Wednesday, August 12, 2009

When life serves you lemons, will you know how to make lemonade?

Well, as it turns out, life gave us a ton of lemons today, so line on up for some lemonade! Cash only, please.

Jane's bloodwork today came back negative - so, we aren't pregnant... Though your first thought might be to "break out the frozen embryos", we are sorry to report that there aren't any. Apparently none of them reached the blastula stage necessary for cryopreservation.

So, we're regrouping with Dr. H on Friday, and figuring out where to go from here. Fortunately, we have an AWESOME surrogate! Though equally bummed, she is doing well, and looking forward to the next transfer... Now if we can only find some good eggs!! :(

Yeah, life sucks sometimes, and you get stuck with lemonade (maybe even with lots of seeds) - yuck. I hate lemonade - though it is rather yummy with a splash of Chambord and Vanilla Grey Goose (remember that THAT is the secret to good lemonade when you get those lemons)!!

But don't worry, though there aren't enough words to described just how bummed we are, we haven't given up... We just need to figure out what the next steps are.

:)

6 comments:

  1. :( Sorry for the negative result! You two will get your positive soon. Good luck to you both!

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  2. So glad you guys haven't given up. You seem to be in good 'spirits'.

    John

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  3. It's a setback but it seems you guys are handling it well.

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  4. I thought I posted last night, but I wanted to let you know that I was thinking about you all. I talked with Jane about it also. It sucks, this just happened to my IF's and myself. I hope you find a new donor that will bring you the success of having a baby or two!

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  5. Thanks to everyone for your kind words of support!

    We are truely blessed to have an awesome surrogate to work with, and certainly haven't given up yet.

    We're regrouping, and will post an update with more details this weekend...

    :)

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  6. hey guys, just wanted to say "howdy" and to let you know that my partner and I also had a negative two days ago with a surrogate in India. it's such a tough pill to swallow...but we, like you, are regrouping and trying again with our frozen embryos, hopefully within a couple weeks. hang in there, good luck, and i'll be watching your blog for updates. take care.

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