Embryo Transfer Entourage

On Saturday I had my last frozen embryo transferred into my uterus. Nothing unusual about that apart from the fact that were several people present during the transfer that normally would not be there.

Besides the usual suspects of having the Doctor, Nurse and Embryologist in the room, I also brought three other very important  people in my life along – my husband, my mother-in-law and my mother who had flown in from Perth to help me celebrate my recent 40th birthday.

Picture this.  Three scientists plus my two mothers and my husband all watching as I put my legs in stirrups and spread em!  Who would have thought this was possible.  After 7 rounds of IVF and several doctors, nurses and embryologists later, you become de-sensitized to normal thoughts of modesty. Seriously  though, it wasn’t so bad.

My family had back row seats and were solidly behind me when all this action was taking place.  They had the privilege of watching the big screen – only trouble was that there was no Gold Class seats.   Lets just say that the tiny little room was somewhat cramped.

In any case, all went on without a hitch.  My mother was treated to a once in a lifetime opportunity for watching her potential grandmother hood on the ultrasound.  My mother-in-law got to see science in action. My husband on the other hand was over it.

Maybe having the support around might act as a good luck charm. Who knows – maybe I am suspicious but my mother is a devout Christian so I figured getting her and God into the act might help my cause.  Am I clutching at straws? Probably!

Next steps – live in the two week waiting zone.