Ever since we listened to the McKenzie's voicemail this afternoon, the rest of the day has been pretty surreal. The outpouring of love from family and friends has been overwhelming. We know that there have been so many tears of joy shed today in our honor and we are so touched by your love and support. My husband and I have both agreed that sharing good news is much better than sharing bad news.
Sometimes it seems like today was just a dream! We were just hoping that somebody would still be pregnant with a Baby Johnston. Not sure that we ever expected to have BOTH of us still pregnant. Apparently, my body wanted to show the world that it was capable of getting pregnant. We've been trying to have a baby since January of 2008 and never once have I gotten a positive pregnancy test. This is the furthest we've gotten in any treatment cycle. And now not only are we blessed with a positive test for me, but we have a positive test with my sister carrying our baby. Craziness! :) God is GREAT and we are so thankful for everyone's prayers! Again, it's still very early in the pregnancies - so we appreciate your continued prayers and support. All we can do is pray that the good news will continue and our hCG levels will continue to rise.
As of now, we still don't know how many babies are developing inside of us. With the positive beta tests, we can assume that each of us has at least one baby inside of us. We won't really know how many babies are inside each of us until Dr. Williams does an ultrasound around 7 weeks. Assuming that the blood tests continue to show the HCG levels doubling as expected - the 7 week ultrasound will be scheduled about 3 weeks from today. Each blood test will be another hurdle for us to pass, but the ultrasound will probably be the next big milestone within the pregnancies. We will of course accept as many little miracles as we are given - but are ecstatic about the thought of welcoming two babies into our lives this fall. Based on the retrieval date and an online due date calculator I found, a single baby would be due on 11-7-2013 and a set of twins would be due around 10-16-2013.
Prayer Requests: When my husband called to share our wonderful news with his parents we learned that his 96 year old Granny is in the hospital. She was feeling weak yesterday and went to see her doctor. They admitted her to the hospital to keep an eye on her while they figure out how to adjust her heart medication. My husband called her room in the hospital to check on her and also share our good news. She responded with a very happy, "Are you kidding me?" :) We also learned tonight that our good friend's grandma had a heart attack and is recovering in the hospital while the doctors try to figure out the cause. So I'd like to request some prayers for Granny and for Grandma Betty tonight. Please also continue to pray for Annsley & Breann as they continue to get stronger each day. And here's to hoping the Osbourne family gets good news to kick off the month of March. Good night!
The chills continue to ripple through body...the sun seemed to be a bit brighter!! Now you can RELAX and let those babies...2-4 grow and flourish!! Love you all!!!
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My husband and I got married in 2005 and tried to start our family back in January 2008. We started our 1st round of in-vitro in December 2010 - which is when this blog was started. Despite a near perfect cycle, it resulted in a negative pregnancy test in February 2011. We were fortunate to get 6 extra embryos from that cycle that were frozen. In March 2011 we started a Frozen Embryo Transfer cycle. Despite another great cycle (on paper), all 6 of our frozen embryos had to be thawed to get 2 good ones for transfer - which failed to result in a pregnancy. In 2012, we took the first half of the year off and then tried a couple rounds of IUI with and without fertility shots - still no baby. In 2013, we did our 2nd round of in-vitro with my sister offering to be our gestational carrier. We ended up transferring 2 embryos into each of us and were blessed to welcome 4 babies in October 2013.