Dumb question but worried...

[dnjblohm]

Okay, this may sound really dumb, I'm really worried that some mild cramping I am having might expel my embryos. I am having ET tomorrow morning and I'm scared I might lose them/they might fall out if I cramp. The cramps are mild ones left over from a rough ER. Anyone ever ask your RE about this?

[BC-KarenS-MI]

No, I promise you, you won't expel your embryo's!! Once they're transferred to you, they're not going anywhere.

This is how it was explained to me when I first cycled. They told me to think of my uterus as being covered with peanut butter & that my embryo's were little chocolate chips. If you put the chips on the peanut butter, they won't come off. They sorta stick.

When I did my 2nd cycle, I couldn't stop sneezing! I was soooooo freaked out that I would sneeze my little ones that I actually called the nurse to ask her again! She reassured me that they wouldn't go anywhere & they didn't! That was my first successful cycle & it started with twins.

Its hard to ignore the things that you're feeling when you're oging through all this, but hang in there! You're not alone in those feelings/fears & you can absolutely have success with it!

BTW, cramping can be completely normal after you have your retrieval/transfer because the uterus & ovaries have been through a lot!



I hope your transfer went well this morning!!

Karen

[SeattleSuz]

I had mild cramping all throughout my 2WW and I still had a bfp. Don't worry about the cramping, usually it's just your body adjusting to the embies and getting past the fact that you produced so many eggs! Your body has just been through a trauma with all of this and has a hard time adjusting to it all. I had mild cramping off and on until I was 6 weeks. So, don't worry.

That said, DH and I were worried about bding, because he was afraid he would knock them out. lol

[KAYJAY]

All that talk of peanut butter and chocolate is making me feel hungry!!!

I used to worry about sneezing and coughing shaking up the embies so its not a dumb question.....I bet many ladies have been wanting to ask the same thing!

Hope you feel more comfortable and good luck with your cycle!

[MurphyandI]

My IVF nurse compared the embies to ticks (ew). That they would burrow down. I wish she'd used a happier metaphor, but I got her point: they don't slip out or get sneezed out, etc. It's not a silly question!