A few days after the surgery, we went up to Phoenix to meet our surrogate, friend and family member and her awesome husband at the airport. They had a LONG day of sitting and waiting for their flight to take off at the airport due to several cancellations for bad weather so they were tired to say the least. We travelled to the resort that I had gotten us rather inexpensive rooms in via Hotwire and we were slightly disappointed to find that it was really no better than a Motel 6. The problem with Hotwire is that you do not get to pick the place, just the general area, the price and the star rating of your choice. So, the last time we ended up in a great resort that had a golf course on the premises and a kitchen and laundry facilities in the rooms. These rooms has a mini fridge and beds. At least the beds were comfy. Anyway, the next day we had a few hours to kill before we had the doctor's appointment for the transfer so we explored Butterfly Wonderland as it sounded interesting and was only a few minutes away from the doctor's office. They had advertised thousands of white butterflies for the season but we only saw a few. The place was very large compared to the one we have in Tucson so it was nice to not bump into people every step you took while exploring the various butterflies. My favorite are the blue morpho.
One landed on Dan and decided to stay for the duration of our visit, supposedly this is good luck (heres hoping!) Once we exited the exhibit, we were surprised by a stingray pool and we were able to pet them. Each of us had a stingray nibble our fingers……. wonder if that was good luck too? (Fingers crossed!)
After the stingray play, it was time to head to the doctor to do the transfer and get a look at our embryo. When we arrived the doctor was ready to go so we were asked to come back right away. We were able to see a picture of our embryo when it was taken out of the freezer and another picture about two hours after the thaw process began. The image showed that the embryo was in fact alive and expanding quickly as it should be. Our surrogate was prepared to receive the embryo and just before it was implanted, we got one more image.
The above image is our "beautiful" (according to the doctor), embryo that was transferred on Tuesday. After the transfer, which went fairly smoothly, our surrogate was instructed to be on bed rest for 24 hours. So, we all headed back to our rooms and laid around and watched movies! After bed rest was up, we had some time to kill before heading back to the airport so the guys went golfing and the ladies headed out shopping! Then we all had dinner and we took them to the airport and said our "goodbyes" and "see you laters" with me trying my best to hold back tears. Tears of happiness, maybe worry and of overwhelming shock that someone is doing this for us out of the kindness of their own heart! What do you even say to that? This whole process is definitely no picnic for her as she has to get injected with needles daily and of course, if it works, she will carry a child for 9 months which, I am told is hard on a woman's body and mind! As I have said before, she is amazing and definitely an angel sent from above to help us out like this and even if it doesn't work out, I have gained a forever friend and that is something special!
Since then, we have been praying for "sticky vibes" as they say in the infertility forum world so that the embryo latches on and begins to grow into a healthy baby. We should know something in another week so we are also praying and hoping to hear the news of a "BFP" (Big Fat Positive), another infertility world term. Thank you all for your support, thoughts and prayers! Until next time, I hope you all are healthy and happy and enjoy Christmas with your loved ones!
awesome
ReplyDeleteJust read this, late. Also awesome!
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