Komag's going to be a Daddy!

[Komag]

Last year I posted about my wife's possible pregnancy through IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), but now it has actually happened and been confirmed through an initial pregnancy a test and a follow up test as well.

 

Woohoo!!!

 

Conception date was Sept 11, a nice positive note I think (to me it's a day of courage and strength).

 

This was an entirely immaculate conception. I can't have kids naturally, so they surgically extracted sperm and froze several small vials. My wife did another IVF cycle (lots of meds, tests, injections, minor surgery, etc) and finally these two embryos were implanted:

 

 

They were the stronger 5 day embryos (as opposed to 3 day embryos we had to use the last two attempts because there weren't enough eggs fertilized), and the doctor thinks there is a very strong chance for twins (hard to say percentage, maybe 50/50).

 

(If we do have twins I'll have to decide who to tell was the "ugly" embryo, hehe )

[SneaksieDave]

Congrats you two (or rather three... or possibly four!).

[greebo]

Best of luck to you two, Komag.

[Jesps]

Congratulations to You.

[Unconsicous]

Congratulations!

[Tels]

Congratulations! Hope it works out for the both of them!

 

(This probably counts as "earliest picture of me" for them later in adult life

[demagogue]

Congratulations Ben. I remember the first time you were trying this.

I'm happy it finally worked out.

[HappyCheeze]

Congratz man!

[Crispy]

Man, they haven't even been born yet and you're already showing off pictures of them to everyone! Heh, seriously though, congrats.

[sparhawk]

Hope it works out! Congratulations!

[Komag]

Thanks everyone!

 

Reality is STARTING to sink in, a little tiny bit at a time.

[Springheel]

Best of luck. Enjoy your free time while you can!

[jdude]

Yay! You will have to get some cigars to give to everyone Congratulations!

[Hewer]

Hey, congratulations! Make sure to get as much sleep as you can while you still can!

[Komag]

Oh I know! I think I'm going to miss sleeping the most, especially if we have twins!

[angua]

Congratulations, Komag! Looking forward to the next baby photos

[STiFU]

Oh nice to hear it finally worked. grats!

[OrbWeaver]

(If we do have twins I'll have to decide who to tell was the "ugly" embryo, hehe )

 

Well the one on top is more developed (it has started to undergo blastulation, whereas the lower one is still at the morula stage), but of course this has no correlation to which of the twins is born first.

[DeathStage_12]

Get lots of sleep now...while you can!!!

=DS12

Edited October 7, 2008 by DeathStage_12

[BrokenArts]

Congrats to you both! Take it a day at a time, you cannot prepare for everything. Take it from one who knows. Think positive, all will go well.

[pavlovscat]

Congratulations!! You must be so excited. I have no words of wisdom to offer as my husband & I only have cats, but I'm sure you'll make a wonderful Daddy!

[Komag]

Hey there you gals, nice to see you over here on TDM forums! Thanks for the support, we are doing well and learning more every day, quite an adventure and still not quite 100% real yet, but more so than before.

 

Happy Beta Testing!!!

[Macsen]

 

Can you tell if it's a boy or a girl?

 

Congrats!