Cape Town has been such an amazing time for my DH and I - we have laughed, cried, joked and had such a happy time together! This place has been like food for my soul - love it here - it's been a complete blessing to us!
When we started this cycle I really just prayed that God would work a miracle in my body and restore everything that the blood tests showed were damaged and depleted - and this cycle has just delivered that and more! Out of my original 4 eggs on the first scan, my second scan revealed 8 follicles which Prof was over the moon about. Had a few extra days of stimms and had them removed on Day 16 of my cycle - they managed to get all 8 eggs plus one little sneaky one that popped into the tube (not sure where it came from - but it turned out not to be viable). The other 8 were all mature :) which is amazing in its own as sometimes the follicles are empty and they don't retrieve as many eggs as visible on the scans.
Today Tom called again to check up on our babies (as I get too nervous) - and the embryologist told him we are very blessed as things are going so well! So we are scheduled for a 5 day transfer on Sunday morning early (also a first for us as our previous cycles only had 2 viable eggs so did a 3 day transfer). On Sunday we will be able to see which of our 8 babies are the strongest and most developed by then. We will not get a report back tomorrow on how they are doing because they will be leaving them in the incubator not to disturb so they can do their thing in peace - we just continue to pray that they grow in perfection. They are currently between 5 - 8 cells. Hopefully tomorrow 10 cells and then to start compacting and forming blastocysts:) that's what we are praying for! God continue to bless those babies that we may get to tell them how you worked such amazing miracles in their lives before they were even born. Your word says "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." - Psalm 139 vs 13. Will you knit those cells together that they will get to grow in my womb into our children! I trust in your plans that you have for our lives - cause you only have plans that will prosper us and bless us! "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11 - My hope is in You!
So Sunday the little ones will be back where they belong and we will be heading back to JHB to wait out till our pregnancy test. If the other eggs all develop to 8 cells and more and are good quality then they will freeze them for another chapter in our lives. they need to reach a certain criteria before they freeze them as they don't normally survive the thowing process if they are not at the right stage.
For now we enjoy the last 2 days we have left in the beautiful Cape. Dr's orders - to enjoy this time together and visit some wine farms in Franschhoek - which we did today :) I have not seen such beauty! The mountains the farms the peacefulness - it was dreamy!
Emotions have been high today (not sure why) but think there has been such excitement and anticipation that you don't realize just how it affects you. I am truly grateful for all the positive steps so far and pray for God's strength daily as I can't do this without you God!
xoxo for now!
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Praying that this will be your turn BB!
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