Monday, January 26, 2015

A Completely Lazy Day - Doctor's Orders!

On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, Wendy and I had nothing to do, really!  Actually, on the day after embryo transfer there are no restrictions, and we could have come home.  But, for each of our cycles, we've taken that day as a de-stressing day, and just enjoyed having no agenda!  In the world of fertility treatments, the acronym describing Wendy's state of being at this time was PUPO - "pregnant until proven otherwise" - and we just enjoyed the day full of hope, knowing from previous experiences that it may not last as long as we wanted it to.

So, we got up around 8:00 in the morning, and just had breakfast at the hotel, a bagel and a waffle.  Wendy worked some more on grades, and I prepped for classes, since I'd be behind when we did return back; our spring semester had started yesterday, after all, and a colleague was graciously covering my first couple of classes.

We had leftover pizza for lunch, with more relaxation throughout the rest of the day.  At dinner time, we did order some food from Fairmount Eats in Hackensack, NJ, and I went to pick it up; some places delivered conveniently to the Ramada, but it wasn't quite as predictable as when we were in the city.  We enjoyed a quesadilla, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chicken panini, fries, and a banana dessert.  Whenever we eat out, even though I order something and Wendy orders something, it's always a sharing process, and even more so when we're in a hotel room, and we don't have to be self conscious about eating off each other's plates!  :)

We began to prepare psychologically for the trip home tomorrow.  It's always difficult to leave the hopeful energy of an IVF cycle and return to the humdrum existence that is our lives, with a daily work grind, no housekeeping staff, a limited budget for restaurants, and so on, added to the reality that this might not "take."  But, we knew it was necessary, and we hoped that there were more than two of us along for that return trip...

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