Note to readers: I'm publishing this post in two parts so it doesn't get too long to read all at once.
I received the call from my RE's office with the plan for Thursday's FET while I was at work Wednesday morning. I hadn't even been thinking about the phone call when I heard my cell phone vibrating. I checked to see who it was and my heart skipped a beat.
I work in the basement of a five story office building so reception is not good. My usual spot for taking private phone calls, a conference room near my desk, was occupied. For some reason, I get good reception in this one particular conference room but I get nothing in the conference rooms to either side. So I asked the embryologist to hold for a second and made a mad dash up four flights of stairs to go outside. I apologized and gave her a brief explanation. She said it wasn't a problem and proceeded to give me my instructions.
My appointment time was scheduled for noon on Thursday, September 27th. I was to drink 24 - 32 oz of liquid from 10:45 - 11:15 am and take my Valium at 11 am. My hubby and I were to arrive for our appointment by 11:30 am. The embryologist also confirmed that we wanted to transfer two embryos. I said that was correct. She explained each embryo is stored in its own "straw" so they will start by thawing one embryo and wait to see if it survives the thaw before moving onto the next embryo. If one or more embryos don't survive the thaw, they would make their way to the next embryo, and so on. We had eight frozen embryos; I kept hoping and praying the first two survived and were super-hero strong.
The rest of my day seemed to fly by. I had one last acupuncture appointment after work, which I wrote about in my last post, then I went home. I planned to go to the gym after my acupuncture but by the time I got home from my appointment, I was too hungry. So I had dinner, watched a little TV with DH, and waited and waited and waited for him to be done with the computer so I could update my blog. By the time he was done, it was after 9 pm already. So I ended up staying up late to get my post written and published.
I didn't sleep well that night; I think I was too excited and anxious for the next day. I had also planned to work from home in the morning before our appointment but DH didn't bring his computer home Wednesday after work. In order for us to ride together to and from our transfer, I had to go into work Thursday morning - we work in the same building so carpooling is easy.
Stay tuned for details about the big day - our frozen embryo TRANSFER DAY! : )![]()
I received the call from my RE's office with the plan for Thursday's FET while I was at work Wednesday morning. I hadn't even been thinking about the phone call when I heard my cell phone vibrating. I checked to see who it was and my heart skipped a beat.
I work in the basement of a five story office building so reception is not good. My usual spot for taking private phone calls, a conference room near my desk, was occupied. For some reason, I get good reception in this one particular conference room but I get nothing in the conference rooms to either side. So I asked the embryologist to hold for a second and made a mad dash up four flights of stairs to go outside. I apologized and gave her a brief explanation. She said it wasn't a problem and proceeded to give me my instructions.
My appointment time was scheduled for noon on Thursday, September 27th. I was to drink 24 - 32 oz of liquid from 10:45 - 11:15 am and take my Valium at 11 am. My hubby and I were to arrive for our appointment by 11:30 am. The embryologist also confirmed that we wanted to transfer two embryos. I said that was correct. She explained each embryo is stored in its own "straw" so they will start by thawing one embryo and wait to see if it survives the thaw before moving onto the next embryo. If one or more embryos don't survive the thaw, they would make their way to the next embryo, and so on. We had eight frozen embryos; I kept hoping and praying the first two survived and were super-hero strong.
The rest of my day seemed to fly by. I had one last acupuncture appointment after work, which I wrote about in my last post, then I went home. I planned to go to the gym after my acupuncture but by the time I got home from my appointment, I was too hungry. So I had dinner, watched a little TV with DH, and waited and waited and waited for him to be done with the computer so I could update my blog. By the time he was done, it was after 9 pm already. So I ended up staying up late to get my post written and published.
I didn't sleep well that night; I think I was too excited and anxious for the next day. I had also planned to work from home in the morning before our appointment but DH didn't bring his computer home Wednesday after work. In order for us to ride together to and from our transfer, I had to go into work Thursday morning - we work in the same building so carpooling is easy.
Stay tuned for details about the big day - our frozen embryo TRANSFER DAY! : )
