Yep – I am!
I am pregnant until proven otherwise!

The wonderful little ones survived the five day journey to day five and therefore blastocysts.
MDH and I had the call on monday to move the ET to wednesday. 
We arrived at the clinic but had a little bit of a scare prior to getting there.We had to travel on the world’s biggest carpark. 
Yep – you guessed it – the M25!

But we got to Oxford in time, had breakfast and arrived 20 minutes before the appointment time. 
Oxford was running a little late though – we were finally called about 30 minutes later for the transfer. 

Two nurses were going to carry out the procedure. They explained what was to happen. The embryologist (who I still think should still be in school) came in and explained that one of our three embryos was at the best possible stage that they expect a blasocyst to be at and recommended that that embryo be transferred – we agreed. 

If you are a little squishmish, please skip the next three paragraphs.

So with a little bit of a full bladder, out came the ultrasound as I lay on the table, legs in stirrups and MDH sitting next to my head holding my hand. Nurse A did the usual the “the speculum will be cold” pretty much as it does when one has a cervical smear. She then went ” I am going to clean your cervix” – which she did. She then said ” I am going to insert this catheter into your cervix through which the inner tube with the embryo will be inserted and the embryo tranferred to the uterus. 

The embryologist came in and the nurse verified that he had the right patient details and MDH and I did the usual name, date of breath. The nurse was then given the inner tube (syringe) which was then passed through the other catheter which was already insitu. After a couple of seconds, she said “we need to wait 30s for the fluid to drop from the end of the syringe”. She then gave the syringe to Andrew (the embryologist) who checked to ensure that the tube was empty of the embryo, thus confirming as much as possible that the embryo had transferred or been returned to the uterus. 

And that was it – it was all done. 
No sedation, nothing. It was a little uncomfortable when the outer catheter was inserted but aside that it was ok. 

I am very early in my TWW wait now and somehow I am not really thinking about it. I dare say though that my mind will begin to focus on it more and more as the days draw closer. 

All my fellow TWW ladies – I am not as apprehensive as I thought I would be. I feel super bloated though and I am stuffing my face all the time – I seem to be hungry all the time. And it started after EC and before ET. 
I also think rather than leaving me stressed, the progesterone appears to have made me more zen – I spent 1.5 hours driving a mile on the M11 today and I was not mad. Usually I would be really cheesed off and huffing and puffing but not today. Stayed in traffic and went out to dinner with MDH to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary 
MDH has been a sweetheart so far [but then again he always is – sorry ladies I have a good one]
I have super itchy boobs as well – they are sore and itchy (sorry TMI). Wondering if this is a standard symptom?Two days down in the TWW window and I understand implantation usually occurs between days 5 to 11 after fertilisation. So as we had a blast transferred, hopefully the little darling is implanting away like crazy. 

Thanks for reading and I will keep you all updated of how I get on with the TWW.
xxx