I never imagined my FET day (yesterday) would unfold like this…

So, it's FET day. I've been anxiously waiting for it after five years of TTC. I have two embryos from an ER last September. They thaw my best-graded embryo—a 3BB—and perform assisted hatching. Everything goes beautifully, and they transfer.

My husband has to work the night shift, so we part ways, and I drive home alone. When I’m almost home, my family doctor calls and says she needs to talk to me about the results of a routine abdominal ultrasound. The results show I have an abdominal aorta dissection with a flap that may cut off blood supply to the lower part of my body. She told me to go to the ER immediately to get it checked.

I go in with a friend, and they assess me almost immediately since it's such a serious issue. The ER doctor finds the problem again on the regular ultrasound and says I will probably need surgery to place a stent in my artery. He tells me my life is the priority right now so I can have as many kids as I want in the future—and possibly protect this future baby from losing its blood supply. At this point, I’m crying my eyes out. They order further testing and consult with the cardiac surgeon. Eventually, the surgeon says the results are inconclusive and sends me home with a referral to a cardiac clinic in a week.

So much stress on my transfer day. I am crushed. I didn't get to watch a funny movie and go for a walk as recommended. I’ll obviously be stressed about this until they rule out any real problem. I can only hope everything is okay.

Is there any chance I haven’t lost my embryo after going through this level of stress? Did anyone else go through a very stressful situation right after FET and was successful?

Update (Friday, March 28th): First of all, I want to thank you all for your words of encouragement and kindness. Thank you also for sharing your FET stories with me—it means so much to know we are not alone in this and to see the strength we all have but don’t always recognize.

A week has gone by since my initial post, and today I had my vascular appointment as well as my first beta. The technicians confirmed that there is an aortic dissection, but I am still waiting for the doctors to tell me what the next steps are.

As for the beta—good news! It came back positive! I am 10dp5dt, and it is 342 IU/L.

I know this adds another layer of complication and worry to the vascular issue, but right now, I choose to be happy. I hope you can share in this joy with me after the emotional roller coaster these past few days have been.