Tomorrow is THE day...

Things have been going pretty well... I get nauseous in the morning, sometimes when I eat too much or when I'm hungry... it comes and goes... I get sore bbs very often too, but they also come and go. No constipation this time!!! I'm either hungry or full and it varies per day, today I'm feeling pretty well... hungry and tired, but no much nausea.

I have been pretty calm, no stress since the last time I lost all my symptoms... but now I'm getting SUPER anxious!! I have never seen a HB before!!! I'm just praying hard and having faith that tomorrow will be THE DAY!!!

Our appointment is at 9am eastern time, so please keep us in your prayers!! I'm either 6w4d (according to my O date) or 7weeks according to LMP. I guess that is something that we will figure out tomorrow as well.

Jorge is very confident that everything will be perfect, I need to keep my faith and trust God that he gave us this miracle to stay!! This pregnancy is a miracle, so I'm sure is our gift for all the time we have waited for this!

I will post tomorrow as soon as I'm at work! Prayers please! :)

Symptoms...

I wanted to share and document my symptoms for my past 2 weeks! Even though I Oed late in my cycle, I'm going by my LMP, since that is what the RE using for now. So here it goes!

4 weeks - 4w6d: Gassy, getting full very quickly, and sore bbs

5 weeks - 5w3: VERY sore bbs, getting full very quickly, barely hungry, and peeing constantly.

5w4d: bbs very sore, but not getting full anymore, I was very hungry!

5w5d and 5w6d: bbs stopped being sore... not even when I touched them! very hungry and not full at all. Peeing constantly.

6w: bbs feel deflated, and not sore at all! I got very scared, I was also very hungry, and not feeling pregnant.

6w1: started feeling nauseous, getting full very quickly, hungry but not wanting to eat, crampy, and sleepy but stressed to be able to sleep. First craving: French fries with lemon and salt!

6w2 (today): m/s started! I threw up for the first time. I'm super nauseous, barely made it work today. I think milk is the worst now, but I really want chocolate milk but makes me feel nauseous afterwards. Woke up because my brother had a strong cologne! Feeling crampy and very tired, oh and my sore bbs are back!! They hurt a lot! :)

This weekend is the Ericsson Open (Tennis), we are going tomorrow I'm so excited! Then resting the rest of the weekend. My parents are leaving to Ecuador today for 10 days, and I will miss them VERY much!!!!

Wednesday is my appt with the RE... hopefully we have a strong heartbeat!

5th Anniversary!!

On March 19, 2005 we got married!!!!!!!!! I cant believe its been 5 yrs already!! WOW how time flies!! And in Dec it will be 10 yrs since we started dating!!!

Before we had agreed that we wanted to go to Europe (debating between Spain and London) for our anniversary, so we were just buying each other a little something. But God gave us the best present in the world, a little baby on the way!! So that totally changed plans! We decided our trip was cancelled, and we will be getting a gift just not something too expensive, since its time to save for the LO!

Jorge gave me a beautiful necklace and earrings, and a BEAUTIFUL flower bucket! I gave him a sports watch and a wall art with our pictures. We went to have dinner to the Melting Pot with my parents, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin and some friends. We had a great time, and it was YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of the wall art:




AFM, I'm feeling pretty good... I'm 6 weeks today from LMP... I was having VERY sore bbs... but now they are not that intense anymore.. just on and off. I have been having some cramping also, but no spotting. For the last 2 weeks I couldn't eat much, I would get full sooo easy and take hours to digest. Starting today I'm super hungry... hoping that this is just changes in symptoms... and that things are going very well. I'm leaving it to God, I have my faith that everything will be just fine. Keep the prayers please!

Miracles do happen when you believe in God

Let me start by saying I have been ttcing for about 3 years. The Dr had told us that we had a low chance of conceiving on our own, specially due to my immune problems.

We have done many cycles with meds, fertility treatments, which have results in 3 pregnancies ended in m/c. Even though my Dr didn't want to do IVF, I made an appointment for March 11 to discuss and see if I could convince him to do it in June.

We wanted to wait until June at least since we had a couple of trips planned. A Spain trip in April, a Mexico trip in May and a Ecuador trip in June.

I had decided to stop ttcing and focus on loosing weight and exercising. I was playing tennis 2-3 times a week, doing powerplate (extreme exercise) and dieting. I had actually lost 6 lbs!

I was focused on interviewing and finding a new job too (which I never found), and planning my upcoming trips.

So on the morning of March 11... I was super hungry and my temp this morning was very high. I went to my fertilityfriend to see how many DPO I was and when I got AF since I knew those were questions the RE was going to ask at my noon appointment that day.

I realized I was 12 DPO and found 1 test at home, I was so sure I was not pregnant, it was basically impossible... but then is when you realize that God works miracles and that those happen in his time and not in ours.

YES ..... I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!

First one was that day at 12 DPO and second one was at 14 DPO. I had never gotten so dark BFP's so early.


So I went in to the RE office, and had a beta drawn... first they did the stat to make sure I was pregnant, and sure enough it came back positive. Jorge and I were on disbelief..


Dr E prescribed some prenatals (since I was not taking any), progesterone and baby aspirin. And of course I had the intralipids infusion done that day as well.


We are taking it one day at a time, but we cant be more grateful to God and this miracle growing inside of me. I just cant thank him enough. :)


So far, everything is going well... the following have been my betas:


12 DPO - 46
16 DPO - 461
18 DPO - 1366

So they have more than doubled, which has never happened before, so we are cautiously optimistic. My due date according to my ovulation is November 20 but according to my LMP is November 17, which most likely is the one they will use.

Our u/s is scheduled for March 31st and our next intralipids infusion for April 8th.


All I can say is that miracles do happen when you believe in God, I have a proof of that growing inside of me :)

Thanks for all your prayers! And Praise God!

Orlando/Ocala trip

We had a great trip to Orlando and Ocala this weekend! This was exactly what we needed, some time off and time to talk and spend with each other!! It was definitely worth it!

The hotel was BEAUTIFUL!! Our room was great, and we had a great deal! Breakfast was included and it was YUMMY!! And on Sunday it was character breakfast so I took some pics with Minnie and Goofy, I'm like a little girl when it comes to that!

On Saturday, we went to Downtown Disney... did some shopping on my favorite Disney stores and then when back to the hotel for a NAP! We went to a dinner show called Arabian nights.. we got some tickets in craigslist for less than half of the price! So it was definitely worth it!!!

On Sunday, we went to Ocala for Jorge to see the new 2 race horses he had bought!! Then we went to the Mall in Orlando... it was such a relaxing weekend!

Here are some pics

Some decisions taken...

First, Thanks for all the responses!! They really helped!! And Alex thanks for the info on the insurance, that is great news!

Today I had the second interview at with the prospective job.... I think it went well... but you know that with those things you never know. So some of the decisions are made:

1) We are going to the RE next week, we have a follow up appt on Thursday. If he suggest one more Femara cycle we will go for it right away, if he suggests IVF, we will wait.

2) I'm definitely going to Europe on April, if I dont get preggo in the March cycle (assuming we do the Femara cycle), so if I get an offer I will let them know that we have that trip planned.

3) I will take the offer, if it is good money/benefits and they agree on my vacation. If I'm not convinced with the offer, I will bring it to my current job and see if they can match it , if not then I'm leaving.

4) The Mexico trip for DH's bday we will do it on Memorial weekend, so that if I cant take much time off, we will go at least those 3-4 days...

5) I guess the only thing we don't know... is about IVF. If I don't get the job, we are going to do it after the April/Europe trip. If I do get the job, then its on hold until I feel comfortable of asking some days off.

I think a lot will depend on whether or not I get an offer... and if I take the job. They promised to give me an answer next week! So please pray that whatever happens is the best for us, and help us make the best decisions!

Oh, and we are going to Orlando today, and to Ocala on Sunday, Jorge has some business meetings in Ocala on Sunday so we are taking advantage of that and going to Orlando before! He booked the hotel, and its a surprise! I Cant wait!! We leave tonight!!!

Decisions, decisions...

Sorry I have been MIA... I just hate tax season even though I work in the audit department! For some reason, the deadlines are the same! UGHH... so here I am working 10 hr days and Saturdays with no personal life!

On top of that I'm trying to get a new job, and the interviewing process is KILLING me! And I'm about to stop interviewing and keeping the job I have.. which by the way I totally hate!

So the 1 company I really liked, for which I went in for a second and final round, decided on Monday that they were not going to hire anybody! They are keeping the temps they have for a while! So after 2 months of interviews, letters, and waiting... I'm back to square 1!

Jorge and I had decided that if I didn't get a new job... we were going back to the RE and maybe back to fertility meds. So after I got the NO on Monday, I made an appointment for next Thursday, March 11 at noon. Guess what? I got a call from another job I interviewed for, that I'm a finalist and that there is a final round of interviews either tomorrow or Monday for which they will confirm later today. So now what to do??

This other job, I like it, but honestly I'm not that excited about I don't know why. The working hours are 830 to 630, and I was looking for more of an 830-5 schedule. The company is big, about 2500 employees, but their headquarters are in Illinois, and their Latin American Division just moved to Miami at the end of 2009, and for now there is a lot of work and very few people working, which means lots of stress! Positive thing is 1) Great company for my resume, 2) No work on Saturdays 3) BlueCross insurance, which most likely means IVF is covered! I checked and in Illinois is mandatory, and the plan they have has it, but I'm not sure how that works when is transferred to Florida, but I think we have a big chance of having it covered.

Also, we have a trip to either Spain, London or Italy (still debating with Jorge) for April, my bday week (April 21st). So we don't know what to do anymore! So here is the recap, and maybe you can help me decide! We have saved so much for this trips, that I'm soo excited!!

Trips:

1) Europe on April for 1 week
2) Memorial Day weekend (Cruise weekend, my MIL is coming and is Jorge's 30th bday)
3) Going for 4 days to Ecuador for a wedding in mid June
4) Going to Mexico for 4 days for my cousins wedding in August 14th.

Jobs:

1) Current: Lower salary, 3 weeks of vacation/sick, flexibility, but hate it
2) Prospective: 10K more in salary, 2 weeks of vacation and 9 sick days, working hrs 830-630, don't know if I will like it.
3) Keep applying for other jobs, but its getting tougher! Not that many jobs available!

Treatments:

1) Another Femara cycle in March (after my appt next week) if RE thinks we should and IVF either after the Femara cycle or right away if Re thinks we should
2) My Dad just sold a property and that is the reason why he can pay for it, and Jorge is scared that if we wait too long, he might not have it available anymore.
3) Wait out until new job, and insurance will pay for it! Doing it around September.
4) Keep my job, do a Femara cycle as soon as AF arrives, and if it doesn't work wait until August after my Mexico trip to do an IVF cycle which will be paid by my parents.

So what will you do?? Please help me out! Im keeping the appointment anyways... to see if the RE wants 1 more Femara cycle or moving straight to IVF... but I need to decide what to do if I get an offer from the new job, or if I keep mine, when I should do the IVF cycle!

Decisions, decisions...