I completed the embryo transfer on December 3rd as planned. Everything went well and as expected. Walking in to the surgical center brought back all the feelings. We ended up in the same pre-op room that we were in for my egg retrieval almost 2 years ago exactly. It made me realize how far we have come in the last 2 years and reflect on everything we had to go through to get to this point.
The actual embryo transfer was wild. It’s about a 10 minute procedure that you get to watch on a computer screen through ultrasound. You lay on your back and place your feet in the stirrups (just like at the OBGYN). They go into the uterine space with a catheter. The computer switches to the embryologist sucking your embryo up into another catheter. Then they combine the 2 catheters and place the embryo. The ultrasound tech is pushing into your abdomen the entire time trying to get the best view. Oh by the way, you have to have a full bladder for this procedure so you have to pee the entire time they are pushing on your bladder with the ultrasound. That’s it! You wait 20 seconds, they pull all the catheters out and then you get to go pee right away, get dressed and go home! After the embryo transfer you are on restrictions for 48 hours, no strenuous exercise or sex for 2 days. Continue all medication including estradiol 3x per day, 8 hours apart, intervaginal progesterone 2x per day, 12 hours apart and inter-muscular progesterone 1x per day at 7:00 pm.
So now what? Now, we wait… 9 days. The longest 9 days of my life it seems. On the 9th day after the embryo transfer I go in for a blood draw that tells me if I am pregnant or not. That determines the next steps. And…. Now we wait.
Mandafit 