Bedrest, bedrest and more bedrest

Well here I am, just hours post transfer of two beautifully thawed 5 day embryos! Everything went very well, lets just hope these embryos stick (well, at least one of them:) The guys called me several times over the past few days to wish me luck and to share their gratitude and to send thoughtful hugs and words of encouragement. I truly am very blessed to have been their chosen one to carry their precious cargo. 

During our first embryo transfer, my bladder was a tad bit under-filled, and the tech. had a little bit of trouble visualizing my uterus on the ultrasound while the doctor worked his magic. This time, I wanted to be sure that I did not make the same mistake, so after breakfast, I emptied my bladder and then chugged about 20+ oz. of water on our way to the clinic. I was still worried that my bladder wouldn't be full enough, but BOY was I quickly mistaken on that judgement call! The nurse had me all gowned up and situated on the table, when she put the ultrasound wand on my stomach and said "wow, your bladder is pretty full", I explained why I drank so much this time and she gave me the option to either A.) go and empty it part-way, or B.) opt to be catheterized after the procedure so I wouldn't be so uncomfortable while I laid at an upside down angle on the table for 30 minutes afterwards. The vivid memory of having been cathed before, without any anestheisa...youch....made the decision to empty my bladder part way, an easy one :). I felt like such a pain in the ass already at that point because I had to get off the table and travel across the hall to the room with the bathroom, but it was definitely necessary. The embryologist asked the nurse if the embryos were girls or boys, I told her that the guys did not opt to do PGD testing (which also allows the option to determine the sex of the embryos along with any other abnormalities), and the embryologist said "well, I can tell you this, they will either be boys or girls", she was a funny lady, I liked her. All staff at La Jolla are very friendly and Dr. Smotrich is amazing as always.

Once Dr. Smotrich arrived in the room and prepped me, the embryos were implanted with ease in a matter of seconds. He said his prayer in Hebrew, and I caught an English word at the tail end of the prayer......it was "multiply"......so I really hope that doesn't mean that he prayed these embryos would multiply..........I'm sure it must mean something else. 

After the procedure, the bed was angled upward so I was at more of an upside down position for 30 minutes. I had to pee so bad even before those 30 minutes started slowly ticking away. Terry tried distracting me while I seriously contemplated yelling for the nurse to come in and cath me. After about 25 minutes of that agony, the nurse came in and said she knew I was probably very uncomfortable and she wheeled me into the bathroom where I proceeded to pee the longest pee ever known to mankind. Probably TMI for a lot of you, but I was actually laughing while I was peeing because it just wouldn't stop, and even the nurse was laughing at me because she brought my clothes into the bathroom and I was still peeing. 

Now, onto 3 days of bedrest!