Yet again I have fallen behind and now there is a lot to catch up. So I guess we will begin with the start of our road trip.
Due to high cost of plane tickets I decided I would drive. A good friend of mine, Sarah said she would go along for the adventure. Her 20 month old daughter, Jazlyn also joined us. We left on Tuesday, March 1st and headed up I-81 torwards DC. Half way up we stopped at a park in Salem to play a bit, stretch our legs, and have a picnic. This was on the play ground, we decided it was good luck and took a picture...
Here are a couple more of Jazzy enjoy the park. She was so great the whole trip!!! The last one is Jazz with her momma, Sarah.
So once we had stretch our legs we got back on the road and headed torward Washington DC to meet up with old high school friends and to meet their new 7 week old baby Mathew. We met at the mall and had dinner at Friday's. Nothing special but it was so good to see old friends. Then we went for a tour of DC at night which was beautiful of course!
The following day we headed to the zoo. It was Jazzy and Mathews first trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and Jazz for the most part seemed to enjoy the animals. After the zoo it was time to head to Philadelphia to meet up with Y & S. After all this entry is about my surrogacy. :)
We met Y & S for dinner at Maggiano's in Philadelphia. Mmmmmmm, Italian my favorite!!! We had an amazing dinner which included entirely too much food! Y & S got to play with Jazz who of course was adorable and so well behaved all through dinner. We ate way to much and went away with leftovers for a week. Good thing our hotel had a fridge. After dinner we still had an hour and a half to drive. We were all getting tired of being in the car. We got to our hotel room in Somerset NJ and pretty much crashed.
Thursday was transfer day!!! We woke up and had breakfast. Y & S picked me up at 11:40. I really didn't feel as nervous this time around. I basically knew what to expect. We didn't have to wait too long. By 12:30 the Valium was making me feel a little loopy.
The got me on the table and transfered two beautiful grade A embryos that were at blastocysts stage. Got to lay on the table for 30 more minutes about to pee in my pants but also got to hang out some with Y so that was nice.
Here are some pictures with Y & S after we got back from transfer. Ignore the goofy expression on my face I am still good and doped up on Valium.
After transfer I begin my 24 hours of bed rest. It was nice to have Jazz for entertainment. It made the time go by so fast. And Sarah was so helpful. She wouldn't let me do anything. I am so glad they were able to join me for this trip!
Friday it was time to head home. We left around 11. We drove for a while. This time taking our break at Dinosaur Land which by the way is awesome. See for yourself. :)
You can barely see me but I am sitting on King Kong's hand. :)
After the dinosaurs, it was again time to get back on the road. We drove until 7 that night and found a not very nice Days Inn to stay. Woke up early the next morning and headed for home. Got home around 2:00 and was so glad to see the kiddos. Once home the agonizing 2ww started.
