Transfer Complete...Now We Wait

So the rest of the week passed uneventful and Saturday was here before I knew it. My mom was amazing and drove back to Phoenix Friday night after already taking Wednesday off too. Her, myself and Jay got up super early Saturday morning and drove back to Dr. Patel's office. They were ready and waiting for me!

We sat down and discussed the 6 embryos that had developed and what our options for the day were. Each embryo was graded and we had 3 A's, 1 B and 2 C's. The C's hadn't made any growth so we decided to discard them. We choose to transfer 2 of the A's and let the other A and the 1 B keep growing for an additional two days. I should hear either today or tomorrow from Dr. Patel's office about how their growth continued. If the growth was good, then we have 2 embryos that we can freeze and choose to use at another time. If they didn't grow then we would just discard them as we did the 2 C's on Saturday. Well I shouldn't say we just discarded them. Jay and I signed a release that any follicles/embryos that were not good to use, we would donate to the lab to use for research. If we can help at all with this whole IVF process and maybe learn something new then that's something!

So we had 2 A embryos that were ready for transfer. I got prepared pretty similar to how I did on Wednesday except that I wasn't put under for this procedure. Jay was able to come into the room with me and help my hand through the entire procedure. It wasn't painful, but there was just a lot of pressure. He said that I barely squeezed his hand, but to me I was squeezing pretty darn hard! Then without warning the nurse pointed to the screen to two little white dots that just appeared. "Those are your embryos in your uterus." she said. Jay and I just stared at the screen. Dr. Patel finished up, came up by my head and held my hand. He said that it had been a good transfer and now we just had to wait and  see. They wheeled me back out to recovery and I had to lay there for 30 minutes. The nurse closed the curtain and let Jay and I have some privacy.

I have the greatest husband in the world. Although, I know my friends who are reading this have pretty wonderful husbands and would claim the same about their own! But in our own eyes, each of our husbands is the greatest. The curtain closed and I don't know why, but I just started crying. Jay never let go of my hand and he just wiped away my tears and whispered the sweetest things to me. He calmed me down and said that the hardest part was over and now everything was left up to God and that whatever His decision was, would be just fine for us. I love my man! :)

After my 30 minutes of mandatory rest we gathered up everything, got mom from the waiting room, said good-bye to Dr. Patel and headed home. I took a nap when we got home and just rested for the rest of the weekend. Between Jay and my mother I wasn't allowed to do anything! They both took turns cooking and cleaning. My mom finished the laundry and Jay did the grocery shopping. I tried to wash one dish and they both came flying into the kitchen with wide eyes and shooed me back to the couch! The couch and my bed were my only places to be this past weekend and while it was fun, I'm ready to get up and get back to regular life. Of course I say that today and I'm sure tomorrow at lunch I'll be ready for my mid-day nap that I've been taking this whole past week. I should have been back today, but Dr. Patel wanted me to have one more day of rest before heading back to school.

I miss my kiddos so much though. I have been so blessed to have an amazing, wonderful sub who has taken great care of my class. We e-mailed a few times last week and it was really interesting to hear about all the little things they tried to get away with while I was gone. However, they are a really great group of kiddos and nothing major went down at all! I'm looking forward to seeing them tomorrow and getting back into our classroom routine! Of course, I'll only have 4 days and then it's Fall Break all next week! But that will be a great way to ease back into work and then get a little time off!

So now we wait and see if either of those little embryos have decided to stick to my uterus. I have an appointment coming up, but I'm going to be pretty quiet about things from here on, until Jay and I both feel like it's an appropriate time to share any news at all. I can't say again how great it is to know that we are supported and loved by our family and friends! We are so not alone and we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for the thoughts and prayers that are continuing our way! Please know that we are thinking of you all as well and hope that you and your families are happy, healthy and content. :)