Justin and I woke up at the crack of dawn because our appt this morning was at 730am!!! Ugh, that's early! So we stumbled out of bed, got ready, stabbed me in the butt with my progesterone injection and headed out the door at 630am. I took some orange juice and a big glass of water with me for the road because in order for this procedure to work well you have to have a full bladder.
We arrived at the clinic and Shawnee the nurse took me back to the little area with the 2 gurney's and separating curtains and I got into my lovely open backed gown. The embryologist came over with a picture of our 2 embryos and handed it to us. Before I go any further I must say that Aaron the embryologist is a very straight forward science guy. No small talk, no conversation, just the facts mam. So anyway, he handed us the picture and it had our 2 little embryos floating with the ratings below each one written on the photo in ink. Ok, so remember how I said 6-10 is ideal and A is the best right? Well we had a 5B and a 4B. My first initial reaction was disappointment. I immediately asked him why their weren't more cells. (4 and 5 are the amount of cells seen in the embryo). He said sometimes the embryos just develop slower and don't divide as quickly. It wasn't the answer I was looking for and my disappointment probably showed on my face. I signed some paperwork with him and he left to prepare the embryos for transfer.
The doctor arrived about 5 minutes later and I immediately showed him the embryo photo and asked his thoughts. He said both embryos did not have any fragmenting (which is good) and both had oblong looking cells which means they were getting ready to split or multiply into more cells. I asked if people had gotten pregnant with this rating and he said absolutely. I also asked the embryologist that and he said he knew of 4 for sure in the last several cycles that had. Ok, so I am still disappointed, but I just needed to stop thinking about it and move forward with the transfer.
So Justin and I headed into the procedure room which was freezing by the way!! I forgot my socks, and I was wearing an open backed thin little gown! Shawnee let me bring the gurney blanket in to cover my shoulders and wrap around me and I put my gloves on my feet to keep them warm! Talk about hilarious looking! Just imagine, legs in holsters, hospital gown, feet dangling off with Cruella Deville dangling glove fingers hanging from my feet! The doctor came in and just started laughing at me and my feet! So here we go. We didn't play any music this time and I didn't have one of those crazy moments like last time, but hey it didn't work last time, so let's change it up, right!?
The doctor got everything prepared and after about 5 minutes Shawnee put the ultrasound thingy on my stomach and pushed down (which feels great when you have a full bladder!) and the doctor called to the embryologist that we were ready. I have to say it is one of the coolest things to see on the ultrasound screen. You see the tiny catheter placed in the uterus and then the embryologist puts his catheter inside that one and slides it up and they say "ok release" and you can see the 2 embryos deposited into the uterine cavity. And wha-la done. Justin and I just watched in awww as it happened and held each others hands.
I laid on the table for another 5 minutes or so to let everything settle and then I walked back to my gurney curtain room with my gloves still on my feet to lay down for another 10 minutes. Mind you I still haven't gone to the bathroom, so I was starting to freak out a little. It's a weird thing because you want to concentrate on what is happening in the procedure room and relaxing after, but all you can think about is your bladder exploding. Ok, maybe that's too much info, but just the honest truth.
I got dressed and was finally able to use the facility. What a relief! Ha ha! Justin drove me home, got me some breakfast and set me up on our couch for a nice relaxing day. I have decided that I am NOT going to lay down for the next several days, but instead continue with my life in a very relaxed way. The whole thing with laying down for several days is something I had read online, and again we didn't have any luck last time, so I'm changing it up. Our doctor does not tell you to lay down, but just to take it easy.
So the waiting begins....
We will wait 12-14 days and then go back in for a blood test to see if we are pregnant or not. I told Shawnee since I am doing everything different this time around, I am going to cheat and take a home test around day 12. She just laughed at my theory and said ok, but that is NOT going to get you out of a blood test and another needle. I laughed and said ok, fine.
So I am filling my time up in the next 2 weeks to keep myself busy. I have lunches and dinners with friends scheduled and other events Justin has planned to keep me occupied. So if any of you local friends or family want to get together to keep my mind off things please let me know, I am available!
Also, 1 request....please don't ask me how I am feeling or if I "think" I have any symptoms. Anything but that. It just makes my mind race and question what I am feeling or not feeling and will make me think because I am not feeling something that it isn't going to work. You can ask me anything but that.
Ok, so we will continue to do the HUGE progesterone needle injection every morning for the next 2 weeks until we get our results. Loving that!
And I will be practicing the art of patience in the meantime....
Jenny +2
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