My embryo transfer

On the day after the egg harvesting, I went work and was so sore and uncomfortable, and bloated, I had to come home early from work. My belly was so swollen, I couldn't even button my pants. I was laying down on the bed watching TV and I got a phone call from Kevin's parents. They had driven in from Virginia! I was so excited they were here. I was so sore and uncomfortable, I hadn't done any of my cleaning and the first thing I could think of was, Oh sh^t! My house is a disaster! Noone wants their inlaws to see an unkempt house. Although, I had just commented to kevin that it was time for them to come visit because my ceiling fan need to be dusted. I can always count on Linda to clean the stuff I hate cleaning ;) The timing of their visit was perfect! They really helped me with Rachel and getting our house ready for Christmas! They were here until after the embryo transfer.

I had two beautiful embryos transferred on 12/11. When Kevin and I went into the room, the lights were dimmed for the ultrasound machine and I went behind the curtain to get changed. Kevin was behind the curtain with me to hold my things and I asked him if he wanted to make out or something so it seemed like there was some type of romance instead of a full bladder and stirrups. Kevin laughed at me and kissed my forehead. There was definately no foreplay or marguerittas for this one-night-stand.

The transfer went very smoothly. I actually filmed it with my phone. Dr. Nackley was not available to do the transfer, I think it was Dr. Mansfield who did it. It's a shame I can't remember who was sitting between my legs delivering my lovely embryos to my uterus. Dr. Mansfield (I think) took a picture of the embryos once they had been placed and I have it sitting at my desk. When I did IVF in 2007, the day before Gram died, I had received the christmas gift she had given me that year. It was a beautiful serling silver bracelet. I wore it through the entire invitro process and pregnancy with Rachel so I could keep her close to me. I took it off when Rachel was born because it had started to wear and eventually broke. I held it in my hand the whole time during this embryo transfer because I felt like it gave me the strength and engery I needed to be optimistic.

When I got home, Kevin's dad told me I looked pregnant already. You have to love the optimism in this family. I rested on the couch with my feet up for the rest of the day. I feel like I was still pretty sore from the egg harvesting 5 days earlier. It seems like it has taken a while for that bloated, sore feeling to go away. I went to work the rest of the week.

I had also started the progesterone tablets on the day after the egg retrieval. These are a different brand that what I used before. This brand comes with an applicator that deposits the pill into your vagina instead of pushing a pill up there with your finger. You still have to wear a pantyliner to protect your undies and your clothes so it still has the same amount of grossness, but I would give it a 10 on a scale of 1-10 for ease of use. I also thought of 4 more things you need to know:
1. be sure to use panyliners that actually absorb. Instead it will feel like you put a layer of scotchguard in your panites.
2. never drink gatorade after brushing your teeth, even if you aren't pregnant, thats enough to make you gag
3. progesterone gives you gas, let it out as often as you can (it usually doesn't smell)
4. if you get bronchitis during this whole process, its best to wear a real pad, and as I said before, don't say, "oh dammitt" when you sneeze or start coughing. I have gone through more undies due to progesterone leakage and peeing my pants than Rachel when she was potty training.