FET #5 Transfer Day

Ahhh, transfer day.  The day that we have been preparing for and counting down to for a very long time. We started this process back in April of 2018 and now, 10 months later, here we are.

The day started with an attempt at acupuncture.  But because my tummy is super bruised from the Lovenox, my acupuncturist wasn't comfortable with sticking me right where the bruising/knots were.  I did end up doing moxibustion (the weird herbal thing on my acupuncture points) and relaxing under the heat lamp with it directly over my tummy.  DH snapped this little gem of me:

I am supposed to try to keep my feet warm as much as possible for the next week.  Warm feet=warm uterus.  I am not to let my bare feet touch the cold ground...hey, I love socks so I'm up for the challenge!

DH and I left right from acupuncture and headed up to Birmingham.  I was to drink 12 oz of water between 10:30-11:30 and I had no problem with that.  I took Valium at 11:45 and headed inside the clinic.  I could already feel my bladder and knew it was going to get uncomfortable fast. The procedure was supposed to be at 12:30 but I didn't get called back until closer to 1pm.   As we were walking down the hall to the surgery center, my nurse asks, "So, how's your bladder?" YEP, I'm good to go in that area!  After DH and I suited up in sterile garb (he's not yet in his in the picture), they wheeled me back and did a u/s to check to make sure my bladder was full enough.

At that point, I asked specifically if our embryo thawed properly.  I got a big YES! And was told that it was 100% re-expanded and was ready to go!

Our day 5 Blastocyst 

My actual RE was the one that did the transfer.  I was a little anxious about that at first but she was on her best behavior today.  She was actually NICE to me and reassuring.  She gave us a picture of our baby and told us, "That's one for the scrapbook!"

Things got a little sticky at one point as the nurse couldn't get the correct angle of my uterus for the u/s so my RE could see the end of the catheter. I warned them my uterus is retroverted and was assured that it wouldn't matter.  Well, it did matter as they had to call in another nurse to find it. So there I was, spread eagle with my RE holding the cath and speculum in place for over 10 minutes waiting to get someone else in there.  Good times.  The second nurse found it the second she tried.

And now, we wait...We wait to see if this baby hatches and implants in my uterus.  I go in on 2/20/19 for a pregnancy (beta) blood test.

I can't thank you all enough for praying for us.  Our hearts are full.

The clinic sent us home with a little bear which we gave to Skittle

These two wanted to be right on top of me as soon as we got home