Clint and I ate our way through Oahu. Upon arriving Wednesday we went to Chili's for lunch, drove around the north shore and for dinner stuffed our faces at Red Lobster. We did enjoy our ride around the island, we saw a cove with 30+ turtles and was amazed at the beauty of the north shore and inner Oahu. I still find it amazing how each island is so different. Before our gorging at Red Lobster we managed to get pedicures and do some mall walking and people watching at Ala Moana.
Clint was up early on Thursday morning for work. He walked a few blocks to the nearest Starbucks. I got up around 7. I was a bit tired as we about froze from the AC and a inconvenient fire alarm rang all night. Of course Clint did not hear a thing! Christine our PA calls around 7:15 to go over the day with me since it is her day off and will not be there for the transfer. At this point I am starting to get excited! Clint comes back and we head out for our next meal- Denny's, where we both order 2 eggs. He finds this so amusing! We head back to the hotel, pack up and over to the Doctors office we go. I am drinking my water so that my bladder is full for the procedure. Clint and I also showered last night as we can have on NO perfumes (like from deodorants, soaps and lotions). We are finally brought into a waiting room where we wait for Dr. Frattarelli. When he enters he tells us that out of the 7 embryos that 4 have made it to the blastocyst stage and he will be giving us 2 of those and freezing the other 2. If for some reason the remaining 3 turn into blastocyst he will then freeze those as well. Now that my bladder is full, we are taken into a curtain room where both Clint and I put on booties and hair nets, I change from the waist down and wrap up in a sheet. We walk across a small hall way and into the transfer room where I get to lay on a bed with a giant harness. There is a TV screen to my left that has my name on it. I verify that its me and then its magnified and we get to see our 2 embryos. Pretty cool to say the least. Clint is video taping everything so I see mostly his back and the back of his head. The embryos are sucked up into a turkey baster, brought into our room where a very thin tube is placed through my cervix and the eggs are placed into the top of my uterus. At this point (still looking at the back side of my husband) the nurse also has a sonogram on my belly and we all of a sudden see 2 bright spots at the top of the uterus. There they are in the easy bake oven! From here I am transferred to another bed, wheeled out and lay there (with a VERY full bladder) for 20 minutes. During this time Clint is texting and emailing everyone we know pictures of the embryos. My favorite response was from Aunt Manda back to Clint- "awe, they look just like you"!
So here are the rules: for the next week- no swimming. I am to drink plenty of fluids that include juice, sports drinks and of course water. No alcohol, smoking or drugs- really?! Continue with the progesterone injections (will be using the suppositories to let the bruises heal for the next 3 days) and my favorite- continue my normal life, minus really strenuous activity. Oh darn, just when I was thinking of training for a marathon!
When we left the dr's office the first thing we both did was to put on deodorant when we got to the car! We made a trip to Target to browse around, found Puka Dog in Waikiki for lunch and then sat on the beach until it was time to go home. We were picked up by the "Adult Hendersons" brought home showered and then to Outback for a quick dinner.
Last night I slept like a champ- apparently it poured all night? I am feeling fine- like nothing is new other than my butt still hurts. We now have 22g needles, apparently the 18g are for drawing out the fluid not injecting it. I cannot express the amount of pain the 18g needles are- these 22g are a piece of cake! I am so thankful for that.
So now the waiting begins... August 8th!
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