The Transfer!

We are finally back from our transfer trip. Low and behold, our flight into NYC on Tuesday was delayed. We were supposed to arrive around 3:20 pm, but instead, we didn't end up departing Vermont until 5 pm. We landed at 6 pm, and by the time we found the luggage claim at LaGuardia, took a shuttle to our rental car, went through all the paperwork, it was after 7 pm and pitch black. We had over an hour drive to our hotel. We decided to skip the city. We WILL go there, I can promise you that!

The next morning we actually slept in! It was so nice. We were up by 9am, showering and getting ready to leave! We stopped at Starbucks so I could grab an iced trenta unsweetened green tea... My bladder needed to be full for the procedure, and I can always suck down an ice cold green tea in record time, so I knew it would do the trick!

We arrived at the clinic around 10:30 am. After this point, everything happened so fast! Andy and I sat down in the waiting room and within a minute, a nurse was bringing me back to get my blood drawn. Then she brought us to the transfer room and asked me to get undressed from the waist down. A few minutes later, the Embryologist had come in to verify my identity and make sure we were transferring the correct embryo.

At 10:47 am the Doctor came in. The big TV screen came on and showed the embryo under the microscope. Here it is below!

The nurse proceeded to do a transabdominal ultrasound so we could watch as the embryo was transferred into me. A moment later, the embryologist came in with the embryo in the catheter. The Doctor put the catheter inside me and slowly released the embryo into my uterus. This whole process took several minutes as he was extremely careful to not cause any damage during the process. Andy and I watched the entire process on the ultrasound screen. It was incredible. At 10:49 am on February 18th, 2015, the embryo was successfully transferred to me. It was absolutely amazing to think that one moment, I'm not pregnant, but at this moment, I very well could be pregnant!

I proceeded to lay on my back for 10 minutes, and then, just as quickly as I arrived and began the process, it ended. I got dressed and walked out the door. That was it. I was in the clinic for approximately 30 minutes. It was absolutely incredible. Andy and I drove back to the hotel and began my 36 hours of bedrest.

Don't get me wrong, I was a little excited about being on bed rest for reasons mentioned in my previous post. But after 4 hours of laying on my back and barely moving, I was over it. I looked forward to sitting up to eat a meal, or getting up to go pee, or standing to have Andy administer my PIO shot, because other than those three things, I was bound to my bed.

The days dragged. But, eventually, it came time to leave. This morning at 8am we packed all of our belongings in the car and took off. We were at JFK airport by 9:30, spent an hour and a half in the security line, quick grabbed some burgers from Cheeburger Cheeburger and found our way to our gate. At 11:05 am we were boarding our plane and we were safely home at 12:30 this afternoon. We picked up the kids and came home! After 3 days of basically doing nothing in bed, and then a very full morning of walking and standing, sitting down on my couch was much needed.

I'm going to continue to take it easy this weekend, I don't want to overdo it. The doctor recommends not taking an at home pregnancy test, but I don't know if I'll be able to hold out for too long! Otherwise, my first blood "Beta" test is on Thursday the 26th... 8 days past transfer. I am hoping for great numbers, and hopefully a positive pregnancy test before then. I'm SO impatient! I'll keep you posted. XOXOX