Reflections...Waiting for Our Fertilization Report and Our Transfer

Reflections...Waiting for Our Fertilization Report and Our Transfer

My primary nurse, Anne, promised us that she would call the day after my retrieval with our fertilization report. I was a nervous wreck but Darin was very confident that everything would work out for us this time. For me it was a very long wait because at the time I was a teacher and school was out for the summer so I really had nothing to occupy my time. It was really easy to let my imagination get the best of me and only think of the worst possibilities. It’s easy to do when you have no control over the situation. When Anne called late that afternoon I was so nervous so I got very quiet. She went on to tell me that everything looks good for transfer and blah, blah, blah. Everything she was saying was great but I really just wanted to hear a number and she finally told us the news we’d been waiting to hear…13 of my 17 eggs fertilized!!!! Hearing the news was such a relief, I think I actually started jumping up and down in celebration. After my mini celebration Anne told me that she would call the following day for our next update. We still had two more days of waiting before our transfer. I called Darin at work to share our happy news and we went out to dinner that night to celebrate the fact that we had successfully jumped through another hoop. It didn’t matter that we still had a million more to go, we were so happy about this victory. The next day was filled with the same excruciating waiting. 5 minutes felt like hours to me. Our little embryos still had so much growing to do before transfer and it was hard not to worry about them. Only another person who has been through IVF knows this kind of pain. Anne finally called that afternoon and told me that all of our embryos were still growing and dividing perfectly! She said our transfer was scheduled for the next day and that she was going to call our Gestational Carrier, Lisa, to give her the information! As soon I got off the phone I got back on to call Darin and share our news. Our transfer was the next day, July 3rd 2004 at 7:45 a.m.