Blastocyct Transfer

21th April 2012

Today is "D" day.... d day i awaited most for this cycle... however i was glad that d transfer was postponed cz i was havin flu n fever fr d past few days... thank god i recovered from both the infection and d OPU bloatedness. Hmmm..... so as usual, had to register again n wait for my name to be called into the procedure room...ooops!! d day care room first.. but tis time had to drink sum water to make d bladder full during d procedure so that d uterus will be positioned better...

So is any1 wonderin how d embyro transfer is done.....Not so fun tho... lyin on d couch tilted downwards with ur legs hangin .... n not forgetin d full bladder.. wic was almost bursting cz i was recovering frm d fluid retention n bloatedness......its a harmless procedure with some discomfort durind d procedure.

Finally my name was called by d embryologist for a short briefing.. haha... a short n sweet one tho.... She said dat 21 oocytes were collected..... out of wic 17 embryo's was fertilized with ICSI..... so they had to wait for the embryo's to self select to survive... 5 blasts made it into day 5....out of wic they wud transfer 2 blast today... I was smiling all d way while she was explaining... aftr all they are my babies she was talking about... I then asked her.. Only 2? Why not 3?...... She said, dat blasts usually hav a higher survival chance compared to cleavage embryo...hmmmm.... n dat i was very young ... well, i was hapy wit 2 tho.. n told d embryologist " Thank you fr taking care of my babies"..... haha...

Soon after d briefing i changed n walked into d OT for the procedure... I could see d Blasts pic displayed on d screen nearby.... wic looked like this....

After d transfer d Dr shook my hand and said Good Luck n i really hope they would implant coz the look beautiful... Yes, this is how tey addres d babies to me... " They luk so beautiful"...So i accepted it cz it was made by d beautiful me... ahahhahahah!!! He was nice tho.. very encouraging Dr...n he was always very happy how i responded well with d treatment....Thank god!! This is how d end product luks like aftr d transfer.... And dat they will be implanting in 24 - 48 hours.....

D white dots are d transferred Blastocycts

D procedure only tuk abt 15 minutes....n i was transferred into d day care room soon after dat..... i was supposed to lie down on a tilted bed fr abt an hour before i could go home... however.... i was callin d nurse every 10 minutes unable to cont my bladder... pls la... its not as easy as u think.... dahla they din remove enug urine via catheter after d procedure... n everytim d nurse came in, she said " No, u cannot get down of d bed for an hour".... I was like beggin her to let me go to d toilet o els im bursting here.... finnaly she had to give in n let me go..... it was like Pheeeeeeeeeeewww!!!! suc a relieve... it wud have been btr if they had allowed me to pee as soon as i asked em d 1st time... But neway, thy were probably afraid dat d blast might fall out of d uterine cavity just incase... well.... thank god i had some medical knowledge... Dat an embedded embryo wud nt fall out after a transfer... hmmm...well hope it sticks dat way.. Guess abt 10 min ltr, i was allowed to change n go home...

Bt prior to that, another session with the nurse again.... so she added so Prolutron Inj n cyclogest supp during d TWW....n a list of thing to do n not to do....

 

My beta day was scheduled on d 31st  of April.... hmmmmm... it never crossed my mind dat this date never existed in d calender at that moment... How ignorant i was....

N Finally we went back home, hoping dat they wud stick soon...