Good morning beautiful ladies!
Lara: oh you're so cute! They're getting acquainted with their new home!

I love the image! Thanks for your nice wishes!
Macca: WOW! That's wonderful news!
CONGRATULATIONS sweetie! You're right, your father must be watching over you, and I bet he's really proud! I'm sure he will be protecting those beautiful seeds of life inside you!
Aunty: thanks for the kind words! And now we'll think of our uteruses as pea and honey sandwiches! yummy! LOL on the yoga pants! I bet your DH would love the pink G-string with "sushi" written on it that I saw at the store the other day!

Good luck for your EC today; I'm thinking of you! I'm so sorry that you got such bad news about your follies... I'll be anxiously waiting for news... hang in there sweetie...
CINNY: the waiting sucks but at least the news is good! Keeping everything crossed with you! GOOD job on getting those numbers down, you must be so relieved! I'm happy for you sweetie! Go girl! Get those beautiful eggs out!
tcbalgord: thank you so much for your reply! You know how good it feels in this crazy ride to be told "good job honey" from time to time! *HUGS*
sassy: sweetie... I really, really feel for you. If you knew how disappointed I am! This was such a crazy ride this time that you deserved to receive news that would make it all worth it! It's really too bad that it doesn't work that way... it's horrible that you received the news at work and had to stay there for two more hours. I really don't know what to say, other than I hope life will provide you with its own way to fulfill your heart's desire. *hugs* Hang in there darling.
beachbaby: thanks for your nice reply darling!

Warmed my heart! Yeah, I worked in the afternoon and evening yesterday (so normal day). Honestly, the one thing that made me hesitate was not the presence of my little treasures, but the pain!

I'm a psychologist, so basically, it's not that much of a stressful job and I'm sitting all the time. All studies show that bed rest after ET does not impact the pregnancy rates. Eating my dinner lying on the floor on my back with my feet up a chair was quite acrobatic though, LOL, but it was for the good cause (Progesterone) and it seemed to help the pain in my back in addition!

Congratulations on getting your ET on Wednesday! Whoohoo! Tomorrow your little monsters will be back home!
cookholmes! ACK on the wait! But hey, it was worth it!!
CONGRATULATIONS sweetie, I'm SO happy for you! Doing the happy dance with you! Hey don't worry about the numbers per se... remember the chart Aunty posted. It can really really range... enjoy the next 8 months darling!
emp: sorry you succumbed to the evil HPT... hard to fully believe it means nothing, but it's the case darling. It means NOTHING! Friends of mine had to wait until day 40 or even 50 of their period to get a BFP on their HPT and believe me, they're due this month or in March. Hang in there darling!
Ange: ooooooh not fair! You just gave me a big heart attack!

Never heard of embies with 9-10 cells on day 3?? The clinic told me they did not transfer embies that are below 8 cells... so I guess it's not that rare...? Awww... you just tempt me to think my embies are really strong!
SilvaCharm: I'm so sorry your clinic is causing you to worry darling girl! If they tell you everything's okay, though, it's because it is. I doubt they would lie to you.
ems: LOL
CONGRATULATIONS sweetie! See, that pinkish spotting wasn't so evil after all! Enjoy the next 8 months!
Shantala: my 2ww is good, thanks for asking! Seeing all the other women react here during theirs taught me many lessons. I'm now totally wired to wait until that blood test no matter what happens. As for the waiting, well... it might sound strange for some of you guys, but I already consider myself pregnant. I want to enjoy that time I have with my little treasures. I behave like they're going to stay, and well... if it's only a 2 week pregnancy, so be it. But I will enjoy those two weeks of pregnancy all the same. That's how I cope with the 2ww so far.
And sweetie, you're so sweet! Your hubby is lucky to have you, you know! Don't feel guilty about work; it will still happen even if you're not there and the last thing you want to do, believe me, is to work yourself to exhaustion. Those meds will soon be causing impressive fatigue, so save as much energy as you can. And give your DH a big hug for me! How long will they keep him in the hospital?
Welshgirl: (still resisting the urge to type bugger... lol!) Aw, darling, your posts cheer me up each time! Thanks so much for your beautiful energy; it's warming a very very cold day here in Montreal! I'll ask the question again; what makes you think that 9 and 10 cells is particularly good? Yup, trying to rest despite busy days as always.... but in a happy mood! How are you doing? Good luck for your apt tomorrow sweetie! Thinking of you!
Fed: there's nothing wrong with you hunny! As long as the second line is there, it's okay! Your urine will change during the day, and from day to day. It just means that the test is not 100% reliable (and you know it's the case) and that your urine, as in every human, changes! So please don't fret and don't waste your money on too many digital tests! Those are expensive!
Well, as for me ladies, everything is much better now. The pain was really a bummer but it seems to have subsided a great deal during the night. I slept my first uninterrupted night in ages (if you don't count the progesterone call at midnight... but I had to, because of the time the ET took place), which is amazing.
I totally see what you guys mean about the cramps that Progesterone creates. I feel bloated and a bit cramped as if I was about to have my period, but I know it's simply because I made a beautiful home for my little monsters to snuggle in. I do have minor cramps in my ovaries or uterus, but it's fine. It just doesn't compare to the last few days since EC. I couldn't be happier about that.
I don't remember who told me about her DH's reaction during the transfer, but hehehe, mine was pretty standard. To him, the pregnancy is still not real, and the embies are still just a bunch of cells. He said he'll consider me pregnant when we get that BFP from the clinic. It clashes with my own view of things, as you'll see in the reply I gave to Shantala, but well... I can't force him to think like I do, can I? It's okay; I'm used to be the dreamer around here!
Gotta go! Have my lunch and dinner to prepare, then it's private practice in one office, then acupuncturist, then private practice in another office... and then a nice lukewarm herbal bath and my bed!
Take care ladies, and have a wonderful day! I'll check for news all day, especially from Aunty, phx, faithful and Tony!
Sophie