It Takes Two...

When I originally offered to become a GC I let them know that I was willing to accept a transfer of up to two embryos.  (Based on my history of carrying multiple large babies, to full term 11lbs 4 oz, 10lbs 2 oz being the two largest of my six)

At the time, it was decided by the intended parents that only one embryo would be transferred.  Again, since this is focusing on MY part of the story, I will leave out the details and reasons why, but I'm sure you can think of some of the reasons why intended parents might have some trepidation about having multiple embryos implanted.  

So, fast forward to the week prior to transfer day.  There's a load of paperwork, with a calendar and instructions for medications required, and the times at which they must be taken or injected (1Mg Estrogen 2 pills x 3 times daily, 2 CC's of Progesterone in Oil injected at 9pm daily, and an antibiotic 2 pills daily, to begin five days prior to transfer.) And there is an additional FET consent form that I must return, two days prior to the transfer, which must be either witnessed by their office staff (virtually or physically) or notorized. 

I decided the easiest option was to have a telemedicine appointment with a nurse from the fertility clinic.  The appointment was relatively straight forward, there's three - four places I am required to fill out and then sign.  She tells me what to say for each portion, except the section asking how many embryos are going to be transferred.  She asked me how many embryos are going to be transferred?  I responded I think one was discussed originally, but perhaps things have changed or they might want to add another, so I will accept up to two.  The nurse said, I couldn't say up to two, I had to match the exact number that they were transferring.  Okay, so after a quick confirmation text, I placed the number one next to the amount of embryos and signed the consent.  The nurse asked me to take a photo and send it to the office using their messaging app and to sit tight!  Once they received the FET consent form from the parents we were good to go!

As it sometimes happens right before a huge decision prayers are answered and you don't always get to pick the timing of the answers you receive.  So...I receive a call on Friday (right before the fertility clinic closes) sharing some personal insight received and asking if I would be willing to accept two embryos instead of just one.  For me, it was an easy response, "yes." 

I'm sure there are a ton of things I should be worried about, personally, but the only thing that continues to be my primary concern is having the embryo stick, so it becomes an actual pregnancy.  My hope was that increasing the amount of embryos, would increase their odds of having a baby!  Yes, of course there is a very real chance of both sticking, which I completely understand and still agreed to, but was excited to increase their odds of adding to their family.

Okay so now the new number...how do we go about changing the paperwork at the last hour?  You re-print out the paperwork, find a notary and hopefully get a hold of the fertility clinic before they prepare for the transfer, Monday morning!

With some prayers we were able to find an available notary, quickly and submit the updated paperwork to the closed office...and waited anxiously for a response.  It took over 24 hours, but someone from their staff responded on Saturday and let us know that the change had been accepted and two embryos would be transferred on Monday ❤️.