The Pace of Surrogacy

My period finally arrived on its own and once again at my baseline my lining was on the thicker side. (I’m just so consistent 😉). We rechecked it two days later and it had the desired trilaminar pattern so our RE decided we should proceed with a natural cycle since my uterus seemed to be getting ready for implantation on its own! We were all so excited! Unfortunately, my estrogen levels dropped so we couldn’t move forward. We went from crazy excited to super disappointed. It feels like we can’t catch a break!

You would think I would be used to the pace of surrogacy by now. Delays, surprises, things not going as planned – they are all typical in the journey. And even though I know this, I’m just so impatient!!!

So…I’m once again taking medication to induce a period, after which we’ll try again. Fingers crossed that this next cycle gets us to transfer and a BFP (big fat positive)! 🤞🏻

Great Job Uterus!

Everything looked great at both of my monitoring appointments!  Hormone levels are where they should be and my uterine lining is extra thick with the desired trilaminar pattern.  Our RE wants the lining to be at least 8 mm thick for transfer and my lining is currently 14 mm!  Great job uterus!  

Meds: So far, I’ve been taking prenatals three times per day, as well as daily baby aspirin, DHA, folate, and vitamin D.  I’ve also been taking oral estrace three times per day and delestrogen injections every three days.  We will add progesterone next week – vaginal inserts three times per day plus nightly injections.  And I’ll start a round of medrol several days before transfer.  

One week from today we will be transferring R and E’s bun into my oven!! Yay!  We are all very excited!