IVF Part 5 : Blood Test Day

Alisha says:

March 31, 2015

Blood test day! I decided that I would wait until the blood test to find out the result of the transfer and not take any at home pregnancy tests. The two weeks between the transfer and blood test weren’t as bad as I thought they would be. Now, don’t get me wrong, it was constantly on my mind but luckily Dave had spring break and so we were able to do a few small adventures to keep us busy and give me things to look forward to. For the first week after the transfer I was instructed to take it easy so we visited two museums (The Burke Museum and the Asian Art Museum) and went on a few walks. The second week we added a little more activity including a run to foster island, a few mountain bike outings, and a hike. It sounds like a lot but I kept it at a low intensity. Finally the day of the blood test arrived. I went to the clinic and everyone was excited for me to find out. I told the medical assistant who took my blood that I didn’t take any at home tests so when they called it would be the first I would know.  After drawing my blood she told me that it would take about 45 minutes to process and that I should get a call around noon. I drove home and then anxiously watched TV for the next hour waiting for the call. I think I was the most anxious waiting for the call that I have been through this whole process. Finally the phone rang and she told me that it was a good day and I had a positive test! Yay! I wasn’t sure how I would react, I didn’t cry but I just felt really happy. My HCG was right around 1,000 which is a great number. I am 4 weeks 5 days and have a due date of December 3^rd! Another cool piece of information she gave me was that I get to have an ultrasound on April 6^th to find out if one or two embryos implanted. We are flying out early on the 6^th to Phoenix so she said I could do it on the 5^th. I have been toying with the idea of not telling anyone if we have one or two until we find out the gender.  Most people who get pregnant by traditional means don’t tell people for a few weeks after they find out they are pregnant but I feel like going through IVF most family/friends close to us have known what was going on at each step so I haven’t had any secrets. I don’t know, we will see what we decide.

We were also supposed to close on our Arizona house today. By mid afternoon it was looking like that wasn’t going to happen because one more thing needed to be signed off in order for our loan to get funded. This was a bit stressful because we would be in breach of our contract if it didn’t close by 5pm. After a lot of time spent on the phone we got an extension until Friday. We hope it doesn’t take that long and that everything will get signed off.

April 5^th, 2015
We got to have an ultrasound today to find out if we are pregnant with a singleton or twins. Jo did the ultrasound and said that we wouldn’t be able to see anything except for the gestational sac but we would find out if there was one or two. I thought that we would have one and sure enough she was only able to find one sac. We are just so happy to be pregnant that we will take whatever we can get.