Transfer Day!

**Warning: Lots of pictures ahead and I have no clue how to get them side by side...sorry!**

I am home from our embryo transfer and have officially begun the dreaded bed rest portion of this journey. 

This morning I woke to such a peaceful feeling within me. No anxiety or fear but just excited, joyful and blessed to have made it to this point. 

We had to be at the hospital at 9:00 this morning and I was told to drink 32 ounces of water on our way since the transfer needs to be done with a full bladder. (Later I would find that this is THE WORST part of the entire transfer process!)

Once we got there we spent some time in prayer in the car and headed in, so excited to hear how our little embryos were developing. 

We lucked out having our transfer on a Saturday. The hospital was super quiet and not many people around. We took advantage of the empty waiting room and got a pic with our super sweet nurse Allison. She has been our go-to girl through the past couple months and we love her!

And we had some fun just messing around with the camera phone in the waiting room. 

Our embryologist came out to get us and we went into one of the conference rooms to discuss the current state of our embryos. 

She explained how the rating of the embryos gets much more specific on day 5 than day 3. As you know, 2 days ago we had 8 "good" and 2 "fair" embryos.

She informed us that we had 5 embryos make it to the blastocyst stage which is great, BUT none of them are "good" and in fact we only had 1 "fair" and the rest were "borderline fair."

I have to admit I was a little taken back. Not really discouraged just surprised, as was she. She said she would have expected at least 1 good and several fair with my age but that "fair" is not bad and people get pregnant with "fair" embryos all the time. 

She went on to say that if I had a "good" blastocyst that they would only be putting in one but because that is not the case we may want to up our chances just slightly and put in 2 since the second one is only "borderline" anyway. 

She did warn us of the chances of twin pregnancy that come with implanting 2 embryos but we knew we would rather risk having 2 babies than putting in only one "fair" rated embryo and maybe not getting pregnant at all. She agreed. She thought we were making a good decision and we felt so as well.

So 2 it is! 

And, the other 3 "borderline" will be frozen. 

Time to pop my valium, get ready! (And by this time my bladder feels like it is going to burst by the way!)

The nurse came in to check my bladder on the screen and I almost peed when she touched my belly. There was NO way I was going to make it through the procedure with it so full and so she let me drain it but only a tiny bit.  Torture! 

Dr. Garzo then placed a catheter in my bladder and drained it a tiny bit more to the exact amount needed (which was still pretty full!)

As they were prepping me, Shaun got to take a look at our embryos through the microscope while they were still in the incubator. He was so cute and came to whisper to me how cool they looked and how tiny. 

Dr. Garzo then inserts a thin catheter with a syringe on the end into my cervix and up to the uterus where he then releases the embryos directly into the uterus. We got to watch it on the screen and it was very cool!

We were then wheeled into another room where I had to lay flat for 30 minutes. I was so happy and teary for a few minutes. The tears could have been a combination of things...

JOY! valium, Shaun's sweet, sweet prayer with his hand hovering over my belly,

or the fact that I have never in my life had to go pee that bad...EVER (thus the reason Shaun's hand was hovering and not touching me!)

After 26 minutes I made Shaun go ask the nurse if I could use the restroom, it was unbearable. 

So, here we are in recovery waiting to be released and praising the Lord.

Coming Next: Bed rest, lots of prayer, loving our time together, 2 upcoming blood tests and continued progesterone shots each night. 

What an amazing day. I am overwhelmed with joy and I have 2 little babies floating around in my belly! Crazy!

{Praying for a miracle, or 2}