Hey everybody :-)
It's been awhile since I wrote so thought I might make a quick update.
Last Monday we had our frozen embryo transfer, and yup the little frostie survived the thaw!!! This embryo is a real little fighter, not many embryos make it to blastocysts, survive freezing and THEN thawing. Not to mention they didn't even think this embryo would make it past day 1! So very proud of our lil bubsicle ;-) We were told that it was still in good condition, and they used assisted hatching on it (once an embryo has been frozen and thawed the outer shell that it's need to come out of so it can implant can sometimes get thicker, so they can help it along with assisted hatching). Our lil bub was already starting to hatch before transfer which was great!
I still have a bit to wait until my first blood test, and let me tell you, this wait is absolute TORTURE. I thought that it would be easier this time round but it is way harder. Andrew has said no home pregnancy tests this time round either, so holding out and not doing one is driving me crazy!!!
I can't really comment on the symptoms I'm having, they are definitely there, but I am on so many hormone drugs at the moment (more than last time) there is no way of telling what's real and what isn't.
I had to drop into the clinic yesterday to pick up more meds and I saw my nurse and she said I already the same amount of hormones running through me as a woman who is 3 months pregnant would have!
That's probably the thing I hate most about this whole process is all the drugs. I wish I was able to just let my body be pregnant naturally and produce its own hormones and not have added ones as well.
The only positive about the drugs is I actually HAVE boobs now lol
The hardest thing about the two week wait is trying to keep your hopes up and stay positive but also be prepared for the worst. It's a very fine balance. I know that frozen embryos have a slightly lower chance of resulting in a pregnancy, but what I'm really scared of is losing another baby. I don't think anything can prepare you for that, but at least now I'm not completely naive to it.
On the other hand I know that our embryo was in great condition, and I've done everything I can to make my body healthy for this baby.
So there is still no sign of my period (thank god) which means we're still definitely in the running! Just gotta wait it out....thankfully I went and bought a whole heap of dvds to distract me for this week...last week I finished a 900 page book lol I hate sitting around on my ass doing nothing but I'm not taking any risks over exerting myself! My acupuncturist told me take it as easy as possible so that's exactly what I'm doing :-)
Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers <3
Take care everyone xoxox
Last Monday we had our frozen embryo transfer, and yup the little frostie survived the thaw!!! This embryo is a real little fighter, not many embryos make it to blastocysts, survive freezing and THEN thawing. Not to mention they didn't even think this embryo would make it past day 1! So very proud of our lil bubsicle ;-) We were told that it was still in good condition, and they used assisted hatching on it (once an embryo has been frozen and thawed the outer shell that it's need to come out of so it can implant can sometimes get thicker, so they can help it along with assisted hatching). Our lil bub was already starting to hatch before transfer which was great!
I still have a bit to wait until my first blood test, and let me tell you, this wait is absolute TORTURE. I thought that it would be easier this time round but it is way harder. Andrew has said no home pregnancy tests this time round either, so holding out and not doing one is driving me crazy!!!
I can't really comment on the symptoms I'm having, they are definitely there, but I am on so many hormone drugs at the moment (more than last time) there is no way of telling what's real and what isn't.
I had to drop into the clinic yesterday to pick up more meds and I saw my nurse and she said I already the same amount of hormones running through me as a woman who is 3 months pregnant would have!
That's probably the thing I hate most about this whole process is all the drugs. I wish I was able to just let my body be pregnant naturally and produce its own hormones and not have added ones as well.
The only positive about the drugs is I actually HAVE boobs now lol
The hardest thing about the two week wait is trying to keep your hopes up and stay positive but also be prepared for the worst. It's a very fine balance. I know that frozen embryos have a slightly lower chance of resulting in a pregnancy, but what I'm really scared of is losing another baby. I don't think anything can prepare you for that, but at least now I'm not completely naive to it.
On the other hand I know that our embryo was in great condition, and I've done everything I can to make my body healthy for this baby.
So there is still no sign of my period (thank god) which means we're still definitely in the running! Just gotta wait it out....thankfully I went and bought a whole heap of dvds to distract me for this week...last week I finished a 900 page book lol I hate sitting around on my ass doing nothing but I'm not taking any risks over exerting myself! My acupuncturist told me take it as easy as possible so that's exactly what I'm doing :-)
Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers <3
Take care everyone xoxox
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