We had our transfer this morning and it went wonderful! I think both of us didn't expect to feel as hopeful and positive as we do. It was kind of a scary morning because the doctors office was supposed to call and let us know how the embryos survived thawing, but they never did. I finally called and the nurse said she had been trying to reach the lab all morning, but if we hadn't received a call, everything was probably ok. I was still very nervous because we didn't know for sure if one or both of them had survived.
We got there and changed into our scrubs:
They took us back and we hung out in the room for awhile. Chris said he wanted to call these babies Shake and Bake. You may recall the last ones were Pebbles and Bam Bam. I said that was ridiculous, but ended up changing my mind. You'll see why in a minute.
The doctor came it and it was Dr. Awadalla... he is our primary doctor but when you have procedures like inseminations and transfers, you have to take whoever is on call. We have not had Awadalla for anything yet, so Chris is convinced that with his touch, everything will work! Awadalla finally told us that we had 2 embryos and showed us a picture:
The embryo on the left is already hatching. He said that is an excellent sign. The one on the right is doing very well also. The nurse was literally so excited she kept telling us how amazing the embryos looked. Awadalla completed the transfer with no problems. I had to lay there for a while afterwards and Chris convinced me of Shake and Bake because he said the left one is shaking and the right one is still baking. I'm probably a terrible mother for allowing this, but I went with it :) The nurse came back in and said she had been bragging about how good our embryos were to the rest of the office. She said the one on the left will implant in the next 24 hours! That's pretty crazy! Everyone genuinely seemed extremely pleased with their condition so we feel very good about that.
We spent the rest of the day relaxing. Thank you for all your prayers. Keep them coming!! The blood test is Tuesday the 6th at 8:30 am.... Love you all.
Petri Dish for Shake and Bake:
O.K. this is really exciting an all, but the pictures aren't showing up for me. Anyone else? Crossing my fingers extra hard for you!
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