Early Positive !

We were feeling impatient and confident yesterday morning so decided to go ahead and try a home pregnancy test, even though it was a little early. And it was positive! I did it again this morning and it was positive again! Yay!

Needless to say we are super excited and hopeful it/they will hang in there this time. I talked to the nurse and she said I could come in for the blood test on Friday instead of waiting until Monday when it was originally scheduled. I'll still go in on Monday because they want to keep checking how the numbers rise, but assuming all continues well, at lease we will have official doctor confirmation before the week-end!

Milada Update

Nothing to report yet regarding me, we are just waiting impatiently until next week end when we can do a home test, but while we wait, here is an update on Milada's activities.

She recently got a new haircut, also fresh for summer. Here she is ready to head out for dinner with a friend, which she does frequently. Below is a picture (I stole from facebook) of her out with two of her closest friends - Bosa and Armina.

She spends a little time each day in the garden. The rose bush she planted last year has bloomed like crazy this year, and she added a whole line of new ones this spring so I can't wait to see this wall of roses once it really takes off. She also planted some other things in the corner she worked on last year and they are starting to come up as well as some that have returned.

And of course she stills goes to English classes a couple days a week at the community college. Every month or so the sections switch up. Last month she had her favorite instructor so far - a young woman with a lot of energy who really focused on conversation and group activities. This month its back to the more normal method where everyone spends a lot of time working individually on computer activities.  But she is learning a lot in every course - on the fridge we have her latest dictation test - on which she got a 100%!

Transfer Day !

Everything seemed to go fine today for the transfer. We arrived at REACH at about 1:30 and got all checked in and I took my valium. 

They put us in a waiting area where we were both prepped for the OR. Dr. Teaff came in and talked to us for a while and I had a list of questions for her about various medications and other things. We waited a bit and then headed in for the transfer.

 Both embryos were still looking good. We talked to the lab tech who checked on them at 7:00, 11:00, and right before the transfer and said each time they had grown. Now they are at about 100 cells and have begun to differentiate between cell types. This picture was taken at 11:00, but by the time of the transfer one had moved into the borderline blast stage, which is good. Everyone was real optimistic and we are being hopefully that this is finally it.

Afterwards they had me lay there and rest for half an hour and then sent us home. While we waited we took our first family photo! Now the real wait begins - 12 days until the blood pregnancy test.

Embryo update

Both embryos are looking strong today, each with 8 cells, which is what they hope to see on day 3. The lab tech who called said no promises (she has seen everything), but probably both will keep growing and be viable on Wednesday for the transfer.

Distracting Oursevles

We've been keeping busy the past few days to not dwell on how our embryos are doing. And really this post is about miscellaneous things we (mostly Miran) have been up to the past few weeks in general.

We had brunch the other day with our friends Angela and Sri, with whom I talked while Miran played with their daughter Ava for an hour.

He also planted some veggies this year - but didn't overdo as we tend to do: just a few peppers and a few tomatoes and one zucchini plant. 

We also planted some flowering plants yesterday around our sitting area / fire pit, but we are only half done with that project so I'll wait to post pictures until it looks a little better!

He has been practicing making mojitos at home in memory of last week end in Miami.

And finally, Miran got himself a new toy recently as well, which he has been having fun with in the yard. Its a remote control helicopter / drone. Here he is flying it pretty well in the back yard. The battery only lasts about 7 minutes (so he immediately ordered 5 extras) so you have to keep it close.

The funnest part about the drone is that is has a camera. Here is the very first video. Its pretty funny, especially if you make it to the end ...