Friday, March 23rd
Today was transfer day! The embryos made it through the week and we had the transfer this morning. There are so many things going through my head at this point and I am left to sit on the couch and work through all of them for the next five days of bedrest. I didn’t know what to expect for the day of transfer. I had spoken to my acupuncturist and they had set everything up with Conceptions. I was to check in and get my bracelet, go back and receive an acupuncture treatment while drinking my 32oz of water which I did. My husband met me there so I rode with my mother and mother in law. When we got there my acupuncturist came and got me and talked with the moms a bit. I didn’t fall asleep during the acupuncture because I had to keep drinking water but I felt relaxed. About 45 minutes before the transfer, I was given a valium to relax me and that made me very sleepy. I laid my head down and sat up when I heard the door to my room open and there was my hubby. The embryologist walked in right about the same time with a file folder. She handed us a picture of the embryos we would be using for the transfer and explained that they were both very close to hatching which meant implantation would be happening within the next 2-3 days. She left the file with us along with our copy of the photos. I asked my hubby to take the photo out to both of our moms because I knew they were dying to text it out to everyone….I was right. About five minutes after my husband got back, the transfer nurse walked in and handed scrubs to my husband and I and said she would be back in ten minutes for the transfer. We giggled as he put on the scrubs with the awesome hat and I put on my hospital gown. After we were dressed for battle, we just sat there and waited for the nurse to come back, didn’t really say much. We knew we were ready and it was almost time. I tried not to get emotional as I smiled at my hubby. Three years of sadness was about to disappear forever and that was a bit overwhelming to me. I kept it together long enough to allow the nurse to be back. I took a deep breath as she lead us out of the patient room and into the transfer room next door. We walked in and saw our embryos on a flat screen on the wall. There was a room attached to the transfer room which was the embryology lab. The embryologist was sitting at a microscope looking the embryos over one last time. I was helped onto the transfer chair and squeezed my cheeks as I felt how full my bladder really was. All I could think was please don’t pee on anyone!!! The doctor and nurse walked in and asked how we were feeling. We watched as the embryologist sucked up the embryos into the transfer tube and carried it over to the doctor. I cringed a bit as the doctor hit a button on the chair and my private parts were inverted into the air pretty much in his face…..a little mortifying even though I knew it was going to happen. He put in the tube and directed us to watch the ultrasound screen as the embryos were released into my uterus. It was over in five minutes. The tube was handed back to the embryologist who then checked to make sure they had both made it out of the transfer tube. The doctor shook my hand and said “get pregnant” and left the room. The nurse told us that the embryologist would take care of us and she would see us outside the transfer room and that I was to lay still for 10 more minutes before going to relieve my very full bladder. Then the embryologist came out and answered a few of our questions and by the time we were done talking I only had about 3 minutes left. She asked if we would be ok for a few minutes while she went and grabbed something and we said yes. As soon as she closed the door, my stomach let out a huge growl and I felt a sharp pain in my side. I knew this feeling….my stomach was upset and I knew I had to get up and get to a bathroom pronto!!! I looked at my husband and he asked what was wrong and I said “I have to go to the bathroom right now or bad things are going to happen”. He ran and got the nurse who helped me off the chair and to the bathroom across the hall. I barely made it….but I made it. I was immediately wondering if the stomach issue had in any way affected the success of my transfer….but what was I to do…when you gotta go….you gotta go. I walked out of the bathroom and back into my patient room where my husband helped me get my sweats back on. Then he went out in the waiting room with our moms while I received my second acupuncture treatment. This time, I slept the entire time and had to be woken up to go home. I was really groggy as I walked down the hallway and out through the front doors. I slept most of the way home while my husband listened to sports radio. Our moms drove together in the car behind us, it was done….now it was time to wait and see if it worked.
Here is the picture of them embryos a few minutes before transfer
Picture of the transfer, you can see the tube with the embryos in my uterus
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