Bad Cathy. no posts since egg retrieval?? I'm really sorry, this process has been a bit draining, so I haven't been able to bring myself to write much in the past few days. However, this morning, DH and I went to the Dr's office to have my blood drawn and get our "official" pregnancy test results.
So the past 11 days have been really long, with this day always in the back of my mind... waiting... waiting. The implantation itself went fine. They implanted 2 embryos on day 3 (1 in "excellent" condition and 1 in "above average" condition). This photo shows the 2 embryos that were implanted on day 3. The one on the top right is the "excellent" one, and the one on the bottom left is the "above average" one). The procedure itself took a little longer than usual, and it made my RE a little cranky, hehehe. I was doing a full bladder transfer (no fun for us girls with wee bladders!) because apparently there's a little bend in the path to my cervix that made it difficult for him to eyeball the transfer. So he had to pull out the sonogram machine for it. Plus, I guess my tubes and whatnot were a little swollen from the retrieval, so that didn't make things much easier. All in all, though, the embryos were implanted successfully. Now it's just down the wait. Oh, did I mention that already?
So I was on bed rest for about 48-72 (Dr's orders were 48, and I upped it from there). Bedrest was not quite as fun as I thought it would be. It's fun to lounge around in bed because you want to... not as much when you HAVE to. After that, I took it pretty easy. I worked from home all last week too, and I wasn't feeling well on Friday, so I tried to take a sick day. But, as work sometime goes, I ended up working that day too. I'm still not feeling that great, so I'm trying to take it easy from work today too, since I ended up working on my sick day last week.
I haven't been doing much differently. I've definitely been drinking more water, and I'm trying to drink more milk. And eating more veggies too. Cutting back on the fried stuff (french fries are my downfall). I feel sleepier a lot more during the day (of course, that could be partly because we've finally hit the triple-digit temperatures here in Dallas), and I'm bloated and gassy. But, if it means I'm preggers, then bring it on! Hehehe...
OK, back to work. I'll let you know when they call me later today! Keep praying and your fingers crossed!
So the past 11 days have been really long, with this day always in the back of my mind... waiting... waiting. The implantation itself went fine. They implanted 2 embryos on day 3 (1 in "excellent" condition and 1 in "above average" condition). This photo shows the 2 embryos that were implanted on day 3. The one on the top right is the "excellent" one, and the one on the bottom left is the "above average" one). The procedure itself took a little longer than usual, and it made my RE a little cranky, hehehe. I was doing a full bladder transfer (no fun for us girls with wee bladders!) because apparently there's a little bend in the path to my cervix that made it difficult for him to eyeball the transfer. So he had to pull out the sonogram machine for it. Plus, I guess my tubes and whatnot were a little swollen from the retrieval, so that didn't make things much easier. All in all, though, the embryos were implanted successfully. Now it's just down the wait. Oh, did I mention that already?
So I was on bed rest for about 48-72 (Dr's orders were 48, and I upped it from there). Bedrest was not quite as fun as I thought it would be. It's fun to lounge around in bed because you want to... not as much when you HAVE to. After that, I took it pretty easy. I worked from home all last week too, and I wasn't feeling well on Friday, so I tried to take a sick day. But, as work sometime goes, I ended up working that day too. I'm still not feeling that great, so I'm trying to take it easy from work today too, since I ended up working on my sick day last week.
I haven't been doing much differently. I've definitely been drinking more water, and I'm trying to drink more milk. And eating more veggies too. Cutting back on the fried stuff (french fries are my downfall). I feel sleepier a lot more during the day (of course, that could be partly because we've finally hit the triple-digit temperatures here in Dallas), and I'm bloated and gassy. But, if it means I'm preggers, then bring it on! Hehehe...
OK, back to work. I'll let you know when they call me later today! Keep praying and your fingers crossed!
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