We got there at 9:30, and the nurse told me to go ahead and get scrubbed up and take my valium (you don't hear that everyday!) and that Dr. Weitzman had a big surgery after me so he would probably be a little early. So, I took my valium and waited about 30 minutes.
Then the embryologist came in. He said our embyos were growing great and then slowed down a little today, so they got a grade B and a grade C. I told Will I haven't got a C since college anatomy. He said he wasn't sure if we would have anything to freeze, he would just have to see how they grow today. He gave us a picture of the embryos being transferred and said hopefully it would be our "first baby picture"
Then the nurse came in and wheeled me down to the OR. Will got to come back too, which was a big relief. I was so glad to have him by my side. As for the transfer, it went a little something like this...
They took the bottom portion of the bed away and put me in stirrups, then leaned the table back so I was practically upside down. The doctor had James Taylor playing in the background (?!) The embryologist came in with an incubator containing our embryos. The nurse put the ultrasound thing on my belly, then we got started. Ladies, all I can say is, it was like the pap smear that wouldn't end. The valium didn't help AT ALL. Luckily, it was a 15 minute procedure, so just a few minutes of torture. When the doctor was done, he showed me the ultrasound. He pointed to 2 little white dots in my uterus that were the embryos.
I was then wheeled back into the regular room, where I had to lay flat for an hour. Then the nurse wheeled me out, and I had to lay on Will's lap on the ride home. Now I am laying in the bed, where I will be for the next 2 days.
Overall, I think the embryo transfer was the craziest appointment thus far! I just really hope our little embryos like their new home and cling on.... we will know on the 27th when we take the pregnancy test! Here are some pictures of Will, me, and our embryos
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