What happens after embryo transfer

beckihall

I just had my embryo transfer on Tuesday, and ya'll know I can't stop thinking about it. I found this day-by-day breakdown of the what happens after a 5 day old embryo transfer and wanted to share!

Day 1: The blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell.
Day 2: The blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus
Day 3: The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation
Day 4: Implantation continues
Day 5: Implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop
Day 6: Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream
Days 7 + 8: Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted
Day 9: Levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy

KareChristine

Thanks for sharing, I will be obsessing soon too hopefully. We start our first IVF cycle next week! Planning on a 5dt, RE says only one blastocyst due to my risk of blood clots and miscarriage. Good luck to you! Hope your little blastie is digging deep!

beckihall

Thank you, good luck to you too!

MKLEWIS2010

Good luck!

tiyashrivasthav

Good information and all the best to you.

przemosbabe

I think things can happen faster then that. I got a positive test 4 days after my 5dt. Still shocked snout that day Hope the same for you!

beckihall

Thank you everybody! I woke up this morning feeling slight cramping, im hoping it's implantation!

KareChristine

Ooooo!  Exciting!   Keep us filled in on your progress!

gkamerman78

I understand your pain of waiting I had my transfer on Tuesday as well and have been cramping on and off all day...not really bad but I still worry. Sending the stickies baby dust I can find your way......FX for 2 BFPS soon. When's your beta? Mines on the 13th

beckihall

Mine is on the 14th! Keep me posted & best of luck to you!

gkamerman78

@beckihall just wanted to wish you lots of luck. I have my FX for you. I ll be going straight to a frozen cycle I sadly got my BFN today. Guess I'll just have to do it again next month.

beckihall

@gkamerman78 I'm so sorry to hear that, I read somewhere that 90% of couples are pregnant by their third round of IVF. Hang in there, you'll be pregnant before you know it!

KidShrink

@beckihall : is that with 3 rounds of ER and all possible FETs or 1 ER and two FETs?

munizbear

Best of luck ladies. Keep busy and keep calm. Cramping is usually a great sign! :-) xoxo

krbjoy

I feel like everyone else is doing BETAs way sooner than I get to. I had my 5dt on Tuesday and I can't go for BW until the 25th. That's 2 FULL weeks! Does that make sense? It seems like all the 5dt I see test around 9-10 days. I'm 3 days in and trying not to freak out! Yesterday I started feeling little "twinges" in my lower abdomen area. Just on and off and not really painful. Getting through the work day is the worse! I use a computer all day so it's impossible to stay off the internet. Having a hard time focusing.

 

riveridgional

@krbjoy that does sound like a long time to me for a 5dt based on what I've read (no personal experience here). The twinges sound like a positive sign especially since your essentially 8dpo. I don't know if I'd be able to hold out until 8/25 without taking a HPT, so good luck! I admire all of you ladies going through IVF for the strength you show throughout the process.

krbjoy

Thanks @riveridgional! 

I might be waiting a week from today to take hpt. I'm already the most impatient person. I can't hardly wait 2 days for Amazon Prime shipments lol. 

beckihall

That statistic was with 1 er and two fet. And ladies, thank you all so much for your prayers! My pregnancy test was positive today, it doesn't even feel real. I know you'll all get there one day, just keep having faith!

KidShrink

@beckihall : thanks! I hope we don't have to make it to IVF (we will sometimes in late October if IUI and injectibles hasn't worked worked).

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy!

riveridgional

@beckihall yaaaaayyyy! I was thinking about you this morning and really hoping it was positive!!

beckihall

Thank you @KidShrink & @riveridgional !

Binnie505

Congratulations @beckihall. Hope you have a successful pregnancy. How many embryos did you transfer on day 5? I had my 5 day transfer today and we only transferred one so I was curious.

beckihall

We transferred two. My DH and decided that was a good option for us, and that we're prepared for multiples. Plus with the limit my insurance puts on our coverage it was better for us to try for 2 now and we can still afford to have 3 children.

MKLEWIS2010

Congrats @beckihall thats awesome I wish you a happy and healthy 9 months!

Binnie505

@beckihall that's great. My doc and embryologist both felt that due to my age (31yrs) and the fact that they think I am tiny lol (4'10" and 107 lb) they don't want me to carry multiples at all. And since the blastocyst was a very good quality they felt comfortable transferring only one. We'll see how it goes.
All the best to u. Cheers.

ohGeeze

@beckihall AWESOME NEWS!