IVF and PGD: Go Embryos Go!

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We have 6 more embryos! Of the 9 eggs we retrieved yesterday, 6 were mature and all 6 fertilized! I’m beyond thrilled. My hubby’s little swimmers really did their job! This afternoon they thawed the 5 fertilized eggs we got in September and we now have 11 growing embryos! The embryologist will do a biopsy on all the embryos that survive to day 5 blastocyst and send the biopsies to the PGD lab for testing. This should occur Saturday and Sunday (Saturday for the new embryos and Sunday for the the thawed embryos), and we should get the results by next Tuesday. So by this time next week we’ll know if we have any viable embryos for transfer. I have no idea how I’m going to get through the next week! I’m hopeful, anxious, nervous, scared, and so many other feelings I can’t even describe all at the same time!

Please, please let our embryos survive to 5-day blast and let us have a healthy embryo!

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Knowing myself, I won’t be able to go 5 minutes without freaking out about our embryos and Googling the statistics and success rates of 5-day blast survival and PGD. Who am I kidding? I’m already freaking out! And I already know the statistics aren’t great, so it will only stress me out to research it further. So I have decided that the best way to get through this week without going crazy is to keep myself busy with great distractions.

Day 1 Distraction Activity: Decorating the Christmas Tree!

Yesterday, I was feeling restless and couldn’t relax after the retrieval so we went out and got a Christmas tree. I got halfway through putting on the lights and had to quit because I was too sore. Today, I’m feeling much better and plan to decorate the tree! Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year and I’m so excited to begin decorating. I also got some special ornaments that I can’t wait to put up. And I can’t think of a better way to take my mind off my growing embryos and their outcome.

15 thoughts on “IVF and PGD: Go Embryos Go!”

      1. I just had to write back and say, I’m still smiling over Super Six and Original Fab Five 🙂 Such perfect nicknames for my little embies!

  2. SO exciting!! Not that I know what I’m talking about, but those sound like great numbers to start with to hopefully end up with a few healthy normal embryos at the end. Fingers crossed :).

  3. I LOVE the fun activity of the day idea. Pack your week full of fun stuff so you don’t go too nutso. I saw a recipe for this layered Christmas jello on Pioneer Woman that takes 3 hours or something to make but it’s very festive when it’s done. Just an option if you like to be in the kitchen and need a filler. A little random. 🙂

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