Saturday, October 08, 2005

Embryo Transfer Day

Today was the biggest day yet. We were told to check in at UCSF at 11:45am. I started drinking my 32oz. of water at 11am .......... By 11:30 I had finished my water and had taken a valium. We checked in and went up to the surgery area. They were running a little behind so we sat and waited about 10 minutes. I had to go to the bathroom SO bad the entire time. Finally, when it got to the point that I started cramping so bad that I couldn't walk, I had Will run and get one of the nurses. She let me empty my bladder just a little - 5 minutes later I had to go again. It was awful!! Luckily, I had drank so much water that when we went in for the embryo transfer, my bladder was still full!

We met with the doctor who went over how are embryos were looking three days later. She said we had two that were perfect - they had divided 8 times, no fragmentation etc. She said they were top of the line embryos. We decided to implant those two. Here are our two babies:


We were informed that we have three embryos that were worth freezing. It is amazing how all of this works. Here is what our week has been like:

-Started out with 18 eggs

- Of the 18, 6 were not fully developed, brought us down to 12 viable eggs

- Performed ICSI on all 12 (inserted a sperm into each egg,) 10 fertilized

- Those 10 have been growing for the past three days, out of the ten two grew perfectly and three grew so/so and were worth freezing.

Started out with 18 and ended up with 5!!!! That is just amazing! So we have three on ice for the next round if need be.

Here is a picture of the embryos in my uterus after they did the transfer:

So I am now a permanent fixture of my bed. I will be laying here flat for the next four days. If implantation occurs, it will happen in the first three days. Hopefully both are implanting - it would be nice to get this over with in one shot.

October 21st is the big day when we find out if this worked or not - I go in at 8:30am for the blood test and should know by 9:30am. Keep us in your prayers!!


Comments:
Wow, Shana...Hannah and I just got back from spending a few days in Napa with Tom and I'm catching up on all your events. You are definately in my prayers. i love ya girlie, and keeping my fingers crossed for you guys.

Kel
 
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