12/21/12 has arrived!

Pregnancy test 12/25/12, Merry Christmas!

Our cute way of announcing to family & friends! Just because we have a different journey to pregnancy, doesn't mean we don't want a cute announcement!!! haha

The sign we gave my Mom as her "announcement"

First EVER positive home pregnancy test! I know we got the blood test, but I still really wanted to do a home one! I've never seen 2 pink lines!!! 12/21/12 pm

YAY!!!!! 2 pink lines are AWESOME to see! 12/22/12

Merry Christmas!!! We got the BEST gift ever!

This morning I woke up and realized today was the day I would get my blood test to determine if either of the embryos were sticky and stuck with me!!!  Andy and I decieded we wanted to receive the phone call together so I went to work in the morning, left work in early afternoon to go get my blood drawn and then went back to work.  So many people told me that they couldn't believe I came to work today, but what was I going to do? This day was one of the most nerve racking days of my life.  I couldn't just sit at home and think, I was glad to be at work and have my mind, somewhat, busy.  My wonderful friends/coworkers really helped keep my mind busy as well and made the day fly by and it was filled with so much positive energy!  3:10 came, the students were dismissed, I said bye and happy holidays to everyone at school and I left school at 3:30 to make it hope before 4:00 which is when I asked the office to call with results.  Andy got home right before I did and we both sat down on the sofa at 4:00 with phone in hand.  4:05 rolled around.....we were so anxious and didn't know what to do, we put the TV on and talked about how our day went, but neither of us could focus and didn't really care at that moment about anything other than my phone ringing.  Andy was so supportive, he even sent beautiful flowers to me at work earlier with a wonderful message explaining that no matter what happens we are in this together and will always love each other.....he is the best!!! FINALLY!!!!! 4:40 comes and the phone rings......my heart totally stopped, Andy turned the TV off, I grabbed the phone, pen and paper and answered........it was Melissa, one of the head IVF nurses from RAD. She said "Hi Lindsey, I'm calling with your blood test results," I said "oh gosh, ok, go ahead,"  Melissa said "its great news, your test came back positive! Congratulations, you are pregnant!"  This was such a surreal moment.......Andy and I looked at each other in amazement! I began to cry, Andy teared up and then we remembered Melissa was still on the phone, haha.  She explained that our HCG level was 250 which is a great starting number.  I asked her if by the number, could they tell if both embryos survived? She said they would not be able to tell just yet but in a few weeks an ultrasound will be able to tell.  She said I needed to come back in on 12/24/12 for a repeat blood test to be sure the level doubles to 500. We hung up and were in complete shock, I think we still are.  It worked....it really worked!!!!!! Holy crap, we were so happy and just could not wait to tell our families!!!! We sent a picture to my Mom of a sign we bought a year ago at the beach hoping to give to her soon as the "we're pregnant" announcement, but we had to keep it wrapped up and in our desk drawer because it wasn't going to be used anytime soon we thought.  The sign had a lovely saying about having a Mom like her is wonderful because her grandkids are also so lucky (along those lines) and then my Mom called me, one of the best phone calls of my life, one I've been waiting for for A VERY LONG TIME!  I answered and my Mom, who sounded like she could barely catch her breath said "Lindsey.......Lindsey......" The pure joy in her voice, even though she was crying, was so wonderful.....I said "we are pregnant! the test came back positive!" I explained what the nurse said and my numbers and all and she had me on speaker phone so my Dad and brother could hear as well, they were all so happy for us, you could just hear it in their voices, it was wonderful.  We then called Andy's parents and they were so happy for us as well.  We then began telling some of our close friends.   We know many people say its bad luck to tell people before 12 weeks and all, but all of our family, friends and even coworkers have been there for us every step of the way and know exactly what has been going on that people are so excited and anxious, we couldn't not share the news and we knew we were going to share the news regardless of the outcome.   We hope and pray that everything will continue to grow and develop appropriately.  We received our levels on 12/24 and they were supposed to be at at least 500 and they came back at 613! Woo Hoo! So then I got another blood test on 12/26 which should have doubled to about 1230 and it came back at 1356! YAY!! So tomorrow, 12/28/12 we will be going in for our very first ultrasound to see our little seed(s)! We are hoping to maybe see the heartbeat.  I am only 5 weeks and 3 days along, so they aren't sure if we'll be able to see it yet but we'll hopefully be able to see a little something.....CANNOT WAIT!!!!!  Thank you all so much for reading our journey so far, I can't believe how much it has actually helped me through our process.  I can't wait to continue blogging and telling our story.