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The transfer went very well! Here are our beautiful blasts (we're not sure what that line is)...

Poppy is on bed rest, and is feeling fine. Thanks for all of the nice wishes and thoughts!

love,

Mr. S

2 at 1(pm, that is)

We are set for our embryo transfer, at 1pm. Please send warm, positive sticky vibes our way!

We plan to transfer 2 blastocysts. I was pondering asking to transfer 3, but my RE says that since I did get pregnant, they don't want to risk triplets. I agree! Also, she left us a message this morning that 3 had already become blasts, early this morning, so she is hopeful and positive.

The week has been a slow-process of healing from Egg Retrieval. I am starting to feel a little better.

My brother and I had dinner together last night, and he gave me reiki. Between in-person care, and online support, I am feeling lucky. Thank you!

I'll ask Mr. S to post later. I'll be on bedrest(couch?) for 24 hrs.

5 for 5

My kind RE just called and was so sweet and said, "I love your embryos, they are beautiful." We have 5 perfect 4 cells, and 1 is lagging, and may not make it. So, we are on for a 5 day transfer, on Friday! Hurrah, what a relief.

I was trying to pretend my anxiousness (about less mature eggs than 1st IVF) away, but the wave of relief and joy that just hit me as she said those words made me realize how I'd been feeling.

Mr. S and I have 5 embabies that are growing and thriving. Hope and hope!

Here is a pic of a 4-cell embryo(not ours) it is nice to imagine 5 of these, happily growing...

our bubbly embryos

Yesterday, the embryology lab was out of printer paper(never mind the size of this place, they should have extra!) so they told us they wouldn't be able to show us a picture of our embryos. Now this may sound silly, but I was looking forward to seeing them! After some back and forth talk which ended with me saying, "Isn't there any other way you could show us what they look like?" the embryologist said, "We could try and email them." we relaxed.

But, her earlier words, "We get rid of the images after a day" stuck with me. With no sign of pictures in sight today, my first act of un-bedrest was to call my nurse, my RE(left a message) and explain the situation and ask them to PLEASE get us the pictures.

3 hours later, we got them. I asked Mr. S if I was being unreasonable, and he said I've been more than patient with other issues(nurse forgetting to tell me to drink a lot before ET, no blankets to keep me warm, waiting 30 minutes extra before ET(hello, my bladder was so uncomfortable it hurt to answer questions)).



Now that I have them I don't really know what they mean, but it was a battle I felt like fighting, so I fought it.

Bedrest was uneventful. I only let myself get up to pee, and the second time I did, I walked out to the porch, instead of the couch, and laid on our bench and had a lovely relaxing time. When I lie there I am pretty invisible, I watched birds flying and the light coming through trees. Mr. S went to a local farmer's market to get me my new favorite fruit(heirloom strawberries) and he came home with them, a big bunch of peonies, and 2 crepes for us. May is definitely a good month to be forced to sit still.