It's Transfer Day!

On Monday, January 25, 2010, Wendy and I were able to sleep in until 8:00 a.m., which felt really good!  Once we became aware of our surroundings - we were back at the Ramada Inn, no longer in our classy (small) room at The Bentley - we also realized that it was raining something fierce outside!  And, there were very strong winds that we could practically feel, in spite of being in a very solid five-story building.

Not having to leave for the Center for a while, we tended to be a bit lazy this morning.  Unfortunately, the power went out just about the time we were going to get ready, so we got ready in the dark!  At least we had hot water, in spite of the lack of lights in the room...

Finally, we left the hotel a little before noon.  Our trip to the New York Presbyterian Hospital was especially long, since the poor weather caused traffic to be especially heavy and slow; we didn't get to our destination until 1:00 p.m.!

On arrival, I continued a tradition that we had started during our first IVF cycle - at that time (December 2008) we had two embryos to transfer, so we bought two tiny T-shirts at the Cornell University bookstore, one for each of our babies.  Since then, we had bought some memento each time, and this time we bought a stuffed teddy bear wearing a Cornell shirt!

Our appointment at the IVF suite was for 2:00 p.m., so we easily arrived on time.  The transfer took place without incident; one had progressed to contain six cells, and the other had eight cells.  These sizes are quite typical for a three-day transfer.  (We've often joked that probably Mathias was the six-cell embryo, since he was so tiny when he was born nearly 10 weeks early!)  :)

We left the suite around 3:30 p.m., with our babies "in tow."  Leaving the city is never as problematic as entering, seemingly, and we weren't in a hurry anyway, since we were just going back to the hotel to relax for the rest of the evening.  Wendy was supposed to take it easy for the rest of the day, as if she would have planned otherwise!  She finished her grading, and I went to Rite Aid for a few things, since we had one more day before we would head home.  We ordered a simple dinner from Dominos, and then just hung out at "home."  Tomorrow would be a purposefully lazy day, trying to give the babies a chance to get permanently settled, and then we'd head home on Wednesday, once again hopeful for what the future would have in store for us...