Today was a perfect day, absolutely perfect in every single way. I woke up anxious—I thought I was fine but I had a very upset stomach so my body was obviously physically anxious. It was ok though. I talked to one of my best friends, Rachel, and to my sister. I took a long shower, got dressed, made Jamie her favorite summer salsa and then it was 10:30 am and I was at the doctor. Jamie and Jamie were already there, sitting on the couch. They each got up and gave me a huge hug. Then Fred arrived from work (it is a Friday) and all of the hugging began again. We all talked about how we were feeling—excited, in disbelief that this day had FINALLLY come, anxious about how many embryos made it, etc.
Ironically, I had never run into anyone at this office before today, when a girlfriend walked in. Luckily we each already knew one another went there, but since we have not told 99.99% of the people we know about this, our secret had been safe. She promised to keep it to herself and wished us all luck. She seemed very happy for us.
We were all called in at 10:45. We all changed into our hospital garb and just prior to the transfer we had a group photo taken. Then it was time… We entered the room and we were given the photo of our 3 embryos. Yes, all 3 embryos made it through the "defrosting"! We were told that one embryo looked excellent, one was good and one was poor. Dr. Dodds told us we could leave the poor one out or we could put it into Jamie’s womb. We thought we would give each one a fighting chance, so all 3 embryos were put in. We were told that the odds of triplets are one in a thousand and the chance of twins are 10-20%. We saw on the ultrasound exactly where the embryos were placed, and we were provided with that photo too. Jamie’s lining was perfect—11.5. I told Jamie that at this point she had done her job with all of the shots, and the rest was up to the man upstairs.
As soon as we got back into our room, I gave Jamie his card and then gave Jamie her gift. I got her a silver bracelet with a heart pendant that said on one side “Thank You” and on the other side “Our Angel.” I had the bracelet in a silver heart jewelry box and on that was inscribed “Your gift will be remembered always.” Of course, we were all crying when I gave it to her. I opened it, read what each said and put the bracelet on her wrist. I told them each how very much we appreciate them (in much greater detail) and told them that we recognize the HUGE sacrifices that each of them have made to provide us with this gift. We all hugged and cried… Jamie went over and kissed his wife and I told him how very proud we were of him for his love and devotion to her. We told him that we fully recognized how few men would fully support their wives with something like this. I also said how proud he must be of the woman he married, for not only wanting to do this for us but for really doing it—shot after shot, pelvic exam after pelvic exam, blood draw after blood draw, hormonal crying spell after hormonal crying spell, FDA hoop after FDA hoop—She did it. We did it!!!
After the procedure, we were asked to keep Jamie completely still for an hour. The husbands then left, and the nurse and I loaded Jamie into the back seat of my car, and I took her home with me. We have spent all of the day with her on the couch and me on the chair next to her. We have had wonderful conversation, good movies, yummy food and much needed relaxation. As I said, it was a PERFECT day, a day none of us will ever forget! We are blessed, baby or no baby we are blessed. We walked in to the office today as a party of four, the big question now is did we walk out as more?!? Grow little embryos, grow!!!
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