The Gidget Chronicles 1

Me!

Hi  Hi

Uhm, I am Gidget and my mom said I could borrow her blog thingy.  My mom and dad are so very nice, they just do not play with me as much as I want them to. I like playing very much, especially when mom and dad chase me. Sometimes when they have been sitting in front of this box for too long I whine until they pick me up and put me in their lap. I like cuddles very much.

But that is not the part I wanted to tell you. My mom takes me on walks to the park nearby which I like but she never lets me chase the fuzzy creatures with the long ears. I am a hunter and want to hunt them. I am very fast and am certain I could catch them, but mom says she is afraid of what would happen to me if I went into the marsh where the long ears hide. 

On this walk I was happy and smelling things and mom stopped and called me. She pointed out a hoppy bug to me. YAY! I like hoppy bugs! And flying bugs and the bugs with lots of legs… Oh yeah, when I got near it, it jumped into the grass and I pounced on it. Mom and dad say I pounce like a “cat”. I do not know what that is but it must be very good because I am very good at it. 

The hoppy bug tried to get away but I would not let it. I killed it and played with it for a bit because I am a good hunter. I was going to eat my kill but mom said “EEWWW!”. I looked at her and clearly she did not want me to eat the dead hoppy bug. I did not want anyone else to get my trophy either so I peed on it to make sure everyone knew that it was my kill. I was very happy.

I have to go now.

Bye

IVF - Embryo Update 3

Le Sigh...
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Last week we got the call from the Doctor regarding our frozen embryos.  Of the 12 that were biopsied and frozen, only 2 have normal chromosomes.  You read that right...2!
This actually depressed me a bit as I had hoped for a solid 6.  The Doctor said that some of them even had more than one anomaly and that this would explain why we've had problems with IVF before.

In Australia we only had 3 embryos vs the 12 here and they didn't go any kind of genetic and chromosomal testing.  Which means that every single one could have had an anomaly.  

Naturally I've gone through the range of emotions from wondering what the hell is wrong with me to being thankful we at least have 2 healthy embryos (which Mr. Blue needed to remind me of to snap me out of my depression).  Next week we meet with the Doctor to go more in depth about the results and to discuss the next steps, hopefully setting a start date for transfer prep.

What I'm really curious about is if he'll recommend the transfer of 1 or both embryos.

Not much else to report for now.  Hope everyone is well.


...healthy, happy baby...healthy, happy baby...healthy, happy baby...

IVF - Embryo Update 2

Can't...reach...computer...
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Ok, so I'm a slacker. We actually got our latest update on Sunday, but Mr. Blue and I were having a CIV 5 marathon that went until midnight, so needless to say I didn't post that day.

Monday I was too damn tired from staying up too late on Sunday, so I didn't post.

Yesterday, well really I have no excuse.

So today! The Embryologist called (Sunday) to tell us the following - of the 20 eggs that were successfully fertilized, 12 of them made it to the blastocyst stage. They were biopsied and then frozen.  

WOO HOO!! That's 2 more than I was hoping for. Now we have to wait for the results of the biopsy to determine which embryos have the right number of chromosomes, etc. Unfortunately this takes 2 weeks so we are trying to distract ourselves with other things and not think about it too much.  I'm hoping that a minimum of 6 will be normal. That equates to 3 tries. There's always the hope that the first try will take though.

...healthy, happy baby...healthy, happy baby...healthy, happy baby...  :)