Hello and welcome to the last post in my IVF Round Two series! Months of preparation had led up to our frozen embryo transfer on September 23, 2020 and next was the dreaded “two week wait” until we found out if the transfer worked.
If you missed my previous posts, you can read them HERE, HERE, and HERE.
I knew from my experience last time that I wouldn’t be able to wait 9 days until I got blood work done to find out if I was pregnant. I bought a few pregnancy tests ahead of time and planned to wait until a week after transfer to test at home. I knew that would be enough time to give a clear result.
It was a good plan, but a few days after transfer, my anxiety was out of control. After my last transfer, I just kind of laid around at home and took it easy, but I couldn’t do that this time. Chris went back to work 2 days after my transfer and I was solo parenting twin toddlers for 12 hours a day. I had asked my doctor ahead of time about my activity level after transfer and he said not to lose sleep over it. But of course I did. I was so worried that I was doing too much and I was convinced that the transfer hadn’t worked.
On Monday, September 28th, Chris said I should take a test. I told him I didn’t think that was a good idea because it might not be enough time for a clear result. The one thing I didn’t want was a “is there a line or isn’t there?” moment. I was also hoping to surprise Chris, because there aren’t many surprises with IVF. Obviously he knew when this all went down and that we were going to find out shortly if it worked. I told him I was going to hold out a few more days before testing. But the more that day went on, the more I wondered if I should take a test. Was 5 days after transfer long enough to see a second line if it had worked? I searched my IVF groups and saw that lots of women had seen positive pregnancy tests as early as day 4. After I put the girls to bed that night, I decided to take a test.
I had about an hour before Chris would be home so I figured that would be enough time for me to compose myself no matter what the results were. I gave myself a pep talk and went into the bathroom and did my thing. I immediately turned the test upside down on the bathroom floor and I went and sat on the bathtub in our master bathroom. That was the longest 3 minutes I swear. I actually gave it longer than that because I was so nervous for the results. Eventually I picked up the test and as soon as I turned it over, I saw two very clear lines. I WAS PREGNANT! I immediately burst into tears. I was convinced it hadn’t worked and I was actually very surprised to see two very clear lines.
I had hoped to tell Chris in some cute way, but I can’t keep secrets, especially not with something this big. When he got home from work, I said I had done some shopping for the girls and wanted his opinion on a shirt for them. I showed him a picture that said “big sister” and after a few seconds, it dawned on him what I was saying. He was so excited! The girls were going to be big sisters and our family was growing!
A few days later, I took another test so I could see the words “pregnant” for myself.
A few days after that, on October 2nd, my blood work confirmed I was pregnant! We were hoping and praying for a healthy baby and safe pregnancy and couldn’t wait to meet our newest family member in June 2021!
Stay tuned for more blog posts about Baby Morgan #3!
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