IVF transfer

July 2012

Our 1st picture of our babies!
The bright white spot in the middle -closer to the top was were we saw the flashes when they put the embryos in 

Longest almost 2 months of my life. The few weeks before the transfer date you again start shots at home. These are much easier than before the egg retrieval. I didn't get as sore in they tummy area! This time they don't monitor your ovaries they monitor your uterine lining. It kept reminding me of Phoebe in Friends when she is a surrogate for her brother and she says, "Think thick!" She is referring to the lining being thick enough for an embryo to implant. My transfer date was July 30. So again we trekked it to the city and this time they do not knock you out. You just have to come with a full bladder and then you take a Valium. The full bladder thing is because it keeps your cervix in the right spot and helps with the ultrasound guidance. I was an over achiever and by the time the procedure started I literally warned the Dr. that I may pee on you! IT was so uncomfortable to have to pee that bad. So they prep you. You again sign papers about how many embryos (we did 2). We had 15 embryos that successfully frozen and several were 1AA which is the best you can ask for. They rate them by what I kind of thought of it like how they rate diamonds haha. Anyways the Dr. kept asking us if we really wanted 2 because with such a high rating she said there was no doubt in her mind that we would get twins. We were still fine with it and I was allowed to pop my Valium. Once the Valium kicked in I got very giggly and gassy! I kept telling Cam I was going to fart and pee on the Dr. Neither of which happened. They get everything going quickly after that. There is the Dr. who does the actual speculum and catheter placement. During which an ultrasound tech is doing an eternal ultrasound to help guide the Dr. and the lab Dr. brings in the embryos. You get to watch all the fun stuff on a flat screen above you. First they show you the embryos under a microscope then you watch the ultra sound. Its all painless- plus the Valium helped relax everything. Its done in a matter of seconds and you get to see what to me looked like camera flashes when the embryos are deposited! They even print out a picture for you! Then the reward... you FINALLY get to pee!!! Best pee ever. But now begins the 2 week wait (2WW) to test.