Transfer Eve

October 11, 2012 by Courtney 22 Comments

It’s the day before transfer, and I’m calm. So very calm. I’ve never been this calm during a cycle before, and I know it’s because of this:

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I’ve been thinking about the 40% success rate of frozen transfers at our clinic versus their 60% success rate with fresh cycles. I don’t know why I’ve never thought about this before, but maybe it’s not due to the embryos being frozen. Maybe it’s due to the grade of the embryos. It’s no secret that they use the best looking embryos for the fresh transfer and freeze the “leftovers.” What I know, though, is that our embryos are very highly graded and we’ve been told that there’s really no difference between the ones that are frozen, and the ones that were used for our fresh cycles. So maybe our chances are a little higher than the clinic average?

I don’t know. I’m just thinking through it.

I’ve been asked if I’m excited. No, I am not. I will be excited if it works, but I’m a seasoned veteran who knows that there is nothing exciting about the dreaded two-week wait. I hope that I’ll have something to be excited about a week from tomorrow (when I POAS at 7dp5dt), but I’m not excited right now. I’m most definitely not excited about two days of bed rest.* I’m not excited about not being able to really play with Matthew for a few days. I’m not excited about our cable being disconnected today – just in time for bed rest. HA!

But I am excited about my two-hour massage tomorrow before the transfer!

* Bed rest really doesn’t improve odds of success at all. Much research has found that clinics only prescribe it so that you don’t blame yourself later if the cycle doesn’t work.

Author: Courtney

Hi, there, I’m Courtney. I never planned to stay home with my kids, but I got sucked into motherhood when my first baby came into our lives after years of infertility and multiple rounds of IVF. His brother followed closely behind, something we didn’t plan on after having such a rough road with achieving parenthood the first time around. My boys are IVF cycle twins, conceived on the same day but born two years and one day apart (they were both transferred on the same day in October, but with two years between them). My boys are the best of friends and my husband is a terrific husband, father, and most importantly… friend. He fully supported my desire to stay home (“I just wanted it to be your idea and not mine, I totally want you to stay home and raise our kids!”) and encourages me in everything I do. I am a lover of projects, spreadsheets, fitness, healthy cooking and eating, crafts, selling my stuff on FB (HA!), and the outdoors. If I’m active, I’m pretty darn happy!