Two Week Embryo Anniversary! An Exciting Adoption Update Too!

Happy Friday! Today is officially two weeks that my embryos have officially come home and only had the smallest smidgen of spotting when I inserted my Endrometrin one day earlier this week.

I looked back at where things took a turn during my last BFP cycles and the next nine days will be the most critical for me. If I can get to next Sunday (April 10th) without seeing any blood, I'll be further than I've ever been before. I still need to confirm, but I think that my 1st u/s can be as early as April 13 -15 - so a little less than two weeks until we can start getting excited and maybe share some good news with the immediate family (I've been very vague when talking to them).

As for symptoms, haven't had many at all. Mostly just tired (from the estrogen / progesterone) Very occasional cramps - mostly higher in my uterus, not really any headaches anymore, and now sometimes feeling some tenderness in my upper chest - which I've never felt before. Strange.

I had my blood drawn again this morning and the phlebotomist (who has drawn my blood many times, but hasn't had me as a patient since the day of my transfer) said my betas were quite strong and she felt very good about this cycle. That certainly eased my mind. She also thinks the extra progesterone is going to increase my numbers today.

Things have changed at CCRM since when I cycled in September. They no longer draw more than two HCG's. They wanted me to come back today to check my E2 and P4 and I asked about HCG. Good thing I did because it was not a test my nurse ordered. The phlebotomist was going to ask if we can add it....so. we'll see.

Adoption Update
We're now "officially approved!" To our surprise, we received a copy of our homestudy to review / correct last night - two weeks early.

So, this weekend we get to review the package and send back our suggested edits to ensure accuracy. Asside from a couple minor inaccuracies (e.g. - we have two bedrooms upstairs, not three; my name is wrong in one place), we received a glowing recommendation.

Once we send it back, we are eligible to be shown to potential birth mothers and can start marketing ourselves. I was on a roll for awhile to get things ready to begin marketing ourselves, but I haven't been able to give it my full attention lately - so I am not ready to hit the ground running like I thought I would.

It's ok though. The next two weeks will be extremely exciting and we are in a fantastic position to be holding at least one of our babies in our arms before the end of 2011!