Jay and I arrived at the hospital early Monday morning. I was really nervous because we had not heard any more about our embryos. We did not know how many survived and what kind of shape they were in. As soon as we were called back, we saw all our doctors and nurses waiting to greet us. It was very comforting seeing all them smiling at us. Then Dr. Thomas handed us a picture. We had 4 living fertilized embryo, 2 that were considered grade A and 2 grade C. We had already pre-determined that only 2 would be implanted. This picture is our 2 grade A embryos that were implanted. This time Jay got to put on scrubs and stay with me during the whole procedure. They told me I would get to keep my socks on this time so I wore a great pair with red and black argyle that I now consider my lucky socks. This procedure is also guided by ultrasound so Jay and I watched the screen as they implanted the 2 embryo into the thickest part of my uterus with a long catheter. They looked like very small white lights on the screen, it was pretty amazing and I was glad that Jay was there to hold my hand the entire time. Dr. Thomas gave Jay the petri dish where the embryos lived and then they left us alone so I could lay and relax for about 30 minuets. That night I had to start my progesterone in oil injections. These needles were about an inch and a half long and had to go directly into my hip muscle. These were a little more painful and eventually caused me to get really big painful knots on each hip. I had to take these injections every night until 1. we found out we were not pregnant or 2. week 10 or 11 of pregnancy. Many women run the risk of low progesterone levels early in pregnancy but women who go through the IVF procedures are guaranteed low progesterone levels so these injections protect against miscarriage due to low progesterone levels. Now there was nothing left to due but wait for 14 days to find out if either or both of the embryos implanted. 
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