And now we wait.....

The good news is everything was smooooooth! 
We woke up after prepping for this day with a plan and jumped into action! Lucy went to hang with Gran and she was soooo excited! 

I have this same picture from Lucy's transfer. <3

   Matt and I calmly made our way to Fertility and Endocrine where they were ready and excited to see us! I forced Matt to take all the pictures we wanted and then my nurse Donna offered to be the photographer and forced him into a few more! 
The actual transfer process is so simple after all the preparing and planning. I relax, lay down and in the embryo goes! Matt hangs out with me the whole time and the doctors and I chat about how darling Lucy is! The embryo came through the little drive through window, just like Lucy did. Our embryologist was different this time but he was so great. He was very confident in the embryo I picked out and even gave us a photo while explaining why this little ice crystal was perfect! This embryo had no issues thawing and was already starting to hatch from its shell. It's funny how different this embryo looks from Lucy being an embryo and... how freaking cool is science that I can even compare them?!?!?! They have the same grade and also grew for the same about of days as a blastocysts.

     I rested in bed for 30 minutes after the transfer then it was up and out to lunch! We ate the Cheesecake Factory for the first time ever, kind of a celebration. I also ate CHOCOLATE CAKE....which I haven't had in so long and it was amazingly good. You are told to relax, rest and not lift over 10 lbs- no horseback riding or walking large dogs for at least three days. Sooooo,  I am resting and relaxing! I am eating left over chocolate cake and Matt is lifting Lucy.... which is kind of breaking my momma heart. After Saturday, restrictions are less harsh, but only "walking" for exercise. I have to stick with the vitamins, estrogen, and of course the progesterone injections. I get to act like any other pregnant person (who wouldn't even know they were pregnant if it was natural conception....).

    So the next step is waiting and being chill. I'm eating pineapple core, raspberries, goji berries and wearing cute socks to keep all the heat in my body and blood circulating! I did talk to Dr Krause about all the things I was doing, she smiled while reassuring me we have done everything possible to make this a success and then laughed a little with me at all the "tricks" that help with IVF.

     We will be taking a vacation soon and the date to find out the result falls during the trip. My doctor is awesome though and has already written out orders for blood tests at a lab while we are out of town....isn't she amazing? There is also the option of taking a home pregnancy test and finding out "maybe" results. I did not test until I went back to the doctors office with Lucy and that was great. We may be able to tell by home pregnancy test, but the blood test will be a definite answer, no question about it. I think I can handle waiting.... and I also need the definite answer, no maybes. Buuuut I could know sooner if I did the test on my own.... decisions, decisions. 
Here's what is happening while we wait....