Countdown to Daddyhood!: Transfer Day 5/21/09

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Transfer Day 5/21/09

Today we did our embryo transfer! We transferred 2 embryos and are feeling very positive about getting pregnant. Of course, we will have to wait until June 1st (the day before Victor's 39th birthday!!!) to find out if we're pregnant but hey, that's really not that long!

In the meantime, we'll keep you updated on how we're feeling during the wait. Keep sending out lots of positive energy, prayers and "sticky vibes" (that's a term made popular on the surrogate blogs and message boards) for us!

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Home Pregnancy Tests (HPTs)

Well, lots of people in the surrogacy industry (doctors, & agencies) don't like HPTs. There is a chance that a HPT can indicate a false positive so blood tests are the best means of verifying pregnancy. That said, the 2 week wait between the embryo transfer and the blood test, is excruciating so many IPs (intended parents) and surrogates rely on HPTs to get some clue as to whether they are pregnant or not. HPTs can detect HCG (the pregnancy hormone) fairly early on, often several days before the surrogates missed period. 4 days after the transfer of our 6-day old embryos, our surrogate took a HPT and got a positive. As she has gone further along, the tests have gotten darker (that's good!). In the pictures, the control line is on the right and the pregnancy indicator line is on the left.