2ww

2ww---the 2 weeks following the embryo transfer. As excited as we all were for the transfer day to come, it was another "hurry up and wait" moment in our journey.

I have not written since a few days before the transfer. Leading up to it I was a big ball of excited nerves. 

The day of the transfer, I was so thrilled to Skype with Shahar and Roi. See their faces right before their beautiful embryos were going to be transferred. 

When we arrived at the clinic, we were brought back to the exams rooms and then through an exit door....Jake says to me, "Are we getting kicked out?" Hehe!! There was a part of this office that we had never seen. 

As soon as we got into my room, I met with the embryologist, my nurses, my IVF coordinator and my doctor who was doing the transfer. They brought in the iPad to Skype Shahar and Roi.....ring, ring, ring.....no answer. They tried again, still no answer. Unfortunately we missed being able to talk to them. I did receive this message from Shahar:

"I guess you are inside now and I know that it is not easy for you, but I am with you and I am sure that Jake is holding your hand, and once again I can't stop the tears."

The embryologist told us that the embryos thawed beautifully and both look really really good. They were both hatching and that means they are super sticky and ready to imbed into a nice this super sticky lining that we have been prepping for with endless amounts of injections.

 

I was given a valume and then had to drink even more water since the ultrasound showed that it was not full enough. I drank 12 more ounces and then the nurse handed me one more cup and asked me to sip on it since my transfer was still 15 minutes away. As soon as I finished that cup, I looked at Jake and said, "that cup just put me over the edge." My bladder was way too full. 

I was wheeled back to the procedure room which looked a lot like an OR and the doctor did one final scan of my bladder and said that it was very full and I could empty out a cup if I wanted to. Ha!!! There is no way I could start to go and then stop. So I told him to go on with the transfer. 

 

The doctor could see the embryos in my uterus after the transfer. He said they look amazing and are in a great place! Isn't this absolutely remarkable?? 

I spent the next 10 minutes laying down, quiet, waiting very impatiently to be able to pee.....in a bed pan. I have never been so excited to see a bed pan in my whole life. I spent the next, no joke, 5 minutes, at least, of straight peeing. The nurse came in 4 times to see if I was finished. I could not believe it was humanly possible to pee for that long. 

After we left, I was on lay flat bed rest for 48 hours. Now the waiting part. That is where the IVF term 2ww- '2 week wait' comes in. On Monday I will go in for a blood draw to measure hCG, progesterone, and estradiol. 

 

The wait continues but I have a lot of hope that this worked....all of your sticky thoughts are so very much appreciated!! 4 days and counting!!! I dream of that phone call to Shahar and Roi with amazing news!!! Brings me an endless amount of joy!!! This journey has been so rewarding!! It takes my breath away!