We made it back from India in one piece. I can see why people love India and our one regret is that we weren't able to explore as much as we wanted to.
When we landed back in the states, we received an email from Dr Shivani that 18 eggs were collected and 16 were mature. The donor had only 8 eggs collected the last time she donated to a previous couple, so we were really excited to hear 16! Of the 16 mature, 15 fertilized. Of the 15, 14 survived the following days. Of the 14, all 14 were grade I! Of the 14, 10 were frozen. We're very, very happy with the results! This means we have enough for 3 1/2 tries. I was so worried that we'd only have enough for this first round!
Four of the eggs made their way into our lovely surrogate yesterday, so we're officially in the two week wait! We're very excited to be at this point of the journey into parenthood - it's surreal that we're already here! Let the nervous anticipation begin (er, continue).
While in India, we had the chance to meet our surrogate. When asked if we wanted to meet her, I almost hesitated, but I'm so glad that we said yes. She didn't speak any English, but we had a translator help us just say the basic things like "thank you so much for doing this for us", "we're very excited", etc. It all happened in what seems like two seconds, but I will forever remember her using her sari to cover up her beautiful, nervous smile while we were meeting. It was an incredible experience.
Right before we started aggressively pursuing surrogacy, I had a dream that we had a two year old son. I was sitting down on the floor and he was climbing all over me and hugging my neck. In the dream, there was a song playing. This really stood out to me because my dreams never have soundtracks. The dream was so vivid and felt so real and I woke up knowing that I was ready to be a father. On our last night in India, the night before the egg collection, Brent and I were sitting in the lobby at the hotel day dreaming about our future as a family and that song started playing. The singer, Jonsi, is a pretty obscure artist from Iceland, the song is a couple of years old, and I've never heard his music on the radio. That link to my dream and the fact the it played at that exact moment really felt like the universe was sending us a message.
I can't believe we're here already.
A few quick photos from the trip:
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| Egg collection day - so excited! |
I am all about signs and I'm glad to hear someone else is too...lol. The day we found out we were pregnant was my sister's birthday who passed away many years ago...and I know she had a hand in it! Your numbers seem AWESOME. GOOD LUCK!!!
ReplyDeleteOne other lesson we learned for our next trip is that we will take the advice of other posters and stay closer in to SCI. We'd heard about the traffic in Delhi, but even having lived in DC, I wasn't really prepared for what we were in for - mainly the 30-40 min commute to drive 9 miles from our hotel to the clinic for each of our "deposits" :) Not to mention the 'different' driving rules. We headed to the Select CityCentre mall where the Svelte hotel is located one day, and will definitely be staying there when we return to pick up the new addition(s) to our family. An iced coffee goes along way to relieving what can be a stressful couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited that we went, and like Charlie can't believe that this ball is finally rolling! -Brent
Great numbers guys!! Good luck! DC traffic is NOTHING compared to India ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced I know what our baby will look like because I've seen him 4 times in dreams and he is always the exact same. Obviously, he's cuter than heck!
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Congrats on a fantastic start to an amazing journey.
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed that it all works out on schedule on your first cycle so you have plenty in the freezer for a sibling project! Best wishes.
Congrats on a successful egg collection and best wishes for your 2WW.
ReplyDeleteLove the dream and intuition such a beautiful thing to be tuned into : )
What great news, you guys will be parents, great ones at that, all that worry on your other blogs, you have more than one that has done the job and can't wait for the 2ww results.
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Wow, that gave me chills! I hope that the 2ww passes quickly for you two and that the outcome is a BFP!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a fantastic start....sending lots of sticky vibes to your precious little embies. Here's to a BFP in 2 weeks :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck guys! Glad you made it back in one piece. We're not far apart in this process. The 2ww will be over before you know it and you'll be worried about the next step... Trust me! :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you guys the very best luck! And, I hope your two week wait isn't too bad. Keep yourselves busy and beta day will be here before you know it!
ReplyDeleteFantastic news! Great number, hope your 2ww goes fast fast fast!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had such great results from your egg collection. Can't wait to read an update on the 2WW results. We met in the clinic and I was just wondering if you made your connecting flight going home with only a 2 hour layover. We leave on the 17th and was just wondering if we should plan on having to rebook or if it's feasible. Hopefully we will both have good news soon!
ReplyDeleteHey there - glad you started a blog. We were totally fine with our connection. We breezed through immigration and then customs (though we didn't have checked bags) in only 30 minutes. Our connecting flight was in a new terminal as well, so we had an hour before boarding. I think you should be fine even if you check bags. Good luck!
DeleteFantastic news. Have been a little worried about it since I made the booking. Will let you know how our trek home goes. Leaving Delhi on Thur, May 17, so the trip is coming to a close. Can't wait for your update on the results of the 2WW.
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