I Make Humans - My oven, Their bun

My levels are all going in the right direction! This is a huge relief because we know it's at least working!!!! More tests to come. More tests to do. But keep your fingers crossed!!! My IPs are for sure resting easier knowing it's going in the right direction.  What are we dealing with today: It's f'n hot.  I sweat. A lot.  (Autocorrect said swear and I'm doing that too) Cramping is still happening. Which I believe is a good thing.  I'm hungry. A lot at the moment. And can't eat a lot. At the moment. Lots of little meals I'm still taking a lot of meds.  I still look like a battered woman w all these bruises.  My friend Tara likes to shoot me up (with my fertility drugs). And we like to freak others out by saying she's gonna stab me. 😂😂😂 Boobs are indeed sensitive. I'm getting lots of muscle cramps. Need more bananas.  Send more bluebell.  No I don't have mood swings how dare you ask. (Get it?) 

Implantation was done 8 days ago.I got my first blood test done today. Late today. After 4 days of executing the best and only employee event we have each year for all of my workplaces' staff. We all come together 1 time a year and get training and meet together to review the year that was and the year to come. It truly motivates me, moves me and gets us ready for another stellar year!!    Well. Now that all my events are over, we can now focus on if we got a bun in the oven!!! It's been over a week since implantation and let's get caught up on where we are: I can't work out I can't suck in I've had cramping every day I'm hungry. So hungry. But can barely eat it. And if I stuff myself I'm miserable. It's legit like there's less room in there.  I have to act as if I'm pregnant so no raw fish, no deli meat. No alcohol.  No hot tubs I take shots daily  My rear looks like I've been beaten from all the knots and shots. It's been...

So several months ago, I met my IPs and we saw a love connection for me to carry a baby for them. But when talking w the fertility guy, they learned they'd have to wait to start the process because they traveled to a Zika area. So. We waited. And waiting is not a bad thing... it's just... we do so much of it! LOL it's worth the shout out. :) We then get the go ahead on the blood tests And had approval to go forward with their contribution but... we had to get a signed contract and find an egg donor... so. We did what? We wait.... Then. Once we got confirmation on an egg donor and egg retrieval, so 4 months later we signed a contract and our IVF/fertility doctor got some eggs and some sperm and took cells from those pieces and put them together and made some embryos. Then what did we do? You guessed it!!! Wait. The doctors then performed a lot of testing on those embryos and determined which were best to survive. and it's not a short process.  Soooo...... Yep. ...

So my friends, I've been on this new journey with my new couple for a while now. It's always a matter of hurry up and wait. And now. The waiting is almost over.  I had a huge event at work that we were preparing for. It was June 23rd. It was the first time we'd ever done a fundraiser with a board meeting and anniversary celebration. It was the highlight of my career so far. We killed it! We knocked our goal out of the park!!!  On June 25, it was my birthday. Yay! Happy birthday to me! I had a great day celebrating with family and friends and I called it my day of last rights. BC it was the last day before I started meds. Started on June 26 and now, 3 weeks later, we're getting ready to go get knocked up! (I laugh every time I say that).  There's nothing like the feeling of giving yourself to someone for something they simply cannot provide for them self. It's just. Incredible. I am so blessed by this couple. I love them - they've become amazing soli...

I call this phase of my life: Think Thick! With all of the changes our family has been thru in the last year, it goes without saying that I got a little thick - of which, i have lost 30+ LBs so i'm not as thick as i used to be. :) but there's lots more that I've needed to be thick lately and are not. For instance: I need my weather stripping to be thicker.  I need my skin to be thicker.  I need my door jam's to be thicker I need my wallet to be thicker I wish my hair was thicker! You catch my drift here? And now... we've been praying for my uterine lining to be thicker and i'm happy to tell you it is! Went to the Dr. for my first check up since i started meds and it's going really well so far! so that's all good.  now we just need to get thru 2 more weeks for implantation! This is SO EXCITING!!! Truly, I'm besides myself and I really hope we continue to have a blessed, safe, productive, successful journey!  In other news, we had ...