Transfer Day

Yesterday was “transfer day” and it went amazingly well. It was really quite an experience. When we got there, the embryologist came out and showed us pictures of our embryos. We had one blastocyst which was what we were hoping for, and then, even better than that, we had one expanded blastocyst. We didn’t know that there was anything better than a blastocyst so we were really excited! This picture shows the expanded blastocyst that was transferred which will hopefully become Baby Jones! We got to watch the transfer take place on the ultrasound monitor. While we couldn’t see the actual embryo going in, we could see the tiny air bubbles around it and a flash of light when they released it into the uterus. It was pretty incredible! When the procedure was over, the doctor said we couldn’t have had a better embryo or a better transfer. By her saying that just made me feel even more confident in our chances for success!

We got home around 4:00 and I headed straight to bed. Dave was pretty good at waiting on me considering I think I was kind of a high maintenance patient. He religiously refreshed my ice water, made me Hungry Girl macaroni and cheese for dinner, brought me cookies, books, and everything else that I requested (with the exception of a taco from Taco John’s which he claimed he thought would upset my stomach).

So now we have begun the waiting game. We found out yesterday that our pregnancy test will actually be on September 24th which is two days earlier than we had previously thought so that is good! September 24th also happens to be my Grandma Hoxmeier’s birthday and our Pug Chubby’s birthday so hopefully that is a good omen! I also had Dave use one of those due date calculators on the Internet and it estimated that my due date would be my birthday, June 6th. I take these to all be good signs!! Hopefully good news to come!