Transfer Day

Today was transfer day! Our 5th time. Jay joked that we should be minority owners in our clinic by now. We had a pretty calm morning (as calm as it gets with 3 4& under). My sweet mom came by to watch our kids and Jay and I had a little morning breakfast date before heading over to the clinical. Everything was pretty routine and easy. We were so relieved that embryo #18 survived the thaw and looked great! 

We got all situated in the operating room and watched our little girl in her Petri dish through the TV. She was covered by air bubbles and took the embryologist a few attempts to remove them so we could get a better look. Within minutes Jay and I watched the embryo get sucked up into the catheter and make its way into the OR. On another monitors we were able to watch my uterus via ultrasound. You could see the catheter inside and all of a sudden that tiny little embryo shot out of the catheter like a firecracker. If transfer is any indication of personality, we're in for it :) Both Jay and I remarked that we'd never had an embryo transfer so quickly and with such spunk! 

I laid in recovery for 30 minutes and then we were off. I spent the remainder of the day in bed. I got intermittent hugs and cuddles from my babies making sure to take it easy and kept them from jumping on me. My mom kept them for the day and made sure they were busy and entertained! Our sweet friend brought an amazing dinner and helped keep my day stress free! 

I've been feeling crampy on and off and I'm praying that our little firecracker is settling in nicely! I had a freak out around 2am when I realized I had fallen asleep without my PIO shot. Jay quickly took care of that and easily fell back asleep. I have a bit of insomnia so I decided to write a bit to remember this!