Transfer today

Well... I am PUPO!  Everything went well today. I went in for monitoring at 6am and all looked good. They called me later at around 10 to tell me to come in at 12:50 for transfer and to drink 10oz of water 10 minutes before coming. At that time I also signed up for laser acupuncture as it increases chances for implantation. 

So I drank my water and got there at 12:50. Then I proceeded to sit for 45 minutes!  Ugh!  By that time, I really had to pee. I asked them how much longer and if I could relieve my bladder a bit. They said "no, you have to wait. Should be soon."  Finally they brought me back but they would not let me pee until they looked at my bladder via ultrasound despite my pleas that I was too full. Pretty quickly they verified that yep, this girl's gonna pee herself! They let me remove 3/4 cup. Ah relief! 

After that, I had laser acupuncture. That was weird. This guy came in with a probe thingy, gave me sunglasses, and held the probe over various points - head, ears, uterus, knees, and feet. That took all of 5 minutes.  

Then came the transfer. The embryologist came in wheeling an incubator followed by the doctor and 2 nurses.  The doctor was not my doctor but another in the practice. They have 20 or so docs so they all rotate with the ER and ET procedures. That means I'll never meet my doc face to face, but that's really not very necessary. Anyway, the doctor gave me the picture of our embryo, said it was grade b, and got down to business. The transfer was literally a 5 minute procedure. They inserted the speculum, cleaned the cervix, inserted the catheter, and transferred the embryo. 

Then the acupuncturist came in again for another session of laser acupuncture. Again with the sunglasses and probe. It was weird again - I just don't see how it would make any difference but whatever. 

So now begins the 2ww. Beta is 6/27. I'm thinking I'll probably start testing on the 24th or 25th.