Day 19 in Turkey - Nothing to Report

Well, we anticipated waking up and having all our questions asked regarding our embryos.  Unfortunately, there was a break down in communication.  Most of the hospital was closed today, except the embryologist department and E.R..  However, we could not contact them and they failed to contact us.  We are in the dark today unfortunately.  Tomorrow, we will visit with Dr. Arici to answer our questions.  We are relieved that he is finally back from his obligatory monthly trip to Yale.

We spent the day resting.  Staci is still in a lot of pain.  Thank goodness, it is somewhat less than yesterday.  We brought some Vicodin with us that is helping relieve some of the pain.  Since no eggs are inside her at this point, we figured there isn't much harm taking anything.  We ordered pizza from Dominos for dinner.  It was pretty good, not as good as it is in the states.  We asked for an Estravagaza, medium -- we said "Hold the corn" or "Hayir corn" which means no corn please.  It is customary for them to put corn on pizza here, among other strange things.

One of the other couples, Ebenezer and Vita actually had an embryo transfer the other day - they transferred 4 eggs.  Not really legal in Turkey, but they only wrote on the paperwork "2".  In Turkey, the locals are only allowed to transfer 2.  Us Americans can transfer 3 if we request that many.  That's kind of scary.  They could end up with quadruplets, and even more if any of them split.  Very risky.  

Here are a few pictures which might be interesting to look at from various days while we have been here:

Newsstands by the ferry we take across the Bosphorus

In grocery stores and shops along the street, this is how they display their fish (they are on ice)

Galata bridge - where all the locals like to fish

Another view of Galata bridge

Woman weaving a carpet

Thank you everyone,

Glen and Staci