We were meeting my in-laws for Father’s Day lunch today, but
I didn’t want to get in the shower and miss the call for the update on whether
the cells were still dividing. Finally, I couldn’t wait any longer so I jumped
in the shower. Of course they called while I was in there, and talked to my
husband. All 3 are still dividing. Today technically would have been day 3
based on the original egg retrieval, but since they didn’t fertilize for 24
hours, it’s now day 2 because they restart the counting. They told him that
they want to transfer the embryos tomorrow on day 3 rather than waiting until
day 5. They are concerned that because they were started with Rescue ICSI that
they’re not as hearty as traditionally fertilized ones and that they have a
better chance inside me than in a dish. Since it’s a day 3, they want to put 2
in rather than just the 1 we had decided to transfer on our day 5. (Ha,
original plans, funny. Back when we thought there was any resemblance of
control in this whole situation.) Since it’s a day 3 transfer, the chance of
multiples is not as high, but it’s still a little nerve wracking to know that
there’s the chance it could happen. We are still pretty nervous though, because
they still have to make it through the night.
What a mind shift and life lesson. A couple weeks ago, a 3 day transfer was worst case scenario. Now, we'd give a limb to get that far.
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