Going Insane

I think I am going to drive myself insane! I have 8 days to go and I can't relax my brain. The nurse told us that I wouldn't feel any pregnancy symptoms because all the hormones I took to prepare for the FET are the same hormones that your body produces during pregnancy. So why am I sitting here imagining symptoms? So far I have conjured up a little nausea, cramps and extreme fatigue. Oh man. It's going to be a long 8 days!

The Dreaded Two Week Wait

The FET went really well yesterday. The embryologist thawed 3 of our 5 embryos and all 3 made it! That is wonderful news. We have 2 embryos left in storage which we difinitely did not expect. All the research I have done shows that no matter how good the embryologist is all of the embryos won't make the thaw. I guess we just proved that research wrong!

Dr. G transferred the 3 thawed embryos into my uterus but not without some difficulty. It is me after all. Anything that can go wrong will. Sad but true! The nurse hit the nail on the head when she said, as she came into the room, " Carrie are you being difficult again?" I replied "of course!" Apparently my uterus lays straight up and down and was tilted just a little bit. That's all fine and dandy according to Dr. G but the darn catheter just would not go in! So after what seemed like an eternity of being poked and prodded he switched to a different catheter and it went in on the first try. Thank goodness! It most definitely was not that uncomfortable last time. I just had to grin and bear it! So now I'm sitting at home relaxing until I go back to work tomorrow and I am slowing counting the minutes until April 8 which is when I get to take my pregnancy test. The two week wait is torture.

As you can see above, I've included a picture of our precious little embryos. You can't really make out much but the little white lump circled in red is all 3 of them laying together. I really hope that at least one of them takes! Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and prayers!

A few more days...

Only a few more days until the FET and the nerves start to show up. Not because of the procedure itself but the outcome. I have always heard that FETs don't have a very big success rate so the doubts start creeping their way in. But...I have to tell myself that there is hope. The nurse told me a couple weeks ago that our chance of pregnancy is about 45% which is MUCH higher than I thought. I also learned that a fellow PCOS sufferer (you know who you are!) became pregnant with her twin girls following an FET! That is amazing news! I hope and pray that David and I should be so lucky! Two and a half days to go!