UGGGGGGGGGGGG We have f’n TERMITES. Seriously. What bad timing. It aggravates me to no end. We have spent a year detoxifying our house and lives, AND NOW we get to have a ridiculous amount of pesticides sprayed in the walls and foundation of our home. Fucking fantastic. So, after freaking […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Well, as I’m sure you might have guessed, all of the tests were negative. SO, this is a new month *sigh*. At least all of the jitters of the first month of trying are out of the way. Of course, I’ll update along the way…. wish us luck!
Another Month
Negative pee test It’s still really early to test (it’s only 10 days past ovulation and most don’t get a positive until 13 days), so I suppose there’s still a chance. However, body signs (I’ll spare you the details) are also pointing to no, and seem to be gearing up […]
This Morning
So, for my 30th birthday my AWESOME husband threw me a surprise party. All my family and friends were there (except my mom, who had to fly out with my grandma). I am so so lucky to have such a thoughtful man in my life (and an awesome friend, Julie, who […]
My 30th Surprise Party
So the title of this post kind of makes it sound like I’m a chicken, right? Before I got in the world of embryology, I had no idea that human embryos actually hatch out of their shells too. First things first though, yesterday my (possible) morula should have expanded out […]
Blastocyst & Hatching
So today, when the embryo is 4 days old it should be at a stage called Morula. This is basically where the cells of the embryo compact into a tight blob.
Morula
An embryo on day three should have 8 cells. Ideally, each day we want our embryo to double in cell number. We also want our embryo’s cells to be of equal size and have no fragmentation. The better organized an embryo is, the higher likelihood of producing a lasting pregnancy. Imagine […]
3 days old
If I’m pregnant, here’s what our embryo looks like today: Our embryo should have 4 cells today (called blastomeres). Each of these cells contain both mine and Will’s DNA combined. In fact, right now the unique genetic make up of our future baby is already determined. These cells are totipotent, which means […]
Today
Fertilization! That’s what I hope is happening right now… Only a couple hundred sperm (out of tens of millions of them) will make it to the egg, and the lone Super Sperm will hopefully succeed in fertilizing it. If the egg fertilizes, over the next day or so, the sperm’s nucleus will merge […]
What I hope is happening right now…
Soooo this is the week that we “try to make a baby.” Ovulation is a GO, I repeat, Ovulation is a GO. Holy Moly! I can’t believe it. After lots of practice, hopefully we can get it right (HA- sorry, Dad!). Because of working in a fertility clinic, I definitely know […]
This Week
WOW. So this is the month. The month we begin “trying.” We’ve been planning so long that I just can’t believe it’s here. As luck would have it, I got super dehydrated and sick from being in the sun too much this past Sunday, which was the beginning of THE […]