Bed rest or not

I remembered I took a cab straight to the hotel on my first embryo transfer. The nurse told me no need to bed rest. But, I did lay on the bed for an hour. Perhaps the hcg had triggered some food cravings on me. I was craving for a mango pudding. My husband wasnt familiar with food nearby our hotel. Come what may... I guessed that I walked under a thousand steps.

For this cycle, after my embryo transfer last Thursday, I asked my doctor whether I can go shopping or not. He told me to rest for two days and come back to his clinic for blood extraction and hcg injection. Rest! I guess rest is not the same as bed rest.

I ate late breakfast on my embryo transfer day.  I starving after the embryo transfer. Grrr... My husband insisted that we ate lunch at the fast food. Why cant I play as a queen bee resting in my bee hive? Why cant he play as a worker bee for a while? We walk under five hundred steps from clinic to fast food to taxi station then to hotel room. Queen bee asked for supper and worker bee insisted we dine together in the restaurant. I must learn to control my worker bees and slaves.

The next morning, I had some short list of restaurants from the OpenRice apps. Lazy worker bee! I saw in my Steps app that I have walked 6000+ (Apiece) on the embryo transfer day, and the day after. I have walked 9000 steps on the second day post transfer. Ehem... I used to have a sedentary lifestyle back home. I crave for milk tea. I skipped the mango pudding.

Is bed rest necessary? I held my pee for about an hour already. 15 minutes after the embryo transfer, I went to pee. Did the embryo flashed out? Anyway, I think there is no uterine cavity, but instead there are two muscles pushing each other. No gap between the uterus lining. No balloon. The embryos are put in place already. It might not fall anymore.

After I pee, my husband insisted I lie on the bed again. I refused. Those flashed were already flashed. He then asked me to sit down for a while. I refused. I said I want to eat and go back to hotel as soon as possible because I want to lie down. Why not lie down first for half hour before we head to restaurant and hotel? Am I really that starving? Can I fast for half hour more?

Btw, what is the best thing to do after the embryo transfer? I have sticky blood. I use transderm nitro patch on my tummy. That should dilate my blood vessels in order to let more blood flow into the uterus. To have more blood flowing to the uterus, does this mean... i should be standing or sitting? Will lying on my back increase my blood flow to the uterus?

Come what may, I went to shop with Alex these few days. I need to buy his stuffs before I get grounded. Bed rest or not?