
I am down four pound today, hallelujah! Today is the first day I didn't have to bind my belly fat. I'm hoping my super duper bloat is gone for a while. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking it was almost time to wake up for the day. I had to pee SO bad but I still wanted an extra hour of sleep. After fighting it for a what seemed like an hour I finally got up to relieve myself and realized it was only 4:30 a.m. and despite the fact that I peed directly before bed at 10:30 p.m. Of course I caught some of it in a cup (insane pee marathon in progress) and noticed it was very diluted. Still the Wondfo hpt gave me a very very faint line (see last night's post, it looks pretty much the same).
Finally wake up for the day at 8:30 (late!) and pee again in a cup. It's darker now with the same super duper faint line. Oh hcg trigger, why do you taunt me?
And in case any pee-crazy IVFers are reading this, I found this web site that gives the following instructions on testing at home after IVF:
When to Start HPTs During the Two Week Wait (2WW)
For a 3-day transfer, don't POAS (pee on a stick) until 6 days after transfer.
For a 5-day transfer, don't POAS until 4 days after transfer.
For a 5-day transfer, don't POAS until 4 days after transfer.
So that means I can start testing (or keep testing rather) tomorrow because, after all, someone on the Internet said I could! You want science? I got your science right here (from more reputable web site):
5-Day Transfer
Days Past Transfer (DPT) | Embryo Development |
One | The blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell |
Two | The blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus |
Three | The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation |
Four | Implantation continues |
Five | Implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop |
Six | Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream |
Seven | Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted |
Eight | Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted |
Nine | Levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy |
I sort of want to call bull on this chart because I've seen forum postings where women claim to have gotten BFPs four days after a five day transfer, but I'm no doctor.
Either way, I only have a week until my beta and maybe less until a hpt shows a positive. Fingers crossed.
So far so good, right? Keep us posted!
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