Two Embies on Board! :o)

This morning was our embryo transfer! We got the phone call from our coordinator to come in for our ET. They actually had us come in 45 minutes earlier than our original appointment time. I was in the shower when the phone call came, so Matthew told me to hurry and then start guzzling my Gatorade. The worst part of the transfer is it has to be done with a full bladder.

So they take us back to the exam room and gave me a Valium to take to relax me a bit. Valium is quite an interesting med...lol more on that later. I was continuing to drink my Gatorade as we waited for everything to get started and Brian, one of the lab techs, comes in with the picture of our embryos. He told us that they were very good. They rated them a 95/100, they were a Grade 2, and had 8 cells. By day 3 7-8 cells is exactly what they want to see. There is some slight fragmentation with them, which is why they were grade 2 instead of 1, but that overall they were very good. I asked about the rest of our embies, and he said they're watching the rest of them for freezing on day 5 or 6. He said they're all still growing, but growing at different rates. Whatever ones are grades 1 or 2 blastocysts by Tuesday or Wednesday will be frozen for future use.

Not long later two of the nurses came in to check my bladder to make sure it was full enough, and they were also checking for any excess fluid build up in my abdomen. Since I had so many follicles and eggs my chances of developing OHSS is higher than most. There was still some fluid build up under my uterus and my follicles were still filled with fluid, so they wanted Dr. H to check before proceeding. He came in and did the ultrasound again, and said that although there was some fluid, he didn't think it was enough to cancel the transfer. With as many follicles as I had, he said he expected some fluid build up. They reminded me again to continue to drink my Gatorade, monitor urine output and temperature. Once he decided that it was ok to proceed with the transfer, out came the speculum (yippee!) the catheter went in, and the abdominal ultrasound was still pushing down on my stomach/bladder. Brian came back in with the embryos, and in they went! They showed us the little embies on the screen and printed out a few pictures for us. It's crazy to think that these are our babies' first pictures! After it was over, they had me lie back on the table for about 30 minutes then came in and said I could get dressed and FINALLY go to the bathroom! THANK GOODNESS!

Now comes the funny Valium part. I didn't really notice anything after taking the medicine, I was lying back on a table, trying to relax my midsection the best I could. Easier said than done, let me tell you! When I sat up to get dressed, that's when I could really feel the effects of meds. Matthew kind of laughed and asked if I was ok. He helped me finish getting dressed because there was no way I was getting my pants back on by myself. Once I steadied myself a bit, I walked to the bathroom, still very woozy, mind you. We gathered all of our stuff, asked a couple more questions and were on our way! We stopped at the grocery store to pick up more Gatordade, and then made our way home. I'm on bed rest orders for the next 24 hours, and after that it depends on how I feel.

So there's where we stand! I am now carrying two little embabies! Lots of hopes and prayers that one or both of them stick and stick tight! My first blood pregnancy test will be on April 20th, the second is the 22nd. They won't call me with the results until after the 2nd Beta. Thankfully those tests will be done the week of my spring break from school. If they're negative, then I can have my meltdown at home instead of at work! BUT they will be POSITIVE!!!!!! :o) Power of positive thinking at it's best :o) Dr. H said to think very pregnant thoughts the next few weeks! Now here is the pic of our little embabies! I tried to put the ultrasound pics here, but they are such tiny specs it's really hard to see them.