EMBRYO TRANSFER DAY 9/11/2020 @ 11:30am

1BB – With assisted hatching: can see in the the middle left hand side

Woke up early and eager.

Took my baby making med’s. 

Had a shower and shave.

Done a wee at 10:30 and then started drinking 500 mls of water to fill up the bladder nicely so the embryologist has a good view on screen.

Traffic was unusually busy and slow……time seemed to be happening in slow motion. Rolled into the clinic just in the nick of time, as we walked through the doors a nurse called out my name.

Mr R and I jogged down the hall to the change room…..stripped off and wrapped one of those modesty blankets around my waist. 

Busted through the side door into the transfer room, eagerly awaiting to hear how our embryo thawed. 

Hi everyone….the staff at the clinic have become like family, familiarity takes away the awkwardness. Although with that said i do hope to never have to see them all after this one. 

Embryo thawed well, said the embryologist…

And embryo is developing as it should a few hours after thawing.

She then told us that the shell of the embryo was very thick, so they performed assisted hatching to help it along.

As usual the procedure takes about 10 mins all up.

We could see a bright glow in my uterus where the embryo landed nicely along with a glob of embryo glue to help it stick.

Embryologist cleared the catheter and we were good to go.

No more doxycycline as of today instead start taking a low dose aspirin for the next 12 weeks.

Pregnancy test booked on the 20/11/2020

Drive into the clinic

LONG DOWN REG FOR NUMBER 7 EMBRYO TRANSFER

Long down Regulation began 10/10/20

Has lived up to its name this cycle …Feels like a REALY long time since egg retrieval. 

Beginning with Synarel nasal spray twice per day to quiet the ovaries, followed by one doxycycline a day to prevent infection.

6 days later; had HCG baseline blood test …. then began Progynova tablets three times per day and an estradiol patch on the old bottom which need to be changed every three days …to prepare my uterus to be optimal thickness for implantation.

Estradiol in IVF supports natural estrogen needs, thickening the uterine lining so that it is prepared for implantation. It also helps the placenta to function, boosts blood flow to the uterus and prepares the body to breastfeed after birth.

Three days after starting Progynova, I then began Prednisolone tablets three times per day: 

Often natural killer cells are mentioned as the underlying cause of implantation failure but there is currently very little good evidence to support this. 

Prednisolone is used to suppress the immune system and it has been suggested that it may improve the pregnancy rate. 

Continued to taking multivitamins:

Vitamin E

Coq10

Mega B

Folic acid

Elivit 

After weeks of this routine we’re getting closer to embryo transfer day!

Five days before embryo transfer, I began Clexane injections once per day to thin the blood. 

Crinone twice a day…and continue with both of these till 12 weeks gestation.

Transfer day booked on 9/11/2020 @ 11:30am! Yay