11 weeks and update

     I can't believe I haven't posted anything in 2 1/2 months.  A lot has happened.  First of all we obviously have finished the IVF cycle we started in September.  The cycle itself was uneventful but the retrieval was horrible.  After meeting with the doctor and the anesthesiologist I started to get an uneasy feeling.  I could hear what was being said behind the other curtains and it wasn't good.  One couple got 8 eggs.  Another got 12 but the doctor accidentally punctured her uterus.  I turned to my husband and said I wish Dr. Pang was doing my retrieval I'm not sure this doctor is very good at what he does.  Well my retrieval was done we got 5 eggs which was extremely upsetting considering I had about 40 follicles.  Come to find out he only retrieved the 5 eggs from one ovary and said the rest were to difficult to get to.  This is a problem we never had before and honestly I think this doctor was incompetent.  Well of our 5 eggs 4 fertilized,  3 made it to a day 3 transfer and 2 were transferred.  On to the two week wait.

     Two weeks go by and yay we get a positive beta!!! I was so happy and then worried my progesterone level was extremely high.  High progesterone can be a sign of multiples or a molar pregnancy.  All we can do is wait and see.  The next couple weeks go by and it's time for our first ultrasound.  No molar pregnancy and no multiples.  Just one perfect little beating heart.  We couldn't have been happier.  Maybe this time we would have an uneventful happy pregnancy.   Nope sorry but that is just not my life.

     One week later I go see my ob/gyn.  I am now 8 weeks pregnant.  We get another ultrasound and once again everything is going perfect.  We meet with the nurse who decided to do some blood tests that I haven't had done before.  This was the last day of worry free pregnancy.  I find out I have factor 5 leiden which is a blood clotting disorder.  After reading up some I wonder why I have never been tested before.  And I get so upset because most likely this is why I lost my sweet Noah and it could have been prevented.  So now I wait.  I have my 1st look appointment on the 25th I will be 12 1/2 weeks along and pray that this little ones heart is still beating and is still healthy.  Afterwards I meet with a maternal fetal specialist to find out how we will manage the remainder of this pregnancy.