Thursday, January 7, 2010

Earthquake!

Night and day difference between the fresh cycle transfer and the frozen:

Fresh transfer (Nov): me alone (Mr. Jem had a class he couln't miss and he felt totally guilty about not being there), Dr. Alternative (not my normal doctor) doing the transfer. I'm totally overstimulated, feel like I have a little of puppies in my belly. Difficult transfer (like a very painful pap smear). Two embies transfered. BFN.

Today's FET: me, with Mr. Jem by my side holding my hand (and huge smile on his face), Dr. W was there. Oh, and the transfer was much, much easier. Overall was such a moving experience. I had tears in my eyes as the little flash of light on the screen as three little guys/gals were inserted in their new cozy home.

Dr. W said my lining looked great and gushed over the quality of the embryos. "The three embryos thawed perfectly. They look like fresh cycle embryos." He expects that they'll implant today.

When we froze them he said we had two "excellent" and one "good" quality embies. Based on that, we decided to transfer all three, as he said the probability of 50-55% of success. Today when he showed us this picture, he said they looked great and couldn't even tell which of the embies was the "good" one and which ones were "excellent."

Judge for yourself!


I had acupuncture before and after the transfer, which really helped my stress level. As I was on the table with the needles in me there was a 4.1 magnitude earthquake! I guess that's what to expect living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Back at home, I've been resting on the couch, kitties tag-teaming cuddling with me. Hourse reading a Sookie_Stackhouse novel (the latest?), _From_Dead_To_Worst.

And napping.

Heaven.

17 comments:

IF Optimist, then... said...

Such fabulous news about your excellent transfer. WOWZER! So glad that Mr Jem was there and you got your excellent doc. I'll be cheering for a BFP in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!

Leslie said...

I am delurking and wanted to say YEAH for a wonderful transfer today! That is great that everything went so well. I hope it means that you will have more great news to share in a little over a week.....

Brooke said...

Your transfer sounds like it was just about perfect! Good luck! I hope this is IT for you...

Brandy said...

It sounds promising! Wishing the very best for you!

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Stacie said...

Hey! Doesn't an earthquake mean good luck? :-)

Glad the transfer went well and your beautiful blast are where they belong. Fingers crossed!

Enjoy the rest, too!

'Murgdan' said...

Ahhhhhh! So excited for you. I felt the same way about my FET. SOoooooo easy. :-)

Poppet said...

YES!xoxoxo (hugs and kisses for all three of my niece/nephews)

irrationalexuberance said...

Oh I'm so happy to hear it went well... Congratulations!

Mad Hatter said...

Crossing fingers and toes!!!
Love,
Maddy

Circus Princess said...

I've got everything crossed for you! What a super experience, it just has to go well!

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad it was a much better experience! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Congrats on being PUPO!

Pie said...

Perfect! Sounds like a great transfer, I'm so glad. Those blasts do all look great, one's even hatching I think. Very good signs! Fingers crossed!

One Who Understands said...

Beautiful embies. I'm glad everything went so well. Hold on babies!

Amber C said...

Awesome, best post I have read in a long time!

PCOStory said...

SUCH good news! We are so happy for you guys, you are in our thoughts for the long dread 2ww!

Anonymous said...

YAY! Congratulations on being PUPO! I hope this is it for you. I like to think that having D there with me for this ET was what did the trick!

Big Mama T said...

AN earthquake?! Crazy. ANd I'm glad this one went more smoothly (figuratively speaking, apparently, lol)- I'm sure being in a more positive mood will make a HUGE difference!