Last I posted, it was Canada Day long weekend and we had just found out that 5 of our fertilized eggs had made it through freezing. Since I was so overstimulated after the egg retrieval, we were not able to transfer any of the embryos then and there. Which meant I would have to spend more time dealing with hormones and getting my body ready for the transfer.

This was new territory for me. I had spent so much time taking needles and working on getting those eggs to grow that I really had no clue what was supposed to happen next. All I knew was that I was to wait for my period and then we would go from there.

I was told it could take up to two weeks after the egg retrival for aunt flo to show up but to my surprise, the morning they called to tell me how many blayocysts had frozen was when she came! I was very happy because one thing you will learn about infertility is everything is time; waiting for the next doctors appointment and the right times, and so on and so forth. This just saved us an extra week and brought us even closer to the transfer!

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