If you have had a transplant, I am sure whether this wait is 14 days or 7 days or 10 days, this is going to be very torturous and long and are you scratching your head wondering when you should test.
The truth is that whether you test or don’t test doesn’t stop you from ruminating all the time, leading to fluctuations in your mindset and negative emotions affecting the blood supply to the uterus, leading to disturbed uterine contractions and thus affecting the embryo’s ability to settle in the womb.
A lot of anxiety comes from the unknown, today the circle sister to transfer the third day of fresh embryo as an example, the embryo in the uterus every day ‘work’ to give you a list of clear instead of relaxation.
Some people say that I transferred the fifth day blastocysts, then you can start from the second three days of embryonic activities in this article, I will not be another blastocyst-related articles.
Day one.
It is transferred into the uterus as an eight or six cell embryo, at this point it doesn’t stay still in a fixed position, it floats, and if it is hungry, it will get its nourishment from the reserves of the blastocysts and the fluids in the mother’s cavity.
At this point you will not have any discomfort other than some discomfort from the transfer procedure, such as a bloated belly and the like, and are encouraged to get out of bed as early as possible after the transfer to urinate.
This is because there are clinical trials that have suggested that getting out of bed early to urinate has a tendency to increase the rate of attachment, and that early activity does not affect the position of the embryo or allow it to fall out as a result.
Day Two
After the first day of acclimatisation and division, it is now on the verge of becoming a blastocyst baby, which is still floating but still working hard to grow, and the ever-dividing ball of cells is beginning to form a fluid-filled cavity.
This corresponds to the fifth day of development into a baby blastocyst, the day of blastocyst transfer.
Day Three
This is technically the day when the embryo is considered a true embryo, and the expansion of the cells and fluid-filled chambers within the embryo causes the hard outer ‘shell’ called the zona pellucida to break down, and the embryo hatches from there.
Day 4
From this day onwards, the embryo is essentially immobile and needs to find a comfortable angle where it is ready to take root and grow.
Many people start to sit around and use test strips from this day onwards, but there is no need to do this at all, as most embryos are still producing very little hcg at this time.
Day Five.
The embryo will grow a little tail like ‘drill’ and start to try and penetrate the lining, this is when the dialogue between the embryo and the lining begins.
Some people will feel the cramping of the embryo’s implantation, and my own experience was quite intense, waking up in the middle of the night in pain as if it were yesterday.
The so-called implantation cramp is a spasm that occurs when the peripheral nerves are pulled due to the fertilised egg drilling into the uterine wall. It is usually short-lived, or lasts for one to two days, and is occasionally accompanied by a small amount of bleeding.
Some sisters may also report some pulling/tingling sensation in the stomach suddenly as if they had been pricked by pins and needles.
This is caused by the changes that occur when the culture comes into contact with the uterine wall, and it also signals that your embryonic baby is trying to settle.
The sixth day
Finally, the little embryo has found a good place to settle down, and has started to place its luggage and soft goods, and is about to comfortably start the mode of lying down and ‘eating and drinking’.
This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for, when the trophoblast cells begin to proliferate, extending many uniformly chorionic outgrowths to lock the embryo firmly in its position.
If you take a pregnancy test at this time, you may get a weak signal, but it may not be very accurate due to the effects of early medication, so you should not be too anxious.
If you are transferring a blastocyst, this may be the day you go back to the fertility centre for your first blood test, don’t worry about how much hcg you actually have at this time, it basically doesn’t mean much at this time, relax.
This is actually the time when a lot of the fertility preservation actions in our circle are going to start to go on, or need to go on earlier, making the blood have a high enough concentration of the blood drug at this time.
Day 7 or 8
Wow, the implantation has been completed, the little embryo is no longer working hard to ‘dig’, the era of lying flat has come, the little embryo finally touches the mother’s blood circulation, and will never worry about food and drink again!
At this time, you may still have a little bit of bleeding at the time of implantation, but this is not a problem at all, do not worry about it at all, this is because the trophoblast cells invade the mother’s blood circulation.
At this time, the cells in the outer periphery gradually change into the placenta, while the cells in the inner periphery gradually develop into the foetus.
Usually this time of the day for the blastocyst is the day of the second blood draw, and at this time if your hcg is quite a bit higher than the first time, even if it hasn’t doubled, it doesn’t matter, it means that your chances of success are extremely high.
Day 90
The hcg in the placenta has infiltrated into the mother’s bloodstream in large quantities, at this time you can go to the blood test for pregnancy, are you waiting anxiously and anxiously?
At this time, the blastocyst will return to the hospital for the third time, taking the last hcg as the starting point, this time you can finally see the hcg doubling, if the doubling is good, it means that the embryo is stable in the bed, and your next step is to take good care of the foetus, that’s all you need to do.
Day 11 and 12
At this point you should be able to see clearly even with a pregnancy test at home, you can finally breathe a sigh of relief, if you have a bad pregnancy history, you still need to continue to monitor the hcg at this time to ensure that the doubling is normal.
Day 13 or 14
There may be some hospitals where fresh embryo transfers only take their first pregnancy test at this time, I’m sure many of you have already taken your home test and are just waiting for this clearance certificate from the hospital.
The next time is to look forward to the successful growth and birth of your little one!
You need to do these to increase your pregnancy success rate by 12%.
①Pre-operative flushing
As a family member, we may not be able to do this, this is a unique convenience for nurses, but usually the reproductive centre has a pre-transplant douche operation, so sisters can rest assured.
②Psychological assessment and encouragement
This is the sisters themselves can be properly adjusted, more need to cooperate with the family, you can see and listen to some success stories, enhance the confidence of transplantation, maintain a good mental state.
③ Intraoperative nursing care to appease emotions
Yes, or emotional management, this point of the family and the patient can work together, before the operation on a comprehensive understanding of the entire process of transplantation, try to fully relax the body and mind.
④ Postoperative prohibition of pelvic baths and reasonable diet
There is no very clear contraindication in the literature, only the pelvic bath is clearly prohibited, in addition to the need to pay attention to rest, make adjustments in the diet, enhance physical fitness.
After you read it is not too simple, in fact, the circle sister feels that at this time the emotion may be the biggest key to improve the pregnancy rate.
Throughout the entire transplant cycle and later waiting, the most important thing is to relax, which may achieve results comparable to any high-priced birth control drugs!
Knowing what to expect and what to expect, after reading the whole process of what the fetus goes through during the 14 days of the transplant, the nerves will definitely be properly relieved, or at least be able to relax at ease for a few days prior to conception, which is crucial for conception!
I know it’s hard to relax completely during these crucial 14 days, and don’t stress too much, just do your best, cheers!
Georgia Surrogacy Services,Legal IVF Hospital,Global Fertility Agency