Transfer Update

Transfer went VERY WELL! RE said "Don't be surprised if you end up with twins!" We said "We will take it!" He also said he would give us a 60-70% chance of success. And of course the only thing he has no control over is the actual embryo, such as abnormalities, etc. We know that, but that doesn't change the high we are riding! We also have FIVE blasts frozen today and the last two embryos were a bit behind so they will possibly be frozen tomorrow or Friday! SO let me introduce you to.... THE TWINS!:

T-Minus 5 Hours

Transfer is in FIVE HOURS!!! I am anxious, nervous, excited and a few other emotions.. This has been such a long time coming and now that it's here, it's kind of surreal.. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that we have excellent blasts to transfer and even a few to freeze and that this IS IT FOR US! Will update y'all as soon as I can. Love you TONS!!!

Day 3 Update

Just got the call from embryology, ALL 9 are growing great still today! I asked her what cells they are and she said they are 8-12 cells today! She said that was great and we are definitely on track for day 5 Wednesday. I am so relieved, these waits are so brutal!! Now we need to make it to transfer and then beta! Atleast I can have some wine now! :-) Will update after transfer! Thanks for your continued support and prayers everyone!!!

Fertilization Report

I got the fertilization call today and it was pretty dang good! Out of the 17 eggs, 14 were mature enough to be fertilized (a few were just not up to snuff) via ICSI (we ALWAYS DO ICSI) and of the 14 they fertilized, NINE fertilized normally!! (the other 5 fertilized abnormally, that did make me kind of sad) So we are doing a day 5 transfer on Wednesday at 2PM! So I will try and update after transfer and after I get my SIL situated in her nice comfy bed in the suite we booked! We will get another call Monday morning early, so there is still a chance we will have day 3 transfer if they weren't growing properly but they are confident we are doing day 5 so I am claiming that and praying to God that we can transfer 2 grade AA blasts and, have some left to freeze! So will let y'all know something when I do! SIL is ready to go and just waiting for them to call her to the "stage" :-) In other news, we are SO thankful to have wonderful friends. I have been able to meet people (like Krystal!) finally and spend some time with family and see old friends. The day of egg retrieval, we stayed at a good friend's house and they set up the nicest room ever for us and have been pampering us ever since. We are so grateful to them for opening up their home to us and for catering to our every need, it has been amazing.. I keep trying to get up to help and I am promptly shuffled back to my "throne" they are the best.. I do have a bit of ohss as I can tell I have some swelling, but I am downing the gator.ade and salty food like nobody's business to keep it at bay..

Egg Retrieval Update

Won't be a long post, since I'm hurting pretty bad.. Egg retrieval went AMAZING! Out of my 21 follicles, they got 17 eggs! Tomorrow we will find out how many of those 17 fertilized.. We are praying it is a great number so we have plenty to choose from for our transfer. We are hoping we can go to day 5 and also have a few to freeze. Will update tomorrow with the fertilization report! THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!!!