3dp5dt

We're officially 3 days past a 5 day transfer (3dp5dt).  I'm glad to be off bedrest and out in the land of the living. While I was on bedrest I watched the entire second season of Downton Abbey, love that show! I also started reading the Game of Thrones series, I've gotten to page 384 out of 835 (45% seems good in three days).

The day after the transfer I felt a little bit of twinges on the left side, almost crampy.  I'm hoping that it means that the embryo was just busy burrowing in. I've learned a new acronym PUPO; pregnant until proven otherwise. I like the thought of that and in a sense it is true, I'll take it.

My other thought at this moment is when and if I want to take a home pregnancy test (hpt). With our last IVF turned IUI #3 cycle I did take an hpt the day before the blood test. At that time I was already thinking that I wasn't because one day I had started cramping and spotting quite a bit. I had hoped it was implantation spotting but it seemed more than that and sure enough the beta number came back really low which ended up being a chemical pregnancy.

So the question continues do I take the test early to help guard my heart against a negative outcome. I will take the blood test on a monday morning and then get the results later that day while at work. I feel that if it was to be negative I'd rather have an inkling before than an absolute break down at work. So maybe thats my answer right there, I might take a test the night before just to have an idea. Also then I would be with my husband since I'll be out of town when I get the results.  The idea of even taking the test gives me a touch of anxiety.