Embies - Day Three

Sorry I didn’t update my blog yesterday, believe it or not, I’m still not feeling like myself.  I have an ache in my lower back that’s causing me to lose sleep, and if I move a certain way it leaves my back and goes to my lower abdomen.  I think it’s because everything isn’t fitting inside me like it normally would with my enlarged ovaries. 

Onto the important stuff-- My embryologist called yesterday morning bright and early; I flew out of bed when I heard the phone ringing, and tried not to sound like I was still sleeping! She told me that she just left the lab and all 10 embryos were still dividing, which is great news.  I asked her the grade of them, but she said she didn’t really look into that, just looked to see if they were still dividing.  She said not to be concerned with that on day 3.  Kind of frustrating because of our small number of embryos on day 5 last time, but maybe it is better not to think about it. 

I’m heading up to Birmingham tonight for my transfer tomorrow.  Unfortunately, Anthony can’t get out of school because it’s his last week of this course and he needs to have enough flight hours to test on Thursday.  This means I’ll be taking a taxi to and from my transfer so that I can take a valium.  It’s not ideal, but I’ll do what it takes to change the outcome.  To be honest, I’m more concerned about giving myself a progesterone injection tomorrow night, than I am about taking a taxi! For some reason they have been SO painful this time around.  I cried last night it hurt so badly! Anthony thinks the gauge of the needle is a lot bigger than the ones I used last time so I’m going to see if I can get smaller ones that will still inject the thick oil.  I can’t imagine doing this every night for 10 weeks if I get pregnant!!  I’ll be staying in Birmingham until Wednesday morning so I can get some rest for my little embies before driving home.  I’ll update you again tomorrow after my transfer! xo