PUPO

At the risk of becoming an 8th grade health teacher, here is a handy diagram that I've been consulting to remind myself what's going on in my body in real-time.

We skipped a lot of the process so we begin with Day 6 in the hatching blastocyst stage.  Yesterday was Day 7, today is Day 8 so these snow babies should be attaching themselves to my uterine wall by tomorrow morning.  It's quite a process.  They have to release an enzyme that eats its way through my lining in order to carve out a nice little nook for winter.  Been trying to do that positive imaging thing and I keep cracking up when I picture little PAC-man type creatures munching their way to safety. 

By late next week, if all goes well, they will be secreting enough hCG to be detectable on a blood test.  You can't test super accurately before day 20 or 21 and by that time, you're already considered "4 weeks pregnant" which is weird since they count from the first day of your last period even for IVF.

I'm home doing lesson plans for Wednesday when I formally take over all classes at MHS.  I'm sure every third thought will be "am I or aren't I?" but not a whole lot to do now but wait.