I'm pregnant!

It feels so strange to say that I'm pregnant!  Even though I know that we physically saw the embryos that are in my body, we still have to wait a few weeks until we get an official positive on a pregnancy test.  I am staying optimistic and not letting myself believe for one second that this will not work.  I don't even mind the VERY large needle that my husband is having to give to me in my butt every night because I know that it is helping the pregnancy!

The egg retrieval on Wednesday went well.  It was definitely not one of my bravest moments though, as I was terrified.  I think most of the problem was that the procedure was done in the back of my doctors office and not in a hospital environment.  The very sweet nurse who did my IV was trying to push through anti- nausea medicine which made me feel like barfing and dying all at once.  The poor thing didn't know what to do with me!  I think I would've been better if I was laying down instead of sitting, but who knows.  Then the room that the procedure was in looked like a torture chamber and I thought about calling the whole thing off..... that is until I got the "happy juice" and fell fast asleep.  I woke up from the anesthesia to the loud blaring of the fire alarm.  Special.  I was told that 12 eggs were taken out.  The recovery wasn't too bad except for being crazy bloated (not being able to wear anything but sweatpants bloated,) for two days.  Thursday I got a call from the embryologist who told me 7 of those eggs were healthy fertilized embryos.  Our running joke for those few days is that we had a "litter" somewhere in a petri dish :)

We were then told we would get a call Saturday morning to tell us if our transfer day would be Saturday @1 or Monday.  We had plans to volunteer for our favorite charity, The Childrens Hunger Fund's annual toy wrap Saturday morning.  And as soon as we pulled into the parking lot I got the call that the transfer was to be that day!  I was excited but also scared.  Today was the day I was going to be pregnant!  We stayed for a bit and then went to my first acupuncture appointment before the transfer.  We were both in great spirits before the actual transfer because we knew that the journey of trying to become parents was coming to an end!


And another amazing thing is they gave us pictures of our babies (embryos) before they did the procedure.  Wow.  It is pretty cool that we can see our child(ren) before they are even visible babies!

It felt amazing to have my husband by my side through the transfer and I felt calm and at ease.  After they made the transfer involving a catheter and the two embryos I asked Chris, "Was it as good for you as it was for me?"  HA HA!  I thought the embryologist and nurse were going to die they were so uncomfortable.  Our doctor and Chris laughed :)

So.. the last two days have consisted of me being a couch potato (which isn't as fun as it sounds.)  I have to go back into the doctor Tuesday for a blood draw to check my progesterone levels.  Then is the very long wait until the 15th when we go in for a pregnancy test.  It's going to be a very long 11 days!!  Send prayers our way!

Have a great week,
Tk