Where to Start Part 2 (Amy and Maria’s Blog)
Our Story Continues:
Now the medication schedule is very demanding!!!! For our cycle both Maria and I had to take different medications. You start with birth control pills to regulate and then depending on what kind of cycle you are doing they instruct you as to what you need.
We are talking about pills, needles ouch! and sometimes patches. You have to be committed and disciplined.
Maria was made to mass produce her eggs until they reached a certain diameter (doctors discretion) then they give you anesthesia and remove the eggs. At the point they fertilize the eggs with your donor sperm and create embryos. These embryos are monitored for 3 to 5 days. The doctor calls you back once they are ready to implant.
What I had to do was take medication to stop ovulating, accept a foreign embryo and fake my body out to get pregnant. You will be evaluated to make sure your lining is fit for transfer.
The doctors then call you in on day 3 if the embryos seem ready or day 5 when hey are a bit more mature and implant the embryos into uterine wall. Most doctors usually suggest you put back only two embryos. So that’s why twins are so common. Then you patiently wait for week 2 and take the pregnancy test. That same day they call you and give you the news. The cycle takes about 2 months from start to finish.
Our First attempt with LIVF failed. Dr. Brenner and his team admitted that the embryos were taken out to early and they didn’t mature and attach to the uterine wall as they should have. 🙁 It was devastating!
We tried 3 months later with a much better understanding and better team.
We found NYU Fertility Center. The best doctors in NYC. I highly recommend them. We met with Dr. Licciardi which was a total gentleman. He was excited and genuiely interested in helping us build our family. And believe it or not, not as expensive as we would have imagined. We felt welcomed here. Needleless to say this cycle with Dr. Liccardi was successful and today we have our wonderful creation, our beautiful baby boy Ottavio .
Must have information:
NYU Fertility Center
Dr. Frederick Licciardi
650 1st Ave 5th floor
NY, NY
212-263-8990
Dr. Licciardi also has a blog with alot of helpful information.