Transfer Done!

I had the massage at noon which was very relaxing. I've had 3 massages in the last 8 years - all before my 3 transfers. If were money were no object, I think I'd treat myself to at least one a year. :-) Paul took Nadia to the McDonald's nearby during my massage. I thought she'd enjoy the playland. Turns out this playland isn't geared for little ones, but she did enjoy watching the older children playing there.

I arrived a little late for my 1pm appt, but it wasn't a problem. I put the ever so lovely hospital gown on (lol) and was given an antiobiotic and valium. They didn't give that to me with my 2 other transfers. I definitely felt "loopy" there for awhile. Dr. O was running really behind as usual so my transfer didn't start until after 3pm even though it was supposed to be at 2pm. Dr. O came and told us we had 2 blastocysts and 1 that was a morula that the embryologist thought would be a blastocyst within a couple of hours. He suggested we transfer 2 since we were doing a blastocyst transfer; he said if we were doing a 3 day he would suggest transferring 3. He said if I was 40 he'd suggest 3 be transferred on day 5. I asked some questions he didn't know the answer to, so he sent the embryologist in to talk to us.

He said that on day 3 none of our embryos looked as good as our 3 best on day 3 in 2007 which was surprising to me since even Nadia didn't make it to blastocyst until day 6. He said he was really shocked I didn't become pg from the fresh transfer in 2007. He said it's not surprising they weren't as good this time since I'm 37 now. Of the 12 that were growing the last time we got an update (day 2), 7 were still growing. One was an excellent blastocyst, one was a pretty good blastocyst, one was a morula very soon to become a blastocyst, one was a morula, and three were still embyros. I asked him how many he thought would be frozen tomorrow if we only transferred the two best today. I was shocked when he said "none." He said he could be wrong since on day 5 in 2007 Nadia didn't look like she'd make it but then she looked great on day 6. I thought for sure he'd say 1 or 2 (the morulas). I had been leaning toward transferring 2 blasts, but that was when I thought 1-2 would be frozen. So I said I want to transfer all 3. Paul was a little more leery of that, but he said okay.

When I told the doctor my decision he said I was being very aggressive. I said I was told at the start of my cycle I had a 25% chance of pregnancy. How high could the odds really be that not only I'll get pg but all 3 will implant? He said my odds of having triplets are 2-3%. I can live with that. I couldn't bear the thought of that morula becoming a blastocyst tonight and yet not being deemed good enough to freeze. The transfer itself took forever. I think he used about 5 different speculums. He couldn't get the catheter through my cervix. I thought my bladder would burst! He sent for the embryos and then sent them back and then called them back again. Finally I watched our 3 little ones on the ultrasound. :-) Then the doctor was nice enough to use a catheter to drain my bladder. Ahhh... They had me stay on the table for 30 minutes and told me to stay on bedrest the rest of today and all day tomorrow. I plan to stay on bedrest until Thursday morning just to be on the safe side. Bedrest actually means couchrest as I know it's best to avoid steps, and since I have a laptop it means I'm still able to give you my update. :-)

So I would appreciate prayer for our 3 little blastocysts inside me that at least one will implant! If I am going to have a sticky BFP from this transfer then it won't be awful if none of the embryos make it to freeze, but right now I'm praying that at least 1 will be able to be frozen in case this transfer doesn't result in a sticky BFP. I don't like to say doesn't result in a pgcy because in my opinion, I am pregnant right now. I have 3 little tiny ones alive within my uterus. Even though they haven't implanted yet, I consider myself pregnant. I'll be taking hpts along with us on the trip next week as I won't be able to have a Beta until 19dpo in light of us being away next week. Thanks for your prayers thus far. I was thrilled when they said we had 2 blastocysts considering on day 5 in 2007 we didn't have any blastocysts. :-)

It was a long day for Nadia. Paul left during my procedure and drove around for 45 minutes. Nadia slept the whole time he was driving. I am sure she is glad that we're home now and she can get her wiggles out. She was very good considering how much time she spent in the car seat and in Daddy's arms at the hospital.