Hey everyone, I've been resting all day and just finally woke up.
The transfer went wonderfully. Pretty much painless, but you have to do it on a full bladder so they can do an ultrasound on the stomach (huge change to the transvaginal ones I've been having <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> sorry for TMI). It's pretty much like a pap, and then they put a catheter inside the uterus in the place that they want the embryo's to go. Then I got to see them suction the embryo's into the catheter in another room, bring them into the surgical suite I was in and then I got to watch them inject the embryo's through the second catheter and into my uterus. It was pretty cool.
They also took pictures of the 2 embryo's they implanted. I'll put them on the website in the next few days.
The worst part of it all was my full bladder. At one point, I told the doctor I hoped I didn't pee on him <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">. It wasn't bad until they started with the ultrasound pressing on my bladder. No pain or anything, just really really uncomfortable.
I stayed on my back for 15 minutes afterwords and also had before and after accupuncture. In some case studies, they showed the rates of successful IVF can be up to 20% higher in groups with before and after accupuncture. I can see why! I am not at all a massage person, doesn't do a darn thing for me-unfortunately. But Accupuncture, man oh man. I was sort of skeptical but my mom said I shoudl really try it (even though she never has <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">). My stomach has been so painful, so painful and bloated and nothing has relived it for the past few days since the retrieval (they believe it's a little bit of Over hyper stimulation) but after the"pre transfer" accupuncture, I felt so much better. Not 100% because my stomach was still distended, but A LOT better!
The after accupuncture was a meditation specific to IVF/IUI so it was great. I've never done good with visual meditations-I actually end up getting frustrated because I can't follow them. But this one I was able to follow along and visualize.
I will be able to do a pregnancy test two weeks from today. It's a holiday, but I am hoping and praying that they are open for a pregnancy test.
We only had 1 left to freeze. The other one wasn't viable, so I sure hope that this works, I am staying positive <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all for the continued support!!! I'll update the website, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.cysticfibrosismaleinfertility.com">www.cysticfibrosismaleinfertility.com</a>
The transfer went wonderfully. Pretty much painless, but you have to do it on a full bladder so they can do an ultrasound on the stomach (huge change to the transvaginal ones I've been having <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> sorry for TMI). It's pretty much like a pap, and then they put a catheter inside the uterus in the place that they want the embryo's to go. Then I got to see them suction the embryo's into the catheter in another room, bring them into the surgical suite I was in and then I got to watch them inject the embryo's through the second catheter and into my uterus. It was pretty cool.
They also took pictures of the 2 embryo's they implanted. I'll put them on the website in the next few days.
The worst part of it all was my full bladder. At one point, I told the doctor I hoped I didn't pee on him <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">. It wasn't bad until they started with the ultrasound pressing on my bladder. No pain or anything, just really really uncomfortable.
I stayed on my back for 15 minutes afterwords and also had before and after accupuncture. In some case studies, they showed the rates of successful IVF can be up to 20% higher in groups with before and after accupuncture. I can see why! I am not at all a massage person, doesn't do a darn thing for me-unfortunately. But Accupuncture, man oh man. I was sort of skeptical but my mom said I shoudl really try it (even though she never has <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">). My stomach has been so painful, so painful and bloated and nothing has relived it for the past few days since the retrieval (they believe it's a little bit of Over hyper stimulation) but after the"pre transfer" accupuncture, I felt so much better. Not 100% because my stomach was still distended, but A LOT better!
The after accupuncture was a meditation specific to IVF/IUI so it was great. I've never done good with visual meditations-I actually end up getting frustrated because I can't follow them. But this one I was able to follow along and visualize.
I will be able to do a pregnancy test two weeks from today. It's a holiday, but I am hoping and praying that they are open for a pregnancy test.
We only had 1 left to freeze. The other one wasn't viable, so I sure hope that this works, I am staying positive <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all for the continued support!!! I'll update the website, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.cysticfibrosismaleinfertility.com">www.cysticfibrosismaleinfertility.com</a>