One Day Post Retrieval: Mommy went back to work and waited patiently for the call from Dr. Lin. Towards the end of the day I finally for the call...13 of the 16 mature eggs that were retrieved had fertilized!! Those numbers were like music to my ears!
Two Days Post Transfer: It was finally Friday and while I was glad to be back at work and that I only missed a day due to surgery, I was in much need for the break over the weekend. It was kind of bitter sweet though. I knew that we were scheduled to have our embryo transfer Monday morning which meant if all went as planned, I would not be returning back to work until Thursday and that meant Monday through Wednesday I was on strict bed rest. I was not looking forward to that. What I didn't know when I went into work that morning was that my weekend was going to start sooner than I had planned.
I was in the middle of a project at work when my concentration went out the window. I felt horrible and I couldn't get past that. I had been working on a document for over an hour and had gotten nowhere. I even put my head down on my desk at one point to try to calm the hot, clammy, sweaty nauseous feeling that had taken over me. Nothing helped. It finally got so bad I was getting dizzy. I went into my managers office and let her know I needed her to call you Daddy so he could come and get me and take me home. I didn't even trust myself driving because I felt so bad. While she was on the phone with Daddy, the urge to release the monster that was eating me up inside had taken over and I begged for her trash can. Without warning I threw up in her office, sitting at her desk while we had clients in. Could my timing be any worse?? I am humiliated to say the lease but I did feel a thousand times better after. It was like I was actually never even sick to begin with! Regardless of my plea to stay at work, Daddy and my manager both demanded I go home and rest up. Monday was a big day and I didn't want to feel sick.
Dr. Lin called that night and I explained what happened to him. He didn't seem concerned and said to just take it easy the rest of the weekend and rest up for Monday. He also called to tell me our updates. One embryo that had not initially fertilized the day before had recently fertilized bringing our new embryo count to 14! Woohoo. Of those 14, 11 were 4 cell grade 1 aka the best of the best, 1 was a 4 cell grade 2 consider it an A-, 1 was a 2 cell that's more like a B, and the last one had just fertilized so its grading was still TBD.
Here is your 4 cell embryo...lets just say its your first picture!
Three Days Post Transfer: The stats get a little more confusing and they may not make sense to you but just read on and smile and nod. Of the now 14 embryos, they had developed as follows:
1 - 8 Cell Grade 1
4 - 8 Cell Grade 2
2 - 8 Cell Grade 2.5
1 - 7 Cell
1 - 6 Cell
1 - 4 Cell
1 - 3 Cell
Not only did we get the update of the embryos we were also informed that we were in fact going to have a 5 day transfer (they would transfer the embryo back into the uterus on day 5 post retrieval vs. having to do it on day 3). We were scheduled to arrive in Irvine at 7:30 Monday morning!
Here is your 8 cell, day 3 embryo:
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