Today was transfer day. Of course I couldn't sleep last night. Too many things swirling around in my head I guess. The worst part of today was having a full bladder for about an hour. They told me to start drinking water when I was 20 minutes away from the office, along with taking my valium. I could already feel the valium kicking in as I was getting out of the car. I felt gooood! Considering I haven't had any alcohol intake in about a month, I was enjoying the effects of the pill :) Anyway, we went back to a dark room with the doctor, the embryologist, and the sonographer. She put the ultra sound thingy on my stomach, which was not pleasant against my full bladder, but was necessary. It was really cool because we could watch the whole process on the monitor. We could see the catheter that was placed in my uterus and when the embryo was transferred through the catheter, I could see a small white flash go in. I fought back tears because it's such an amazing thing.
Just like that, it was over. It took about a total of 5 minutes. Now all that blast has to do is stick! Stick little bean stick!
It's so hard not to get excited. It seems like everything went perfectly. Even our embryo was perfect and we still have at least one to freeze. Ahead of us is probably the longest part...waiting for the pregnancy test. My scheduled blood test isn't until June 7. Whether I will test on my own before that, I don't know. It'll be hard not to, but when you've had so many negative pregnancy tests, it's hard to believe you'll ever have a positive one. I want to hold on to the hope as long as possible. So, taking an early test may just be something I decide to do spontaneously or something I don't do at all. I'll have to see how I feel over the next week or so.
In the meantime, I'm being a total lazy butt. I've been laying in bed all day, afraid to move. I have tomorrow off too, so I will continue to relax tomorrow as well and I don't know if it's the progesterone or just me, but I've been eating like crazy! I go back to work the following day, which will probably be what I need to keep my mind off this. Before we left today, the nurse told me to relax and stay positive over the next several days...much easier said than done!
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