hi ladies

bucky poor you i can assure you that in comparison to childbirth, i would definitely say that having a catheter put into your cervix with a full bladder is worse!! i was DYING for a wee while having my HSG and it was not pleasant!! CB is suchan empowering and urge-led experience and i am 100% sure you will do great when giving birth to the little bean growing inside you now as you are now, for all intents and purposes, pregnant!! get your feet up
<<<<<ei waves panda paws to all>>>>>
xx ei xx

Bucky that sounds no fun. IME if people are messing about with my cervix it really helps to be relaxed (lots of deep breathing), which of course it would be flipping hard to be if you needed to pee. I know bugger all about embryo grading, but there is this website which I have looked at for lots of things over the past couple of years. It says that 2 cells after 48 hours is fine. Please don't fret- I really doubt that embryos can be judged purely on their looks.

And for the record I can promise that childbirth (even though I haven't done the crowning bit ever!) is now't like having a catheter put through your cervix! For a start, it is something your body wants to do! When it comnes to it you'll be fine .

DG glad you are ok.

Oh bucky I've never had ET so can't compare it to childbirth but it sounded traumatic but maybe, like childbirth, you'll forget all about it once you have a little wriggly bean growing inside you.

Doesn't average mean you have just as much chance as anyone else does of the embie being viable? And doesn't good mean you actually have a better chance?that's got to be positive right?

Got my fingers crossed. And a big mug of hot chocolate here for you.

I am still waiting for the spotting to stop. But where I thought I'd be absolutely desperate for it to finish I'm actually in no rush to bring on the next cycle.

Hope everyone else is ok.

ET sucked. Either you are all incredibly stoic and have major pain thresholds or I am pathetic. Don't get me started about the holding the pee in thing, the nerve in my back that was trapped by my mega full bladder that practically paralysed me or the cold sweats and decidedly 'average' embryos.

This morning we had 8 'average' embryos and 1 'good' embryo that had hardly divided which in my uninformed opinion sounds totally pants. (sorry that you have to hear all this again Caitni if you have been on the other thread). So one good and one average went back in and I am sat at home totally traumatised by what was, and I do not exaggerate, one of the worst experiences of my life. If child birth is like that this could have been a mistake...LOL .

I am totally self absorbed and not enquiring about anyone else for which I apologise. I do of course love you all and hope you do not live in Cumbria. xx

Wow - 9/10 is FAB. Hope the transfer went ok.

Good luck for today Bucky - looking forward to hearing how ET went

Big waves to everyone else.

bucky brilliant 9 out of 10 is eggcellent bet you cant wait to get them back in the oven
hi to everyone else
xx ei xx

It's lovely your DP is excited! This is such a thrilling bit of the whole process. And two is cool (cos don't forget I transferred two blasts, so had a super high chance of twins, and am pregnant with a singleton).

On the day thing, you could always try calling the embryologist to discuss - the squeaky wheel getting the oil and all that - or you could have a look somewhere like the Lister's pregnancy calculator (www.ivf.org.uk/) and see whether it's worth your while to bother (disclaimer: their calculator is based on their own cycles).

Either way, you can bask in the glow of your clever embryos doing so well

X posted Caitni...nope, no option for later transfer given . What will be will be I suppose.

I can't believe I am going to say this but two are going back in . I'm super scared though, although DP is too excited. I have given him the 25% success statistics to calm him down!