For the last few years of my life ET was always the adorable alien from Steven Spielberg's ET :) In the world of IVF its a little different. The embryo transfer is sorta like the Final Exam or the Board Exam! This is what it all has been leading too. I had to skip a month as my cycle got a little messed up with the dates so May 7th it was. I thought that the hard part was over... but like everything in IVF .. nothing is what it seems!the injections and vaginal progesterone pills raised their ugly head again so the jabs are back!But during a FET (Frozen embryo Transfer) i think its a lot easier to deal than a full fledged one!The days leading up to ET i was strangely not nervous. I swayed from calm to excited and when the D Day had come i was determined to be the first one in the OR. I am competitive but i have never competed with 'how full is your bladder' sorta thing. We were 3 or 4 of us waiting and Sujatha said out loudly. whoever's bladder's full goes in!! I pride myself on my reasonably decent bowel movements so i shoved my hand up and called out to her! Mine's full... i think(i muttered the 'I think 'slowly to myself) but damn! mine wasn't and i started to get a little paranoid. It was only after Dr Sheetal and Dr Ritu came and reassured me not to worry did i feel myself calm down.. that and * B's constant pushing me to finish a whole bottle of water!
so my turn came and Dr Sheetal and I were in the corridor. It almost felt like i was about to enter the CAT exam hall and in a second i was let in. I knew the drill by now. Legs in the wide stirrups as i was strapped together for Dr G to do his magic and then the cinematic experience began. The lights were dimmed out and only the ultrasound was visible to me. Dr Sheetal was right next to me pointing at the monitor showing me how the lil embryos were floating into my uterus. It was surreal seriously and then in a couple of minutes.. she was like.. Its done! I was almost in shock!.. What!!.. So fast! I heaved myself up and thanked everyone inside. I was beaming from ear to ear(not sure why) and as Dr sheetal walked me out and i began to thank her .. she put her arm on my shoulder and said ' All i want is for us to see a postive for you'!
I'm in the dreaded 2 week wait now and i dont know what the outcome will be but I am incredibly thankful to the stellar team at Rotunda- Dr Gautam, Dr sheetal and Dr ritu and of course Nurse brigade of Sujatha, Bismillah and Reshma and of course Ramona and Miuskaan
Ive begin to realize that nothing is in my hands now.. Its all up to the folks above!Till then i cross my fingers, enjoy a mallu movie, and WAIT!!
so my turn came and Dr Sheetal and I were in the corridor. It almost felt like i was about to enter the CAT exam hall and in a second i was let in. I knew the drill by now. Legs in the wide stirrups as i was strapped together for Dr G to do his magic and then the cinematic experience began. The lights were dimmed out and only the ultrasound was visible to me. Dr Sheetal was right next to me pointing at the monitor showing me how the lil embryos were floating into my uterus. It was surreal seriously and then in a couple of minutes.. she was like.. Its done! I was almost in shock!.. What!!.. So fast! I heaved myself up and thanked everyone inside. I was beaming from ear to ear(not sure why) and as Dr sheetal walked me out and i began to thank her .. she put her arm on my shoulder and said ' All i want is for us to see a postive for you'!
I'm in the dreaded 2 week wait now and i dont know what the outcome will be but I am incredibly thankful to the stellar team at Rotunda- Dr Gautam, Dr sheetal and Dr ritu and of course Nurse brigade of Sujatha, Bismillah and Reshma and of course Ramona and Miuskaan
Ive begin to realize that nothing is in my hands now.. Its all up to the folks above!Till then i cross my fingers, enjoy a mallu movie, and WAIT!!
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