Embryo transfer was set for Friday morning. My acupuncturist
recommended at least 1 treatment that day so I ended up taking the whole day
off work. I know from IUIs and the mock transfer that I can have pretty bad
cramping after intrauterine procedures, and would end up being at work for just
over 4 hours (over lunch so even less work time) so it just made sense to take
the day off so I could relax at home.
My husband also took the day off so we put on our
matching-ish Game of Thrones t-shirts to go for the embryo transfer. I had to
drink 2-3 cups of water 1 hour prior to transfer, and I actually measured it
out to make sure I had enough, but not too much so I wouldn’t have to pee too
badly.
Once we got to the clinic it was back into the nightgown,
shoe covers and hair cap for me, and the shoe covers, gown, hair cap and mask
for my husband. The transfer was performed in the same room (and even same
position on the table) as the retrieval. No meds for the transfer. The embryologist
came in first to talk to us about the embryo. We had one day excellent looking 5
day blastocyst that was already hatching to transfer. The embryologist said
that four of our blasts looked great and would be frozen that day. The other
two needed another day of growing before they could be ready for freezing. The
embryologist was sure at least one would be ready to freeze but she wasn’t sure
about the second one.
The RE came in once the nurses and embryologist had
everything ready. One nurse worked the abdominal ultrasound to visualize my
uterus while the embryo was placed and the other nurse assisted the RE. The RE
inserted a speculum and then cleaned my cervix to make sure no bacteria were
transferred into my uterus. Then he treaded in the catheter and once it was in
position the embryologist brought in the embryo. We could sort of see it get
placed in my uterus. The embryologist checked that the embryo had been
transferred before the RE removed the speculum.
We got a picture of the embryo and a picture of my uterus
with the air bubbles around the embryo visible, which is pretty freaking cool.
The day after the embryo transfer we got the call from the
lab that both embryos were ready to freeze which means that we have 6 embryos
in the freezer, and that all 7 of our embryos made it!
