Embies are in

So, they got 4 fertilized with ICSI. No-one told us they were doing ICSI although it had been discussed but we had never fully signed off on it. They wanted me to sign the papers yesterday which I refused so they didn't charge for it although Dr. made it clear we may not have gotten 4 if they hadn't done it.
Transfer was yesterday. We had to go in at 8:45 for a 9:30 transfer.

The Dr's are 1) Dr. Frankfurter (aka Dr. Sausage and 2) Dr. Gindoff (aka Dr. Wizard as it sounds like Gandalf)
Dr. Sausage is my doctor and the one I saw for all the consultations. Dr. Wizard I have seen before but didn't like him and he put me off that clinic until lots of other people told me to see Frankfurter instead.

So, I had Dr. Wizard for all the procedures as he was the one on this week to do them. He apparantly is very good and has lots of qualifications and awards and is actually the main man at the clinic - he just has no people skills.
After the procedure he was talking again about the Assisted Hatching and said - 'you can thank me in 2 weeks'. I really appreciated him saying that in a weird way as it gave me confidence that he wasn't just doing it for the extra money which is always a worry but he was doing it for me.

When I arrived we had the same room as on Friday. They gave me some Valium which they give to calm the uterus down so it doesn't cramp. (only a low dose though).
Then I had to drink some water to fill up my bladder. This was about 9am and the procedure was being done at 9.30. About 9.15 there was no sign of Wizard and I was busting. The nurse let me let a cup out but I was still busting. At about 10 I had to go again -she didn't know where Wizard was so I thought sod it I'll go and start again with the water when he gets here. He arrived just as I walked out of the bathroom so then he started on about Assisted Hatching. I was so shocked as I was not prepared for this. I said 'but I don't know anything about it and haven't done any research'. The dr said 'well, we have and its whats best for these embryos', or something like that. I asked him to get my real dr. to confirm and he agreed is was the best thing. So, we signed off on it.
The nurse came in an explained exactly what would happen during the procedure and how they get the embies in there. Wizard showed us pictures of the embryos which were looking nice - 8 cells. 3 were a grade 1 and 1 was a grade 2 (slightly fragmented) but still worth freezing. He ticked off the 2 we would use and it felt weird to think that if he'd ticked a different two we'd have a totally different child. Just by the flick of a pen. Bizarre.
So, anyway they put 2 embies in and we froze 2. Additonal $2,100 it was for that and the AH but its a lot less than another full cycle.

David was in there with me this time which was much better. I hate the transfer part - the speculum thing is horrible. I had my mantra with me which I read the whole time it was going on.
It is:

I trust and honor my body

Earth my body
Air my breath
Water my blood
Fire my spirit

My body is the perfect host for new life.

It is on the ceiling in the room I have acupuncture and is very empowering.

So, I had to rest, reclined back then for about 30 minutes then I could use the bathroom. During this time Dr. Sausage came in to apologize about the ICSI thing and told us we probably wouldn't have got 4 if he hadn't done it. He was very apologetic. Also talked to us a lot about what to do the next few days and generally about this protocol vs the other one etc. It was really nice of him.

They then gave us a picture of the ultrasound with 2 white specs on it where the embies are. Lets hope its not the last ultrasound scan I get to take home...

So, I came home and had to rest for the day. I have cancelled all work this week and am going to try to not do very much. They say Day 5 is when they should implant so that should be Wednesday (tomorrow).

Dr. Sausage said I couldn't do anything related to the move so I am pretty helpless as there's so much to do and I just have to look at it. We are moving on Saturday but have moved quite a lot of stuff already as we had the keys last weekend. It shouldn't be too bad. I am basically going to leave David to it on Saturday and go to stay at a friends house for the day so I'm not tempted to do anything.