Today is the day of what we have referred to as “The Procedure” or “The Transfer” – in short, they will be injecting the embryo into my uterus this very afternoon.

It’s a little bit of a surreal feeling – if all goes well, last night was my last night as a non-pregnant woman for quite awhile. Again, we’ve never put this kind of planning into, well, our family planning, so this is the first time I’ve ever known ahead of time what was likely to happen, let alone the day and hour.

In just a few hours’ time I will have another couple’s human tissue – their embryo – inside my body.

In addition, there’s the pressure of hoping my body does what it is supposed to do – embrace this embryo with all its got with a big warm fuzzy hug. Let’s work together, little buddy!

I know I’m not the first woman to go through any of these things. But it’s still a first for me.

At the moment I’m trying to calm my nerves, pray always, and remember not to attach any scents to myself (which makes me smile, because I’m not much for beauty products in the first place, unless I want to feel nice, but today, the day someone will put their child in me, I want to feel nice, and I’m having to fight all my natural instincts to just spritz on a little perfume – the irony 😉 ).

After today we will wait about 10 days before a blood test either confirms or denies that there is a little person growing inside me.

Much prayer!