Lie Down for Two Days

The REs at my clinic belong to the camp that prescribes best rest after transfers.  And I comply.  Because how nice was it this morning to stay in bed until 11am? 

Actually, after a 6 hour car ride and nightly progesterone shots, my hips are screaming.

Day one of bed rest was spent reclined in the passenger seat.  I am halfway through day two and I would give anything to be able to do yoga right now and stretch my hips. 

No, I take that back--I would suffer through screaming hips, lying on my back and typing on my side to get one one these embryos to implant and grow into a baby.

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Overall, the transfer went well.    We got a call from the embryologist about an hour before we were supposed to check in.  She told us that one of the embryos did not survive that thaw. 

We had one "great looking" embryo and still two that were frozen.  Labs thaw embryos early and in case one doesn't make it, another can be thawed in time for the transfer.  We decided to go ahead and thaw until we had two perfect embryos to transfer.  We ended the call and didn't hear back until we were in the transfer waiting/recovery area.

We had two embryos to transfer with one still frozen.

When embryos are vitrified they lose the fluid surrounding the cells.  When they thaw they sort of take a giant breath and that fluid comes back.  Our embryo did not take its fluid breath. 

That is how I remember the embryologist describing it.  Though she had already handed me my Valium.

I was wheeled into the transfer room.  "Your name is Jillian Pierce, your date of birth is 10/1/76 and you are transferring 2 embryos today"

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No sex or orgasm, no exercise or strenuous activity, no swimming or bathing until Bhcg.