Transferred this morning

Well, today was kind of bittersweet. We arrived at FCI at 9:40am as scheduled and saw R & S right away. Spirits were good for all of us and of course I was nervous as heck! Then R & S were called back to review the embryos and pick out which ones to transfer. We were finally called back at 10:30am to meet with them to hear the news. As soon as we walked in the room I knew something was wrong by the look on R's face. As of Monday, there were 16 fertilized eggs and now we were looking at only 1 strong embryo. There were a few others that had potential but they were not progressing the way they should have been so they made the decision to just transfer the one strong one which was a 5 day, 3 b+ grade. I got in my hospital garb and Al got into scrubs and we were then taken into the procedure room. On a side note, I am glad R & S decided not to come into the procedure room because I had no idea that they would throw the hospital gown up to my ribs and let my glory just hang out there for everyone to see! That would have been humiliating for all of us! Anyway, I was really nervous and had to pee more than I can tell you........ and I was shaking like crazy. It was just like in my own childbirths were my nerves took over and made me tremble. I have no idea why it was happening, but luckily they brought me a warm blanket and it helped right away. We watched the embryo get sucked up into the catheter and then get squirted into my uterine lining. The whole procedure took about a minute and a half. Amazing!

I have been spending the day on the couch reading books and watching way too much tv. At one point I looked at the clock and I thought it had to be close to dinner time- but it was only 2:30pm. Bed Rest/ Couch Potato is not all its cracked up to be. But, I am looking forward to watching Juno tonight and 27 Dresses tomorrow. (I know, these movies have been out forever but we are way behind on the latest hits. For those of you with 3 kids, you will know what I mean.)

So now we all sit and wait..........and wait.......... and wait. My appointment will be on 9/3 for the official pregnancy test but I am sure I will start peeing on a stick before then. I have no patience!

Thanks so much to Mom, Alyson and Joe for bringing by treats today and for the beautiful flowers! That was so sweet of all of you!!! And also, thanks to Al for giving me a beautiful aquamarine ring last night in celebration of what we are starting and for good luck. That was so sweet of you honey and I sure hope it works! I made him take the kids to the jeweler tonight so he can get it sized right away.

Please say a prayer that everything works for this little embryo. I am mentally cheering it on to be strong and attach! It feels like more pressure on me now knowing there is only one in here but I know it's not really up to me now. Let's just hope God makes the miracle happen for R & S and for us too!