo transfer (FET), we decided to wait until the spring before starting any new treatment.  I was put back on birth control to control my endometriosis and we were left to enjoy the Holidays.