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After five days we were
ready for the transfer and anxious to learn how
many had become embryos. We also had the
difficulty of deciding how many, if any, we were
going to have implanted. Four of the eggs had
reached the 8-cell stage required for transfer,
twelve others were being observed. On a scale of
one to four, one being the best, our eggs were
rated as a two. However, we were informed that a
ranking of one was very rare. If we decided to have all four implanted, there was a chance of having four babies, a very risky situation. On the other hand, implanting one would lessen our chances of having the baby we wanted, since the uterus could abort or reject it. Two would give us a better chance of having at least one baby, but after all this long process, we didn’t want to take a chance. According to statistics, if we had three implanted there was a ninety percent chance that all three would take and a better chance that at least two would develop. Surely we would be able to have at least one child. We decided to go for three, and in a procedure taking less than fifteen minutes, three embryos were successfully implanted. Everything went well, and all there was left to do was wait twelve days to see if we were going to be parents. Although we could have used a home pregnancy test, we decided to wait and have a blood test at the clinic. Around 2:00 pm on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002, Dr. Denis called with our results. After Tina politely asked how he was doing, he said, “I’m doing fine, but you’re doing much better.” Then we realized that IVF had worked for us and some time soon we would finally be parents. |
MultiplesThe day of the pregnancy test, Tina’s hormone levels were very high, a rarity possibly indicative of multiples. After we had waited for two weeks, an ultrasound confirmed that we were going to be lucky parents of triplets. Later, at week sixteen, a follow-up ultrasound revealed that all three babies are boys. As of today (February 7, 2003), almost thirty-six weeks after the transfer of the embryos, Tina has enjoyed a relatively easy pregnancy with the babies gaining approximately five and a half pounds each. Being almost incredible that Tina pregnancy has been carried over for this long, a cesarean surgery is scheduled for Monday (February 10th) at 10:30am at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Patience does pay off! Special thanks to Marcia Stephenson for editing this section. UPDATE! (March 5th, 2003)On February 10th, Tina delivered the babies at 36 weeks and 1 day by C-Section as scheduled. They all were in perfect condition, Andrew weighed 4-9 lbs, Jacob 5-8 lbs and Matthew 5-9 lbs (see Birth Day). Right after the C-Section, Tina developed Toxemia, a condition
that made her blood pressure go very high. She was transferred to
a high intensive care unit where it was stabilized. Five days later,
On Valentine's Day (Feb 14th), every body was sent home. All the
boys had their first car ride in all three car seats. They are now
home eating and growing very well. |
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