The Transfer

Yesterday was another big day. The embryo transfer! We ended up with 2 embryos that were of excellent quality, so we opted to transfer one and freeze the other for later. There are 2 others that don't look like they will make it to the right stage but we'll find out for sure on Monday. Yesterday we drove down to the center where the procedure was done. Our doctor called in the morning to talk about the embryo quality and discuss how many to transfer (they really don't like to do 2 unless they're lower quality embryos) then another doc did the deed. All of the doctors we've met are amazing. Perfect bedside manner, which I can't imagine is easy in their line of work. And our embryologist? I swear we must have been on a hidden camera. She was gorgeous and so sweet.

So we were put in this room, like any other procedure room - table for me, chair for hubbs, monitor for the doc and one for us.  It was really cool that we both got to see it. The procedure itself was quick and painless. About as invasive as a regular yearly exam. We got to watch on the ultrasound monitor where the doctor placed the embryo. While the embryo itself is too small to see, you could see on the screen where the liquid was released that had the lil one in it. They looped it for us so we could keep watching. Then the embryologist takes the tool back under magnification to make sure it wasn't stuck in there and it wasn't! So hopefully it went where it needed to and is currently getting comfortable! The doc left and the embryologist came back with a little gift: a magnified photo of our embryo. They gave it to us in this cardboard folder with the name of the center on the front. Kind of like one you get to commemorate your ride on a roller-coaster. Obviously, this was cooler.

Everyone wished us lots of luck and we got to go home where I'm on "limited activity" for the next few days, then easing into some things with others still of limits. You can imagine how disappointed I was to learn no running or kickboxing for the next few weeks. And if you can't imagine, I'll just tell you that while I'm not obese, my body is definitely built for comfort, not for speed ;)

It will be two weeks until we know whether it worked. In the meantime, I'm still on some meds that are making me tired and sore, all of which are normal. Now to not think about it for 2 weeks...