[DANIgrl]

Originally Posted by bridge2baby

I have been cramping all morning...there was an especially pinchy cramp while I was sleeping.

This couldn't be implantation, could it? No. It's too early, right??

I am 1dp3dt. Too early. But why so pinchy?

The pinching is likely your ovaries shrinking down to their normal state and/or your uterus recovering from the retrieval. It's hard not to wonder about every twinge and cramp following transfer. Believe me, I have been guilty of the same in my past cycles.

This schedule helped me understand what's going on with the embryos and how they're devloping post transfer. As you can see, the embryo has not even reached blastocyst state at 1dp3dt. I hope it helps!


What happens after a Day 3 Transfer?
1 days past transfer (dpt): Embryo is growing and developing
2dpt: Embryo is now a blastocyst
3dpt: Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day
4dpt: Blastocyst attaches to a site on the uterine lining
5dpt: Implantation begins,as the blastocyst begins to bury in the lining
6dpt: Implantation process continues and morula buries deeper in the lining
7dpt: Morula is completely implanted and has placenta cells & fetal cells
8dpt: Placenta cells begin to secret HCG in the blood
9dpt: More HCG is produced as fetus develops
10dpt: More HCG is produced as fetus develops
11dpt: HCG levels are now high enough to be immediately detected on HPT