As I planned to do my embryo transfer in this cycle, I had been doing blood tests to look for my LH surge in order to know when I ovulated.
After 3 blood tests within 3 days, the doctor finally figured out the day of my ovulation. As it was a day 5 blastocyst transfer, 5 days after ovulation would be my day of transfer. I was prescribed some hormone supplements to help thicken my uterine linen as well as given a HCG shot to induce my ovulation.
On the day of transfer, I arrived at the clinic at 9 am in order to get ready for my transfer at 9:30 am. Since I had to have a full bladder for the transfer process, I started drinking water from 8:30 am.
The transfer process didn’t hurt. However, it was a bit uncomfortable when the doctor put the equipment into my vagina. Apart from that, I also had to hold onto my pee.
To start with, the doctor had to sanitise my vaginal area to prevent infections. Next, she put some sorts of equipment into my vagina and afterwards transferred the embryo into my uterus with a catheter. I could see the whole process via the ultrasound. Unfortunately, the process was a bit uncomfortable and since I was desperate for the toilet, I wasn’t in the mood of watching the ultrasound or listening to what she said when she explained what she was doing.
After the embryo was transferred into my uterus, the embryologist took the catheter away and looked at it through a microscope to make sure that the embryo was successfully transferred and didn’t get stuck in it.
I went for a blood test for my progesterone level right away. As it was slightly low, I was prescribed some hormone supplements to go home with.
For the next few days, I had some sorts of mild period-like cramps and pinching feeling down my bikini area. I suspected that could be what people referred to as the implantation pain.
I started doing pregnancy tests the day after my transfer as I wanted to test out my HCG trigger shot. Since I was injected with HCG on the day of my ovulation, there would be HCG in my system. Without testing it out, it would be hard to know if my positive pregnancy tests later on mean I am indeed pregnant or they are caused by the injection.
Stay tuned to see what happens next.
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