IVF Part 4 : Transfer

Alisha says:
March 18, 2015

Yesterday was TRANSFER DAY! It was such an exciting day. I woke up a little restless but feeling excited. We got up and went for a nice run through Ravenna Park. Then Dave did some work while I got ready. It was St. Patrick’s Day so I wore a new green shirt for extra good luck. We then went on a special brunch date to Portage Bay before heading to the clinic. At the clinic we met with the embryologist to sign some more waivers and who showed and gave us a picture of the two embryos that were going to be transferred and said that they both looked great and had the highest rating. Then I was given a valium and taken back to the transfer room. Everything went smoothly and the whole process took less than 30 minutes. After the embryos were put in they showed up as a tiny white speck on the ultrasound, kind of crazy because they are so tiny. After everything was done I was moved to another room where Dave was brought back and I had to stay lying down for 15 minutes. Then Dr. Johnson/Jo gave me some post transfer instructions and we were sent on our way. Compared to the egg retrieval, the transfer process is a total breeze. I felt great when we left but was told that I need to act like I have a cold and take it easy for a few days. That is the hardest part because I feel fine but considering what it took and cost to get here, I will be a good patient and do what they say. Ann Romish from the ward is such a sweet kind older lady that I go with to children’s hospital knows what we have been going through and brought us a delicious dinner of corned beef/cabbage/potatoes and carrots for St. Patricks’ day and so that I could take it easy. She is such a sweetheart. Now we just wait some more. I have a blood test in three days to check my progesterone levels and then a blood pregnancy test in two weeks on March 31^st. The progesterone shots have been going okay, I’ve gotten much more comfortable with them. They do make you sore though.

The white speck are the embryos, well the embryos are in the white dot, they are actually too small to see but you see medium in which they were transferred.