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I know I'm not alone in saying that the two week wait sucks.  It's not even half way through the wait and I feel like I'm going a little mental.  Thankfully this week is going to be a little busy so I can take my mind of things and step away from Dr. Google.  

On Saturday I had a wonderful time hanging out with some of my high school girlfriends.  My friend Kelly recently returned to Canada after living in the USA for 10 years.  She wanted to celebrate her return so she hosted a great little party.  Since it was a topic of conversation the last time we got together, I was a little worried that the whole topic of TTC was going to come up again.  The last time I saw everyone together like this was about a month before my first IVF cycle.  We had a lot of laughs, played a little Wii, and enjoyed some amazing food.  It was exactly what I needed.  

Also on Saturday, I was supposed to call the embryologist to find out about the remaining two embryos that they were culturing.  Just I picked up the phone to call the number, I noticed a little note indicating that if my date to call landed on a Saturday, I would need to call on Monday to find out.  Bummer.  After a morning spent clock watching, I called the embryologist's lab today to find out the news.  As expected, the two they were culturing did not make it.  I suspect they were the two poorer quality embryos and the 5 that were frozen on Day 3 were among the best.  Of course it's disappointing but I'm still comforted by the fact that we have 5 waiting, just in case.  

As for symptom watch, there's really nothing much to report.  My cramping comes and goes.  It definitely feels like my period but from what I've read, there are similarities between menstrual cramps and early pregnancy cramps.  According to a implantation chart I found, yesterday, the embryo(s) would have started the task of burrowing into the lining.  Do people feel it implanting?  Is it a cramp?  Is it a twinge?  Also, I've read that with the progesterone, the cramping could be a result of the uterus preparing for implantation.  In the end, I have no clue.  It's a little disconcerting.  Yesterday, the breast soreness started.  I'm sure that's courtesy of the progesterone as well.  Other than the sore breasts and the cramps, I have no other symptoms.  I've never been pregnant so I have no clue what pregnancy feels like.

Zeus admiring the garden at sunset

Sadly, I'm well versed in what not being pregnant feels like.

On a different note, they're demolishing the beautiful old home behind our townhouse to put up a new townhouse complex.  I suppose it's somewhat hypocritical of me to be annoyed by this, but sadly we'll no longer have this beautiful view of the mountains and the sunset.