Shh! I’m home and resting in our bed along with our two little embabies who are resting quietly within Mommy J. We are officially PUPO (Pregnant until Proven Otherwise). This is the second time I have been able to share these beautiful letters and I am praying these will into PASP (Pregnant and Staying Pregnant) this time.
Unlike my last transfer, I was much better prepared and didn’t have the issue with almost wetting myself over and over again. Instead of 20-24 ounces, nurse A. instructed that I needed only a minimum of 16. So, at 11:50, I started drinking my water. When I made it to my appointment, I was still slightly uncomfortable, but nowhere near where I was before. What a difference 8 ounces of water make!
It was so different. I’d only sat a few minutes in the waiting room before having my name called and being escorted to the patient’s waiting lobby. I was asked to remove my boots and to put booties over my socks. A nurse verified my name, DOB, and SSN and I was asked to wait for another minute before being directed to the transfer room. This room was located on the opposite end of where our last transfer was. The nurse directed me to undress from the waist down and reappeared in the room shortly after that. She informed me that Dr. C. would be doing my transfer for the day and right on queue he knocked on the door. The doctor came in and informed me that we still have 8 embryos dividing and were ready to transfer one. After discussing S.’s numbers and our past transfer, we agreed to transfer two instead.
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| Our babies… After confirming the two, in walked our embryologist R. who confirmed my ID once again. R. then went to collect the embryos in the catheter while I was draped. Dr. C. confirmed my bladder was full enough for the procedure and we went to work. It was over in a flash of light and my beautiful babies were on board. I laid there for five more minutes and received discharge instructions from the nurse. Then, I went to the bathroom, voided, and was ready to go. On the way home, I stopped by McDonald’s for the fries. I then came home and rested wrapped up in blankets and comfortably warm. And that was that! So, now there is nothing to do but wait. I have been munching on my pineapple and do plan to continue that for the next five days. I’m also going to enjoy this time. I’m going to try very hard NOT to stress. We have a lot of people coming for Christmas Eve and Christmas and I don’t want to panic about it. I should be okay because I won’t really get groceries until the 17th of December and that won’t be stressful (I hope). I don’t plan to cook everything until the day before and we should already know by then whether we are preggo or not. Looking forward to keeping you in the loop! Have a great and wonderful day! |
-K