Almost Time for Transfer!

Baseline Ultrasound for Transfer Cycle

My transfer date is coming up soon! I have spent the past several weeks prepping with some new medications. This includes estrogen patches on my stomach and then adding in a progesterone shot. These hormones essentially trick my body into thinking it's already pregnant, before the embryo is transferred. Since the embryo has already developed for five days, my body needs to *think* it's already pregnant, before transfer, in order to accept the embryo and continue its development. 

The progesterone in oil (PIO) shot is intermuscular which means it needs to be administered in the upper butt area. So, every morning at 6am I get to wake up to a shot in the butt. It's not really as bad as it sounds and I have to tell myself it's all to help this little embaby grow and develop. If the transfer works I'll be continuing these shots every day until I am around 10 weeks pregnant.

The PIO needle is 1.5 inches long

Brandon has become very good at giving shots through this process.

After the transfer we will have to wait two weeks to find out if it was successful.  Either way, I will wait to announce our results for a few more weeks, just so we can share with family and have time to process the results. While we are hopeful this transfer will result in a live birth, there are still no guarantees, so I am going into this with a guarded heart. I know more than most that a positive pregnancy test does not always end in a living baby, so I have to be prepared for all possible outcomes. 

My current mantra

There is so much out of my control within this infertility journey, so sometimes all I can do is breathe and trust the process. Thank you for your prayers, words of encouragement, and support through this rollercoaster called IVF. I hope to share good news soon!!!!

Always, 

Em