Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from September, 2016

Embryo Transfer

Since I last wrote, we found out that all six of our embabies "passed" the genetic screening. They were all chromosomally normal, which was shocking since I'm almost 35. The doctor predicted we would have 2-3 good embryos, so this was more than we could hope for. Because they look at the number of chromosomes, they can also tell the gender.  So we knew that we had one boy and five girl embryos. We transferred the boy last Thursday. He was our best looking embryos. I did accupuncture the week before, the hour before transfer, and the week after transfer. I had an abdominal/uterine massage. I ate pineapple core. I took tons of vitamins. I ate low carb. I ate soup. I drank so much water. I did everything right. It didn't work. I am not devastated. Just numb. I have been in this place so many times, so I am pretty strong when it comes to these things. But oh, how we wanted that boy to implant. How we longed for his life to be. How we dreamed of his future. Particularly To...