Our 5-day Eskimo Transfer

Our doctor aspirated 10 follies of which seven were fertilized and 3 were placed in cryopreservation after day 5 and 2 others were placed on preserve the day after. Yes! We never got this far and we are so happy! So far everything has worked out well despite the OHSS and a torsi of my left ovary (that was very painful! I was rushed to the ER and we lost a lot of good developing follies). Now we have 5 mini Eskimos in the freezer waiting to be transferred when my hormones and ovaries return to normal.

WAITING FOR THE TRANSFER

It has been a struggle for me as I have been waiting for my period to come so we can start with the stimulation. I haven't slept for days thinking that this will not work again. I'm stressed and I have turned into a wacko googling and reading forums that might somehow help me or reassure me that we will have a transfer and that it will be successful.

My doctor advised me to stay home as stress has a bad influence to implantation.  Luckily the odds has turned to our side and there was no need to wait for my period to come. I was ovulating myself and we can transfer without any stimulation!

2 ESKIMOS

In Belgium you don't get to decide how many embryos you get to transfer as most of the costs are paid back by the healthcare for 6 IVF cycles. For women aging <35 transfer is limited to 1 embie during the first two cycles while women older than mentioned can have a maximum of 2 embies transferred.

It is our third cycle and honestly we thought we never got this far so better to have two than nothing right?  So we had two little Eskimos transferred last Friday!

THE AGONY OF THE 2WW

Our beta test is only on the 29th. Exactly 14 days after our 5d fet.  The waiting game again begins for me.  I have looked up online as to when I can do a HPT. So far I have read about 6dp5dfet can give a positive result, but I can't bear the stress in waiting again.

SYMPTOMS

I don't know what early symptoms to notice as it is just 2 days past transfer. Of course I have read a lot of possible symptoms already. As of the moment I feel heavy lower abdominal pressure after a few hours of standing. It can be eased by lying down and resting.  My abdomen looks like I'm 4 months pregnant already, maybe I'm just bloated.