Back from Transfer!

Finally, we are home! We got to the hospital at 10am like we were told but the staff was running an hour late. There were a ton of ladies who showed up for ultrasounds today at the office. The same staff who runs the morning scans in the office also does any procedures at the hospital. Chris was pacing and getting anxious because the dum dum signed up to ref 2 basketball games today starting at 1245pm. And there's a 20 minute recovery period after the procedure. There was another lady having her ET before me. I had to empty my bladder and keep drinking water, 3 times. My Valium also wore off as I was being wheeled into the OR room.

Before we went into the OR room, they put a warm blanket around my back like a shawl. I told Chris after in the recovery room that I felt like the Virgin Mary on my way to my Immaculate Conception. Maybe the Valium was still there, I don't know. But the Feast of the Immaculate Conception was yesterday...hmmmm....it worked for my friend Michele H.

Chris had to get garbed up in scrubs, a hat and booties. He looked so cute! The stretcher I was on converted into a regular pelvic exam table. The middle bottom comes out and the sides fold into stirrups. This way you don't have to move after the transfer and can lie flat for 20 minutes. That was pretty cool to me. In my 17 years as a nurse, I have never seen anything like it. I amuse easily.

The procedure went fine once they got the right speculum. I know enough to ask for a particular one that fits my anatomy best but of course, they didn't have one in the OR room. The RE tried with the regular one and realized I was right (duh) after I bent Chris's ring from squeezing his hand so tight. They managed to find a longer speculum( not the one I usually prefer) and once it got situated, I could at least breathe and relax. The RE told me I should get the gold star for the day. I wanted to say, "why don't we just get the right speculum and forgo all this torture!"

They transferred 2 blasts. One was high grade and one was top grade. The lab tech told us that the embryos have not completely matured as of this morning but these were the 2 that looked the best. There are 5 more high grades. If they make it to tomorrow and look good, they will freeze them. We will get a call with an update tomorrow.

So now I rest. I have the next 2 days off of work for good measure. We have come too far to not take extra precautions. Now begins the 2 week wait/2 week worry/2 week torture/2 week delirium. We have all kinds of names for this on the RESOLVE board. It's the hardest part of this journey. I'm sure I will break down before my b/w date and POAS! I would love to see 2 lines....just once!