The roller coaster ride of infertility is a crazy one. 1 in 8 couples face infertility, but very few must resort to using IVF. Even fewer than those must resort to using an egg donor. This is our story about our ride. Scary, exciting, and lonely at times...but in the end very much worth it.
Just the two of us...for now
And so the journey begins...
Thursday, July 1, 2010
embryologist update
Our embryologist phoned this morning to give the final update on our frozen embryo count & quality. Let's just say that I broke into tears while on the phone with him...in a good way. We ended up with a total of 9 blasts frozen. Not to mention the 2 blasts that were transfered fresh yesterday. So to end up with 9 additional blasts in excellent quality to be frozen is nothing short of a miracle!!! He even went on to say that our embryos that he transfered yesterday were the very best he's ever worked with. He was stating that the embie that is shown in the right side of our photo simply shrunk up at the time of the photo, because of the movement. But that it spread back out just prior to the transfer, and that it's even better looking as an embie as it's partner on the left. He said my chances are extremely good for pregnany, if not twins. I stated to him that my RE said there's about a 50/50 chance for twins. He replied with some common sense of "we're like weather forecaster's, you've got to say some of what we say with just a grain of salt." BUT he followed up that statement with "I wouldn't be surprised at all, based on how beautiful formed those embryos are, if you don't end up with twins. In fact, I would be surprised if you DIDN'T end up with twins." He and his wife had twins 14 months ago, and he said that their embryos looked no way near as good of quality as the embies he transfered to me yesterday. I couldn't help but cry. I also mentioned to him that we hope to have a family of 4 children. He stated that with the high quality of blasts we have, along with having 9 of them frozen, that's a very doable possiblility!! Thank you, God. I just couldn't ask for any better news today.
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Simply perfect!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING news Roxy!! I praying for you :)
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm speechless. I couldn't be happier for you two...or should I say four :-)
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